River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-12-11
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

senate called the BODY 10 order and prayer was
/ offered On motion of Mr.. Logan the secreta-
~ was instructed to inform the house that the
senate was ready to proceed to bus
4 mess. Messrs. Sherman and Garland
were appointed committee TO inform the
president that the senate was ready to receive
! any communication he might be pleased to
make. The secretary read the credentials OF
William p Sheffield, appointed to fill the Va
/ cancy caused by the death of Senator Anthony
7 The Presidents message was received an.
4 when the reading was concluded, DIR. Adrich
1 in few feeling remarks made formal an
1 nouncement of the death of Senator Anthony
and the senate adjourned.
/ HoUsE.-Promptly at noon the speakers
I gavel called the house to order. After prayer
I the speaker directed the clerk 10 call the roll
! The roll call disclosed the presence of 222 mem.
I bers, and the clerk was directed to inform the
I senate that the house was ready to proceed tc
7 business. The speaker appointed Messrs Ran
4 dali and Cox IN y. } a committee to wait upon
4 the president, in conjunction with similar
/ committee from the senate, and inform him
I that congress was ready to receive any coIn-
I munication he might be pleased TO make.
The message was referred to the committee
/ of the whole on the state of the Union and,
I with accompanying documents, ordered printed
SENATE Mr. Sheffield was sworn in as SEN
ator from Rhode Island A resolution was
offered for an investigation Of all leases of
land in the Indian Territory, and debated at
considerable length.
HoUsE,-Mr Follett of Ohio as a question of
! privilege, presented the following preamble
and resolution:
do impeach Lot Wright, United States mar
shall for the southern district of Ohio, of high
crimes and misdemeanors. charge him with
usurpation of power and violation of law, in
that he appointed large number of general
and special deputy marshals to serve atseyeral
voting precincts in Cincinnati, at the election
for members of congress, on the 18th OF Octob-
l. rfka3a
with pistols, and other deadly weapons, said to
have been furnished by the war department.
Resolved, That the committee on expendl-
lures of the department of justice be required
and directed, as soon as the Same can reas@-
able be done, to investigate such charges and
report to the house.
An exciting debate followed, participated in
| by Messrs. Follett and Converse, of Ohio;
Cox of New York; Reagan of Texas; Barksdale
of Missouri, and others on the Democratic side,
while Messfs Kiefer and Jud Taylor of Ohio;
Hiscock of New York, and Reid of Maine pre-
scented the Republican view of the case. None
of the latter opposed the resolutions or the in
vestigation contemplated by it The resolution
was adopted.
SENATE The resolution for an investiga-
ton of land leases in the Indian Territory was
amended so as to include leases in Indian res
ervatons and adopted. Mr.. Mcpherson intro
dueed bill to suspend silver coinage Bills
passed authorizing the construction of rail
way DTld5G across the d. OIOlX DCIWbSu Gull
water and Taylor's Falls, and authorizing the
secretary of war to adjust and settle the account
for arms etc, between Montana and the United
States.
Senator Mills of New York introduced BILL
authorizing the president to place Brvt Maj
Gen. William w. Ayerill on the retired list of
the army with the rank and pay Of ''confiden-
tial cruisers" in the act re-establishing the
court of commissions of Alabama claims shall
be construed and held to include for all pur-
Of said pt al Vnagpfg
and crew of vessels of organized ex
petitions acting as such by authority of
the late so-called confederate government, or
any of its officers, by which vessels or car
goes of loyal citizens of the United States were
captured or destroyed on the high seas; and
that act be construed to include any waters
within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United
States.
The senate passed the house bill for the re-
lief of Francis B. Van Haesen. 1t authorizes
a REIMBURSEMENT by the governor of Minnesota
to 100 acres of land near Alexandria, and con-
fines Van Haeaen's bounty warrant title to It,
HoUsE-A bill passed authorizing the con-
struction of bridge across the st Croix river
between saltwater and Taylor's Falls
On motion of Mr.. Cobb, the senate amend
ments to the house bill perfectng the unearned
land of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad compa-
ny were non concurred in
On motion of Mr. Randall, the house went
into committee of the whole (Air Cox of New
York in the chair on the bill making temper
airy provision for the naval service. No amend
ments were offered to the bill, and no discus
sion was had, Mr.. Randall merely making a
brief statement that the total appropriation for
the support of the navy for the current fiscal
year was SIS, $50, 166, a reduction of $25S, 26S
from the appropriation of the previous year.
The committee rose, the bill passed
SENATE.-The following bills were intro
duced and referred: By Mr.. Mitchell, grant
ing pension to Gen Grant; by Mr.. Gibson, for
the erection of public building at New Or
leans to cost one million dollars.
Mr.. Cameron pa submitted the following,
W hich he desired to lie over and be printed:
Whereas, The shipping trade in American
vessels is depressed and export trade in Amer
lean produce is languishng for want of a
market that might be reached if the shipping
trade was in the hands of citizens of the United
States: therefore be it
Resolved That the committee on finance bs
and is hereby directed to inquire whether it be
expedient to expend the surplus revenue of the
United States or any portion thereof, for the pu-
pose of reyiving the shipping and export trade
BY allowing rebate from tariff duties on for
eign goods imported in ships built and owned
in the United States, and by also allowing
premium on American-grown products and
articles of American manufacture exported IN
American vessels, and report by bill or other
wise
Messrs. Ingalls, and Cameron will call up the
resolution at an early day.
Mr. Hill offered q resolution declaring
against the suspension of the coinage of silver
dollars or the issue of silver certificates. Adj
journed till Monday.
HousE.-Following is the text of Repre-
sentative Morrison's bill, introduced: "Be it
enacted, that the secretary of the treasury be
and is hereby authorized and directed to ap-
ply the surplus revenues, at any time
in the treasury in excess of $780, 900, 900,
not otherwise appropriated to the reder2eelon
of United States bonds;sI when any of said
bonds arc -eaee;IiiiDle at the pleasure of the
government, 1t shall not be lawful to apply
any portion of said surplus to the purchase OF
bonds at premium
The interstate commerce bill was discussed,
and the House adjourned to Monday.
SENATE Mr.. Blair introduced bin 10 ap-
propriate S50O,000 to promote thu proposed
worlds exposition to be held in Chicago next
September by the colored people. Mr.. Blair
is one of the most indefatigable workers in
congress. and it would not be surprising if he
succeeded in securing the passage of his
bill. The commissioners named IN the bill
to disburse the appropriation are Joseph e.
Thomas of Illinois, Daniel Johnson of Missis-
sippi, Philip Josephs of Alabama, w. W. Hand
of Illinois, Joseph M. Moore of Tennessee and
Thomas T. Fortune of New York. The com
missioners are required to give bond in the
sum of 500, coo.
Mr.. Mitchell withdrew his bill granting
pension to Gen Grant, this being in accord
ance with the expressed wishes of the general
himself. The bill for the incorporation OF the
Spokane Falls & C9ur dAlene Railroad COM
panV was considered and amendments adopted
forbidding the coinpanys consolidation with
other railroad companies or to build branches.
The letter from Gen. Grant, read in the SEN
ate, declining, under any circumstances, to ac-
cent pension from the United States is COM
nended by all his friends. The latter, well
as the general himself feel that he is justly en-
titled to be placed on the retired list with the
rank of general, which he bore at the time he
resigned his commission to accept the presi-
dency
HOUSE. Two more bills were presented in
relation to the currency One, by Mr. Warner,
provides that whenever the national bank cur
rency falls below $50 100000, United States
notes shall be issued in sufficient amount to
maintain its volume of paper currency, in
Guiding the greenbaeks now outstanding, at
$3.50 000,000. The object aimed at by this bill
is to maintain the national bank circulation at
$4,000, 000 Mr.. Buckner introduced his bill to
suspend silver dollar coinage for three years,
and authorizing the appointment of commits
sioner to confer with the commissioners to be
appointed by leading European nations.
Bills were introduced to open to homestead
settlements certain portions of the Indian ter
ritory; to prevent contraction of the currency;
for a constitutional amendments providing that
treaties shall he made by and with the consent
of the house as well as the senate; to increase
the number of lighthouse districts on the
Mississippi river The discussion of the inter-
state commerce bill was resumed
Pride and Justice.