Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-13

1 MONDAY, req. notwithstanding meth.
DDS were adopted by the opposition to
prevent action under suspension of the
| rules on the Union Pacific refunding
bill. As a privileged matter the confer
| ence report on the amendments to the
| interstate commerce law was ca led up
| and agreed to and further conference
| ordered. The Senate amendments to
the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill were non-copcurred in and a
conference ordered.
TUESDAY, Feb. 5.-The Senate amend
ment was concurred in to the House bill
for the retirement of Gen. VIM. +.
Smith. CAS- finally agreed to the bill au-
thorizes his retirement with the rank Of
major of engineers.) The Senate bill
providing for post-office at st. Paul,
report the appropriation for the
building was reduced from $780,
600 to 100000. There was laid
before the house to-day a report of the
board OF engineer officers of an exam
inatlon and survey of the present chan
mel of the Mississippi River at the Rock
Island rapids, made with view of its
Improvement. The board is of the
opinion that the most direct and feasible
route coming within the instructions
for canal from the head of the rapids
W tuC upper pdTt vi VMOlluO, Is Ill UuG
river along the Illinois shore.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6.-The conference
report on the Nicaraguan Canal bill
was taken up again IN the House to-day
and after some discussion agreed to.
In the evening Mr.. Peel (Ark.) called
up the House bill to divide portion of
the reservation of the Sioux nation of
Indians in Dakota into separate
reservations and to secure the relin-
quishment of the Indian title to the re-
mainder. Amendments were adopted
making slight changes in the boundary
lines of the proposed reservation, strik-
ing out the allotments to the Santee
Sioux tribe in Nebraska, increasing
from 30 cents to ST per acre the amount
to be paid the Flambeau Sioux Indians
In lieu of allotments, requiring patents
to Indian lands disposed of to
settlers to be placed in the custody of
a proper person upon the reservation,
subject to inspection, and increasing al
lotments to Inpians in severalty from
one quarter section to 800 acres. After
a few other unimportant changes had
been made, the previous question was
ordered and the bill laid aside un-
till tomorrow. Bills were passed as
follows: A substitute for the Senate
bill In citation to dead and fallen tim
Der on Indian lands; granting to the St.
Paul, Manitoba & Mindesota Railroad
Company right of way through the
White Earth reservation, Mimi; Tor the
disposition of the agricultural lands in
the Plpestone reservation, Mimi.
THURSDAY, Feb. Mr.. Holman lind.
reported back the Senate bill providing
that the public lands now subject to
private entry, or are chiefly valuable tor
| agriculture, shall be disposed of accord
ing to the provisions of the homestead
laws only. An amendment was adopted
repeating the Communication clause OF the
homestead law. The bill was passed.
Then Mr.. O'Neill (Pa.) called up
the bill increasing the pension of
the widow of Brig. -Gen. w. H.
Emery to $50 month Mr..
Cheadle moved to amend by fixing the
rate of pension at $50 month. The
amendment was rejected and the bill
was passed. The House then went into
committee of the whole on the army
appropriation bill. number of minor
amendments were adopted, and, pend
| ing decision OF point of order raised
by Mr.. Randall against the clause APP
propriating $4,000 for movable sub
marine torpedoes the House adjourned.
FRIDAY, Feb. 8.-The House took UP
the army appropriation bill, the pend
ing question being on the point of or
der raised by Mr.. Randall (Pa.)
against the clause appropriating $780,
600 for the purchase of NOV
| able submarine torpedoes. 1t was sus-
tanned on the ground that the item for
torpedoes belonging to the fortifcation
bill and the clause was therefore strick-
en- out. Mr.. Townshend Qll.) made a
point of order against the clause appro-
| priating $500 for the library ofthe Engi-
! moor School IF Tho ooin+
OF order was overruled. On motion of
Mr.. Townshend an amendment was
adopted appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase OF guns OF musketry cali
Der. Mr.. Morrow (Cal.) offered
an amendment appropriating $780,
600 for the purchase Of four
pneumatic dynamite guns to be
| placed at San Francisco harbor. Ruled
out on point of order. The committee
then rose and the bill was passed.
The acknowledgements bill was
taken up and passed and the House
| took recess, the evening session to be
| for the consideration of private pension
bills.
SATURDAY, Feb. 9.-The House took
up the post-office appropriation bill,
and Mr.. Mason took the floor in opposi-
| ton to it's passage The bill being read
| for amendment, Mr.. Cannon (Ill.)
moved to increase the appropria-
ton for pay OF post-ofice clerks
by 100000. Pending a vote on
the amendment the committee rose.
On motion of Mr.. Thomas (Wis.) the
Senate bill authorizing the construction
of bridge across the Mississippi at La
Crosse was passed. Mr.. Springer re-
ported that the con ference committee
on the territorial bill had been unable
| to agree Mr. Baker IN V of.
tered a resolution 1nstructing the
| house conferees to exclude New Mexico
from the bill to provide for the admis-
| sion of North Dakota, by proclamation.
and to provide that Montana and Wash
lngton shall be admitted on the same
terms, either by proclamation or by
formal acts of admission. The matter
went over until MOndav
| SOLDIERS OUT OF POLITICS.
Officers of the French Army Warned to