Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
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Senate.

lily the Union Pacific funding bill was
| laid aside and the naval appropriation
! bill was taken up in the Senate. The
amendment reported by the committee
on appropriations for the construction
of two steel cruisers or gunboats of 800
| to ! 200 tons displacement, to cost in
the aggregate not more than $780, 900; of
one steel cruiser of about 1000
| tons, at cost of not more
than 500, 900, and of one ram for ha1 Dor
| defense was agreed to without discus
sion. Mr.. Chand er moved to strike out
of the paragraph for the construction of
one armored steel cruising monitor, the
words "of the type, and to be construct
ed according TO the plans and specifica-
| tons to be furnished to the navy de-
partment by John r. Thomas, of ILL
nols, to be approved by the secretary
of the navy" The debate was long
one. and pending vote the Senate adj
| journed.
TUESDAY, Feb. 1.-THE Senate re-
sumed consideration of the naval ap-
preparation bill, the pending question
being Mr.. Chandeliers amendment to
strike out the words requiring the new
cruising monitor to be constructed of the
type and under the plans and specifca-
tons furnished by Mr.. Thomas, of Illi-
l
was made to read as follows: Zone
armored steel cruising monitor
ofthe type approved and recommended
by naval board IN their report to the
secretary Of the navy, and by him re-
ferred to and approved, in his letter to
the chairman of the committee on
naval affairs of the House of Rep
resentatives, dated January 9, 1889,
to be constructed according to plans
and specifications furnished by the navy
department; to be approved by the sec
retaly Of the navy" An amendment
was adopted, appropriating $4,000 for
testing the Hurst guns; and the bill was
passed.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 13.-The resolution
reported from the committee on priv
ileges and elections, instructing the
committee TO revise the existing law reg
ulating the election of members of Con-
gress, was taken up IN the Senate to-
day and Mr.. Evarts spoke in its sup
port. No vote was taken.
THURSDAY, Feb. 14.-The resolution
heretofore offered by Mr.. Stewart for
a select committee of seven senators on
irrigation and reclamation of arid lands
was agreed to. The Senate bills grant
ing right of way to the Cherokee Central
Railroad Company through the Indian
Terri Dry, and to the Jamestown &
| Northern Railroad Company through
the DEVILS Lake Indian reservation
were reported and placed on the calen-
dar The House bill for the al
lotment Of land in severalty
to the Indians on the Oneida
reservation, in Wisconsin, was reporte d
back adversely and placed on the cal
endar. Mr.. Wilson Ga addressed the
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imported liquors, introduced by Mr.
Frye December 81, 1887, rep orted back
adversely from the judiciary committee
March 49,, 1888, and then placed on the
calendar. The bill reads: "The con-
sent of Congress is hereby given that the
laws of tie several states relating to
the sale of distilled and fermented liq-
uors. within the limits of each state,
may apply to such liquors when they
have been imported, in the same man
ner as when they have been manufact-
ured in the United States" No action
was taken on the bill; which still re-
mains on the calendar. conference
committee was ordered on the legisla-
tive appropriation bill, and Senators AL
lison, Dawes and Cockrell were appoint
ed conferees. The Senate then took up
the resolution reported from the COM
mittee on privileges and elections, and
was addressed by Mr.. Coke.
FRIDAY. Feb. 15.-The credentials of
| VIM. D. Washburn, as Senator from the
state of Minnesota for the term begin
ming March 4 next, were presented,
read and placed on file. Mr.. Hale gave
notice that next Monday he would ask
the Senate to proceed to the considera-
ton Of the census bill. The Senate bill
to ratify and confirm an agreement
with the Muscogee, or Creek, nation
of Indians in the Indian Territory,
opening to settlement unassigned lands
in the Indian Territory, the considera-
ton being 81 ,2S0, 1857, was passed; also
the Senate bill autho rizing the presi-
dent to place Gen. VIM. S. Rosecrans on
the retired list as brigadier general of
the regular army. Forty-one indi-
vidual pension bills were passed in
twelve minutes. MIR. Coke continued
his speech on the Southern
election outrageH, but without
concluding it yielded the floor to Mr..
Gibson, who offered resolutions express
ing the sorrow of the Senate at the
death Of the late Representative Rob-
ertson. Of Louisiana, and proceeded to
euloeize the life and character Of the
deceased member. After appropriate
remarks by Senators Eustis and Reagan
lAC RClldCO3 az III, do ~ III OIlCI DIdI b VI
respect, adjourned til tomorrow.
SATURDAY, Feb. 16.-The Senate bill to
place Maj. James Belger on the retired
| list as colonel in the regular army was
passed by the Senate. That body then
resumed consideration of fhe res
olution reported from committee
on privileges and elections, as
to outrages in Washington County.
Texas; and Mr.. Coke proceeded with
his argument. Mr.. Coke yielded the
floor to permit Mr. Sherman to pre-
sent the conference report on the
Direct Tax bill. The house provision
in relation to the lots and lands
at Beaufort, S. c., is amended SO as to
appropriate 100000 to pay for the town
lots in Beaufort at the rate of half the
value assessed thereon for taxes by the
United States tax commissioner for
South Carolina, and the amount OF
$5 per acre for the lands. The
report was agreed to. Mr.
Coke then resumed his speech, but
soon yielded again in order to allow
Senators Blair and Edmunds, who were
not present when the report on the di-
rect tax bill was adopted, to express
| hof Al L.