Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-05-21

fused to apologize and was brought be-
fore the speaker, on vote of the House,
and severely censured. On account OF
the uproar and dilatory action the ses-
sion was prolonged to late hour.
Senate.
MONDAY, Nav 12.-The Senate consid-
cred the bill authorizing the issue of
! treasury notes on deposits of silver
! bullion Mr.. Jones, from the committee
on finance, who reported it, occupying
! the time.
TUESDAY, May 13.-Mr. Jones New
resumed his speech on the silver bill in
the senate. When he had concluded a
general debate followed. The bill went
over till tomorrow Senator Davis,
with the unanimous consent of the 9th
er members of the Senate pension com
mittee, to-day submitted u report rec
ommending that the Senate do not
agree to the amendments made by the
House to the Senate dependent bill, and
moving the appointment of commit
tee of conference The report says that
in the opinion of the Senate committee
the two measures are entirely irreconcil-
able, and in the committees judgement
the House bill is wholly inadequate.
The House provision benefits those who
do not need a pension at the expense of
those who are III absolute need. Messrs.
Davis, Sawyer and Blodgett were APP
pointed conferees on the part of the
Senate.
WEDNESDAY, May Ex-senator Plumb
made a favorable report from the com
mlttee on agriculture upon a bill to
transfer the fish commission to the Ag-
riculture Department. Mr.. Edmunds
introduced bill to establish universe
ty of the United States. Bills were
passed granting the right of way to the
Red Lake & Western Railway q Naviga-
ton Company across the Red Lake res
ervatiCA in Minnesota; also a bill to pay
S205 to the heirs of John Howard
Payne, due on his salary as consul at
Tunis. Among the bills reported and
Senate bill subjecting imported liquors
to the provisions of the laws of several
states. Mr.. Wilson Ga.), who reported
the bill from the judiciary committee,
said that he would ask the Senate to
take it up for consideration at an early
day. The silver bill was then taken up,
and Mr. Teller then addressed the Sen
ate, but without concluding his speech
he yielded to a motion to go into execu
tive session. When the door was REQ
pened the silver bill was laid aside infor-
mally till tomorrow, and the Senate
proceeded to business on the calendar.
THURSDAY, May 15.-Mr. Teller re-
sumed his argument to-day, in criticism
of the silver bill. A general debate fol-
lowed. Senator Sherman submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the pending silver bill. 1t pro-
vides that the balances standing to the
credits of national banks for deposits
made to redeem circulating notes shall
be covered into the treasury as mis-
cellaneOus receipt, and the treasury
shall redeem the circulating notes of the
banks which may come into its posses
sion subject to redemption. The
amendment also provides that upon the
certificate of the comptroller of the cur
rency that such notes have been re-
ceived by him and destroyed, and that
no new notes will be issued in their
place, reimbursement of the amount
shall be made tothe treasury from an APP
preparation created by this amendment,
to be known as national bank notes re-
demption account" After an address
by Mr.. Coke in favor of unlimited
coinage the bill went over until to-mor-
row. The Senate bill TO authorize the
sale of timber on the Menominee Indian
reservation was taken from the calendar
and passed. After an executive session
tne senate ADJOURNED.
FRIDAY, May 16-The silver bill was
taken up, and Mr. Sherman offered a
substitute for the amendment hereto
fore offered by him, as to covering into
the treasury the funds now held for the
redemption of national bank notes,
stating that the substitute was to the
same effect, but in better form, having
been prepared in the Treasury Depart
ment. Mr.. Plumb's amendment to Mr..
Sherman's amendment was then read.
1t is to insert the following: "And
hereafter no funds available for the
payment of the public debt, includ
ing such as are kept for the redemp-
ton of treasury notes, shall be
$4,000 ,00O' The discussion was fur
Their continued by Senators Hiscock and
Sherman-the latter quoting the law
setting apart $780, 100000 III gold for the
redemption of greenbacks. They were
followed by Messrs. Cockrell, Aldrich,
Ingalls,, Farwell, Harris, and Edmunds,
chiefly on the point of the gold reserve
Of S100,000,00O for the redemption of
treasury notes. The discussion then
turned on the monthly statements
of the treasury, Mr.. Ingalls,
asserting that he found in
them astounding, amazing, bewilder-
ing d1I lII0COuClIstDlC ulSCIcp dIlCIcS,
Mr.. Sherman undertaking to explain
them and Mr.. Allison giving his views
upon them, coinciding generally with
those of Mr.. Sherman, and saying that
there was an erroneous but widespread
belief in the country, particularly in the
statement that there was an immense
amount of government money stored up
in the treasury, while in fact the real
surplus was, as stated by Mr.. Sherman,
S35,OOO,0O0. The bill then went over
without action.
SATURDAY, May 1.-THE bill appro-
priating 100000 for bronze equestri-
an statue of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in
the city of Washington, having been
reached on the calendar, in the Senate
to-day, Mr. Hoar suggested that an
equestrian statue was hardly the proper
mode of doing honor to Gen. Grant.
Equestrian statues almost encountered
the city of Washington. He
would suggest, however, to omit
the word equestrian" and to
let the bill provide simply for
monument and statue. He made that
motion and it was agreed to. The bill