Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-08-09
FORTY SEVENTH CONGRESS.
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MONDAY, July 31.-The bill was passed TO
| prevent eounterfeibhS within the United States
| OF securities of foreign governments, and pro-
viding penalty for circulation of such securi-
Ties. The naval appropriation bill was proceed
ed with. After action on several amendments
the bnI was reported to the senate, and all the
amendments made in the committee of the
whole were concurred in, except one offered by
Beck reducing the appropriation for finishing
! the M1anatonomah and other ironelads from
| 81, 0OO.0OO to $400, 900, and stopping further
| proceedings under the. contracts Of March 8,
/ 1877. Upon this separate vote upon the con-
| cllrrence, which was demanded resulted-yeas
| 321, nays %; SO the amendment was retained in
| the bill. The bill was then passed by uivd
0oce vote. The house bill restoring the Fort
| Benton military reservation to the public do
main and for other purposes was passed.
The legislative bill was then considered till ad-
| journment.
| TUESDAY. August 1.-Seventy-six pages of
the sundry civil bill were disposed of. Two
house amendments to the amendments
OF the senate naval appropriation bin
| concerning the completion Of the unfin-
ished ironclads, were concurred in. The
| other senate amendments were insisted upon,
and Messrs. Logan and Davis CIV. Va. appoint
ed conferees on the bill :. Adjourned
| WEDNESDAY, August "A message was re-
| celVed from the house informing the senate Of
the action of that body in passing the river and
! harbor bill over the Presidents veto. The
|
| message read. p vote was immediately taken
| upon the question, 'Shall the bill pass, the OBJ
| jechOns of the President to the contrary not
| w1thstanding ?' The result was yeas Al ravs
16. 80 the bill passed. The sundry civil bill
| was then proceeded with in committee Ad-
| journed.
| THURSDAY, August "a motion by Morrill,
! to take up the knit-goods bill met with obiec-
| ton from the democrats and a~vigorous debate
ensued. The pending order was postponed,
| however, and the tax bill was proceeded with,
but nothing was accomplished. .Ad jour ned.
FRIDAY, August 4.-The house bill for the
| establishment of diplomatic relations with
! Persia and authorizing the appointment of
| consul-general to that country at salary Of
| IS, 900 was passed. Debate on the tax bill con-
sumed the balance Of the day.
| SATURDAY, August 5.-The conferees on the
naval appropriation bill reported an agreement.
| The report was accepted and the bill passed g.
| The house bill paying employees of govern i
ment contractors on the Fox River improvement
| IN Wisconsin 81, 135 was passed. ..Bayard then
| submitted jointresOlutiOn appropriating $685.
| OO0 for the pay of mileage to senators who at
| tended the session convened October 10, 1881.
Passed by unanimous VOTE. The tax bill was
laid aside informally, and the knit goods bill
taken up. number of amendments were re-
jected and the bill was passed precisely as it
came from the house-yeas 36, nays u.s.. =. Ad-
journed.
MONDAY, July 31.--The bill restoring Fort
Benton military reservation to the public do
main, was passed The senate bill, to provide
for the disposition of Fort Larned military
reservation, was passed. The senate bill for
the retirement of Ulysses S. Grant, late general
and ex-president of the United States, having
been reached, Mckenzie (Ky.) moved it be
laid on the table. Lost-yeas ", nays 83. The
bill was then referred to the committee On
military. In the evening the house after
giving condemned cannon for monumental
purposes, adjourned. aaii aa.
TUESDAY, August la resolution was
passed authorizing the secretary Of the treas
ury to deliver flag to the 108th Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, now IN his custody. Williams
(Wis.), chairman of the committee on foreign
affairs, submitted report upon the Chili-Peru
investigation. Placed on the calendar "A
motion to adjourn sine die at noon on the 4th
was lost after debate. .. "A message was re-
ceived from the President announcing his dis
approval of the river and harbor appropriation
bill, and the house Immediately became atten-
tive as the clerk read the document which was
ordered printed. The reading was only once
interrupted and then when a hearty laugh
greeted the sentence, g thus as bill becomes
more Objectionable, it secures more support"
Beyond this there was no manifestation of ap-
prevail or disapproval of the Presidents action,
and as soon as the reading was concluded the
house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, August 2.-The house-yeas 1913,
nays 60-passed the river and harbor bill over
the presidents veto. The announcement of the
veto was greeted with applause and Cox On. W
suggested that after such vote the house
ought to adjourn SINE die. Then Aldrich and
Murch, the former Of whom had voted in the
affirmative and the latter in the negative, dis
covered that they were paired with absentees,
obtained permission to withdraw their votes
and thus the aggregate was reduced to yeas
122, nays SO. The bill granting pension Of
$37 a month to soldiers who lost an arm at the
shoulder passed. A joint resolution passed
authorizing Lieutenant-C Commander Sigsbee to
receive decoration from the government Of
Germany, and Joseph B. HaWley. president Of
the centennial commission, to receive deco
rations from the governments of Spain and
Japan Adjourned.
THURSDAY, August "a resolution was
adopted providing for final adjournment on
Saturday, the 18th inst. Davis (nl } offered &
resolution which was referred, proposing con-
stitutional amendment providing the President
may disapprove any item Of bill appropriat-
ing money embracing distinct items, while ap-
proving others . The bill passed providing
that all charges for license and inspection fee
for any pleasure vessel or yacht shall not ex-
coed S. and for admeasurement shall not
exceed 10 cents per ton. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, August 4.-Hutchins offered a
resolution which was referred proposing a con-
stitutional amendment providing that 1t shall
take two-thirds of the members of each house
to pass bill over the Presidents veto, instead
of two-thirds of the members voting, as at
present. :. The senate amendments TO the sun
dry civil bill were acted upon and the bill was
signed by the speaker. Adjourned.
SATURDAY, August 5.-The senate amend
ment to the joint resolution for the establish
ment of diplomatic relations with Persia were
concurred in. The joint resolution passed in
structing the secretary of the navy to convene
court of inquiry to investigate the loss of the
Jeanette. .Calkins submitted a conference
report on the bill to relieve certain soldiers Of
tie late war from the charge of desertion. 1t
was agreed to. The bill as agreed to extends
its provision to technical deserters who served
more than six months in the army. Hiscock
presented the conference report upon the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. He stated simply
that the senate amendments had been reduced Fl
by the conference committee to the amount Of
1858 600. After debate the conference report
was agreed to. and thus the last general ap-
preparation bill was disposed of by the house.
-. The house then took recess till Monday
at 10 o'clock.
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