Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-10-08
FITTY.FIRS'T CONGRESS.


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MONDAY, Sept. 29.-The Speaker laid
before the House this morning the bill
to define and regulate the jurisdiction
of United States courts with Senate
amendments thereto. After some dis
cussion the bill was laid aside tempo
rarily. A bill was passed appropriating
S1O,316 to supply q deficiency In
the appropriation for the conpen-
sation Of members of the House.
! The Senate amendment was concurred
IN to the House bill granting leave of
absence to clerks and employees of the
first and second class post-offces. The
amendment extends the benefits of the
measure to employees in the mail bag re :,
! pair shops. The Senate amendments to
he House bill for the disposal of the
Fort Ellis military reservation, Mon
tana, were non-concurred in, and con-
ference ordered The conference re-
port on the bill to increase the eficien
cy of the signal corps Of the army
and to transfer the weather service to
the Agricultural Department, was
agreed to-. Senate bills were passed au
thorizing the construction of bridges
across the Missouri River; also extend
ing for one year the time for the pay
ment by settlers on public lands in cases
of drouth. A bill was passed to prevent
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by the prir ting thereon of any painting
or advertisements.
TUESDAY, Sept. 3O.-In the House the
joint resolution was passed appropri-
ating $4,000 to enable the postmaster
general to test at small towns and VII
lagos the system of free delivery Mr..
Mason (1ll.) submitted the conference
report on the bill to permit the secre-
tary of war to issue revocable license
to the use of a pier as petitioned by
vessel owners Of Chicago, Ill.
Agreed to- A bill was passed for
the appointment of an additional JUS
tice of the supreme court of Arizona.
The speaker laid before the House the
diction of United States courts, and it
was referred TO the judiciary committee.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. LIN the House
the clerk was directed to make some
clerical changes in the tariff bill, and
Messrs. Mckinley, Perkins and McMil
Ian were appointed a committee to in
form the President that Congress was
ready to adjourn. The conference re-
port on the bill to dispose of the Ft.
Ellis military reservation Mr..
Allen Miss made the occasion
for political speech. Postmaster
Wheat's resignation was accepted.
n CCudtO COACQlICHU ICsOIutIOU
was agreed to requesting the President
to enter into negotiations with the gov
ernments of Great Britain and Mexico
for the prevention of the entry of
Chinese laborers into the United States.
Announcement was made that the Pres
jdent had no further business, and the
House then took recess, during which
nearly all the members left the hall to
make preparations for their departure
from the city; and when the Speaker
reconvened the House he looked down
merely stated that, according to the
concurrent resolution, he declared the
first session of the Fifty-frst Congress
adjourned without day.
Senate.
MONDAY, Sept. 29.-The conference
report on the tariff bill was presented
After an extended debate it was laid
aside informally without action The
conference report on the bill for the re-
lief of settlers ia the Northern Pacific
railroad indemnity lands was agreed to;
also the conference report on the bill
opening for settlement portion Of the
Fort Randall military reservation in
South Dakota was presented. MIR. Hoar,
from the committee on privileges and
elections, reported resolution (Which
was adopted declaring that the
Senators from North and South Da-
kota, Montana and Wyoming are emit
tied to their compassionate from the date
Of the admission of those states. The
concurrent resolution for the final adj
Journment tomorrow was presented
and referred to the finance committee
The House bill defining the duties of the
sergeant-at-arms of the House was
passed. A conference was ordered on
the House bill to provide for the dispo-
sition of the abandoned Fort Ellis mill
tary reservation, Montana, under the
homestead law. The individual pension
bills on the calendar were then taken up
minutes. Senate bill granting right of
way across the Fort Assiniboine military
reservation to the Great Northern Rail
way, was passed. After short execu-
tive session the Senate adjourned, Mr..
Aldrich stating that he would not ask
for an evening session, as he was salts
fed that vote on the tariff con-
ference report would be reached to-
morrow
TUESDAY, Sept. 30-After debating
the tariff bill all day and all night, the
Senate, at 6 A. NJ, proceeded to vote,
by yeas and nays, on the conference
ICPCIU. uC HISC III Cu0 party
ranks was made when Mr.. Paddock's
name was called. He said that he was
paired with Mr.. Eustis; but as Mr.
Eustis would have voted no, he
would vote no. The next break
came Immediately after, when
Mr.. Pettigrew's name was
called. He said that he was paired with
Mr.. Call, but as Mr.. Call would have
voted no, he would have voted no. The
third and last break was when Mr..
Plum voted no. The final vote was an
nounced as, yeas. 33; NAYS, 81; as fol-
lows: Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen,
Allison, Blair, Cameron, Casey, Chand
Ter, Cullum, Dawes, Dixon, Ed
munds, Evarts, Frye, Hale, Haw-
ley, Hoar, ingalls,, Jones New,
Mcmillan, Henderson, Mitchell,
Moody, Pierce, Plat, Power,
Sanders, Sawyer, Sherman, Spooner,
Stewart, Stockbridge, Wilson (Ia.) VOL
cott-333 Nays-Messrs Barbour, Bate,
Blackburn, Blodgett, Butler, Carlisle.
Cockrell, Coke. Colquitt, Daniel, Cor
man (1rav Ham Harris Hearst