Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-10
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
House..


inspection of coal mines in the terrific
ries. Agreed to. On motion of Mr..
Chapman Mich the Senate bill was
passed extending the criminal jurls''lc
ton of circuit and district courts to ,he
Great Lakes and their connecting waters.
Mr.. Perkins (Kas.) moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill to ratify and
confirm the agreement with the Sac and
Fox and Iowa tribes of Indians in Okla
homa; and after an explanation of its
scope by Messrs. Perkins and Peel it
was passed. Mr. Peel ARK moved to
pass under suspension of the rules q
substitute for the Senate bill granting
right of way to the Hutchinson & South
ern Railroad, from Anthony, Kas.,
through the Indian Territory to Gray
son, Tex. Agreed to.
TUESDAY, Sept. Fin the House, this
morning, Mr. Cooper CO., opened the
discussion of the MISUNDERSTANDING
election case with description of the
affairs which led to the assassination of
Mr.. Clayton. He said the murder grew
directly out of the political methods
adopted in that country ballot-box
stealing and stuffing, intimidation, and
murder naturally fellow each other.
1t was the supreme duty of this
Congress to enact such legisla-
ton as would terminate those meth
DDS by removing the inducements
therefor; Mr. Wilson (Mo.) spoke
against the majority report, and the
Senate bill was passed granting an
American register OF the steamer Italia !;
and also bill declaring Rock Island a
port of entry. Mr.. Cannon presented
the conference report on the river and
harbor appropriation bill, and made an
exhaustive statement touching the eX-
penditures authorized during the pres
ent session of Congress. He said that
the sum of $402, 134 ,S61 is properly
chargeable against the probable Teve-
nues of the government for the fiscal
year 1891, and, when deducted from
the latter, shows surplus of
SOS, 276, 475. Following Mr.. Cannon,
Representative Savers, of Texas, pre-
scented statement for his Democratic
colleagues on the committee. 1t says
that if to the appropriation of the pres
ent Congress We add the permanent and
iGdefr lite appropriations, as estimated
by the secretary of the, treasury, to wit
SOL ,62S, 543, we shall have an aggregate
of appropriations for the fiscal year,
ending June so, 1891, $461 ,S44 ,779, as
against $3.50, Ala ,337 revenue, including
postal receipts, as estimated by the sec
rotary of the treasury, thus making the
excess of appropriations over revenues
i'll ,43O, 442.
WEDNESDAY,, Sept. 3.-Mr Evarts pre-
Eented a communication from the OSWe-
60, n. Y, Board of Trade, taking eXcep-
tons to Secretary Rusk' S recent report
on the production of barley, which was
to the effect that there was not enough
produced in this country to meet
L,
ton. The OsWego Board states that
United States is about 60,O0O 600
bushels, and that the quantity used last
year for mailing purposes was less than
$4,000, COO bushels. Ten million bushels
had been imported from Canada-the
quality being superior for mailing pur-
poses to that of the United States bar
ley. The Senate resumed consideration
of the sugar schedule Of the tariff bill,
Mr.. Edmunds addressing the Senate
Mr.. Morgan addressed the Senate in sup
port of the amendment heretofore pro-
posed by him as substitute for Mr..
Aldrich's reciprocity amendment. 1t
provides for a duty Of :, per cent. ad
valorem Oh corn, wheat, rye, barley,
oats, hay, straw, potatoes, cotton. live
domestic animals, and on asses, mules
..
articles are exported a premium Of
per cent. shall be paid on their value to
the owner. There was but small at
tendance of senators at the evening ses-
sion, which was mainly occupied by Mr..
Pierce in a speech advocating the idea
of reciprocity.
THURSDAY, Sept. 4.-Speaker Reed,
who IS in Maine, and Representative
Cannon, were severely scored by Repre-
sentative Cummings, who rose to a
question of privilege. Mr.. Lacey Ia
then called up the Breckenridge cleo
ton case, and gave notice that he would
call the previous question at l O'Clock
tomorrow. The Senate bill was passed
authorizing the secretary OF the interior
to survey the seventh standard parallel
between the states of North and South
Dakota.
FRIDAY, Sept. 5.-The Clayton-Breck-
inridge contested election case was
finally disposed of by the House to-day,
and Mr.. Breckinridge's seat was de-
clared vacant by vote of 103 to 81. Mr..
Breckenridge was accorded the floor
this morning, to argue. in his
own behalf. He was followed
by Mr.. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania,
and others. The debate having been
closed, Mr.. Crisp ga. moved to recon-
nit the case with instructions to the
committee on elections to report VIII ic!
of the gentlemen received a majority Of
the votes of the Second District of Ar
kansas. Lost-yeas, SO; nays, 101. The
vote was then taken on the minority
resolution confirming Mr.. Breckin-
ridges right to the seat. Lost-yeas,
81; nays, 103. The resolution declaring
the scat vacant was agreed to-yeas,
105; nays, 81.
SATURDAY, Sept. 6.-The House, after
a short debate, agreed to the conference
report on the river and harbor bill.
The House also passed bill granting a
pension of 500 month to Gen. Harry
a. Barnum.
MONDAY, Sept. When the Senate
met this morning Senator Blair pro-
posed an adjournment in honor OF
Labor Day, and after debate proposed
the passage of several labor bills on the
calendar Mr.. Aldrich, however, OBJ
iected, and the tariff bill was taken up,
the question being on para
graph 373 {page SS). as
to wool and wooden yarns, to which