Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-07-16
FIFTY.FIRST CONGRESS.
House..

M ONDAY, July I.-O0 N1OUlOn OF Mr.
Payson (Ill.j the House went into Com
mittee Of the whole to-day (Mr. Peters,
of Kas., in the chair for the considera-
ton of the Senate bill to forfeit certain
lands heretofore granted for the
purpose of aiding in the construction
of railroads with a House substitute
therefore, without action and pending
further debate the committee rose.
TUESDAY, July S.-The Senate took up
the conference report on the silver bill
to-day. Mr.. Vest opposed it,
Mr.. Sherman defended the re-
port and favored it's adoption.
Then followed general debate.
The discussion was interrupted at 3
o'clock and the bill went over without
action till tomorrow; the Senate passing
from that subject to the memorial eXer-
cises in respect to the memory of the
late representative, S. S. Cox, of New
York. Addresses in eulogy of the de-
ceased were made by Senators Voor-
bees, Sherman Vest, Dixon and Evarts
The Senate adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, July 9.-Mr Hit, of
Illinois, from the committee on foreign
affairs, reported back a resolution re-
questing the President to furnish the
House with correspondence between
the government of the United States
and Great Britain touching the subjects
in dispute in Behring Sea, since March
4, 1889. After some debate the resolu
ton was adopted. An attempt was
made to adopt the conference report on
the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill, but no quorum was present,
and the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, July 10.--The House INDUCED
in long controversy over the approval
Of tho in.,rpo1 couo,.o1 M o1,s ORG flai
ing that their votes had been recorded
in favor of the adoption of the report
on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, during their
absence from the floor Some cor
rections were finally made and the
journal approved The conference re-
port on the diplomatic and consular APP
preparation bill was adopted-yeas ia,
nays sc; also the conference report on
the agricultural appropriation bill. The
House then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Peters, of Kansas, in the
chair on the land grant forfeiture bill.
Following are the estimates for river
and harbor improvements for the next
fiscal year: Cedar River Harbor, Mich,
to complete, $1Os, 900; Oconto Harbor,
Wis, to complete, $4,000; Pensaukee
Harbor, Wis, to complete, $780,
600; Green Bay Harbor, Wis,
for year, $4,000, and to com
plete, 100000; har Dor of refuge, en-
trance Sturgeon Bay Canal, Wis, for one
year, $4,000; Ahnapee Harbor, Wis, for
year and to complete, So, 900; Kewaunee
Harbor. Wis, for year, $50, 900; to COM
plete, $l37 900; Two Rivers Harbor,
Wis, for year, 1000; and to complete,
S65, 900; Manitowoc harbor, Wis, for
year, So, 900, and to complete S., 625;
Sheboygan harbor, Wis, for year, $780,
600, and to complete $50, 900; Port Wash
ington harbor, Wis, for year and to COM
plete, 81 900; harbor of refuge, Milwau-
kee Bay for year 100000, and to COM
plete S41S, 600; Milwaukee harbor, Wis,
for year and to complete $50, 600; Racine
harbor, Wis, for year $4,000, and to
complete $4,000; Kenosha harbor, Wis,
for year $50, 900 and to complete S., 600;
Waukegan harbor, H., for year $50, 900,
and to complete Sl21 600; Fox aud Wis
ccnsin Rivers, Wis, for year, $500, 900,
and to complete. SAG, 900; Great Kama
wha River, w. Va, for year, $500, 900,
and to complete, $4,000; operating
and care of locks Of same, So, 800; Gan
lev River, w. Va, to complete, $1,000;
New River. Va. and w. Va, to com
plete, Sl59, 900.
FRIDAY, July 11.-Mr. Conger Qa.)
presented the conference report on the
silver bill Mr. Bland (Mo.) raised the
question of consideration, and the House
decided, by vote of 106 yeas to A nays,
to consider the report. 1t was then
agreed. on suggestion of Mr.. Blount
| (Ga) J, that four hours debate should be
allowed tomorrow on the silver confer
ence report, at the end OF which time
the previous question should be con-
sidered as ordered Mr. Perkins (Kas.)
| fo 1,D
bill granting the right of way across the
Mile Laos Indian reservation to the
Little Falls, Mile Laos and Lake
Superior county. The report was
adopted.
SATURDAY, July 12-The House
adopted the conference report on the
silver bill by q vote of 122 yeas to SO
nays-a strict party vote. The vote was
preceded by long discussion, Mr..
Conger Ga. and Mr.. Bland (Mo.) being
chief among the participants.
Senate.
MONDAY, July I'm the Senate Mr..
| Sherman presented the conference re-
port on the silver bill After it was
read in full he gave notice that he would
| call it up for action tomorrow morning.
| The conferees on the part of the two
Houses had this afternoon reached an
agreement. This result was hardly eX
pected even as late as this morning.
The bill as agreed to provides that the
secretary of the treasury shall purchase
from time to time silver bullion to the
aggregate amount of 100000 ounces,
or SO much thereof as may be offered,
in each month, at the market price
thereof, not exceeding 81 for 3754 grains
of pure silver. The treasury notes is
sued in payment for the bullion
shall be redeemable in coin and
legal tender in payment of all debts,
public and private, except where other
wise expressly stipulated in the con-
tract, and shall be receivable for Gus
toms, taxes and all public dues. Upon
demand Of the holder of the treasury
notes the secretary of the treasury
shall, under such regulations as he
may prescribe, redeem such notes in
gold or silver coin, at his discretion,
it being the established policy of
the United States to maintain the
| two metals on parity with each other