Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-07-21

ments to the legislative APPROXIMATION bill
i; me former conference was reappointed.
NO Feadlng OF The river and harbor bill
was resumed. After discussion the amend
ment OF the committee was agreed to. The
senate then took up the naval apcropria-
tlon Dill. The amendments rerorted nv the
committee on appropriations were All
agreed to, without question, and the bill
was passed. The Senate then adjourned,
SATURDAY July 1.-THE Senate took mn
ana CONSIDERED the oleomargarine bill at
length, and it is understood that a, vote
will be reached on Monday After exacn.
tive session an adjournment was taken.
AS passed by the Senate, last night tba
river and harbor bill allows 100000 for
Milwaukee harbor; $11 $50 for Manitowoc.
", 800 for Racine; So, $50 for Port Wash.
ington; S., 25O for Green Bay; S39. $50 for
Kenosha; 81, 25O for Ahnapee: 81, 800 for
Kewaunee; Sc, 900 for Oconto; Sill $50 for
Sheboygan; 3d. $50 for Sturgeon Bay; 1922
500 for Ashland; $22,50O for Superior
Bay. The allowances for Wisconsin rivers
and for Sturgeon Bay Canal are respective
ly 70 per cent. OF what were allowed by the
committee.
House.
MONDAY, July 12.-Under the call of
states, the following bills, etc., were intro
duced and referred: Declaring it to be the
sense Of the House that Congress should
not adjourn until it has enacted O. law an
propr!ating a portion of the surplus money
in the treasury to assist the states in the
great work OF education; authorizing the
President to create commission to dis
pose OF claims to citizenship in the five civ.
ilized tribes appropriating $40 900 for the
erection of granite shaft to mark the
birthplace of Abraham Lincoln; to abolish
the importation of Italian or other slaves
or laborers under contract and held
to involuntary servitude into the United
States for the relief of the settlers on the
Des Moines River lands above the Raccoon
fork; a resolution calling upon the Presi-
dent for information relative to the prob.
able advantages or disadvantages to accrue
to the United States by the operation Of
the reciprocity treaty with Mexico. Mr..
VOORHEES,, from the committee on public
lands, reported a bill permitting all persons
who have lost homestead rights to make
new entry. Committee of the whole. The
Senate amendments to the legislative ap-
preparation bill were considered in com
mittee OF the whole, but pending action by
the House an adjournment was taken.
TUESDAY, July 13.-In accordance with
the special order made last week the
House to-day went into committee of the
whole on the joint resolution directing pay
ment of the surplus in the treasury on the
public debt. The following is the text of
the resolution: THAT whenever the sur
plus or balance in the treasury, including
the amount held for redemption of United
States notes, shall exceed the sum of $780,.
600, 900, it shall be- and is hereby made,
the duty OF the secretary of the treasury to
apply such excess, in sums of not less
than S1O,OO0,00O per month during the
existence OF such surplus or excess, to the
interest bearing indebtedness of the United
States, payable at the option of the govern
ment." A bill was received from the ways
and means committee of which the fol-
lowing is a synopsis: "No manufactured
tobacco shall be sold or offered for sale I'm.
less put up in packages and stamped as
prescribed in this chapter, except at retail
by retail dealers from packages stamped as
provided in this chapter; and every person
who sells or offers for sale any snuff, or any
kind OF manufactured tobacco not SO put
up In packages and stamped, shall be fined
not less than $500 nor more than So, 900
and imprisoned not less than six months
nor more than two years" The bill was
passed. The Senate amendments to the
legislative appropriation bill were consid-
cred.
WEDNESDAY, July 14.-The House in the
afternoon passed the resolution to apply
the treasury surplus to the payment OF the
public debt, by vote of 207 to 81, after
debate lasting nearly all day.
THURSDAY, July 15.-Mr Randall, from
the committee on appropriations, reported
the Joint resolution continuing in force un-
til July 81, the provisions OF the joint res
olution providing temporarily (until to-
day. for the expenditures OF the govern
ment. Passed. On motion of Mr.. Price,
of Wisconsin, bill was passed providing
for holding terms of the United States
courts at Eau Claire, Wis. At the even
ing session the House passed the
following bills from the committee on
labor: To prevent the employment of
of To- n1r 1oh /D,-
buildings and other public works; amend
ing the act to prohibit the Importation or
immigration of aliens under contract or
agreement TO perform labor in the United
States; to protect mechanics, laborers and
servants IN the district of Columbia in their
wages; the Senate bill providing for the
payment per diem of government employees
for Decoration day and Fourth of July; di-
recting the commissioner on labor to make
an investigation in regard to convict labor
in the United States. The bill extending
the provisions of the eight-hour law to let
ter carriers gave rise to some opposition
and pending action the House at II O'Clock
FRIDAY. July 16.-The House resumed
the consideration of the conference report
on the legislative appropriation bill, and it
was agreed to, thus disposing CT so many of
the amendments in dispute as were agreed
to by the conference committee. Mr.. Can
non Qll.) moved that the House recede
from it's disagreement to the Senate amend
ment providing for an increase in the cleri-
cal force Of the civil-service commission.
Agreed to-yeas 123, nays III. Mr.. Bel
mont IN. ", from the committee on for
eign affairs, reported resolution, which
was adopted, requesting the President to
furnish the House with all correspondence
not heretofore made public between thegov-
eminent of the United States and the Re-
publics of Nicaragua and Costa RIGA since
1876 in reference to the location and con-
struction of an interoceanic canal by the
San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua, and
relating to the treaty and other rights OF
the bordering republics. A number of pen
sion vetoes were considered, but the requi-
site two-thirds vote to pass the measures
over the Presidents veto was not forth
coming, except in the case of Joseph Romi-
ser, who was given his pension over the
veto. In the evening session was held to
consider private pension bills.
SATURDAY, July 1.-THE House consid-
cred the fortifcation appropriation
bill in committee OF the whole. After
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