River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-08

ard Root, United States marshal Southern
district Iowa; George Il. Tilman. United
States marshal Middle district, Tennessee:
Daniel w. Gooeh, pension agent, Boston.
! HousE.--The house put in the day on the
river and harbor. BILL and took recess un-
/ The bill was not taken up however, this
Incrning until after being antagonized by
/ the general deficiency bill.
In the contest the river and harbOr bill
/ came ont ahead, exhibiting enough strength
| TO carry ii through the house. The bill
was then debated over two hours ina gem
| eral way the discussion bringing to the
front the chrome objections to river aud
| harbor appropriations.
| Mr.. Burrows of Michigan, who was chair
man of the committee, spoke in support OF
| the report, and he was followed by Mr.. Rob
lnson of Massachusetts and Mr..
Thomas Of Illinois. The latter made very
| vigorous speech in behaifofthe improve
mtnt and charged the opposition to the
| infiasnce OF the railroads.
| There was long wrangle over the COM
mittse Of conference On he tariff bill.
Thursday. March 4
SENATE Mr. Bayard withdrew from the
conference committee on the tariff bill
and also Mr.. Beck. Many other DEM
ocratio senators We're elected to fiji their
| places but all declined. and the president ap-
| pointed Malone and MtDiIl
| The president appointed as a committee
| to inquire into the improvement OF the nav
| igation OF the Mississippi river Logan,
| Jones (Nev.l, Mcmillan, Jonas and Walker;
/ as visitors to West Point, Cameron (Wis)
| and Harris; and as visitors to the naval
/ academy Iapham and Cam en-
| The president laid before the senate a
| communication from the secretary of the in
| terror, announcing the completion of the
list of pehsons with their addresses, rates
| of PENSIONS etc.
Mr.. Anthony SAID it would cost over $50, :
| 600 to print the document. The senate re
| sumed consideration of the.sundry civil APP
| preparation bill. The provision for the
| payment of old settler" or Western Chero-
| kee Indian aims, reported lrom the COM
mlttee, was struck out.
MIR. Vest offered an amendment to the
| paragraph appropriating $40 600 for the pro-
/ lection and Improvement OF Yellowstone
| Park, providing for SUI
perintendent at salary of
| $1,000, and ten assistants at $500 each, to
/ be appointed by the secretary of the interior
/ to reside continuously in the park, and to
| have the duty of protecting game, timber
and other objects of interest; the balance to
! be expendedn the construction of suitable
| roads and bridges under the direction OF
| an engineer officer to be detailed by the sec
| rotary Of war. Adopted. The committee
| having reported provision authorizi the
| secretary OF the interior to lease
| for not more than ten years, small tracts
not exceeding eighty ceres, for the erection
| of hotels, etc, Vest movsd to reduce the
| amount of land in one tract TO ten acres.
| Agreed to- Vest offered another amend
/ prpvi1irqr that mt hon tafao
| shall be leased to any one person or corpor-
| alton, and 10 tract be leased within one
and one-lourth miles of any of the geysers
| or Yellowstone falls. Agreed to.
The senate in executive session confirmed
| the following.
| Civil service commissioners; Doriilan B.
/ Eaton New York; John NJ GREGG r. Hi
nois L. ID. Tloman, Ohio. Joseph r. De-
/ carricarte, United States consul at Caruna
| Collectors of customs: William Hartshoff,
/ Huron, Mich; William G. Malone, Peters
/ burg, Va. Surveyors of customs: James
NJ. Rocheval, Nashville, Tenn; Robert
| Armstrong, Dubuque, Iowa; George Frezie,
| Burlington, Iowa. Registers of the land Of
flee: Chester b. Darral, at New Orleans
Moses Gringager, Washington, Mimi; Dam
| lei III freeman, st. Cloud,
| Mimi; r. i, Walter Wichita,
| Kns; Homer L. Pound, Haley, Idaho; G.
/ Il. Williams, Watertown. Dakota; Il. L..
/ Smith the Dalles, Greg. Receivers of pub
| lie moneys; John Ulrich, La Crosse, Wis /;
! Il. @. Geary, Fargp, OAK; s. Waters HALEY
f, NJ. Joy, Bozsman, Mont; NJ. Ii. Smith,
| Wash. r.. J. G. Pillsbury, Oregon City,
Greg, Oscar Heinrich, principal clerk Of
the public surveys in general land Office.
| Pos masters: +. j. NJ Wolssr. Tama
City, Iowa; A. III. Hamilton, Ottumwa,
! Iowa; w. Craddock, Kn )xYille, Iowa. Noah
N. Tyn er, Fargo Oak.
| HoUsE-The river and haroor bill occu-
pied the whole day and night. Every item
developed opposition, and in the discussion
| Of pro forma amendments the enemies of the
bill deferred action.
Their purpose evidently is to defeat 1.-THE
bill by makingit impossible to have it con-
/ sidered in the senate. Among the amend
ments was the striking out of the clause APP
| propriating SIS 600 for improving st. An
/ thony falls in Minnesota. Gen. Washburn
| himself consented to have it stricken out.
/ When the paragraph was resched,
| Mr.. Flower of New York. seemingly in
/ retaliation upon MIR. Washburn for his
/ charge last night that all the clamor with
regard to The river and harbor bill had been
| initiated in the city only in the interest Of
| the great trunk railroads, insinuated that
/ Mr.. Washhurn was personally interested in
| the Improvement OF St Anthony Fails.
| So Mr.. Washburn, rather than rest under
| this iinputation, moved to strike the clause
from the bill Although numerous amend
ments were offered to the bill, very few oil
them were adopted. Most of the days ses
sion was occupied in consider
| ing the appropriations for Inc
Improvements of the Mississippi river. The
| entire appropriations provided for this pur-
pose amount to 81 .25U,0Q0. Ia the evening
| there were several disgraceiul scenes, vely
nearly resulting il personal collisions.