Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-02-12
FIF'TY-FIRST CONGRESS.
House.


MONDAY, Feb. 3.-The House had
Republican majority, Messrs. CaswelI
and WILDER being the only absentees.
The West Virginia contested election
case was taken up and disposed of, Mr..
Smith, the Republican contestant, being
seated and taking the oath of Office.
The House then adjourned.
TUESDAY, Feb. AFTER the opening
ceremonies, which occupied a long
time, delays being caused by calls for
yeas and nays on every motion, the
speaker laid before the House number
of Senate bills for reference, and the
balance of the session was taken up in
debate and dilatory motions as to the
disposition of the Senate bills.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5.-There was no
business transacted in the House to-day,
according to the agreement of the Re-
publicans and Democrats, large ma
iority of the members desiring to at
Tracy. The clerk was permitted
to read the journal in it's una
bridged form. The Democrats did not
wish to 60 on record as approving the
journal, and consequently demanded
the yeas and nays on that motion. The
journal was approved-yeas $50, nays O
the constitutional quorum being
counted by the Speaker. The House
then, at 1915, on motion of Mr.. McKin-
ley, adjourned.
THURSDAY, Feb. 6.-Bills were intro
duced in the House for survey for q
canal to connect Lakes Michigan and
Superior, and for an Indian industrial
school. Mr.. Morrill, (Kas.), from the
committee on invalid pensions, report
ed back the Senate bill to increase the
pensions of certain soldiers and sail
ors, with substitute providing that
all the soldiers, sailors and ma
r1nes who have been since June Is,
1880, or who may hereafter become so
totally and permanently helpless from
injuries received or disease contracted
in the service and line of duty as to re-
quire the regular personal aid and at
tendance of another person. shall be
entitled to receive pension
at the rate of $72 per month; one
disabled, but not needing constant
attendant, is entitled to receive PEN
sion not to exceed $50 per month, pro-
portionate to the degree of disability.
The substitute was agreed to, and the
bill, as amended. passed. Mr.. Dolliver
(la.), from the committee on naval af-
fairs, reported the bill for the relief of
the survivors of the wreck of the Tren-
ton and Vandalia, and the stranding of
the Nipsic, at Apia, Samoa, and it was
passed. A bill was also passed to estab-
lish two additional land districts in Mon
tana. Mr.. Perkins (Kas) reported
from the committee on Indian affairs,
and the House passed it after a short
discussion, a bill extending for two
years the time within which the Kansas
City & Pacific Railroad Company may
construct it's line through the Indian
territory.
FRIDAY, Feb. THE speaker stated
this morning that the journal clerk had
been busy in preparing the new code of
rules for publication, and that conse-
quently the journal of yesterdays pro-
ceedings was not ready to be presented,
but would be read subsequently,. A
bill increasing the pension of Gen.
Abram Duryea to 800 per month was
passed after some debate, also a Senate
bill authorizing the construction of
bridge across the Missouri River be-
tween Douglas, or Sarpav County, Ne
braska, and Pottawattomie County.
Iowa. A bill appropriating 100000 for
public building IL Butte, Mont, was
introduced. The House then adjourned
until Monday.