Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-19
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
House..

Illinois, from the committee on foreign
affairs, reported back resolution re-
questing the President to furnish the
House with correspondence between
the government of the United States
and Great Britain touching the subjects
in dispute in Behring Sea, since March
4, 1889. After some debate the resolu-
ton was adopted. An attempt was
made to adopt the conference report on
the diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill, but no quorum was present,
and the House adjourned.
TUESDAY, July 10.-The House INDUCED
in a long controversy over the approval
of the journal, several members claim
ing that their votes had been recorded
in favor of the adoption of the report
on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill, during their
absence from the floor. Some cor
rections were finally made and the
journal approved The conference re-
port on the diplomatic and consular APP
preparation bill was adopted-yeas ia,
nays Sc; also the conference report on
the agricultural appropriation bill. The
House then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Peters, of Kansas, in the
chair on the land grant. forfeiture bill.
Following are the estimates for river
and harbor improvements for the next
fiscal year: Cedar River Harbor, Mich,
to complete, $1OS, 900; Oconto Harbor,
Wis, to complete, $4,000; Pensaukee
Harbor, Wis, to complete, $685.
900; Green Bay Harbor, Wis,
for wear, $4,000, and to com
plete, 100000; harbor of refuge, en-
trance sturgeon Bay Canal, Wis, for one
year, $4,000; Ahnapee Harbor, Wis, for
year and to complete, SIS, 900; Kewaunee
Harbor. Wis, for year, 5000; to COM
plete, $137 900; Two Rivers Harbor,
$50, 900; Manitowoc harbor, Wis, for
Sheboygan harbor, Wis, for year, $780,
600, and to complete So, 900; Port Wash
ington harbor, Wis, for year and to COM
plete, 81 900; harbor of refuge, Milwau-
kee Bay, for year 100000, and to COM
plete $41S, 900; Milwaukee harbor, Wis,
for year and to complete 500 900; Racine
harbor, Wis, for year $4,000, and to
complete $4,000; Kenosha harbor, Wis,
for year $50, 900 and to complete $50, 900;
Waukegan harbor, H., for year $75,0 900,
and to complete $l2l 900; Fox and Wis
consin Rivers, Wis, for year, 5000, 900,
and to complete. SAG, 900; Great Kama
wha River, w. Va, for year, $500, 900,
and to complete, 5000; operating
ley River, w. Va, to complete, $1,000;
New River, Va. and w. Va, to COM
plete, $4,000.
FRIDAY, July 11.-Mr. Conger Ia.)
presented the conference report on the
silver bill. Mr.. Bland (Mo.) raised the
question of consideration, and the House
decided, by a vote of l06 yeas to A nays,
to consider the report. 1t was then
agreed, on suggestion of Mr.. Blount
(Ga.) that four hours debate should be
allowed tomorrow on the silver confer
ence report, at the end Of which time
the previous question should be con-
sidered as ordered. Mr. Perkins (kas.)
presented the conference report on the
Mile Laos Indian reservation to the
Little Falls, Mile Laos and Lake
Superior county. The report was
adopted.
SATURDAY, July 12.-The House
adopted the conference report on the
silver bill by a vote of 122 yeas to 80
nays-a strict party vote. The vote was
preceded by a long discussion, Mr..
Conger Ga and Mr.. Bland MO- being
chief among the participants.
MONDAY, July 1.-THE House went
into committee of the whole (Mr.
Dunnell, of Minnesota, in the chair on
the bill known as the Atkinson bill (sup-
Elemental to the act authorizing the
construction of the Baltimore q foto-
mac Railroadin the District of Columbia
It was recommitted to the commit
tee on the District of Columbia, with
instructions to report back a substitute
providing that before the LIST of Jan
uarY, 1894, the railroad company shall
remove its present station from Sixth
and B Streets to the intersection of Vir-
GINA and Maryland Avenues. This was
agreed to-69 to 81.
TUESDAY, July 15.-The House to-day
went into committee of the whole on
the bill appropriating $685., 1S9 for addi-
tional clerical force to carry into effect
the provisions of the dependent pen
sion act. After a long debate the com,
mittee rose and the bill passed.
Senate.
WEDNESDAY, July 9.-The only bust
ness Of the session was listening to
discussion of the conference report on
the silver bill.
THURSDAY, July 1O.-The Senate
agreed to the conference report on the
silver bill to-day by a vote of 80 yeas to
20 nays. A long debate preceded the
ballot The bill as passed provides that
the secretary of the treasury shall pur-
chase from time to time silver bullion to
the aggregate amount of 100000
ounces, or SO much thereof as may be
offered, in each month, at the market
price thereof, not exceeding 81 for 375f
grains of pure silver. The treasury
notes issued in payment for the bullion
shall be redeemable in coin and legal
tender in payment of all debts, public
and private, except where otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract, and