Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-07-27
NO. 80.

gave the republican party credit for having cour-
age IN Its opinion and OF standing up to man.
for SmallS; and he contrasted the way in which
the republicans stood by their men with the
manner in which he had been treated by his own
party when contesting his seat in the Forty-ffth
congress.
In conclusion he earnestly commended. sin the
last speech will make in csngreS the adoption of
some plan where election cases could be tried in
some other Tribunal than in the house of rep
reSentatives."
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION
was then ordered. The minority resolution de-
clarng Illlmaa entitled to his seat was defeated
without divisioa.
The resolution of the majority declaring Till
man not elected, was agreed to.
The house went into discussion on the oues-
ton of the taxation of tobacco, etc, and finally
adjourned.
THURSDAY, JULY2I.
Senate -Cockren called up the house Joint bill
to relieve certain soldiers of the late war from
the charge of deSertion. The measure was dis
cuSsed by Coekrell, Harrison. Plumb, Hoar, Platt
and Blair, when Morrill, moved to proceed with
the tax bill and Hale supplemented this with
a motion to take up the naval appropriation bin
A protracted and rambling debate followed
upon the order of business, and the senate soon
adjourned.
House,-The house resumed consideration of
the Alabama contested election case Of Smith VS..
Shelley.
Ranney, of ofAlabama, presented the case for
| the majority, urging that inasmuch as the con-
testant who being legally elected had recently
died, the seat be declared vacant
| The case of the cOntestee was presented and ar
gued by Belzhoover, of Pennsylvania, who
quoted from the record to show that the sitting
member was entitled to retain his seat
| Curtin, OF Pennsylvania, advocated the adop-
ton OF some system whereby another tribunal
should be charged with the duty of deciding
such cases.
Calkins closed the debrte in support of the ma
| Jorty rep8rt and reviewed the action of the com
mittee on elections of the present congress.
Springer, of Illinois, interrupted him to in
| qulre what the republicans intended to do with
! all their corruption fund and whether the repub-
! Hcan campaign committee would appropriate
$1,000 to pay the fine imposed upon Gen. n NJ.
Curtis, one of the collectors of the two Der cent
assessment, but Calkins merely replied bv stating
the campaign committee knew how to take care
! OF the two per cent. assessment a statement
which Springer declined to controvert.
The resolution declaring the seat vacant was
| then adopted.
Townshend, of Illinois, Immediately moved to
adjourn.
FRIDAY, July q.
Senate-The conference committee reported an
inability to agree on its river and harbCr bill
and after lengthy discussion adjourned until
Saturday.
to question of privilege, referred to the remark
made by Mr.. Robson about his (Robinsons)
deafness. That remark was uncalled for and
ungentlemanly. Providence had inflicted
upon him hardness of hearing and he at
tributed it somewhat to the fact of his SITTING
so near the gentleman from New Jersey. He
knew only one gentleman more to be pitied than
himself, and that was a certain gentleman who
had fastened on his face the charge of being a
liar, thief and ,perjurer, and who had been the
only member who had not heard it.
Mr.. Page submitted the conference report On
the river and harbOr bill. The report Ia disagree
ing one) was adopted and new conference or
dered.
Hiscock On. " submitted the conference
report on the general deficiency appropriation
bill. The report says all the differences be
tween the two houses have been rec8nciled ex-
cept relative to the mileage of senators for the
extra session. The recommendations of the
committee conference were adopted so far as
the items which were disputed were concerned.
BY vote of 9S TO so, the house refused to recede
from its disagreement to the senate amendment
relative to the mileage of senators. Among the
senate amendments agreed to was that for the
payment of the physicians attending Garfield
Further conference was then ordered and a com
mittee consisting of lIiscock, Robson and Cox
On. " appointed.
MIR. Townsend, of ILL.,, offered an amendment
which was ruled out on point of order reducing
letter postage to two cents and abolishing postage
| on second class mail matter.
SATURDAY, July %.
Senate The senate passed house bills to pro-
! vide additional Industrial training schools for
| Indian youth by using unoccuped military bar
racks; to pay Mrs. Garfield $50 900, less any ad-
vance made on the salary of the late president
and for the erection of a public building at
Marquette. Cockrell secured the adoption Of
resolutions asking information as to the ex-
peAditure in each state during the past
three years for public buildings, harSors
| forts and arsenals A resolution was passed
that the secretary of the interior report
| his reason for ordering a double pension for
General Ward B. Burnett. The revenue bill was
/ taken up. Amendments to retain the stamp
taxes on perfumery and playing cards was voted
down. The first section was passed. An amend
ment to the second section was adopted fixing the
annual tax on dealers in leaf tobacco at $l2 ex-
cepting farmers and lumbermen who furnish sup
plies to their employees. Malone moved TO make
the tax on snuff and manufactured tobacco 3
cents per pound. After a prolonged debate the
senate adjourned.
House-The house passed Beusters bill to reg
| ulate the carrying of passenger by steamships,
the measure having been reVamped to suit the
| views of the president. kassOn precipitated a
! trrif debate by calling up the bill to allow "a
| drawback on foreign materials used in the con-
strsction of vessels for foreign account, and the
| bill went over till Monday. Postal bills were
passed to make the rate on second-class publ
cations delivered by carriers two cents per
pound; to fine or imprison any one person
ating a pOstoffice inspector; to punish post
masters for making false certificates Of the arrival
or departure of mails, and to provide that no bid
der for mail service shall be required to furnish
check or draft. Flower sought to introduce a
constitutional amendment by which the president
can approve or object to any item of an apprO-
priatiOn bill. The Indian bills were passed to
open to settlement the lands in Colorado lately
occupied by the Uncompahgre and White River
Utes; authorizing the Cherokees to lease three
salt mines in their domain, and increasing the
salary of the commissioner of Indian affairs to
$4,000.
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