Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-01-27
DDENGS IN CONGRESS.
Senate.

Senate.
MONDAY, Jan. 1S.-Mr. Sherman occupied
the chair. A bill was introduced to regu-
late Interstate commerce by the special
committee appointed to investigate the
subject. A memorial asking for the admis-
sion of Montana as q state was presented.
The judicial salary bill was taken up and
after short debate was passed. After
executive session the Senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, Jan. ia resolution was re-
ported from the committee on military
affairs appointing Gen. Hausnauft, of Penn
sylvania, as one of the managers of the Ma
tional Soldiers Homes, to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Gen. Mcclellan. The
resolution was adopted. The recommen-
dation of the President for a fishing COM
mission was referred to the foreign affairs
committee.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2O.-On the opening of
the Senate Mr.. Hale offered resolution
that "the secretary of the treasury be di-
rected to forward to the Senate all papers
in relation to the contract let to Brainard
& Co., or to other parties, for the work, or
any part of the same, of putting an addi-
tional story on the Peoria, ILL.,, post office
in 1885, also all protests filed by labor
leagues i'll relation thereto; also, a copy of
the protest filed by Messrs. Straub q Co.,
Of Buffalo, N. Y, giving information that
the work of said contract would be per-
quently, the contractors who employed
free labor could not afford to compete for
the work" The resolution was agreed to-
bill was introduced to facilitate the bust
ness of the supreme court.
THURSDAY, Jan. 21.-Among the bills in
PRODUCED was one by Mr.. Butler to enable
the people of the territory of Dakota to
form a constitutional and state govern
ment. The new bill ia an enabling act, !"
and applies to the whole territory, instead
of merely to the southern portion. 1t was
referred to the committee on territories.
Senator Dawes, from the committee on In
dian affairs, reported favorably the bill
prohibiting, under penalty of fine and i'm
prlsCnment, trespassing on Indian lands.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration
of bills on the calendar. The first bill in or
der was one to divide part of the Sioux
reservation in Dakota into separate res
ervation, and to secure the REIMBURSEMENT
of the Indian title to the remainder. The
bill finally went over.
House.
MONDAY, Jan. 18.-In the absence of the
Speaker, the House was presided over by
Mr.. Springer. Bills introduced: To pro-
vide for inspection of live stock; to extend
the benefits of the pension laws; granting a
pension to the granddaughter of Thomas
Jefferson to establish a commission on
AIdD6md CldlHlS, 10 reduce money OrO6F
fees; for the admission of Montana as a
state.
TUESDAY, Jan. ia large number Of
executive communications were laid before
the House by the Speaker, among them a
letter from the chief of engineers asking for
an immediate appropriation of $50, 900 for
the general work OF survey on the Missis-
sippi River. The bill for the relief of Fitz-
John Porter was placed on the calendar.
oh Ind \ frnY %1n
public lands, reported back the bill forfeit
ing certain grants of lands made to South
ern states to aid in the construction of
railroads. Mr.. Mattson Qnd.) from the
committee on invalid pensions, reported
back bill to increase the pensions OF wild
ows from So to So per month.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20.-Mr. Thomas Gil J,
from the committee on naval affairs, re-
ported bill authorizing the president to
retire Lieut.. W. B. Randall as a lieutenant
commander. Private calendar. Mr.. Bal
entine (Tenn.), from the same committee,
reported a bill authorizing the voluntary
retirement of navy officers who have rem
dered conspicuous service in battle, or who
have served thirty years in the navy.
House calendar.
THURSDAY Jan. 21.-A number of execu-
tive communications were laid before the
House by the Speaker, and appropriately
secretary of the treasury, submitting al &C
count of the investment of the sinking fund
of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railroads, and recommending such modi-
fcation of the act of March 4, 1873, as will
authorize the secretary Of the treasury to
invest the sinking fund in other than gov
eminent securities.
FRIDAY, Jan. 22.-The morning session
was taken up by heated debate on the
resolution calling on the secretary OF the
navy for information relative to the era
sures of certain honorable inscriptions and
the dismissals of Union soldiers at the Nor
folk Navy Yard, reported to the House
by Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama. AS
amended, it extended the inquiry to dis
missals made at the navy yard and light
house district at Norfolk during the terms
of the immediate predecessors Of the pres
ent secretary of the navy. The resolution,
as amended by the committee on naval
affairs, was adopted and the House took a
recess, the evening session to be for the con-
sideration of pension bills.