River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-07-10
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.

passed without amendment as it came from the
7 house by vote of 43 to u The fortified.
/ ton bill passed, with an amendment increas-
| ing the amount 100000 The Atlantic & Pa
| cific railroad land grant forfeiture bill passed
! but amended in such shape as to leave the
| lands undisposed of until the legal proceedings
prescribed by the act are terminated
In executive sessions the senate confirmed
| the following nominations John T. Morgan,
chief Justice of the supreme eonrt of Idaho:
| John ". Lacey, Indiana, chief justice Of the
4 supreme court of Wyoming; Clarence Pullin,
| New Mexico. surveyor general of New Mexico:
| Washington Berry, California, receiver of pub
| lie moneys, Olympic, Washington Terri
| tory; William Boult, Louisiana, register
La. Felix G. Clark, register of the land
| office at Des Moines, Iowa; Rowsell g. Wheel
! err, Indiana agent for Indians at Pima agency,
| Arizona; II. Wheeler Combs Maryland, general
| appraiser Of merchandise, Baltimore; William
| HI Stevens, Nevada, smelter and refner of the
| United States mint Carson City.
Consuls-George J. Bromley, California,
| TEN Tsin; Henry May Brint Callao; Archibald
X. Brown, New Jersey, Algiers; Robert Il.
/ Davis Pennsylvania st Paul De Ioando: T.
! W. Horsefield, Iowa; Trieste, Joseph A. Jones,
Massachusetts,, Alden: Amos F. Learned, New
| York, Sydney, N. s w; FL A. Shakelford,
Pennsylvania, Nantes; L B. Smith, Maine,
| Curaco-
The senate passed without amendment the
| house bin amendatory of the anti Chinese act
1 of May 1856. The bin which passed the house
| on the Sd nit, imposes additional restrictions
| upon the landing of Chinese laborers in this
| country, and is directed TO the exclusion OF
| skilled and unslxlled Chinese laborers, whether
| subjects of China or any other foreign power.
The same restrictions that are imposed upon the
| landing of Chinese arriving from China or other
| foreign countries are made applicable to Chi
/ nese arriving by land routes the purpose OF
this latter clause being to prohibit the impor-
| tation of this class of persons by way of coun-
| tries contingent to the United States. Heavy
| penalties are imposed upon masters and own
| er5 of vessels and all persons who may aid and
abet the landing of Chinese laborers in viola
| ton of the provisions of the act
/ The contest of Mr.. Botkin against Maginnis
| of Montana was decided by the house election
| committee All of the charges were oyerruled
and the committee, by unanimous vote, adopted
| a report that the contest was unwarranted and
| brought on frivolous grounds, and ordered
| Messrs. Ranney and Hepburn, leading Repub-
liean members of the committee, to present the
report to the house.
| The following nominations were sent to the
senate on the 4th: John A. Kasson, Iowa, en-
| voy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
of the United States to Germany; Alphonso Taft
1 of Ohio envoy extraordinary and minister Dlen-
| ipotentiary of the United States to RUSSIA John
| NJ Francis New York. envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United States to
! Austro- Hungary; Lewis Richmond, Rhode
4 Island minister resident and consul general
of the United States at Portugal; Samuel H. NJ
| Byrnes, consul general at Rome; Il. c. Will
liams consul general at Havana; Ward
McAllister, Jr., California, United, States
| Judge of the district OF Alaska; Il.
| w. Haskell Iowa, United States attorney of the
district of Alaska; A. I. Lewis, Illinois, clerk
of the United States court, district of Alaska;
| Frank S Perry, New York, associate justice of
/ supreme court of Dakota; Seward Smith, Iowa,
| associate justice of the supreme court of Da-
kota; George Turner, Alabama, associate justice
| of the supreme court of Washington Territory;
| James Janett, Pennsylvania, commissioner of
| labor Robert S. Gardner, West Virginia, Indian
| Inspector; John A. Rea, Dakota, register OF the
| land office, Bismarck, Oak. Minor w. Bruce
| register of the land Office Niobrara, Neb.
| Confirmations-C. G. Belknap, California,
| agent for Indians at the Tule river agency,
| CAL William A. Newell, New Jersey, Indian
| inspector; Edward S. Butler, register of the
land office, Neigh, Neb. Andrew Railson,
Minnesota, receiver of public moneys at Red
wood Falls, Mimi; Jacob Austin, Mime
| sofa, receiver of public moneys OF Fergus
register of the land office at Boise
| City, Idaho; Ramon O. Williams, consul
| general United States, Havana; John A. Rea,
register land office, Bismarek James S. Hold
yes, register land Office, Leadville, Col James
| W. Ross, receiver of public money, Greenwood,
| Springs, Col; Robert S. Gardner, West yir-
| ginia Indian inspector; Felix G. Clark, regis
| ter land Office, Des Moines Iowa; Clarence
Pullen, surveyor general, New Mexico; John
Il. Knkead, Nevada, governor of Alaska
| confirmed
Amos F. Leared, New York, consul of
the United States, Sydney, N. S. W; John
| Jarrett. Pittsburg commissioner of labor: II.
| Alston, Shackleford, Pennsylvania, consul of
| the United States Nantes; Leonard b. Smith,
consul of the United States, Caraco. Roswell
| G.. Wheeler, Indian agent at Penna agency.
| Arizona; George Bromley, California, consul
of the United States, Tien Tsin; Archibald K:
| Brown, New Jersey, consul of the United
| States at Algiers; Henry Brent, consul Of the
| United States at Calais; Robert II. Harris,
| Pennsylvania, consul of the United States at
St Paul, De dorado; Joseph A. Jones, Msssa-
| chusetts; Consul Alden, VIM II. Stevens,
| Nevada, meter and refner mint, Carson
| City; Wheeler Coombs, Maryland, general
| appraiser of merchandise, Baltimore: Z, W.
| Horsefeldt, Iowa, consul United States at
| Treset postmaster, Edwards S. Oyerb, Men
/ ominee Wis.
| Nothing was done in congress Saturday but
| to sit around and wait for reports from con-
1 ference committees. According to the Con
| gressional Record there was no session of the
house Saturday; but according to the recol-
| lection of those who sat in the sweat box for
| fifteen hours, there was deception
was practiced upon posterity by ignoring
the calendar, and continuing what is
| known as the legislative day from
IL o'clock Thursday noon to o'clock Saturday
morning, and crowding the proceedings of
| two days into the journal of one. The senate
| was more honest, but not quite so patrIouc, Tor
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the Fourth of July The senators in
| dulged themselves in little fun, but kept
| their departure from the strict line Of
senatorial decorum confined within an
executive session were large busl-
| ness was transacted as follows H. NJ. Grimes,
| register of the land office, North Platte Neb !;
| James r. Hayden receiver of public moneys,
| Olympia, w. r.: postmaster, $. L. Berkeley,
Missouri Valley, Iowa; II. n. Beach, consul
| general of the United States, Ecuador; Clement
| Carpenter, Ohio, secretary of legation of the
| United States, Chill; Chapman Coleman, first
secretary of legation of the United States, Pek-
| ing China; Edwin Dunn, second secretary of
| legation at To Koi; consuls, Charles Einstein,
! New York, Zurich; w. Fl. Foy Lambayeque;
| II. H. Leavitt, Ohio, Monogul; Geo Scott, Ne
| braska Odessa; Fulton Paul, Bucharest; John
| Shredder, San Jose, Costa Rica; j. II. Smith,
! Mississippi Asunsion; Gilbert Daggett Robert
son. New York Verviers and Liege; George c.
| Tanner, South Carolina, Teguicigalpa; William
| D. G. Gibson, Nevada agent of Indians at Ne
| vada agency, Nevada; commissioners for the
| district of Alaska, Mattrom ID. Ball, Alaska to
reside at Sitka; Henry States, Oregon, to re-
| side at Juneau City; George 2. Iveri, Alaska,
to reside at Wrangle; John Braday, Alaska, to
reside at Oonaloskya; Chester Holcomb, sec
| rotary of legation and consul general OF the
| United States at Bogota; H. Remsen White
| house, New York, secretary of legation and
consul general to Guatemala; Richard X: Nil,
| Pennsylvania, secretary of legation at Lima
Edwards Pierrepont, New York, secretary. of
| legation, home. CnafleS DOuSHtey,
Mich Frank Sperry, New York, re-
ceiver of public moneys, Bismarck, Oak. H.
L. Childs, receiver of public moneys. Bodie,
Gala. ; Vim. H. Francis, New Jersey, associate
Justice of the supreme court of Dakota, the
nomination of Frank Sperry for this position
| having been withdrawn.
| Lewis Richmond, Rhode Island minister
| resident and consul of the United States to
| Portugal; AIphonso Taft, Ohio, envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary of the
| United States to Russia; John A. Kasson, Iowa,
| envoy extraordinary and minister plenipoten-
tiary of the United States of Germany; John M.
| Francis, envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentary of the United States to Austro-
| Hungary; Samuel H. NJ. Bayers, consul gen
eral, Rome, Italy; John Morgan, chief justice
of the supreme court of Idaho; James
r. Hayden, receiver of public
| moneys, Olympia, Wash. Ter; Wash.
ington Barry, California, register of the
land Office at Miles City, Mont. George Turner,
| Alabama, associate justice of the supreme
court of Washington Territory; John W. Lacy,
Indiana, chief justice of the supreme court of
Wyoming; Andrew I. Lewis, Illinois, clerk of
the district court of Alaska Charles 5. Zane,
Illinois, chief justice of the supreme court of
Utah; ]. f. Cousins, Missouri, marshal of the
| United IStates eastern district of Missouri;
Senford Smith, Iowa, associate justice of the
supreme court of Dakota; Ward McAllister,
Jr, California, United States district Judge Of
Ala ka; f. w. Haskell, Iowa, attorney of the
United States fer Alaska; lie Barron B. Colt,
| Rhode Island. United States Judge, First judi
cial circuit. NJ. G. Hlllyer, Nevada marshal of
the United States, Alaska.
/ Postmaster, S. s. Berkeley. Missouri Valley,