Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-24
FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.


FORTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS.
Senate
| MONDAY, January ia large number of
! petitions and remOnstrances were presented
| and number of bills introduced and REFER ed.
-. The bill for the relief Of Ben Holiday was
| taken up, the question being on Pumb's mo-
ton to substitute for the bill the one to enlarge
| the powers and duties of the department of
| agriculture. Davis CIV. Va.) spoke in favor of
the agricultural bill. At the conclusion of his
remarks Morrill, spoke in opposition to the
! Holiday bill and was followed by Cameron
| (Wis.) }, who demanded the reading of the re-
| pOrtOf the committee on claims in the Holiday
case. While the report WAS being read the
| morning hour closed and the tariff bill came up
rs unfinished business, and occupied the at
| tent1on of the senators till adjournment.
TUESDAY, January 16-The tariff bill occu-
pied the attention of the senate all day.
WEDNESDAY, January 1.-THE conference
report on the agricultural appropriation bill
was agreed to. Discussion of the postoffice
appropriation bill and the tariff bill consumed
| the remainder of the day.
THURSDAY January 1S.-After the transac-
ton of little uuimportant business, the post
Office appropriation bill came up, the pending
question being on the amendment approprlat-
ing S185,000 for necessary and special faCili-
ties on trunk lines. The amendment appro-
priating $185.000 for fast mail service was
agreed to by a vote of 80 to 90. The death
of Representative Shackeford was announced
and the senate adjourned out of respect to his
memory.
FRIDAY, January 19.-The postoffice appro-
priation bill WAS taken up and debate was had
on the clause proposing reduction of letter
postage to 2 cents. The tariff bill occupied
the attention Of the senate for the remainder
of the day.
SATURDAY, January 20.-Rollns introduced
bill for the relief of Emma De Long. The
postoffice appropriation bill was taken mp in
committee Of the whole the pending question
being on the amendment changing The date
when the reduction of letter postage from to
2 cents takes effect, from January /, 1884, to
the LIST of July next. Edmunds moved to
strike out as new legislati on the provision in
the bill for the reduction OF letter postage to
cents. The motion to strike out was lost-ayes
Is, noes 40. The bill was then reported to the
senate. and the amendments made in commit
tee agreed to, "including that fixing the date
July next when the reduction III letter ost-
age shall take effect" The bill passed and
the tariff bill was taken up and considered I'M
til adjournment.
MONDAY, January 15.-Joseph Wheeler was
sworn in as representative from the Eighth
District of Alabama Gibson Oa.) presented
bill, which was referred, to convene the
forty-eighth congress on the first Monday i'll
March, 1888 Geddes introduced bill al
lowing newspapers to be sent through the
mails free to actual subscribers. Rice Wo),
from the committee on pensions, moved to
suspend the rules and adopt resolution max
ing the bill granting pensions to survivors of
the Mexican and certain Indian wars the
special order for the first Tuesday in Febru-
airy. Adopted-yeas 157, nays 61.. The
speaker presented a letter from the secretary
of the navy with the report of the naval
advisory board as to the wisdom and ex-
na1IppcV nj d
mock, Puritan, Ampbitrite and Terror. Ad-
journed.
TUESDAY, January 16.-Joseph L. Taylor
was sworn In as representative from tN Six
teenth District of Ohio, to succeed J. I. Up
degraf. deceased =. Carpenter Ga.) submitted
the conference report on the agricultural ap-
preparation bill. IT was agreed to. The total
amount appropriated is S405, $40. The bill
for the removal of causes from state to federal
courts was then paSsed-yeas 1874, nays 67...
p"T0''0-'" I''- the c-I.. -
COY. s,.pl...,,,u {. report on the matter of the
contingent member of Nj, hr tska The report
states that Thomas j. Majors the contingent
member is responsible for the misinformation
which induced the committee to make a report
on April l, 1882. ia his favor; that he was aided
therein by S. J. Alexander, secretary of state
of Nebraska, Pat. 0. Halves, contingent mem
Der to the fOrty-tourth congress, DR.. P.
Schwenk and George II. Roberts, the attorney
W. r. Davis, of Nebraska, Majors private
secretary, is false. Tho committee recon-
mends that legal action be instituted against
the persons named The report exonerates
Representative Valentine, Of Nebraska, from
any knowledge or completely in the fraud . .
Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 17.-Chas. T. Doxey
was sworn in as the member from the Ninth
Indiana District. to susceed the late Repre-
sentative Ortiz. j. t. Game, delegate from
Utah, was also sworn in. "A joint resolution
was passed requesting the President to open
correspondence with the government of Vene-
zuela with the view of the appointment of a
new commission to sit in Washington to con-
sider evidence submitted to the former COM
mis- sion, and directs that the moneys now in
charge of the department Of state received
from Venezuela on account of awards be dis
tributed pro rata in payment of the same. >.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY. January 18.-On motion of Robe
son the house went into committee of the
whole on the naval appropriation bill Robe
son explained the provisions of the bill, and at
the conclusion Of his remarks the house ad-
iourned out of respect to the memory of the
late Representative Shackelford.
FRIDAY, January 19.-MOOre (Tenn. intro
duced joint resolution proposing q constitu-
tiOnal amendment granting congress the power
to provide by appropriate Legislation for the
legal enforcement of the obligations of con
tracts entered into by any state of the Union
The post route bill was reported from COM
m1ttee and passed. Adjourned.
SATURDAY, January Reconsideration of
the naval bill in committee of the whole, was
resumed. When the committee rose it was
ordered that general debate be limited to one
hour on the 22d. j. d. Taylor (Ohio) gave
notice that on February 9Th, at O'clock p NJ,
he would ask the house to take suitable action
relative to the death of his predecessor, ]. T.
Updegraff . Adj Ourned.