Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-01-14

tive Post (1ll.) introduced for reference
| q bill to convert United States legal
| tender notes from government promises
| to pay into legal tender government
| promises to receive, and to restore to
circulation the gold held in the treasury
for the redemption of United States
notes. The notes shall declare on their
face: ''This United States note for =
dollars will be received and paid out at
al government Offices and depositorie s
Tor all payments which are not by law
required to be made in coin"
TUESDAY, Jan. Tin the House TO-
day the bill repeating the law authorize
ing the President to suspend tonnage
dues was passed. Mr.. Farquhar IN. "
moved that the House go into commit
tee OF the whole for the consideration
of the shipping bill. Mr.. Springer (Ill. J
| moved (as an amendment that the
committee consider the bill defining
options. The amendment was rejected
yeas, 90; nays, 10l. Mr.. Farquhar's
motion was then agreed to-yeas, III;
nays, 90, Mr.. Burrows Mich taking
the chair and Mr.. Wheeler (Ala.) being
accorded the floor in opposition to the
measure. After a short debate, and
pending the conclusion of his remarks,
the committee rose and the House adj
journed.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. I'm the morning
hour Mr.. Cutcheon Mich J, from the
committee ON military affairs, called up
! the Senate bill increasing from fifty to
seventy five the number Of army officers
who may be detailed to military col
eyes, and it was passed. The House
then went into committee of the whole
(Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair for the further consideration of
the shipping bill.
THURSDAY, Jan. Sin the House Mr..
committee of the whole on the ship
ping bill, and suggested that some ar
rangement should be arrived at as to
the conclusion of general debate. Fail
ing 80 secure any agreement Mr.. Farqu-
har moved that general debate
close at 5 o'clock to-day Mr..
Blount (Ga.) as an amendment
moved that Tuesday next be substituted
for to-day. Mr.. Blounts motion was
agreed to, but Mr.. Farquhar's motion,
as thus amended, was rejected, SO that
no limit was placed upon the discussion.
The House then went into committee of
the whole (Mr Burrows, of Michigan,
in the chair), on the shipping bill. OF
course no action was reached, and, at
the usual hour, the House adjourned.
FRIDAY, Jan. 9.-Mr Harvey, of Okla
homa, called up the bill authorizing
Oklahoma City to issue bonds to pro-
vide right OF way to the Choctaw Coal
& Railroad Company through the city.
The bill passed The House then went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. AL
len mich. in the chair on the private
calendar The first bill on the calendar
was one referring to the court of claims,
the claim of the Citizens Bank, of
louisiana, grow! ng ont Of the seizure
and covering into the United States
treasury of certain moneys of the
bank by Gen. Benjamin +. Butler. The
amount involved is $215,000. The
measure gave rise to quite a long dis
Blanchard and Boatner Ua.), and OPP
posed by Mr.. Thomas (Wis.) and Mr..
Grosvenor CO.. After further debate
Mr. Thomas moved to strike out the en-
acting clause. Lost-59 to IS. The
hour of o'clock having arrived the
bill went over, the committee rose, and
the House took recess until o'clock
the evening session to be for the con-
sideration of private bills.
SATURDAY, Jan. 1O.-The House went
into committee of the whole, Mr.. Ding
ley (Me.) in the chair, on the army
appropriation bill Mr.. Cutcheon
(Mich), chairman of the committee on
military affairs, explained that the bill
was purely an appropriation measure
and contained no general legislation
whatever. The amount carried was
$24, $50, 900, or 100000 more than the
appropriation for the current year. The
bill was discussed by Messrs. Lonham,
Kerr and Tassney, and pending further
debate the committee rose, and euio
CYSTIC addresses were made in memory
Of the late Joseph /. Walker, of Mis-