Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-09-24

bills were passed. Senate bill to amend
the act of March 3, 1888, for railway
bridge across the Illinois River ct a
point between Columblana, III Green
County, and Farrowtown, i'll Calhoun
County, ILL.,; Senate bill to author
ize the Mobile, Jackson & Kansas
City Railroad Company to cross certain
rivers in Mississippi; House bill 70
amend the act to authorize the Cairo q
bridges across the Tennessee and Cum
berland rivers with amendments) /;
House bill to construct a wagon bridge
across the Mississippi River at Hastings,
Mimi; House bill to ,authorize, the Chi
cago, henderson, Bowling Green d
Chattanooga Company to construct q
bridge over Green and Barren rivers in
Kentucky; Senate bill to authorize the
construction of bridge across the
Kentucky River and its tributaries;
House bill to amend the act of July IL,
1888, authorizing the construction of a
bridge across the Red River of the
North. All the bridge bills having been
disposed of, the Senate proceeded to
dar, to which there was no objection,
(under rule 81. The following bills,
among others, were passed: Senate
bill to amend the act Of June 10, 1878, to
create an auditor Of railroad
accounts; Senate bill for the
relief of certain officers and en-
listed men of the First Kansas Colored
Volunteers; Senate bill authorizing the
use of the Louisville q Portland Canal
basin on certain conditions; House bill
to create port of entry at Eagle Pass,
Tex, i'll lieu of Indianola, Tex. At the
close of the hour assigned to business
on the calendar, the conference report
on the railroad land forfeiture bill was
taken up and Mr.. Sanders resumed his
argument. After remarks by Messrs.
Plumb and Morgan it was agreed that
the vote on the conference report'shall
be taken at O'Clock tomorrow
TUESDAY, Sept. 6.-VicePresident
Morton presided in the Senate. The
following bills passed: The House bill
authorizing the secretary of the interior
to sell certain lands, and TO grant the
proceeds of such sale to the town of
Pelican, Oneida County, Wis, for
school purposes; the Senate bill au-
thorizing the librarian of Congress
to purchase Cat not exceeding $50 ,000)
Townsend's library of national, state
and individual records concerning the
origin. progress and consequences of
the late civil war; the Senate bill to
authorize the construction of pontoon
bridge across the Arkansas River at
Dardanelle, Ark; the House bill for
marking the positions of troops of
the army Of Northern Virginia at
Gettysburg, Pa; the Senate bill
through the public lands for irrigation
purposes; the Senate bill to provide for
the reappraisal and sale of the unsold
portion Of the grounds and the build
ings thereon. known as the Dearborn
Arsenal, in Michigan. The conference
report on the railroad land forfeiture
bill was resumed land Mr.. Morgan con-
tinued his argument against it. When
the vote was taken the con-
ference report was agreed to
yeas 30, nays I3-(a strict party vote).
The House anti-lottery bill was then, on
motion of Mr.. Sawyer, taken from the
calendar and passed without word of
discussion. 1t is what is known as the
Caldwell bill, which was reported to the
House by Representative Caldwell,
of Ohio, and passed that body
August, l6. The Senate adopted
relating to the subject. The House bill
to repeal timber-culture laws was taken
up, and Mr.. Plumb moved substitute,
which was agreed to and the bill passed.
A conference was asked on the disa-
greeting votes, and Messrs. Plumb, Pet
tigrew and Walthall were appointed
conterees on the part of the Senate.
The Senate then, on motion Of Mr.. Ed
munds, took up from the calendar the
Senate bill to establish a United States
land court. The bill, having been read,
was laid aside until tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 1.-THE Senate
to-day passed the House bill author
izing the construction of a railway
through the Fort Clark military reser-
vation, in Texas; Senate bill appropria-
ting $50, 900 for public monument on
reservation in the city of Washington
to the memory of John Ericsson,
the inventor; Senate bill to in
demnify the state of Pennsylvania for
money expended in 1864 for militia
called into the military service by the
governor under the proclamation Of the
President of June Is, 1868; House bill
to amend the act Of February, 1885, so
as to entitle men who have served
thirty years in the army, navy or
marine corps to be placed on the
retired list with IS per cent. of
their pay and allowances; Senate
bill appropriating $4,000 for a public
building at Wilkesbarre, Pa; Senate
bill apprOprat1ng 92O,UUU Tor the pur-
chase of certain manuscript papers and
correspondence Of Thomas Jefferson,
now in possession of his descendants;
Senate bill releasing S. II. Brooks, as
sistant treasurer Of the United States at
San Francisco, and his sureties, from
liability for $4,000, lost at that sub
treasury; and Senate bill to reim-
burse certain persons who expend
ed moneys and furnished services
and supplies in repelling invasions and
suppressing Indian hostilities within the
territorial limits of the present state of
Nevada. Mr.. Evarts reported joint
resolution appropriating S., 900 for new
site for the Lafayette statue, and stated
that the size selected was an esplanade
of some eighty feet square at the south
east corner of the treasury reservation,
not injuring, he said, but improving the
dignity of the treasury in
closure. After some debate the
ggffsolutii2nnn was unaga6ed Ihf Sen
of the Senate bill to establish United
States land court and to provide for the
settlement of private land claims in the
states of Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming
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