Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-05
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senate.

TUESDAY. Jan. 27-In the Senate the
| Journal of Thursday covering the pro-
! ceedings of Thursday, Friday, Saturday
and Monday was read and approved. The
| credentials of Mr.. Stanford and of Mr..
| Irby, as senators-elect from California and
| South Carolina for the term beginning
| March 4, 1891. were placed on file. Among
| the petitions presented was one by Mr..
! Frye IN favor OF having potatoes received
| by the government and treasury certificates
issued thereon at the rate of 81 per busnel.
Mr.. Edmunds, from the judiciary commit
tee reported back. with amendments, the
! House bill to prevent the manufacture of
dies, tools. or other implements used in
counterfeihng. The bill as amended
| was passed and conference asked. Mr..
Plumb offered a resolution (which was
agreed to- providing that until otherwise
ordered the Senate shall meet daily at IL
A. NJ, and that the morning business shall
continue for one hour only: At
| O'Clock the apportionment bill was
taken up as the unfinished business
the question being on MIR. Davis
amendment 20 increase the total number
| of representatives. from $50 las proposed
| in the House bill to $50, and giving an adj
| ditiOnal member to each of the states Of
| Arkansas, Minnesota, Missouri, and New
| York. Nj. Davis explained and advocated
| the amendment, which Mr.. Berry also ia
| vored. Mr.. Hisc0ck spoke against it, as
| did Mr.. Hale, who spoke in favor of the
was taken.
WEDNESDAY. Jan. Is The House bill
to ratify and confirm agreements with the
| Sac and Fox nation OF Indians and the
Iowa tribe Of Indians of Oklahoma Terri
! tory was passed. The conference report
Col, was agreed to. The appropriation is
reduced from 100000 to $250000.
! The House apportiOnment bill was
| then taken up, but after long debate, par
| ticipated in by Senators Washburn, Davis,
| German, Carlisle and others, the bill was
| laid aside. A conference report on the bill
for public building at Rockford, ILL.,, was
agreed to.
| THURSDAY, Jan. 29-The Senate to-day
! passed the congressional appOrtiCnment
I bill. The Senate first began to vote on the
amendments proposed by the minority.
These were all rejected, and the bill was
then passed exactly as it came from the
HOuse--yeas 81. nays 24-a strict party
vote. The Senate then took up the army
appropriation bill, but went into executive
session, at the close o; which an adjourn
| meDt was taken.
FRIDAY, Jam 30-No business was
| transacted an adjournment being taken in
respect to the memory OF Secretary WIN
| dom.
| SATURDAY, Jan. 31.-The army appro-
priation bill was then taken up. The
| amendment of the committee on apprO-
| priatlons (Which was under discussion last
! Friday to strike out the provision that
| government transportation on land-alded
| railroads shall not exceed 30 per cent. OF
| the charges to private parties was agreed
! to, and the bill was passed. The f0rtltica-
| ton appropriation bill was then taken up,
| but it was laid aside informally, and pen
| sion bills on the calendar were proceeded
with. There were ITO bills passed, among
them one giving pension OF 500
month to the WIdCW Of Gen. Edward +.
Noyes, and the House bill granting pen
! sion Of 500 month to Gen. Franz Slgel.
| The bill topension Mary Ann Dougherty
was objected to and went over, The
| House amendment to the bill for the relief
| of Sarah E. Perine referred to the court OF
| claims he claim for additional compenSa-
| ton for the construction of iron-cladS( was
! agreed to.
MONDAY, Feb. 2.--NIr. Turpie intro
| duced JOINT resolution (which was re-
| ferred to the committee on judiciary pro-
! posing an amendment 10 the constitution
| for the election OF United States senators
| by the direct vote Of the people. The
| calendar was taken up, the first bill
upon 1t being bill i'll respect to Ger
asked to have immediate action taken upon
| it, but did not press his request. The for
| tifcaton bill was then taken up. An
amendment reported by the committee to
| reduce the appropriation for gun and NOR
tar batteries for the harborS Of Boston,
!
| ington from $1,000, 600 to 100000 gave rise
! to a discussion, hut was finally agreed to.
House.
| TUESDAY, Jan. 27.--The approval of the
| House journal occupied half an hour and
then Mr. Springer, (Ill.) rising to ones
ton of privilege, offered resolution re-
citing that the speakers conduct Yesterday
lawful. Mr.. Mckinley (O.), made
the point of order that the resc-
luton was not privileged one
the speaker having expressed his right.
under the rules, TO decide motion to be
dtqrg o Thg sHe r ehf
and Mr.. Mckinley moved to table
! the appeal. The motion was agreed
to-yeas, 1873; nays, 1O5. The speak
er laid before the House mes
/ Bit authorizing Oklahoma City to issue
bonds TO provide a right Of way through
that city to the Choctaw Coal IL Rail way
Company. Referred. A bill passed for
railway bridge over the Missouri between
| Council Bluffs and Omaha. The House
! then went into committee OF the whole on
the Military Academy appropriation Pill.
WEDNESDAY,, Jan. 1S.-Ihe House
adopted the conference report on the bill
! for the disposal Of the abandoned Fort
Ellis military reservation, under the
homestead law. The Senate resolution
| Ter inc pItltliiS VI lo,ooO t\t1s6
copies of the report of the lrri-
cation committee on the irrigation
of the arid lands was agreed to.
The Speaker laid before the House the res
! ignatiOn of John II. Mccarthy, as repre-
sentative of the Eighth District of New
ork and it was laid on the table. The
! House then went into committee of the
whole on the military academy appropria-
ton bill, but adjourned without making
any progress.
THURSDAY, Jan. 29-Thc House went
| into committee of the whole on the mill
tary academy appropriation bill. The
committee having risen informally, Mr..
DingIey. of Maine, chairman Of TIE COM
pool, presented q special report of that
committee This gave rise to considerable
debate, at the close of which the commit
| tee of the whole resumed its session.
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