Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-03-05
EARNING THEIR WAGES.
The Senators and congressman are
Rushing Through Bills at a
Rapid Rate.
The Subs dy Tonnage Bill Gees to
the President for His
Signature.
Senator Henderson, of Nebraska,
Duly Elected President Pro
Tenn. of the Senate.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Senate
agreed to the House amendments to the
shipping bill, and it now goes to the Pres
luent for his signature. The bill as agreed
to by the Senate is exactly as passed py
the House last week, authorizing the
FoStmaSter-Gene to contract with
American steam vessels for term of from
tive to ten years 70, carrying ocean mails
from 81 cents to S. per mile, according to
the class of the vessels. The vote passed
by vote of 81 10 80 Messrs Carlisle,
Morgan, and Pugh, Democrats voted for
the bill, and MesSrS. Cameron, Frye, Hale
Mitchell Moody, Pettigrew, Plumb, Tel
Ter, and Wolcott, Republicans, voted
against it. Aside from this it was strict
party vote.
The Senate met at $50, and after the
morning business laid aside the postoffice
appropriation bill to take up the bill for
the aid of American shi ping. Mr.. Vests
amendment was rejected by a strict party
vote after which the House measure was
passed..
The House resolution appropriating
81, 100000 for the Mississippi rivers i'm
provement, to be disbursed by the Missis-
sippi river commission, was passed.
resolution was adopted thanking
Senator Ingalls, for his Sc rvices as the
presiding officer of the Senate Senator
Manderson was elected as president to
preside in the absence of the Vice-Presi-
dent.
The most important change made by
tie Senate committee in the general def
cheney appropriate N BILL was the addition
of the French spoliation claims, CARRYING
an appropriation Of St,30+, 095, with
provl $50 Il at in case OF bankruptcy of the
original sufferers, the awards shall be
maze on behalf of the next kin instead of
the assignees.
The committee attached a provision
directing the Secretary OF the Treasury to
examine and pay the claims that have
been already r., orted to Congress for SER
vices performed for the Government by the
several Pacific railroads and increased
from so to 60 per cent of the rate paid by
private parties, the amount to be paid to
the aidel Pacific railroad for services
performed for transporting troops and
supplies.
The bill repeating the timber culture and
pre- emptiOn laws so as t. require that pub
lie lands shall be disposed of only to home
steaders was taken from the Speakers
table and passed.
Mr., Flumb's amendment providing for
the transfer without examination of the
classified departmental service of the cleri-
cal force of the census Office. Other
changes made by the committee are as
follows:
Postof ce at Richmond, KY, SIS, 900;
Custom House at Cairo, H., $4,000;
civilization and support of the Sioux,
$50 600; widow of the late Chief Justice
W ate and Justice Miller, $40, 800 and
$40, 0G0 respectively.
The House spent the morning on the
Senate bills upon the Speakers table.
There was a sharp fight over the bill to
erect new mint building at Philadelphia,
during which Mr. Dockery stated that the
of this session would
amount to 1925, 900, 600, and would thus
be $50, 100000 more than the II easury
could pay from its receipts.