Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-12-10

expressed dissent to that proposition,
and Mr.. Harris said: mo, no, let the
original House bill be read" So the
clerk proceeded with the reading of the
original House bill. The reading went
on monotonously. Finally, on motion
of Mr.. Hoar, the reading of the
House bill was discontinued, and
the secretary began to read the Senate
substitute. Before the reading. was I'm
Among the bills passed by the Senate
were the following: To reimburse the
Miami Indians for SOL $50 Improperly
withheld from them; donating to Clallam
County, in the state of Washington. for
public buildings, the proceeds of the
sale of certain public lands.
WEDNESDAY,, Dec. BIN the Senate
to-day in presenting a petition for an
amendment to the tariff law in relation
to the rebate on manufactured tobacco,
Mr.. Allison said that the conferees on
the part Of both Houses had agreed to
that section of the tariff bill-as the
conference report would disclose but
that it had been omitted in the enroll
ment. He had no doubt That the matter
would receive early attention. MIR.
Hawley, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported and asked to
have put upon its passage joint reso-
luton authorizing the secretary of war
to issue arms and ammunition to the
states of North and South Dakota. MIR.
Henderson moved to amend 1t by also
including the state of Nebraska, and he
referred to the threatened uprising OF
the Sioux Indians on their reservation
there. The discussion had not closed
at o'clock, when the vice-president
laid before the Senate as unfinished
business the election bill. Senator Col
lum to-day introduced bill to reduce
the postage on all letters for any point
in the United States, and all drop let
tiers after July next, weighing one-half
ounce or less, with an additional charge
of l cent TOR every fraction of an ounce
in excess.
THURSDAY, Dec Ain the Senate the
joint resolution reported yesterday by
Mr.. Hawley to issue arms to the states
of North and South Dakota and Ne
braska was taken up. After remarks by
Messrs. Stewart, Vest and Morgan, the
Joint resolution was amended SO as to
apply to the states of North and South
Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska,
and was passed. Mr.. Morgan in
troduced joint resolution, which
went over until tomorrow, ap-
propriating S., 600 for an investigation as
IO tuC CAUSES VI Iu0 Ql6COulcIC dIIu Out-
break among the Sioux Indians and
other tribes The election bill was then
taken up and Mr.. Pugh addressed the
Senate in opposition to it. Pending de-
bate. the Senate went into executive
session.
FRIDAY, Dec. 5.-When the election
bill was taken up in the Senate Mr..
Gray made an elaborate argument
against its passage. Then followed a
general debate. Mr. German moved to
have the bill reprinted, and suggested
that the Senate adjourn till Monday,
but EXPLANATIONS of dissent to the adj
journment suggestion came from
all sides. No action was taken on Mr..
Germans motion, and Mr.. Morgan of
fered a resolution, which went over till
tomorrow, calling on the attorney-gen-
eral for statement of the names,
places of residence and dates of ap-
pointment of the chief supervisors of
election now in office in each judicial
district ia the several states.
SATURDAY, Dec. Elm the Senate to-
day Mr.. Sherman introduced three bills
and one amendment to a bill, all OF
which were referred to the finance COM
mittee The new bills are as follows: To
amend the law relating to the refining
and parting of bullion; to amend the act
authorizing the receipt of gold coin in
exchange for gold bars, and a bill au
thorizing the recoinage of subsidiary
coins of the United States. The amend
ment ia one to the Senate bill to reduce
the amount of United States bonds to be
required of national banks. The pro-
visions of the anne ndment are as follows:
Section l limits the compulsory
requirements of deposits of United
States bonds with the treasurer of the
United States by national banks to the
amount of 5000 Of bonds for each and
every national bank, provided that the
voluntary withdrawal of bonds for the
retirement of national bank notes shall
not exceed $4,000, 900 in any month.
It further provides that the act shall
not apply to the deposits of bonds,
which may be required by the section
of the treasury, to secure deposits
of public money in the National Banks.
Section 2 provides that upon United
States bonds deposited or which may be
deposited, bearing interest, any national
banking association making the deposit
shall oe entitled to receive from the
comptroller of the currency circuat-
ing notes of different denomina-
tons, not exceeding in the whole
amount the par value of the bonds
deposited. It also provides that at no
time shall the total amount Of such notes
issued to any association exceed the
amount at such time actually paid in OF
its capital stock. Section authorizes
the secretary to issue United States
notes equal to the retirement OF
National Bank notes, below cir
culation of $780, 00,0lO Section 4
authorizes the issue of United States
bonds to an amount not to exceed $780,
COO, 0OO to be redeemed at the pleasure
of the government and to bear 2 pei
cent. interest. They are to be sold for
lawful money or coin certificates, and
the proceeds are to be applied TO the re-
dem pton or purchase of United States
bonds There was some discussion
over a resolution offered by Mr.. Nor
gan calling for statement of money
paid to John I. Davenport, which
finally went over till Monday. Mr.
Paddock presented the protest OF
the Farmers Alliance, now III SEES
sion at Ocala, Fla, to the Conger
land bill The House amendment to
the Senate joint resolution or the issue
of arms to the states of North and
South Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska,
was concurred in. It extends it's pro-