Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

session of the senate should take prece-
dence of any other matter. Pending the
consideration of hoar's bill, message
from the house was presented on the sub
ject of the death of Representative
Dowdney, of New York. A resolution
was adopted for the appointment of
committee to attend the funeral. Sen
ators Miller, Ransom and VOORHEES, were
appointed as such committee, and as a
mark of respect for the deceased the SEN
ate adjourned.
House-Under the call of states the
following bills and resolutions were. in
PRODUCED and referred: Mr.. Oates (&la),
to prohibit the appointment of congress
sional committees to attend.funerals,- and
to prohibit the draping Of public build
ings in mourning except by order of the
president. Also authorizing the appoint
ment of clerks to senators and represen-
tives who are not chairmen of committee.
Mr. Grant, of Vermont, to enable the
people to name their own postmasters.
Mr. Cox IN. " fixing the SALARY Of the
civil service commissioner at $4,000,
Mr.. Springer (m.,) for the admission
into the union of Dakota, Montana,
Washington and Mexico. Mr.. Throck-
morton (Tex.,) providing for the leasing
of unoccEpied Indian lands. Mr.. Holmes
| la to quiet the titles of settlers on the
Des Moines river lands. The speaker
laid before the house a supplemented re-
port from the secretary of the treasury
relative to the collection of customs du-
ties. Referred. The house then adj
journed.
TUESDAY, Dec. IL.
Senote-Among the memorials present
ed was one by Senator Spooner. from
the German Aid society, of Milwaukee,
expressing the idea that there was no
further necessity for stimulating immi-
grafton to this country; thet no satisfact-
ory reason can be assigned for allowing
foreigners to vote and hold Office after
one years residence, and before they are
naturalized; and that suffrage conform
to a uniform standard. Referred. Among
the bills introduced and referred were the
following: By Harrison (by request), to
increase tae pensions of those who have
disabilities equivalent to the loss of
hand or foot. Mcpherson introduced
bill to amend the oleomargarine bill for
the present ation of medals to each of the
officers and soldiers who volunteered for
three months served under the presi-
dents call of April IS, 1881. When the
doors were re-opened the senate then ad-
journed.
House-The speaker laid before the
house a letter from the secretary,
to the treasury, submitting his
book of estimates for the fiscal year
1888; and also letter from the
seer stary of war, transmitting a report
of tests of lion and steel. Referred.
During the debate on the sundry civil
bill, in committee of the whole, Mr.. Long
also took occasion to criticise the president
for failing to make permanent appoint
ment of superintendent of the coast sur
vey. The president was forgetting that
"a public Office is a public trust" was
making the coast survey a sort of public
ridicule in failing to make this app ONT
ment. The bill was then read by para
graphs for amendment. On motion of
Mr.. Adams, an amendment was adopted
appropriating $4,000 for a breakwater
at Chicago. An amendment was adopt
ed appropriating $4,000 for repairs of
of the Smithsonian institution. Pending
further action the committee rose and
the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY Dec. Is.
Sendte-Among the memorials pre-
sented in the senate to-day
board of trade. against the admission of
foreign built ships to American registry.
Among the bills introduced and refer
red was the following: Sen. Vance,
to repeal chapter 81 of the acts of
1883, relating to the civil service.
The following bills were reported from
| the postoffice committee and placed on
the calendar; to amend the postal money
order system; to extend the free delivery
system. Sen. Beck called up the
bill prohibiting senators or repre-
sentatives from acting as attor-
news for subsidized railroads. The
question being on the substitute reported
| from the judiciary committee, Sen. Beck
opposed. the substitute and advocated the
bill as introduced by himself
Sen. Pugh, member of the judiciary
committee, justified the substitute. He
was opposed to all such legislation, but if
it was to be enacted, he would have it car
ried out to its full extent. With
out reaching vote, the senate
went into executive session, and when the
doors opened adjourned.
House = The Speaker appointed
ColdweIl, Eden and Cooper, con-
ferees on the electoral count bill.
After the transaction of some unimport-
ant routine business, the house in the
morning hour went into committee of the
whole on the bill for the allotment of
land in severalty to Indians. Pend
ing the consideration Of the COM
mittee the morning hour expired, and the
bill went over as unfinished business.
The house then went into a committee
of the whole Hammond, of Georgia. in
the chair on the sundry civil service ap-
preparation bill. Mr., Burns, MO-
| from the committee on appropria-
tions, reported the bill to supply
the deficiency in the appropria-
tions for public printing. Referred to
committee Of the whole. ct appropriates
| $4,000 for public printing and binding,
| $1,000 for distinctive paper for United
States securities and $4,000 for the re-
coinage of silver.) The house then adj
| journed.
THURSDAY, DEC. 16.
SenGte-Among the bills introduced
and referred were the following: Sen.
Van Wyck, proposing an amendment to
the constitution in relation to the United
J States senators. Senator Van Wyck
moved to make the special order for the
| So cond Tuesday in January the bill for