Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
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then adl Ourned.
THURSDAY, July 20.
SenGte-In the senate, the senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the house
joint resolution to apply the surplus in
the treasury to the payment of publicdebt.
Sen. Teller advocated the resolution as
it came from the house. Sen. Jones, of
Nevada, made long speech, in which he
laid down his theories as to political
economy, and after speaking nearly two
hours, yielded for the secret session.
After agreeing to the conference on the
Northern Pacific land forfeiture bill the
senate went into executive session and
soon adjourned.
HouSe-In the house, the house went
into committe of the whole upon the SEN
ate amendments to the general deficiency
bill. There was no opposition made to
the recommendations of the committee on
appropriations as to the concurrence or
non concurrence in the amendments and
the consideration consisted chiefly in
the reading. The house subsequently
ratified the action of the committe of the
whole and a conference was ordered.
Messrs. Barnes, LIE Feure and McCarans
beinga appointed conferess. At the even
ing session the house passed a number of
private bills and adjourned.
FRIDAY, July 80.
Senate-The senate went into secret
session at about lilo and confirmed the
nomination of Geo. A. Jencks to be So
licitor general. Senator Van Wyck offer
ed a resolution providing that the extra
dition treaty with Great Britain be consid-
cred with open doors. The resolution
will be considered when the treaty comes
up. The senate then resumed considera
ton of the house joint resolution direct
ing the payment of the surplus in the
treasury on the public debt. and was ad
dressed by Teller (in continuation of the
speech begun by him yesterday in favor
of the original resolution and against the
amendment reported by the senate COM
mittee on finance. Sen. Ingalls, moved TO
strike out all after the enacting clause
and insert ''that the secretary of the
reasury shall, beginning September 6,
1886, until thirty days after the meeting
of the meeting of the second session of
the 49th congress, apply the surplus in
excess of the S100,000,000 in the treasury
in sums of not less than $10,000,000 per
month to the payment of the interest
bearing Indebtedness of the United States
payable atthe option of the government"
Rejected; yeas, 25: nays, 80. The joint
resolution was then passed; yeas, 40;
nays, 20. The house bill to increase tho
naval establishment was then taken up
and amended. The amendments were
agreed to and the bill passed. A confer
ence was asked for, and Senators Cam
eron, Hale and Mcpherson were appoint
ed conferees. Adjourned.
House-In compliance with the arrange
ment made yesterday, the house resumed
consideration of the vetoed pension bills,
the first being the granting $50 a month
to the widow of Gen. David r. Hunter.
In advocating the passage of the bill over
the presidents veto, Butterworth, of Ohio,
cited various precedents where the
widows of general officers were granted
$50 month, and he protested against
the house making fish of one and flesh of
another. The trouble in this case, he
thought was that Gen. Hunter had presid-
ed at the Fitz John Porter court martial.
If it were not for that the president
would have signed the bill. The house
refused to pass the bill over the veto,
yeas, Ill; nays 108, not the constitutional
two-thirds in the affirmative. Mr.. Blan-
chard (La.) submitted a conference re-
port on the river and harbor appropria-
ton bill. The reading of the report con-
sumed nearly two hours, and no time was
left for the reading of the descriptive
statement accompanying the report,
which is signed by two of the house con-
ferees. Mr.. Hatch raised a question of
consideration, pending which, the house
took recess until O'Clock, the evening
session to be for the consideration of
pension bills. In the house, evening ses-
sion, eight pensions were passed, and at
II O'Clock the house adjourned.