Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-04-02
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.

MONDAY, March 24-The minority report of
the committee on foreign relations on the SUBJ
ject of American meats was received. After
! transacting routine business of no Importance
| the Senate went into executive session and
| soon adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 25.-Bills reported favora-
| bly,: To provide for the sale of the Iowa
| Indian reservation in Nebraska and Kansas; for
the readjustment of the compensation for
| transportation of mails. The bill fixing the
| salaries of United States district Judges at
| $4,000 was taken up, and after the adopt on of
| the amendment making it unlawful for any
! judge to appoint to position in his court a
| relative nearer than first cousin, the bill was
| passed. bill for the payment of government
employees for holidays was passed without de-
| bate. After executive session the Senate adj
! journed.
! WEDNESDAY, March ga bill was intro
| duced and debated at some length to change
| the eastern and northern judicial districts of
| Texas and to attach part of the Indian Terri
| tory to such district. After the adoption of
| numerous amendments the bill passed. The
| Senate adopted joint resolution providing
| that the 1925, 600 unexpended food sppropria-
| ton be applied to the use of the Mississippi
| flood sufferers and after long debate on the
education bill adjourned.
THURSDAY, March 27.-A favorable report
was received from the committee on naval af-
fairs on the Joint resolution authorizing the
900 for rescuing or ascertaining the fate of the
| Greedy party. Bills passed: To provide for the
| payment of ten claims for depredatIons COM
mitted by Ute Indians at the time of the mas
sacre at the White River agency, in 1879. The
number of persons included IN the bill is
eleven, and the amount about 81, 500 author
| iZlng the Secretary of War to examine the claim
of Thomas J. Miller, Washington Territory, for
the seizure and sinking Of his ferry-boat on the
| Columbia River by the armed forces of the
United States, to prevent its use by hostile In-
dams during the Bannock war in 1878; a bill to
pay So 500 to the legal representatives of Mrs
Martha Vaughan and $4,000 to those of Mrs.
Louise Jackman for patriotic services and in
formation rendered to the Union army in Ken
lucky in 1868; bill authorizing the court of
claims to grant rehearing in the case of
Charles 7. Chateau, of Missouri, for delay and
extra expense caused by the government in
building an iron-clad during the war; bill to
repay the state Of Georgia $22, 567, money ad-
vanced for the defense of her frontiers against
the Indians from 1895 to 1918, and not hereto
fore repaid. After an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 28.-The committee on wo-
man suffrage reported in favor Of an amend
| ment to the constitution providing for suffrage.
Mr.. Miller (Cal.) called up and the Senate
passed bill authorizing the Secretary of the
Navy to issue proclamation offering reward
of 1926. 900 to be paid private persons who shall
fate of the Greedy expedition. Also the bill
amending the revised statutes, so as to author
ize vessels to unload coal, salt, railroad iron
and other like articles in bulk under the super
intendence of customs officers at the expense of
the persons interested at places to be desig-
mated by the Secretary Of the Treasury. Mr..
Dolph explained that the permission accord ed
by this bill had become necessity to the COM
merce of Portland, Ore, San Francisco and
other cities. By the laws as heretofore exist
11 1oJ% ho IoN4 ~,
entry and reshipped, even when needed for use,
across the river. This bill permits the vessels
to unload at places other than the port of en-
try, provided that the place of unloading be
within the collection district and be designated
by the Secretary of the Treasury ,fAfter an exec
utive session the Senate adjourned until Mon
day.
MONDAY, March 24-The conference report
on the Senate bill to increase the Senate con
tingent fund to $4,000 was agreed to. Bills
introduced and referred: Granting the right of
way through Indian Territory to the Southern
Kansas Railroad: to secure cheaper telegraph
correspondence; to repeal the restriction on the
coinage Of the silver dollar. After censidera-
ton of District business the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 25.-The Senate bill was
passed authorizing the state OF Colorado to
take certain lands in lieu of the sixteenth and
thirty-Sixth sections, found to be mineral lands.
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committee making it a misdemeapor for any
person to fraudulently represent himself to be
an officer or employe of the government. Ellis
asked leave to report from the committee en- APP
preparations JOINT resolution providing that
1925, 600 of the unexpsnded appro priatlon for
the Ohio flood sufferers may be used for the re-
lief of sufferers from the overflow of the Mis-
sissippi river and its tributaries. Pending &C
ton or the resolution the House adjourned.
WEDNESDAY. March 26.-The House adopted
joint resolution providing fer 1925, 900 unex-
pended appropriation for the relief of the desti-
tute in the district overlooked by the Missis-
sippi and it's tributaries. Keifer introduced
bill for the erection of pedestal for the statue
of the late President Garfield in Washington.
Referred. The House then went into committee
of the whole, Mr.. Dorsheimer in the chair, on
the bonded extension bill, and when the COM
mittee rose the House adjourned.
THURSDAY, March 27.--In committee of the
whole a motion to strike out the enacting
clause of the bonded whisky bill was passed,
and when the committee rose its action was
ratified by the House. After long debate on a
question of precedence of various measures on
the calendar, the House adjourned.