River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-03-13

rules were suspended and the bull penslonlnS
survivors of the Mexican war passed.
Mr.. Cox On. Y. J moved thatthe house adj
Journ, his purpose being to prevent Mr. Con
verse from making a motion to suspend the
rules and consider the bill increasing the duty
on wool
Mr. Beach called for the yeas and nays,
which were not ordered, and vote of tellers
resulted-104 to 10 in favor of adjournment
In the senate on the 4th inst, among the
memorials presented was one by MI. Ingalls,,
from Grand Army post of Kansas, against tho
passage of bill reinstating Fitz John Porter
The memorial embodies resolutions of the post
which declare that ''to reinstate Fitz John Por
ter would be regarded as an insult to all loyal
soldiers who obeyed with alacrity their supe-
rior officers In presenting the memorial, Mr.
ingalls, remarked that the resolutions voiced
the opinion Of nine-tenths of the surviving sol
diers of the war of the rebellion, and in that
opinion he personally cordially coneurred.
Mr.. Logan, military affairs, reported favor
ably the bill to relieve the members and judge
advocate of the Fitz John Porter court martial
of the secrecy imposed by their oath as to the
vote of the court.
AT the conclusion of the morning business,
the military academy appropriation bill was
placed before the senate.
Mr.. Logan said he was authorized by the
committee on appropriations to offer an amend
ment providing that hereafter any cadet dis
missed for hazing should not be eligible for
reappointment He had consulted many of the
best officers who had been in authority at the
academy 1t was their and his opinion that
hazing cannot be stopped without such pro-
vision, and he believed such provision would
stop it The amendment was agreed to, and
the bill, as amended passed
Mr.. Cockrell reported adversely the bill to au-
thorize the secretary of war to lend tents for
the fifth annual reunion OF soldiers and sailors
of the Northwest at Chicago in August In pre-
senting this report, Mr.. Cockrell remarked that
there were no tents that could be supplied for
such purpose, and it would be an enormous
expense to the government to undertake to
provide them.
The following bills were introduced and re-
ferred: BY Mr. Vest, to provide permanent res
ervations for indians in Northern Montana BY
Mr.. Sherman granting copyrightto newspapers.
The following is copy of the bill introduced
by Senator Sherman, granting copyright to
newspapers:
Be it enacted, etc, That any daily or weekly
newspaper, or any association OF daily or week
ly newspapers publishedin the United States, or
any of the territories thereof, shall have the
sole right to print issue and sell for term of
eight hours, dating from the hour of going TO
press, the contents of said daily or weekly
newspapers, or collection of news of said news
paper association exceeding one hundred words.
Sec 2 That for any infringement of copy
right granted by the first section OF this act,
the party injured may sue in any court of COM
petent jurisdiction and recover in any proper
action damages sustained by him from persons
making infringement, together with the costs
of the suit
In the house almost the entire day was con
sumed in committee of the whole upon the ma
val appropriation bill, but without definite &C
ton.
Mr. Strait introduced in the house bill for
the relief of James II. Bacon and L. Caskey.
bill was introduced by Mr.. Wakefield for the
relief of George T. Brott Mr.. Nelson nitro
duced a bill to restore to certain scouts and
soldiers of the United States army the money
and annuities belonging to them contiscated and
forfeited TO the United States, for the relief of
persons for damages sustained by reason OF
depredations and injuries by certain bands of
Sioux Indians, approved Feb. g. 1883 He also
introduced bill 10 authorize the sale OF timber
on certain lands reserved for the use of the
Menomonee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin. A
bill was introduced by Mr. White for the relief
of Charles Il. Blair, postmaster at Eyota, Ohm
sted county, MINI. Gen. Washburn introduced
bill granting pension to Mrs. Farquhar, widow
of Col Francis U. Farquhar
The senate on the 9TH inst, passed bill to
extend the limits OF the Yellowstone Park to a
certain extent The same laws which now ex-
tend over the park are re enacted and the fol-
lowing provision in regard to leasing eights to
private citizens is included in the bill:
That the secretary of the interior may lease
ceeding ten acres in extent for each tract, on
which may be erected hotels and the necessary
out-buildings for period not exceeding ten
years; but such lease shall not include any of
the geysers or other objects of curiosity OF in
terest in said park, or exclude the public from
the free and convenient approach thereto, or
include any ground within one -fourth of q mile
of any of the geysers or the Yellowstone Falls;
nor shall there be leased more than one tract,
nor exceeding ten acres, to any one person, as
60. siaf flor or nm n hotel
other building be erected within the park until
such lease shall be executed by the secretary of
the interior; and all contracts, agreements or
exclusive privileges hereafter made or given in
regard to said park, OF any part thereof, lncon-
sistent with this act are hereby declared to be
invalid; nor shall the secretary of the interior,
in any lease which he may make and execute,
grant any exclusive privileges within said park,
except on the ground leased
In executive session senate the confirmed /.
J. Tuomey South Carolina United States mar
shall. district of South Carolina; Hugh J. Dobbs
register laud office, Beatrice, Neb. William W.
Carter, collector OF internal revenue, Seventh
district of Indiana; James I'll. Stone, collector
of internal revenue, First district of Michigan.
Collectors of Internal Revenue. W. Burdette,
Fortieth district, Iowa; Jacob Wheeler, Eighth
district, Illinois. Postmasters-F. A. Briggs,
Mandan, Oak John II. Prout, Blue Earth City,
MINI. Consuls-Charles Warth, Kansas, at
Funchal Archer Russell Platt at Che Foo,
China Willis Edwards Boxer, at Rosario, Ar
gentine Republic.
The house of representatives has always been
fond of giving the senate left-hander, and
never loses an opportunity to do so Some time
ago the senate passed bill allowing each mem
Der of that body private secretary whose sal
arv shall be paid out of the government funds.
The expenses Of the investigations of the Dan
vile massacre and the Copiah county outrage
together with the salaries of these new private
secretaries exhausted the contingent fund of
the senate, and two weeks ago the senate passed
a resolution appropriating $4,000 more for
these purposes. This required the concurrence
of the house, which has been withheld, when
Mr.. Randall reported the resolution with an
amendment, which was passed. permitted the
money to be used only to pay the expenses of
the investigation This cuts off the wages of
the private secretarys.
It was rumored ON the 9th inst, that the SEN
ators were quite stirred up by what they con
slider the interference of the house frepresen-
tatives with the disbursement of their eontin-
gent fund, and declare that the action Of the
house committee on appropriations in lacking
on an amendment which prohibits the payment
of salaries TO their recently appointed private
secretaries an Ilnwarranted IMPORTANCE. The
members Of the house justify their action ON
the ground that the senate has never permitted
the house to pay its employees as
much as the senate employees
receive and insist that as long as the senators
writing, the government should not be conf
PEELED to pay for the LUXURY 1t IL an open
Scandal that the worst sort Of nepotism has
been practiced by the senators in the selection
of their private secretaries under the new rule,
and thai the pay clerk of that body had been
forbidden to disclose the names of the persons
50 employed 1t is claimed that the wives and
daughters of certain senators are drawing 50
day from the government under the guise OF
private secretaries, and the attempt to conceal
the facts in the case gives color to the report.
The bill providing q system of courts for the
United States in the far east passed the senate
likewise the bill appropriating SECS, 600 for Col
Albert H. Emery for inyenting and construc
ting machine for testing iron and steel.
The house passed the naval appropriation
bill with some amendments. Up to the very
close of the discussion the general topic of new
navy was very warmly debated. In the course
OF the debate Mr.. Dorsheimer of New York
spoke of the importance of improving the navy
so as to make it adequate for the protection of
the nation and in case of war with Englandnow,
pictured the disastrous consequences to the pee
pie of his own district, He said not house
would escape destruction by the guns of hostile
feet that might anchor three miles off Coney Is
land and quite outside the reach of Notifications
in New Yorl.
The senate took up for consideration the bill
for the relief of the heirs Of Maurice Griyot
The bill provides for the repayment 10 the heirs
Of about s700, constituting deposit seized by
order of Gen. Banks in New Orleans on his TAX
ing possession of that city. Mr. Conger siren
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