Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1886-07-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, j uly Is.

TUESDAY, July Is.
Senate Among the bills on the calendar
passed were the following: The bill ap-
propriating twenty-five thousand dollars
for monument at Stony Point, n. Y, to
commemorate a revolutionary battle there
The senate resumed the consideration
of the river and harbor appropriation bill
The pending amendment being to strike
out the provision to prevent the dumping
of the detritus from hydraulic mining
into the Sacramento or Feather rivers,
California. On motion of Sen. Hurst, the
text was further amended by adding the
words, "and against mountain banks"
The question was taken on striking out
the provision directing legal proceedings
to prevent the dumping of detritus. The
provision was struck out; yeas 81, nays 10.
On motion of Sen. Conger a provision
was inserted authorizing the secretary of
war to establish harbor lines in the places
where they have not been established,
and also to establish the lines within
which deposits of material may be made
without injury to navigation. The
bill being completed as in commit
tee of the whole, it was reported to the
senate without acting on the amendment.
The senate at midnight adjourned.
HOuSe-On motion of Ryan, of
Kansas, the senate bill was passed
authorizing the secretary of war to
credit the state of Kansas with a Ger
tain sum of money on her ordnance
account with the general government.
| The house then resumed consideration
of the senate amendment to the legisla-
tive appropriation bill. The senate
amendment relative to the publication of
the records of the rebellion was concurred
in with the amendment reported from
the committee on appropriations for the
publication of papers relating to the de-
fense in the case of Fitz John Porter.
WEDNESDAY, July IA.
Senate The senate took up the river and
harbor bill. and Sen. Mcmillan, who has
| charge of it, moved an order that the bill
be recommitted to the committee on com
merce, with instructions to amend it as
voted by the senate in committee
of the whole, except that
in each item of the bill, and
on the aggregate, there be a reduction of
80 per cent, and that that committee
amend the bill accordingly, and not other
/ wise, and report same complete forthwith.
/ The amendment to appropriate $3.50,
/ GOO for the purchase of the Portage lake
/ canal and lake Superior and Iron COM
/ panies canal was agreed to, yeas 50, nays
/ 2l. The amendment in relation to the
! Columbia river was agreed to. The
amendments accepting the grant of the
/ Illinois and Michigan canal and for the
construction of the Hennepin canal was
| adopted, yeas 26, nays 20. Without pro-
crossing further with the bill the senate
/ adjourned.
/ HOuSe-The bills were passed increas-
ing to s35O,OO0 the limit of cost of the pub
lie building at Galveston, and appropriat-
| ing 100000 for publ cbuilding at Osh-
kosh, Wisconsin. The house then went
into committee of the whole for the
consideration of the surplus resolution.
Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois, offered the
following amendment: The surplus or
balance herein referred to shall be the
available surplus ascertained according
to the form of the statement of the U. S.
| treasurer, of the assets and liabilities of
the treasury of the United States en-
ployed June 80, 1856. This amend
ment was adopted without discussion.
The amendment offered by Mckinley
yesterday was rejected, yeas 1O4, nays
1872 number of other amend
ments were offered and rejected.
An amendment offered by Grosvenor,
of Ohio, providing that nothing in this
act shall be construed to convey to the
public any doubt as to the wisdom,
patriotism and integrity of the president
or the secretary of the treasury, was
ruled out upon a point of order.
Mr.. Mckinley moved to recommit the
Joint resolution with instructions to the
committee on ways and means TO report
it back with the amendment previously
offered by him. Lost: yeas lis, nays 15S.
The joint resolution was then passed;
yeas 2o7, nays 81. The joint resolution
now goes to the senate. Adjourned
THURSDAY, July Is.
Seaate-In the senate, Pugh from the
committee on privileges and elections,
presented report in the election case OF
Sen. Payne, Hoar on behalf of himself
and Fry, presented the dissenting views
of the minority. Evarts made a separate
report, presenting the views of himself
Teller and Logan All the reports were
ordered printed IN one document, and
were placed on the calendar to be called
at any time as privileged matter. The
senate resumed consideration of the river
and harbor appropriation bill. The
amendments adopted As in committee OF
the whole being the first to be disposed
OF. Pending the discussion of this ques
. ton, the house joint resolution extending
the temporary provisions for the expense
of the government to July 81 was present
ed to the senate and passed. Sen. LogaI
| moved to increase the appropriation fol
, the Illinois river from 100000 to $50,
600. Adopted. Sen- Conger, member