Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-04-19

result. The vote resulted: yeas AS.
nays 137. So the house was declared
adjourned uptil tomorrow. The demo-
Gratis In their turn made the hall ring
With their applause to celebrate the
breaking OF the great deadlock in its
ninth day. Mr.. kandall's purpose
IN seeking the floor was to pres
ent a resolution declaring Thurs
day. December 18th, 1888, as set
aside for the consideration of the dire
tax bill, which shall be at o'clock D. m,
on Tuesday December II, reported to the
house with amendments, and the pre-
vious question considered as ordered OF
the amendments, the bill engrossed and
read a third time and a vote taken on the
| passage of the bill. 1t is stated that the
resolution will be reported to the house
to-morrow by the committee on rules.
FRIDAY, April 13.
Honse.-This morning a large number
| OF documents which had accumulated dur
| ing the deadlock, were laid before the
house aud appropriately referred The
conference report upon the bill dividing
the great Sioux reservations into smaller
| reservations was agreed to. The speaker
then proceeded to call the committees for
number was submitted and placed upon
the private calendar. The remainder of
the day was spent in the committee of
the whole III the discussion of the bill for
the payment of claim of 500 for the
occupation of certain property in Mem
phis by the United States troops in 1854
Mr.. Allen, Of Michigan, said that the gen
tlemen on the democratic side had settled
oil
loyal states to receive back their share
Of the direct tax; second, the southern
states should not be required to pay their
share. He would, therefore, suggest that
all the claims OF the character of the one
pending should be put up as set off
against the direct tax owned by the
| southern states. After considerable dis
cussiOn the house took recess until 1880
this evening, the session to be for the
consideration of private pension bills.
The house at the evening session passed
tifty-tiVe pension bills.
SATURDAY, April IA.
HouSe.-Several important bills were re-
ported, among which were the Legi5la-
tive, executive aid judicial appropriation
bill A bill for the relief of soldiers and
sailors who entered the service under as
tain states for swamp and overlooked
lands. A bill for the e-ect ion of public
buildings at Stockton and Fremont, Neb.
A bill granting increase of pensions to
soldiers VINO lost both hands. bill to
provide for the adjudication of and
payment of claims arising from Indian
depreciation. bill declaring the Iowa
river navigable below Maple. The
81 do
| cided the contested election case of Ma
than Frank VS.. John G.. Glover, in the
9th Missouri district, in favor of Glover,
the sitting member. After lengthy dis
cussion of the Iadian appropriation bill
the house adjourned.
MONDAY, A .3ril Is.
| Senate. Sen. Stewart introduced a
bill to day granting pension of $1,000
| per year to the widow of the late Chief
Justice Waite. After reference of a
number of measures the conference
reports on the bill to divide the reat
Sioux reservation into separate smaller
reservations was agreed to. A long de-
bate followed On the bill providing for
the purchase of bonds. Sen. FarwelI
made a lengthy speech followed by
| Reagan and Stewart. At the close OF
| Sen. Stewards remarks the senate re,
! sumed consideration of he bill for the
admission of the state of South Dakota
! and for the organization of the territory
of North Dakota. The Dakota admission
| bill went over until tomorrow.
Hopse-A motion was made this
morning to suspend the rules and
put the river and harbor bill or its
| passage. The reading of the bill con-
| ~, hoIe bn
motion was then seconded, yeas 129, nays
As. A motion was then made that the
house adjourn. This was lost and after
sharp debate the motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill was lost, yeas 1874,
nays 120, not the necessary two thirds in
the affirmative. Mr.. Wilkins, Of
OHIO, moved to suspend the rules
and adopt the following resolution:
Resolved, That it is the sense
of the house that section two of the
act making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses of the G )vernment for the
year ending June 30, 1882, aud for other
| purposes, approved March 3, 1881, W hich
| is as follows: That the secretary of the
treasury may at any time apply the sur
plus money in the treasury not otherwise
appro priated, or SO much Thereof as he
my consider proper TO the purchase or
redemption of United States bonds; pro-
vided that the bonds so purchas
ed or redeemed shall constitute
no part of the sinking fund
but shall be redeemed and cancelled,
was intended to be permanent proVis-
ion Of the law and the same is hereby de-
clared to have been since its euectms Mt
and to be now, in the opinion of the
house, in full force and effect. The
resolution was finally adopted; yeas,
1 80; nays, "a. Adjourned.