Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY. JUNE %.

ChOSen fOT
the fifth consecutive time and expressed hope
that Mr.. Anthony would be blessed bv providence
with health and happiness in his remaining
years.
The senate bill for the disposition of the Fort
Hayes military reservation, in Kansas passed
The house bill to enable banks to extend their
corporate existence, was taken up. Without ac-
tion the bill went over
After executive session. adjourned
House After considerable routine business
the mouse proceeded to consider Updegraff's 8 bill
to fix the day for the meeting of electors for pres
dent and vice president and to provide for count
ing the votes and to decide the questions arising
thereon. This is a substitute for the senate bin
on the same subject.
Mr.. Brown, OF Indiana, moved to strike out
the clause providing for ADJUDICATION Mr.
Browns motion was agreed to without division
and the question recurred on the Adoption of the
substitute as amended, and it was rejected 90 to
100.
The question then REQUIRED upon the senate bill
but the house refused to order it to third read
ing, and it was reeommitted to the committee on
the law respecting the election of the president
and vice president. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 81
Senate-Sen. Malone called up his bill to pro-
vide for public buildings at three places in hi,
state. The committee had reported IN amend
mens providing only tor building at enc place
! Lexington. Malone moved to add an annro.
|
ment was carried-36 to Il. The building com
mlttee voted no and the bill then passed
Sen Morgan called up his resolution for com
mlttee OF investigation into the labor strikes; the
causes and their remedy. the committee during
vacation to visit the different places to send for
! persons and papers, to examine persons under
! oath, etc. Discussion developed general una
nlnlty of sentiment in favor of the early passage
! of the resolution.
Consideration theH resumed of the house
/ To I1a II
| extend their corporate business
After long debate and many amendments il
was agreed to close the debate at D. m to-mor-
row, and proceed at once to a vote. Adjourned
Hoose-The bill to provide for a national IL
brary building came up. Mr.. Rice moved to
postpone further consideration of the bill till the
18th of December, 1882. Pending which Ran
dal moved TO lay the bill on the table; lost-72
to Ia, and Rice's motion was agreed to without
division
Mr.. Robson IN. j., from the committee on an
propriatiOns, reported back the naval appropria-
tlOn bill, and 1t was referred to the committee of
the whole.
u,iGRR:e iGGRRe &aTy (faJ, UhHtrrau the tolnuil Tee
on ways and means, explained brie fly the meas
ure. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, JUNE "a.
.Se,,ote-In the U. S. senate, Chairman Davis
presented a copy of the proposed constitution for
the state of Utah. A JOINT resolution was passed
appropriating $33 600 to continue Arctic explor-
ations. The petition and bill of Mrs. Jessie Ben
ton, FreHont, in relation to property in San
Francisco, was placed on the calendar. A reso-
luton granting permission for the erection Of q
statute to Garibaldi in the national cemetery at
Vicksburg referred to the military commit
tee. Mr. Van Wyck offered resolution, which
was adopted, calling fer correspondence with the
Spanish government IN relation to the claim OF
| Pedro de Buzz a naturalized citizen. A bill was
fha riuhtO II Ind
| Territory to the Mississippi, Albuquerque and
| Interocean railway. The bill to extend the char
| tiers of national banks was then taken up and
passed by vote OF 81 to l3.
| Rouse.-The House went into committee of the
whole on the bill to reduce internal revenue tax
| alton. Mr. White gave notice of an amendment
TO repeal the internal revenue system far as it
! affected tobacco. Mr.. Morrison charged that the
chairman Of the committee of ways and means
was striving to empty the treasury without re
lieving the burdens of the people. Messrs Page,
| Aiken and Reagan announced that they would
vote against the bill, and the committee rose.
comm munication from navy officers was read, ask
ing that the age for retirement be not changed.
FRIDAY, JUNE %.
Senote-The house bill establishing uniform
system of bankruptcy, came up.
| Sen. Hoar moved to substitute the measure
substantially identical with what is known as
the Lowell bill. This substitute Hoar advanced
at length and the bill was then laid aside till
| Monday
The senate then passed resolution for the relief
ofsettlerS and purchasers fpublc lands in Nebras
| ka and Kansas. House resolutions commem0ra-
tive of Representative Allen (Mo.) were received
and after impressive remarks upon his life and
services by Cockrell, Dawes, Brown and Vest, the
usual resolutions were adopted Adjourned till
Monday.
Rouse-The house went into committee of the
whole and resumed consideration of the bill to re-
duce internal taxation, it being agreed that gen.
eral debate thereon should close at p, m, at
which hour eulogies on the life and character of
the late Thomas Allen, of Missouri were to be
delivered.
SATURDAY JUNE "a.
.Se7,ate-The senate was not in session.
, Bo,m.-The house went into committee on the
bill to reduce internal revenue taxation.
| Witheut action the committee arose with the
understanding that the bill shall come up Mon
daV az unfinished business.
, Mr.. Blount moved to reconsider the vote by
which the houee refused to order the prime me.
: ridian bill to third reading. The motion wa:
| entered and will ba called up Monday or Tuesday
Adjourned
MONDAY, JUNE 81.
2 Senate-The political assessment resolution
| came up, and Pendleton took the hoer. He call
, ed attention to the republican congressional com
mittee circular signed Jay A. Hubbell, acting
treasurer. copy of which he exhibited. H,
T then read and commented in detail on each of it
statements to show its undeniable purpose was t
: levy contributions upon government employees un
. der the guise of a demand for voluntary contri
. buttons This circular had been sent to govern
. ment employees all over the country. 1t had gon
: to the Boston custom house, and the demant
had been made there for an aggregate of S15 600
g 1t had been sent to the arm Ory at Springfield ant
an assessment or SIS had been made upon eael
; arnorer in that institution. 1t had been sent t
:, the postofice custom house, collectors Office an
e other government institutions at New York; AM
a the branch of the public service there located
n which had ealn ned exceptional credit by reason
its freedom from the debasng arts of political
IF SCISSORS. was again to be plunged into the mir
from which it had so laboriously emerged. l
, had been sent to employees in Chicago, an
j, to every postmaster in the country. 4
least he had returns from almost every state eas
l. of Nevada. It had been sent to men engaged o.
e the government work on the Ohio river at Mari
J., eta and demand had been made for part of tn
! daily wages OF mep there employed in euttin
= stone for the dam. Department clerks have bee
x assessed in various amounts of from SIS to $50
W The circular had been sent to men engaged in da
l. labor on the capitol and through the capitC
m grounds, and five and six dollars had been al
% sessed upon them. The government printin
Office had not escaped, the circular being sent I
i every name on every government pay rol
~ whether the amount paid was great sInal
Ladies in the department earning mere pittanc
To and letter pages Of the house and perhaps tho!
RI of the senate had been directed to stand an