Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-10-17
CONGRESS-.
Senate.

NlONOAIg OCb. Os-ID0 EGudUt UIlIS
afternoon took up the tariff bill it's
reading in full being dispensed with
and the finance committees substitute
being first considered. The House,
joint resolution for an inquiry by COM
mittee of three senators and three rep
resentatlves into the contracts and the.
work on the Washington aqueduct tun-
mel was taken up and passed. Also the
House bill to restore certain money to.
the fund for the erection of public
building in Detroit. ff&fs'
TUESDAY, Oct. 9.-The tariff debate was
resumed, and occupied most of the ses-
sion. The conference report on the de-
fciency bill was read in 1ull and agreed
to. The resolution offered Yesterday
by Mr.. Blair calling on the President
Tor information In matter of the trial,
conviction and execut on Of Riel for
high treason in Canada in 1885 was TAX
en- up and long statement in reference
who based the resolution on the
ground that Riel WIS naturalized
American citizen. At the conclusion of
Mr.. Blair's remarks the resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations. On motion Of Mr.. Spooner
the House bill to authorize the building
of a bridge across the Mississippi River
at La Crosse, Wis, was taken from the
calendar and passed. with amendments.
WEDNESDAY, Oct 10.-The Senate, on
motion of Mr.. Hoar. Mr.. Edmunds be-
ing absent, took up for consideration
and passed the bill to pay $S,475 to the
widow of Chief Justice Waite, being the
balance of his years salary. The Sem
ate then resumed consid Grafton of the
tariff bill. and was addressed by Mr..
Bate.
THURSDAY, Oct. 11.-Mr. Cullom adj
followed by Messrs. Vest, Plat and
Chace. No business was transacted.
FRIDAY, Oct. 12-The debate on the
tariff was continued. Messrs. Chace,
Call. Hawley. Reagan. and Aldrich TAX
ing part. The conference reports on
the bill for the Fourth of July claims,
and on the bill to retire Gen. Pleasan-~
ton were presented and agreed to.
After brief executive session the Sen
ate adjourned till Monday.
house.
MONDAY, Oct. 8.-Bills were passed
disposing Of the Fort Wallace military
reservation in Kansas; providing for
the warehousing of fruit brandy, and
constituting Lincoln, Neb., port of de-
livery. The Senate joint resolution was
passed authorizing Brig. Gen. Absalom
Baird to accept from the president OF
the French Republic diploma con-
ferring the decoration of the national
order Of the Legion of Honor. A bill
was introduced appropriatiny 5000, 900
to suppress infection in the interstate
commerce Of the United States.
TUESDAY, Oct. Efforts to secure
action on the Senate bill to relieve pur-
r>f Lo, ~ 90 ~,
for swamp and overflow land, and for
the disposal Of agricultural lands en-
braced within the limits of the Pipe
stone Indian reservation in Dakota
were defeated by raising the
point of no quorum. The meas
ures were withdrawn. Mr..
Burnes Mo- obtained unanimous.
consent to report from the committee
on appropriations a bill appropriating
$50 900 for the enforcement of the
Chinese exclusion act, and it was
passed without debate. Mr.. Peel lark. J,
on behalf of the committee on Indian
affairs, called up the Senate DILL appro-
priating $1,000 to secure to the
tain proceeds of lands under the act of
March 8, 1888. On motion of Mr.. Peel
the senate bill was passed supplemental
to the act Of February 3, 1889, providing
for tue meeting Of presidential electors,
etc. 1t provides that the certificates
shall be forwarded to the president.
of the senate forthwith after the sec
ond Monday in January. Mr.. Burnes
Mo- submitted the conference report
on the general deficiency appropriation
bill. Mr.. McKenna tCal hoped that
the report would be rejected, placing
his antagonism to it on the ground that
hn
1915, 900 for Chinese indemnity. On
agreeing to the report the vote stood "a
to and Mr.. Dougherty (Fla.) raised the
point of the quorum and no action was
taken.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10.-Mr. Barnes
MOO called up the con erence report
on the deficiency bill, and, after debate,
1t was agreed to. This disposes Of the
last of the general appropriation bills.
Adjourned till Friday.
FRIDAY, Oct. 12.-Mr. Stone MOI
presented, and the House adopted,
the conference report on the bill for
the payment Of the Fourth of
July claims. Joint resolutions were
passed for the printing of the
first and second annual reports of the
commissioner of labor and the annual
report Of the director of the mint.
The report of the special committee
investigating the charges of misconduct
on the parto Mr. Stahlnecker IN. "
in connection with the new library
building, which completely exonerates
Mr.. Stahlnecker, was adopted without
discussion. Mr.. Hooker Miss then
presented the conference report on the
bill to retire Gen. Alfred Pleasanton
with the rank of major. 1t was agreed
to. The House adjourned TIL Monday.