Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY, March 90.

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House.-A session was ordered fol-
Thursday night for the consideration OF
the resolutions relative to the death OF
Jos. Rankins. late representative from
| Wisconsin. The house then proceede
| to the consideration of the pension bills
and the bill granting pension of So, 00C
a year to the widow of Gen. w. S. Han
| cock was passed, yeas 1859 nays AZ
Under call of the states the following
bills and resolutions were introduced
and referred. By Mr.. Lawler a resolu-
ton directing the committee on
judiciary to report what legislation Is
necessary to close any part of the
Chicago river to navigation, either by
making the bridges perlnanant or by
filling up the river. By Mr.. Merriman.
for the issue of .. S. coiu notes. At
the end of the call the house adjourned.
Senate. Senator Wilson presented
several memorials from the Iowa legis-
lature. Among them one urging the
passage OF the Des Moines river land
bill over the presidents veto. Senator
Logan submitted the following resolu-
ton, and asked that it might be printed
and lie over, saying that he would Call
it Up on sen1o future day and submit
some remarks on 1T.
Resolved, That the sessions of the senate,
commonly known as executive sessions so far
as they apply to nominations, combinations or
reflections shall hereafter be held with open
doors, and that a public re cord of the same
shall be kept the same of legislative sessions.
Toe resolution was ordered printed
and to lie over. The urgent deficiency
bill was laid before the senate on motion
of Sen. Allison who insisted on its
amendments and agreed to the COM
mittee of conference. After an execu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, March %.
Senate-The senate passed the bill
granting pension Of $4,000 per year to
the widow of Gen. Hancock. The chair
laid before the senate Sen. Logan's bill
to promote the efficiency of the army.
Senator Anderson spoke IN favor of the
section increasing the force to 10000
enlisted men. He read from the testi-
mony given and the letters written by
Generals Schofeld, Pope and others to
show the inadequacy of the present
force. At 100 the pending order was
laid aside, and on motion of Senator
VanWyck the senate took up and pass
ed the bill to confirm the entries here
tofore made on public lands in accord
ance with the rulings of the land Office
in force at the time the entries were
made. Adjourned.
House.-In the morning hour the
house passed the Fourth of July claims
bill. The amount involved is 1898, 300.
A number of bills were introduced at
the expiration Of the morning session.
MIR. Barnes, of Missouri, submitted the
conference report on the urgency de-
ticiency bill. It was agreed TO, and the
house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March, "a.
Senate.-In the senate to-day at
o'clock, the army bill went over and
the resolutions reported from the jul
dietary committee we're taken up, and
Sen. Morgan addressed the senate in op-
position TO the majority report. Con
siderable cross firing occurred in debate
between Senators Hear, Gray, Edmunds,
Butler and Harris and without action
on the resolutions the senate adjourned.
HouSe-The house to-day, after DEBATE
upon an amendment offered and re-
jected, passed the Indian apr opriation
bill; yeas, 226; nays, 80. The house i'm.
mediately went into a committee of the
whole on the post Office appropriation
bill. Mr.. Blount, chairman of the COM
| mittee on postoffces and post roads,
briefly explained the provisions of the
bill. 1t appropriated, he said. S54. 1885,
| 59S as against an estimate of S54, $50, 166,
and an appropriation of $50. 200, $50.