Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-27


| plOye OF such agencies shall he employed
| in any government service or by any Off
Ger Of the District Of Columbia. 1t could
| not come IN as separate section without
unanimous consent and to this Mr.. Oates
| Of Alabama, objected. The committee
rose and reported the bill to the House.
| The recommendation of the committee in
regard to the Senate amendments was
| agreed TO with the exception OF those
| amendments pertaining to lighthouses 10
the geological survey ana to the Worlds
Fair. Mr.. Oates also demanded separate
| vote on the O'NeIll amendment relating to
| the PlnkertOnS. Allthe lighthouse amend
mentS were nOn-cOncurred III. The ques-
ton then REQUIRED Oh O'NeIlPS PinkertOn
were ordered. Mr.. O'Neills amendment
was agreed tO-yeaS, 159; nays, 49, The
| Senate amendment which decreases the
amount appropriated for the geological
| survey was COncurred in. The vote then
| came upon the proposition 70 nOn-cOncur IN
the Senate amendment appropriating So
| UUOOOO for the aid OF the Worlds Column
| bian Exposition and it was agreed to
! yeas, 122; nays, 40. The House reversed
The action OF the committee on cOncurrmg
| IN the amendments for procuring $4,000
| bronze medals and 5000 diplomas, and the
| amendments were nOn-cOncurred in. The
| vote then required on the Senate Sunday
| closing amendment, and it was ccncurred
| in-yeaS, 147; nays 81. a conference was
Jllcu OIueICu duu MeSSIS. I1OlnldU, OdyCGS
! ana Bingham were appointed COnfereeS.
| Mr.. FOrney presented the conference re-
| port on the Notifications appropriation
| bill, and it was agreed to without OppOSl-
| ton. On motion of Mr.. DurbOroW the
| JOINT resolution was passed authorizing
| the President to request OF the Queen
Regent of Spain the loan of relies Of Col
umbuS for eXh1 6itiOn at the Worlds Fair.
Also, on motion of Mr.. DurbOrOW, the
joint resolution was passed authorizing
the secretary of the interior to send to the
Worlds Fair models. drawings, etc, of in
ventiOnS made by women. Several other
resolutions pertaining to exhibits at the
Worlds Fair and carrying no apprOpria-
tons were objected to by Mr.. KilgOre, of
Texas.
WASHINGTON, July 2O-Politics was
tabOoed in the House to-day, and the ma
chinery of legislation, well oiled by q reSO-
luton from the committee on rules, ran
with unusual SmOOthneSS. A number Of
measures were passed, the most important
of which was bill increasing the pay of
light service men. The bill granting an
American register to the steamship China
was defeated. The commerce committee
was authorized to investigate the Reading
combine. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 2I-The most i'm
pOrtant legislation passed by the House
to-day was the bill TO enforce reciprocal
commercial relations between the United
States and Canada. The President has
sent two messages to Congress on the sub
ject, and today the House passed the
measure without division, and sent it at
once to the Senate. 1t was LAID before
that body just before adjournment, and
placed on the calendar. The bill provides
that when the President shall be salts
ned that the passage through any canal
or lock connected with the navlga-
ton of the st. Lawrence River, the great
lakes or the waterways connecting the
same, OF any vessels Of the United States,
or Of cargOes or passengers IN transit TO
any port OF the United States is prohibit
ed or is made difficult or burdenSOme by
the imposition Of tolls or otherwise, which
he shall deem to be reciprOcally unjust
and unreasonable, he shall have the power
to suspend the right OF passage through st.
Mary S Falls Canal, SO far as 1t relates to
vessels owned by the subjects Of the gov
eminent dlScr4 .nInatlng agalnStthe United
States. a number of measures pertaining
to military and naval matters were passed:
but postal affairs were not so successful
the only measure OF general importance
called up for the issuing OF postal fraction
al notes not reaching favorable cOnclI-
sion. Mr.. MCCreary, from the committee
on foreign affairs. called up, JOINT
the Russian Hebrews in distress
and the hope that the Russian gov
eminent Will mitigate the severity of the
DEGREES against them. On motion OF Mr..
thOrlZing the pOStmaSier-general, when
necessary, to provide star route mail SerV-
ice between the dates of the annual adver-
tisemefltS for bids. Mr.. Lagan, of Louis
lana, entered q motion to reconsider the 1
vote by which the House laid on the table
the bill granting an American register to
Z the steamship China. i.il# a4 5sf55 Efs
arr WASHINGTON, July 22.-7The committee
on public lands had an hour of the time of
the House to-day, but was peculiarly UNI
fortunate, for it was obliged to: withdraw
each and every one Of the three bills it
had selected as most worthy of passage.
!. They were these: 10 settle the claims OF
Arkansas under the swamp, land grants;
to reimburse settlers on the DeS Moit1es
River lands, and to maintain a school of.
! mines in Colorado. The rest of the day
was consumed in the discussion of this
conference report on the 'detieiencylbilL,
which will be disposed of tomorrow and
another conference will DE ordered.
WAsHINGTON, July 23.-The House to-
day. made, substantial progress with its
business in at least one, particular, and
that was the disposition OF the Senate
amendments to the general deficiency BILL
which were with one exception non-con-
Cured in. and sent to a further conference,
4 Otherwise the day was without feature.
The Senate amendment which was con-
Cured IN was the appropriation Of S47S,0U0
for the payment OF Indian degradation