Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
House..

WEDNESDAY. u.
ao,ato The House passed the apportlon-
ment bill without amenuAnon'
1877; nays, 81. A.. uo,sa TO-
dav Mr., Farorhar IN. ", as chairman
of the committee on merchant marin Nc
and fisheres. moved that the house go
into committee of the whole Tor the
consider ration of the Senate bill 10 place
the american marine, engaged IN Tue
foreign trade, on an equality Wltn that
IF Gher nations, with the SUBSTITUTE
therefor. The motion was agree"u W.
Mr.. Farquhar advocated the OH d.
length, and pending further dlscusslodn
the committee rose and the house ao-
FR1nAy. Dec. 19.-Mr. Perkins (Kas.)
nrasen ted the conference report on the
| Fiji amending the act for the DIVISION OF
q norton of the Sioux Indians IN DaKo-
IA into smaller reservations. (Ihe oniy
| change made is an authorization 1or the
| expenditure of the approprlatlon oa
| 500 600 made for the purchase OF peer
| in other nations.) The report WAS
SATURDAY, Dec. 20.-In the House to-
day Mr. Milliken (Me.) presented d:
number Of conference reports on puDllc;
/ bui ding bills. The reports. were al
agreed to, but good deal or tlme mas
consumed. On motion of Mr.; Clume
| lCaI ! the Senate bill was passed Tor the
| relief of s. H. Brooks, assistant treas
urer at San Francisco, and the securities
on his official bond. In the morning
hour bill was passed to authorize the
construction of tunnel under the wa
| ters of the Bav of New York. between
| the town of Middletown and New
Utrecht The House then went into
committee of the whole (Mr. Burrows
in the chair), on the urgent deficiency
bill, with Senate amendments. .Mr'
Henderson moved conference In the
Senate amendments, with one exceP-
ton. This exception was the amend
ment providing for the payment OF SEN
ate session employees, Incl udlng the
clerks of senators. After long debate
the motion of Mr.. Henderson was
agreed to, the committee rose. the bill
was returned to the Senate for its action,
and the House adjourned.
| MONDAY, Dec. %. - Representative
Blanchard. of Louisiana, offered for ref
erence a preamble and resolutions, dl-
recting that committee inquire into
the causes of the late Indian trouble,
especially into the death of Sitting Bull,
which appeared to have been brought
about "under circumstances recognized
neither by the laws of war nor the laws
of peace."
| Senate.
| WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1.-THE Senate,
with small attendance of members,
proceeded with the usual routine bust
ness of the morn ing hour. Mr.. Quay
called up the bill providing for the sale
of the OLD custom house building at
Erie, Pa, and it was passed: Mr.. Hoar
asked unanimous consent that on Fri
! dav next, at 3 P. NJ, the debate on the
election bill should be considered
closed This was met by chorus OF OBJ
morning hour having expired the Sen.
ST. r TIE opph Of tbs s
speech of yesterday on the subject
THURSDAY, Dec. 1S.-lmmediately aft
er the approval of the journal, the Sem
ate, on motion of Mr.. Hale, went into
secret session, which lasted but a lew
minutes. Mr.. Sherman, from the com
mittee on finance, reported a bill pro-
rency, which was ordered printed and
recommitted. The election bill was then
taken up and debated, but no action
was taken.
FRIDAY, Dec. 19.-Mr. Stanford ex-
planned and advocated his bill to pro-
vide the government with means suffi-
| cient to supply the national want OF a
sound circulating medium. The bill
was, on his motion, referred to the COM
mlttee on finance. Mr.. Ingalls, intro
duced a bill, which was referred
to the finance committee, to allow
the exchange of the interest bearing
debt for legal tender notes. Mr.. Man
derson offered resolution, which was
referred to the committee on Indian at
fairs, instructing that committee to in
quire into the condition of the Indian
tribes IN North Dakota, South Oak ota.
Montana and elsewhere, the steps
necessary to disarm them, etc. The
elections bill was then taken up.
MONDAY, Dec. PIN the Senate to-
day Mr.. Spooner submitted various con-
terence reports on public building
measures. They were agreed to. The
House amendment to the Senate amend
ment to the urgency deficiency bin
striking out the appropriation for the
| pay of clerks of Senators) was non
copcurred in. The discussion of the
ele 9on bill was then resumed. Mr..
Higgins taking the floor. Mr.. Voorhees,
followed: Mr.. Hoar, at 6 p. NJ, moved
that the s1nate take recess till s. The
yeas and nays were ordered and the
vote was, yeas 20, nays 5-no quorum.
Mr.. HOar then moved to adiourn With