Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-02-01
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Senate

| ueuVefeQ by Senators Anthony, Edmunds,
| Maxey, Hawley Harrison, Jones, Hale Aldrich,
| Hampton and Ransom. The resolutions were
adopted unanimously, and as an additional
mark of respect for the memory of the deceased
the senate adjourned.
| TUESDAY, January 24.-James H. McDill
| Qowa) as senator for the unexpired term, was
sworn in, and the credentials of James J. Will
son, senator from Iowa for six years. beginning
| the 4th of March, 1883. were placed on file :
! The bill for the relief of Mary Lincoln passed
1t appropriates $15, 900 for the immediate relief
and increases her pension to SIS, 900 per annum
from and after this enactment. Bills intro
duced: To make the agricultural department an
executive department and enlarge it's statutes
and pOwers to repeal SO much of the section Of
the revised statutes as imposes an import tax
on tobacco; for the punishment Of officers of ma
tional banks who illegally issue certified checks:
| proposing an amendment to the constitution
prohibiting the manufacture, importation and
sale of all distilled and fermented liquors as
! beverages In any portion of the United States
and territories; to punish with fine of 81, 900
to 800, 600 and imprisonment from five to ten
| years any congressman or holder of govern
ment office Of trust or profit who exercises or
| attempts to exercise the powers of presidential
electOr. Teller introduced joint resolution
declaring forfeited, so far as the same have not
| been earned by fulfllment of their conditions
! land grants to twenty-five railroads enumerated
| by the bill, including the Northern Pacific, At
/ L
mated quantity of land granted each of these is
| 47,000,000, 100000 and Is, 600, GOO acres
| Consideration of the Sherman 3 per cent bond
bill was resumed. After an executive session
| the senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 25.-Tmmediatelv after
the reading of the journal, Cameron wis }
presented resolutions commemorative Of the
late Senator Carpenter Eulogistic remarks
were made by Cameron, wis, Garland, Logan,
Kellogg, Edmunds, and Davis, Qn) Onmotion
| Of no lott Ibor+ orA Iof,
of the memory of the deceased, adjourned
! THURSDAY, January 26.-Alhson introduced
| bill to provide reserve fund for the redemp-
| ton of q. s. notes and for other purposes -.
| The senate resumed consideration of the Sher-
| man per cent bill, Sherman closing the de-
bate. A vote was taken on the pending motion
| to table the bill, and it was lost-yeas %, nays
| As. Proceeding to consider separately the
| pending amendments the senate took up that
| proposed by Davis CIV. Va to retain govern
| ment option on the proposed per cent. bonds,
to require their redemption in advance, calling
in the per cents. and to arrange the order of
! their payment so that the last new bonds issued
| shall be the first to be redeemed. A long dis
cussion ensued upon the suggested modifca-
! tons of the phraseology of the amendment
with view of simplifying it. Without action
on the amendment, the senate went into execu-
| tive session and adjourned.
FRIDAY January 27.-BiIs introduced: For
| a distribution of pure vaccine virus to the peo-
| ple directing it to be furnished by the National
! Board of Health to all persons applying for it
at cost price; to prevent and punish counter
| feiting within the United States of notes,
| bonds and other securities of foreign govern
ments. &. Consideration of the Sherman 3 per
! cent. funding bill was resumed. After discus
| sion of the amendment of Davis CIV. Va),
| striking out the time feature of the new bonds
| and making them payable at any time at the
| option Of the government, was carried-ayes
SO, noes 26. The amendment offered by Sher-
man, allowing subscriptions for new bonds to
| be made at the postal money order Office upon
postmasters giving additional bonds, was agreed
! to. Sherman then moved to amend so as to
make the bonds redeemable at the pleasure of
| the government at any time after January l,
| 1887 Harris moved an amendment so as to
lessen the period for the bond to three years.
! Agreed to-yeas 80, noes 26. Sbermans
| amendment as modified was then lost ayes 25;
noes Sc. The senate then took up Vests
amendment which makes the proposed issue of
$500. 600, 900 of per cents the sole basis for
increase of circulation by any national banks
now in existence, or for the circulation of any
national bank hereafter established. Pugh
submitted an amendment modifying the pro-
visions of Vests amendment. The bill was then
informally laid aside. Adjourned
House.
MONDAY, January 23.-Bills introduced: To
repeal the land grant of the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad; to grant pensions engaged in
the Indian wars prior to 1910, or their widows;
to regulate and limit Chinese immigration; to
amend the national bankrupt act and establish a
uniform currency; to esta bllsh U. s. court In
Indian Territory; to establish bureau of mines
and mining; to establish uniform paper cur
rency, to be coined, issued and regulated di-
rectly by the United States government; pro-
posing constitutional amendment whereby
the appointment of public officers Except cabi-
net 0ffcers) shall be vested in Il committee of
three, two of whom shall be appointed by the
President and the third to be the head of de-
partment to which the business appointee be-
longs; pension1ng soldiers of the late war con-
fined in so-called confederate prisons; also fix
ing at $3.50 per month pensions of such sol
diers as have lost an arm or leg or are other
wise totally disabled; granting gratulty to per-
sons having served faithfully twenty-five con-
tinuous years in the postal service of the
United States, or who, after ten years OF faith
full service, shall become physically or mentally
disabled; to reduce the salaries Of heads of de-
partments Cfixes salaries as follows: Presi-
dent $4,000 members of congress $4,000,
heads of departments $4,000, chief justice of
the United States supreme court So, 500, and as
sociate justices $4,000 proposing constltu-
tional amendment authorizing the supreme
court of the United States, upon its attention
being duly called thereto, to declare what con-
stitutes presidential inability, under the cOnsti
ton, to perform the duties of that Office.
Public business was suspended, and eulogieS
upon the life and memory of Senator Burnside
were delivered by Messrs. Chase and Spooner
OR. L. j. Browne, (Va.), Rice (Mass.), and Hen
derson Gil. }, and out of respect to the memory
of the deceased the house adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 24.-Tbe house went into
committee of the whole CRobinson, Mass.), in
the chair, the fertilization appropriation
bill. The total amount appropriated is $685.
coo. as follows, Preservation or repair and
protection of Notifications, $175, 900; armament
of sea coast Notifications, 800 600; torpedoes
and their preservation, 100000. After an I'M
important discussion the committee rejected a
couple of amendments, reported the bill to the
house. and it passed. .Ad iourned
WEDNESDAY, January 25.-The senate bill
permitting Associate Justice Hunt, of the SUI
preme court, to retire, was passed after debate
"A bill was introduced and referred author
izing the deposit and exchange of gold coins |
for gold bars and admitting the same free of |