River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-01-15
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

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SENArK-The report of the Missouri river
commission was presented. A discussion took
place on a petition from the Oklahoma
settlers of Indian Territory Mr.. Nor
rill made speech against reciprocity
treaties with inferior nations He took
| the ground that reciprocity treaties were I'M
| constitutional, that apart from their unconsti-
| nationality they were 'incurably wrong" that
| they were at war with the ssmost favored nation
clause of all other treaties, that so-called ''re
| ciprocity" treaties with inferior nations sur
| rendered much home trade in return for lit
| tie foreign trade, and that real reciprocity
! with such nations was impossible. The de-
| bate upon the Cullom interstate commerce bill
was resumed and continued till adjournment
The house bill approprating $50, 600 for desti-
| tute Indians in Montana passed.
The President sent to the Senate
the following nominations; Luther S. How
! lett, Oregon, receiver of public moneys at Va
kima, Wash; August Duddenhausen, Idaho.
register of the land Office at Oxford, Idaho;
Alien w. Eaton, Idaho, receiver of public mon
eys at Oxford, Idaho.
The Senate confirmed Edward G. Wise, United
States marshal for the Southern district of
Georgia; James Monroe, United States mar
shall for the Western district of Michigan;
Jacob s, Boreman, associate justice of the
supreme court of Utah; Charles G. Waters.
attorney of the United States Eastern district
of Arkansas; Webster Flanagan, collector of
internal revenue for the Fourth district of
Texas. Postmasters-Anke III. Pierson, Pella,
Iowa; Newbury e. Westover, Blunt Oak !;
Alanson ?. Hammond Ashland, Or
HOUSE The consideration of the Reagan
interstate commerce bill was resumed Passage
of arms took place between Messrs. Keifer
and Reagan the former denying a statement
made by the latter to the effect that the COM
mittee on commerce of the fort seventh con-
gross was packed against the bill, and the
latter reiterating his statement
On motion of Mr.. Cox IN ~ resolution
was adopted calling on the secretary of the
navy for information regarding the cause of
the death of Naval Cadet Frank S. Strong, of
Oregon, who, it is alleged, died in consequence
of cruelties inflicted by senior cadets. The al
legation on which the resolution is based IS
that the cadet came to his death from the ef-
feet of so-calle1 @horse play" on the part OF the
third class, he being put in barrel and rolled
around.
SENATE. -Among the bills introduced was one
by Mr.. Allison, relating to fees of pension
claim agents and attorneys He said he did
not want to be respons de for all the proyis-
ions, but they were identical with the pro-
visions of the pension bill recently passed by
the house. 1t was general legislation, he
said, and repealed all legislative provisions con-
tanned in the pension appropriation bill of last
year There was now great complaint that the
Legislation of last year was hasty and unjust to
the soldiers of the country, and itias been indi-
rectly charged that the senate was responsible
for that legislation. The fact WAS that the leg5-
lation of last year came from the house in q
regular bill Under the rules of the senate there
was no possibility of having well considered leg
lslation in an appropriation bill, because an
amendment should not be offered nor debate
had with respect to it He introduced the bill
in Order that it might be referred to the COM
mittee on pensions and carefully considers in
the committee and in the senate 1t was said
that under the legislation of last year claim
agents were expressing pension applicants. III
So the fact should be ascertained at the earliest
! moment and remedy applied. Other sena-
tors spoke on the subject
The senate in executive session decided,
forty to twelve, not to make the text of the
Nicaragua treaty public in advance of the
action OF the senate. Senator Edmunds was
the chief speaker in opposition to the PROPOSE
ton, and based his argument upon the con-
stitutional right and power of the senate to deal
! with treaties unincumbered by advice or in
iuences from any source, and quoted extern
siyely from authorities upon the constitutional
powers of the senate in this respect
House THE house Thursday, by vote of
15S to IS, passed the Reagan Interstate COM
merce bill The opponents of this measure
made determined effort to inject a
/ provision providing for the appoint
ment of board of commissioners,
with authority to decide all contro-
versies that might arise between shippers
of freight and the railroad companies, but
were defeated by a decisive vote Suisse
quently an effort was made to recommit the
bill, with instructions to report back the
measure originally reported by the com
mittee commerce, but this also met with
signal defeat Except the O'Hara amendment,
providing against discrimination in carrying
passengers, the bill passed substantially as pre-
scented by Mr.. Reagan, and now goes to the SEN
ate for action by that body. All the Minnesota
delegation voted for the bill except Mr.. Wash
burn
In the contested election case of Craig Gre
publican) against Shelley Oemocratl, Fourth
district of Alabama, the house awarded the seat
to Craig, who took the oath Of Office.
SENATE.-A bill was passed directing the
transfer of one Of the vessels of the Greedy re-
lief expedition to the treasury department for
a revenue cutter for use in the waters of Alas
ka, and authorizing the retention of the other
two for use in the navy as surveying vessels or
otherwise.
Mi. Cockrell, introduced bill to amend the
| act placing colored troops on the same footing
as to bounty as other soldiers by making IL p-
NV TO the heirs of all colored soldiers who may
have died and were killed while in the military
service of the United States
The following nominations were received:
Samuel P Mccormick, collector internal rev.
enue district of Virginia; postmaster, john D.
Cutter, Parke, Oak.
Combinations NJ Morton, surveyor Of
| Customs San Francisco; L. s. Howlett receiver
of public moneys, Yakima, Wash L. I. John-
son, collector of customs, Savannah, Ga. rear
! admirals in the navy, s. p. Quackenbush, Earl
English and T. H. UpshGr; FL NJ Dennison,
pay director of the navy; w. s. Schley, chief OF
| the bureau of equipment and recruiting of the
navy. Senate adjourned for two days
| HOUSE Mr. Curtin. from the committee on
! foreign affairs, reported resolution calling
! for information from the executive relative to
| the arrest of T. R. Moynahan, an American
| citizen, by the government of Mexico. Adopted.
/ Mr. Curtin also reported resolution calling
! on the president for information relating 10
/ the Congo conference Adopted. Also 9
resolution calling on the president for copies
| of the correspondence between this govern
! ment and France in regard to the French ana
American claims commission since the 90 OF
November, 1881. Adopted Also resolution
calling on the secretary Of state for detailed
/ statement of the expenditure OF the amount
appropriated for the expenses or the Frencn
and American claims commission. Adopted.
On Saturday, the senate was not in session,
but the house did good days work. Mr.
Randall directed the attention of the house to
to the Importance of proceeding with the APP
| preparation bills, and warned the house that
| of there was danger of an extra session of the
! Forty-ninth congress- This admonition seemed
TO have the desired effect, as the house refused
TO take up the public buildings bill, and pro-
ceeded with the navy appropriation bill This
measure was passed with very little discussion.
| The naval appropriation bill makes provis-
! ion for the naval service for the six months
ending June 30, 1886, on the basis of the bill
which passed the house the first session of this
congress, giving for each item of expenditure
! just one-half the amount contained in the said
l blu, with the following exceptions: For cur
! rent expenses of the bureau of yards and docks,
in lieu of half, or 500, 600, there is given
! $4,000; the current expenses of the bureau of
construction and repairs, in lieu of one-half,
or $500, 900 there is given $3.50, 600; for cur
rent expenses of the bureau of steam engineer
ing, in lieu of one-half, or $375 600, there Is
given s2S0000, together with the unexpen-
| ded balance of $4,000 from the ap-
! preparation in 1884 for monitors; for
| the pay of the navy and marine corps there
| is given in lien of one-half the amount con-
tanned in the said bill, a sum equal to the bal
ance remaining after deducting the appropria
/ tons for the first six months from the whole
/ sum proposed in the said bill There is moth
! ing in the bill for steel cruisers, appropria-
| tons to complete them having already been
made The bill appropriates in all So, 40, 155,
/ which, added to the sum appropriated for the
| first six months ended Dec. 81, 1894, 81, 500, :
/ 81, makes the total appropriations for the
navy for the entire fiscal year of 1885, S14, $40
| 472, or $685. less than app ropriated for the
! fiscal year of 1884
! SENATE-There was q sharp discussion IN
| the senate on the resolution of Senator Haw-