Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-04-28

made continuing special order for May 6.
Mr.. Wellborn (Tex.), from the committee
on indian affairs, reported back the Inuian
appropriation bill with Senate amendments
Win d recommendatlOn that some of the
| amendments be agreed to, and others non
concuTred IN. The recommendation was
agreed to and Mr.. Wellborn, Mr.. Peel and
MI erAins were appointed as committee
OF conference. Adverse reports were nre
sented from the judiciary committee nv Mr.
tucker on q JOINT resolution proposing q
| constitutional amendment giving the Presi.
| dent power to veto specific items in annro-
pr1ation bills and on a bill to prevent the
adulterat1on OF food, and they were laid
upon the table.
FRIDAY, April 23.-The House met at II
! O'Clock, and in continuation of yesterdav,s
session, Immediately went into committee
OF the whole, Mr.. Wellborn (Tex) in the
chair, on the river and harbor approDria
ton bill. For an hour the bill was consid
cred, and some little progress made; and a
| few moments before noon the committee
rose, the House adjourned and the session
OF Friday was opened. The message from
the President was laid before the House.
and after some debate was referred to the
committee on labor. There was no session
| of the Senate.
| SATURDAY, April 24.-On motion of Mr..
| Blount, of Georgia, q resolution was adopt-
ed setting apart June 1 and 2 for considera-
ton of business reported from the commit
tee on post-offices and post-roads. Onmo-
ton of Mr.. Weaver, of Nebraska, bill was
passed authorizing the Covington & Cincin-
natl Elevated Railroad and Bridge Com
pany to erect a bridge across the Ohio Riv-
er. The floor was then given to the Judi
ciary committee, and the following bills
were passed: Transferring the counties of
Howard, Little Rock and LEVER from the
! Western to the Eastern judicial district OF
Arkansas; repeating the statute which al
allows clerks OF the United States courts in
California, Oregon and Nevada. double fees;
Furnishing robbery in Indian Territory by
| a fine not exceeding $1,000, or imprison-
ment not exceeding ten years, or both; pun
ishing horse-stealing in Indian Territory by
fine OF not exceeding 81 900, or imprison-
ment not exceeding five years, or both; pro-
/ vidiDg that all claims now existing against
the United States, except pension
claims, must be presented for adiudi-
cation and payment within four
years OF the passage of this act, and
that all claims arising hereafter must be
prosecuted within six years from the time
they accrued; comforting civil jurisdiction in
cases arising in Indian Territory on the
United States courts exercising criminal
Jurisdiction over that territory; providing
that in ali cases of disputed handwriting
comparison OF the disputed writing with any
writing proved to the satisfaction of the
Judge to be genuine, shall be permitted to
be made by witness, and such writing and
the evidence OF the witness in regard to it
may be submitted to the court and jury as
evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of
the writing; providing that any judgment OF
decree rendered in United States courts
within any state shall take effect (notwlth-
standing it is not docketed) by way of lien
to the same extent and in like manner as
the judgment or decree of the state court;
to provide for holding terms of court for the
Northern District OF Illinois at Peoria; d.
viding the state of California into two ju-
dicial districts. The House then adjourned.