Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-12-29
WORK OF CONGRESS,


Senate.
MONDAY, Dec. SO-On motion of Mr..
Hoar, the Pacific Z 4ilroad funding bill was
postponed as a special order until the sec
ond Tuesday in January. Messrs. Spooner
and Henderson were, on their own re-
quests, excused from further service on the
committee on epidemic diseases and on the
committee on transportation to the sea
board, respectively. The Chair subse-
quently appointed Mr.. Spooner as chair
man OF the committee on claims ia place Of
Mr.. Pike, deceased. The following bills and
resolutions were passed: The Senate bill
for the relief of Bessie s. Gilmore Ito re-
deem three United States bonds stolen
from her and afterward destroyed by the
thief; Senate joint resolution author
izing the secretary Of war to accept tract
of land on Lake Michigan, twenty-five
miles from Chicago, donated by Che Com
mercial Club, Of Chicago, for military pur-
poses; Senate bill for the examination of
Claims of the state Of Missouri on account
of payments to her militia for services in
suppression of the rebelion the House bill
for the relief of the survivors of the ex.
ploring steamer Jeanette and the widows
and children of those who persisted in the
retreat from the wreak of that vessel in the
arctic seas. The House bill to grant the
Maricopa Il Pb@nix Railway Company, of
Arizona, the right of way through the
ella River Indian Reservation was taken
up, amended and passed, and a conference
asked.
TUESDAY, Dec. 21.-Mr. Cullom called up
the Interstate commerce bill and MIR. Will
son, OF Iowa, spoke in favor of it's passage.
Bill were passed fixing the price of pass
ports at 81; supplying the public printing
deficiency; appointing James 3. Angel, of
Michigan, member Of the board Of regents
OF the Smithsonian Institute.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22.-Mr. Edmunds,
from the committee on foreign relations,
reported bill 90 provide for the execution
OF article 2 of the treaty with China, of
November z, 1880, on the subject OF the
opium traffic. Mr.. Conger, from the com
Dlttee on commerce. reported bill to
auunoriz9 tho construction sud maiufe-
nance of bridge across the Missouri River
by the Duluth 81 Black Hills Railway
Company. Calendar. Mr.. Hoar offered
resolution directing the commit
tee on commerce to report in the
river and harbor bill, as to each public
work Tor which an appropriation is made,
wherein the facts which render such appro-
priaticn advisable and of national i'm
portance, and the condition of the work if
begun Adopted. The resolution intro
duced by Mr. Dawes, instructing the COM
mittee on finance to inquire into and re-
port what specific reductions can be made
taxes
that will reduce taxes to the necessary and
economical expenses OF the government
without impairipg the prosperity Of home
industries Or the compensation OF home
labor, was taken up and adopted. The
Senate then adjourned until January 4.
House.
MONDAY, Dec. 20.-Mr. Hiscock moved
to suspend the rules and pass bill re-
lating to the duties on tobacco, but after
debate the motion was lost. Mr.. Forney
(Ala.) moved to suspend the rules and
pass the Senate bill, amending the statutes
making an annual appropriation to pro-
vide arms and equipments for the
militia, with an amendment proposed
by the House committee making
the annual appropriation 100000.
Agreed to-yeas, 1913; nays, 40.
Mr.. Aldrich offered concurrent resolution
requesting the President to ento into me-
gotiations with the governments of the
principal sugar-pr oducing countries, with g.
view OF securing agreements by which the
United States shall agree to admit free of
duty sugar and molasses, the produce of
such countries or their colonies when
transported in vessels under the flag Of
either contracting party, and on which SUI
gar and mOlasses no export tax or export
charge has been levied, on condition that
such governments shall admit into their
colonies free of duty the mineral, agricult-
ural and manufactured products of the
United States. Laid on the table.
TUESDAY, Dec. 21.-The Senate amend
ments to the bill for the relief of survivors
OF the Arctic exploring steamer Jeanette
were concurred in; also the Senate amend
ments to the urgent deficiency bill. The
House then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Cox, Of New York, in the chair,
on the military appropriation bill. On
motion of Mr.. Bragg Wis.,, an amend
ment was adopted providing that when
any officer, travelling on duty, travels on
any railroad on which United States troops
are entitled to be transported free of
charge, he shall be allowed only cents
mile IS q subsistence fund. The bill then
passed.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. pa bill was passed
granting to the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railroad the right of way
through certain Indian reservations in
Northern Montana and Northwestern Da-
kota. The Oklahoma bill was taken up,
but no action was reached. Adjourned TO
January 4.