Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-13
CONGRESS-.
Senate.

MONDAY, June A bill to repeal all
pre- emptiOn and timber culture laws
was placed on the Senate calendar to-
dav. The following bills were passed
by the Senate: Appropriating $50, 900
for an equestrian statue of eX-President
Zachary Taylor in the city of Washing
ton; Senate bill creating an additional
retired list of the army for
eighty officers now on the active
list, but incapacitated for active SER
vice; House bill authorizing the Presi-
dent to appoint and retire Alfred Pleas
onton with the rank and grade of col
onel, with an amendment reducing the
grade to that of major; Senate bill au-
thorizing the President to place on the
retired list with the grade of major,
Maj Gen. VIM: w. Ayerill; House bill
to promote agriculture, requiring Amer
lean consuls abroad to make monthly
reports on agricultural and horticultural
subjects. Eighty-seven bills were passed,
forty Of which were pension bills.
TUESDAY, June Sin the Senate Mr..
Chandler introduced bill to amend the
fishery retaliation act" by striking out
the reference to "other products of the
Dominion than fish," This would abso
lutely deny Canadian vessels the right
of entry whenever the President is sat
isfied that the rights of Americans in
Dominion ports are abridged and when
ever they are subjected to annoyance;
and would also forbid the importation Of
Canadian fresh or salt fish The con-
sular appropriation bill was then taken
mp and after number Of amendments
had been acted upon the Senate ad-
journed until tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, June 6.-The Senate
passed all the pension bills on it's calen
par-116, including "a House bills.
pensions of the widows of Mai Gen.
Thomas Kilby Smith to SIS, Maj. Gen.
Heintzelman to 500, and Brig. Gen.
Schimmef-nning to $50, and giving a
pension of $50 per month to the widow
of Commodore Truxton. The Senate
also passed the bill providing for two
additional justices of the supreme court
of Dakota; House bill to authorize the
construction OF bridge across the Mis-
souri, River at Omaha, Neb., with
amendment).
THURSDAY, June Mr.. Morgan asked
leave to offer a preamble and resolution
setting forth that the report of the
committee on foreign relations on the
fishery treaty questioned its legality and
declaring it valid. He spoke at some
length in favor of the resolution, but it
went over without action.
House.
MONDAY, June 4.-The House to-day
passed the Senate bill making inaug
uration day a legal holiday, and also
bill authorizing the construction Of
bridge across the Missouri in Winona
and Berk Counties, La. Mr.. Mills then
attempted to have the tariff bill called
up. but the Republicans RETAINED from
voting, leaving the House without
quorum. After an hour of dilatory pro-
ceedings, the House at O'Clock adj
iourned until tomorrow.
TUESDAY, June 5.-After routine bust
ness, the House went into committee of
the whole on the tariff bill, the debate
on the pending clause wood manufact-
ures not especially enumerated or pro-
vided for) being limited to thirty min
utes. Mr.. Springer took the chair.
Upon the expiration of the debate, Mr..
Bavne's motion to strike out the para
graph was rejected and the next para
graph, relating to sawed boards, plank,
deals and all other articles of sawed tim
ber," was considered. A motion by MIR.
Moffat to strike out was rejected after a
next considered with the same result
The committee then rose. The speaker
pro tenn. laid before the House message
from the president returning, without
his approval, bills for the erection of d
public building at Bar Harbor, Me-, and
for the purchase of additional ground
for the building at Council Bluffs, Ia.
The conferees on the bill relating to
postal CT mes presented their report
and the Senate amendments were
agreed to.
WEDNESDAY, June 6.-The session was
taken up in debate on the tariff bill, but
little progress was made.
THURSDAY, June 7.-The House to-day
agreed to the conference report on the
bill to authorize construction of a pub
lie building at Bay City, Mich. The
limit Of the cost is fixed by the con-
ferees at 100000. The House
then went into committee of
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, speaking
in opposition to breckenridge amend
ment proviso attached to the lumber
schedules of the free list. 1t proposes
to admit Canadian fish free of duty upon
the allowance by that country of COM
mercial rights to our vessels, and also
for reciprocity in the exchange Of pro-
auctions between the United States and
Canada. A protracted debate followed,
but finally the lumber schedule was
completed without change.
FRIDAY, June S.-The House to-
day took up the thrift bill, the
salt paragraph being under considera-
ton. After an extended debate, par
ticipated in by large number of mem
bers of the House and without develop
ing any incident of interest, vote was
taken on motion made by Mr.. Burrows
to strike out the paragraph, and it was
rejected. An amendment offered by
Mr.. Grosvenor co. to exclude bulk salt
from the free list, admitting only
dairy and table salt, met with a
similar fate. This concluded the con-
sideration of the salt paragraph. Mr..
Bayne (Pa.) offered an amendment to
insert rice, cleaned and uncleaned, in
the free list. Rejected. The four lines re-
lating to flax were read, and Mr.. Browne
lind moved to strike them out of the
free list. Pending debate, the commit
tee rose. Mr.. Dorsey (Neb.) called up
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