Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
SENATE.

| OF The h0DuDnC asking UIltlU Gen. Grant be
placed on the retired list was laid on the
table, as the Senate had already acted in
the matter. The Des Moines settlers title
| bill was passed. as was also the post-office
appropriation bill including Fryes amend
ment giving $400,000 to American steam
ships carrying mails
| TUESDAY, Feb 24.-The Senate received
a memorial from the Legislature of Wiscon-
sin asking that Gen. Grant be placed on the
retired list Hoar submitted q report on
! the dual set of credentials of Senator Ali
sons election. The naval appropriation
| bill was laid before the Senate and referred.
! The bill authorizing the President to nego-
tiate with the Creeks Seminoles and Chero-
KEGS for purchase of their remaining rights
| in the Oklahoma lands was passed A
committee OF conference on the agricultural
appropriation bill was appointed.
! WEDNESDAY, Feb. Fisherman present
ed to the Senate a report and concurrent
resolution thanking Col. Casey and the as
| sistant engineers for the manner in which
| they have performed their duties in the
| completion of the Washington monument
| A long discussion of the verdict in the
| Swain trial and of the power Of court
| martial followed a conference report on the
| army appropriation bill. The verdict was
denounced by Messrs. Hoar, Ingalls,, Sher-
| man anu OUTFITS anu Dy MeSSrS.
! Hale and Hawley. The legislative execu-
tive and judicial bill was reported, but
owing to dilatory motions, no conclusion
! had been reached when the Senate adj
| journed.
THURSDAY, Feb. 26.-The credentials Of
| Senator Jones, of Nevada, were placed he
fore the Senate. The naval appropriation
bill was reported and the Pacific Railroad
funding bill introduced and laid on the ta-
bic. The legislative appropriation bill was
passed substantially as it came from the
Senate committee. A long debate ensued
on the bill repeating the silver coinage act,
| Sherman making strong speech in it's ia
vor and Hill against the measure.
FRIDAY, Feb. 27.-The Senate passed the
naval appropriation bill with an amend
ment providing SIP, 600 for the purchase
of Ericson's torpedo boat DESTROYER !"
The bill providing for the sale of the Sac
and Fox reservations in Nebraska and
Kansas was passed, as were a number OF
House pension bills. A conference commit
tee was appointed on the legislative, execu-
tive and judicial bill The second reading
Of the House subtitute for the river and
harbor bill was objected to by Cameron, of
Wisconsin, and so the bill was not referred
to a committee. In the executive. session
the kreidler nomination was considered for
an nOur, but again went over.
SATURDAY, Feb. 2S.-The Senate received
letter from the attorney general stating
that the deficiency bill insuficiently pro-
vides for the juries, ETC., in connection with
the United States courts The conference
report on the agricultural bill was agreed
to. The substitute for the river and har-
Dor bill was read the second time and re-
ferred to the committee on commerce. A
debate was had on the bill FORGETTING lands
granted to the state of Iowa to aid in the
construction of the Sioux CITY q st. Paul
Railroad. A number of House bills making
appropriations for public buildings were
passed, and a conference committee on the
post-oftice appropriation bill was APP
pointed.
House.
MONDAY, Feb. 23.-The sundry civil APP
preparation bill was reported, Bland re-
serving all points of order. A resolution
was offered instructing the committee on
foreign affairs to inquire ii discrimination
against articles imported from Germany
was not required in retaliation for the dis
elimination by that country against Ameri-
can products. The Senate amendments to
the Texas Pacific land grant bill were con-
Cured in, as were those of the anti-foreign
contract labor bill The naval appropria-
ton bill was passed, but without the clause
up the navy, which was rejected. An even
ing session was held for the consideration
Of District Of Columbia business.
TUESDAY, Feb. 24.-The House author
lied the Commercial National Bank, of Chi
cago, to increase it's capital to So, 900, 900.
Bills were passed for the allotment of lands
in severalty to the Indians on the Unadilla
Reservation; appropriating $4,000 for
erection of a public building at Fort
Townsend, W. T., and increasing to $175,-
600 the appropriation for the public build
ing at Fort Wayne, Ind. The river and
harbor bill was taken up and the committee
sustained the decision of the Chair ruling
on the Hennepin Canal clause A long and
noisy session followed, during which numer-
Gus unimportant amendments were adopt
ed. The bill was finally reported to the
House and the previous question ordered.
WEDNESDAY. Feb. 25.-The House passed
bills for the erection of public buildings at
, Sacramento, CAL, and La Crosse, Wis, and
'appropriating 500, OOOfor the payment of
certain citizens for supplies furnished the
Sioux and Dakota Indians in Minnesota
between 1860 and 1862. Henley reported
a joint resolution instructing the attorney
general to institute proceedings to Vacate
and set aside certain portions Of the lands
certified to the state of Michigan for the
Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Ca
nal Company. The deficiency appropria-
ton bill was passed. The river and harbor
bill was taken up under the operation of
the previous question. When the Missis-
sippi River clause was reached the commit
tee amendment striking it out was carried.
At this point the enemies of the bill resort
ed to filibustering tactics which were kept
up amid much confusion and excitement
until midnight, when the House adjourned
THURSDAY, Feb 26.-The House laid on
the table the Joint resolution returning the
thanks of Congress to Col. Casey, the Wash
ington monument engineer. A further con
ference on the army appropriation bill was
ordered. The sundry civil bill was taken
up and the clause repeating the silver coin
age act was stricken out. Debate then fol-
lowed on the proposed appropriation of
money for the New Orleans Exposition
great opposition being manifested.
FRIDAY, Feb. 27.-The House non-con-
Cured in the Senate amendment to the leg
islatiye bill. On motion of Willis the sum
of $4,000 900 was appropriated for rivers
and harbors. The sundry civil appropria-
ton bill was passed. The post-office APP
preparation bill was reported with the