Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-06-04
FIFTY.FIRS'T CONGRESS.
House..

MONDAY. May 26. The House was
called to order by Clerk Mcpherson.
and on motion of Mr.. Mckinley Mr.
Burrows (Mich.) was elected speaker
pro tenn, and took the chair. Mr.. Car
Isle has written to Speaker Reed. in
forming him that he had forwarded to
the governor of Kentucky his resicna-
ton as a representative of that state
from the Sixth Congressional Dis
trlct, to take effect to-day. The
communication was read in the House.
On motion of Mr.. Mckinley the Senate
bill was passed for the erection of a
public building at Canton. O., at cost
of 100000 The floor was then ac-
corded to the committee on District of
Columbia, and Mr.. Atkinson pa called
up the Rock Creek Park bill, and the
vote by which it was recently defeated
was reconsidered, and the bill was
passed. After the passage of several
other district bills the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 27,-The House in com
mittee of the whole discussed the river
and harbor bill. Mr.. Mckinley (O.)
submitted the conference report upon
the customs administrative bill. Mr..
McMillin (Tenn.) one of the conferees
said he had declined to agree to the re-
port for the reason that he believed that
the bill would increase taxation. The
conference report was adopted-yeas,
127; nays, Is, the speaker pro TEN
counting quorum The Democrats as
a rule RETAINED from voting.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2S-The House to-
day passed the river and harbor bill
without division. In committee of the
whole, on motion of Mr.. Dunnell
(NIinn.) J, section 8, which declares that
it shall not be lawful to construct a
bridge over any navigable waterway of
the United States within the limits of
the state without obtaining the approval
OF the secretary of war, was stricken
out. On motion of Mr. Post Gil
a survey was authorized of the
Illinois River from La Sale to
the Mississippi River as recon-
view to ascertaining what lands would
be subject to overflow by the construc-
ton of a navigable waterway between
Lake Michigan and the Mississippi Riv-
er. Mr.. Comstock MINI. made mo-
ton, which was agreed to, to strike out
the clause authorizing a survey of the
entrances to the bay of Superior, at the
west end of Lake Superior The COM
mittee then reported the bill to the
House, and Mr.. Dockery (Mo) moved to
re-commit it with instructions to the
committee on rivers and harbOrs to
report it back with the Hennepin Canal
clause stricken out. The motion was
lost-yeas, 81; nays, 120. The bill WAS
then passed without division. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Cannon (Ill.) from the
committee on rules, resolution was
adopted setting aside tomorrow for the
consideration of public building bills
An adjournment was ordered from to-
morrow until Monday.
THURSDAY, May 29.-The House in
committee of the whole took favorable
action on the following public building
bills: Mankato, Mimi, $1,000; Men-
dian, Miss, $4,000; Milwaukee, Wis,
increasing the amount TO 81 400, 600;
Youngstown, O., So, GOO; Camden, Ark,
$25 900; Sioux Falls, S. D., S15o,0OO;
Stockton, CAL, $4,000; Beatrice, Neb.,
$50 900; Davenport, Ia, Sl00,J00;
Rock Island, Ill.,, $4,000; South
Bend, Inc, $4,000; Fargo, n. D., $780,
600; Madison, Ind, $4,000; Pueblo,
Col, $150,000; Sioux City, Ia, 100000
Lima, o., $50 900; Portland, Ore, $780,
600; Bloomington, ILL.,, 100000; Kansas
City, No., 81, 20O,000 Racine, Wis,
100000; Akron, O., 500, 900; Rockford,
ILL.,, $l0O,0O0; Fort Dodge, Ia, $4,000;
Sheboygan, Wis, $4,000. The commit
tee then arose, the agricultural bill was
and the House adjourned I'M
til Monday