Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-02-05
CONGRE SSISNAE.
MONDAY. JANUARY 26.


SeRdte.-In the senate the oath was
administered to Mr.. Chace, and tho
cree entails of MIR J. y. Cameron were
placed on file. Mr.. PLUMB reported a
subs.l ute for the house bill FORGETTING
an Iowa land grant. Mr.. Bay ards
resolution, expressing the Indignation
and sorrow of the senate at the attempt
to destroy lives and property in Lon
don by means of dynamite, was passed,
Mr.. & dole serger alone voting in the
negative. A bill to quit and confirm
the title to certain lands IN Saginaw
Bay,7 Mich, was passed. Enlogies upon
the late Congrss man Duncan, of
Penusy lvaEia, were pronounced.
HouSe.-The house spent the entire
session discussing the d strict of Column
bia appropriation Dill in comm ittee Of
the whole, but did not report he bill.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 81.
Senate IS n. Morrill,, from the COM
mituee on finance, reported favorably
with amendments the house bill for the
retirement and Iecoining of trade dol
lars. The vote in committee was in
favor and against. The division In the
Committee upDH reporting the bill was
as follows: Morrill,, Aldrich. Allison,
Miller IN. ", Bayard and NJ Paterson
in the affirmative; Jones, Sherman,
Beck and Harris la the negative. Sen.
Cameron (Pa.l from committee Ga
military affairs, reported favorably
the bill authorizing the establishment
of q retired list for non-commissioned
officers and privates OF the u. S
almv who have served 80 years and up
wards
House-The house went into COM
mite. OF the whole on the army appro-
priation bill. After brief and general
debate the bill was read. When the
parag1a h for the pay of the army was
reached Mr.. McComas offered an
am 9ndmeht authorizing the retirement
of General Grant with rank and pay of
general, Ruled ~Tt on q point of order.
| MIR. Hewitt, of New York, moved that
| the house go into commits tie Of the whole
| to consider the revenue bills. h.2 object
being to call up the bill carrying unto
effect a convention between the United
States and Mexico. The motion was
lost by a vote of 60 to 96.-Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 2S
Senate Message frOm the president
were laid before the senate regarding
the landing of foreign cables in the
United Stats, the Venezuela AWARDS
and the status of the Oklahoma lands.
The judiciary committee reported In
place OF the house bill a sIbsri uIe pro-
vidlpg for the settlement of the govern
ment's claim against the Pacific rail
roads The debt to the government is
exteE ded Eor various pprio1s, averag ng
% years. The Nicaraguan treaty was
discussed at a protracted executive
session. A motion to postpone acuon
until after March 4 was made on the
democratic do, but no vote was had,
owing to he absence eff d quorum.
HOuse-In the house a JOINT resolu-
tioB regarding the counting of the cleo
tJral vO:e was introduced. Bills were
offered appropriating $25, 900 for expert
ments with American made steel armor
for vessels, and fer promoting the eff
cheney of the army by the voluntary
re nement of officers who entered the
service during the late war. A resolu-
ton was passed asking the president to
transmit to the hnus copy of the
recent appeal of F.tz-John PorCer. The
conference report OH the s XMonths
Naval Appropriation bill was agreed to-
The CIT dentials of Mr.. j. w. Reed, of
North Carolina, we pre- 1ented and he
took the oath Of office. Eff rts to con-
slider several Immigrant forte ture bills
on the calendar failed. The river and
harbol bill was reported and referred.
A resolution was adopted calling an the
secretary Of state for infcrmation re-
garding Jul us r. Santos, an American
citizen, imprisoned in Ecuador and
about 10 be executed for alleged com
phSity in q rebellion.