Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-04-13
CONGRESSIONAL RECRD



| silver resolutions, which was Ordere to
be printed 1t lnStruCtS the finance DIN
| mlttee to report bill Supplementary to
the act OF July ID, 1890, Which shall prNide
for the coinage Of gold and silver bulhn on
| equal terms as to each metal, and 10 the
! issue of treasury notes i'll Denominations
| not to exceed $500 and on the same trmS
ana conditions as IN the act of lS9O) pOn
| all gold and silver bullion that the Tilted
! States may acquire by purchase, andthat
| any depOSitOr who shall deposit il the
| treasury gold or silver bullion in quntl-
titles Of not less than $500 III value the
| product of mines in the United Sites,
! which has not peen previously c0ed,
| shall at his option, receive coin cctiti-
| Gates for the same at the mint vale OF
| such bullion. The Indian Appropriation
| Dill was then taken up, the question hing
on Mr.. Dawes motion to strike Outthe
| provision for the assignment OF armWffi-
GERS to the duties of Indian agents. Alter
o general discussion on the question, bIr.
| Dawes (haying charge of the BILL m.de
| an appeal to the Senate to agree to his 40
ton to strike the army officer provision
| out OF the bill. Before he concludedhis
| address the Senate adjourned.
! WASHINGTON, April 6.-Thc Indianlp-
| preparation bill was taken mp, the qHs-
ton being on Mr.. Dawes motion to strike
out the provision for the assignment of
army officers. Mr.. PettigreW otfere, an
amendment approprlating $1S7, 039 for
compensating the Indians of the Cow
| Creek reservation for loss III neir
| receiving less land per zap
tia in their diminished reseva-
| ton than was received by the Indians oc-
| cuppying other diminished reservations.
| Agreed to. Mr.. Pettigrew also Offered an
| amendment authorizing the secretary of
| the interior to eNpend not over $4,000 in
the construction of two Indian industrial
| schools Ito cost not over S25, 0U0 EACH, one
near Chamberlain, S. D.. and one near RAJ
pid City, S. ID. This was agreed to and
the Senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, April Tn the Senate =
| resolution was offered by Mr.. Teller, and
| agreed to, calling on the secretary of the
treasury for a statement as to the amount
| of silver offered TO the government each
| month. The Senate then PROCEEDED to the
consideration of the bill making 80 )rO Drl;-
| lions tor the expenses of the government Of
| the District of Columbia Ir. Nc
Millin offered an amendment to the
bill approprating $4,000 so1r the
the next encampment of the G. A. r. in
| Washington. Mr.. McMillin otfepd flor
| himSelD q substitute apprOpriatlg $780,
O0j for the Same purpose. After discuss
| sion, the matter went over witho 1t action
WASHINGTON. ID. c., April S-Atter
routine morning business the cOlsidera-
ton OF the district appropriation bill was
res m I'd IN the Senate, the question beng
upOl. The appropriation for entertaining
the n"tlonal encampment of the q A. X.
and Mr.. COckrelIS amendment o Mr..
McMnln's substitute (approp-Iating
SlO0,t o. for the purpOSe), requiring the
amount to be paid exclusively out ii the
revenue of the District of Columbia.
After two hOulS' discussion the
vote was taken on Mr. COcKrelPs
amendment 1t was rejected. Yeas, II;
nays, 81. Mr.. Quay offered a resolution
he II nf flnT tn
subsistence and quarters Of the visiting
soldiers, excluding those residing in the
district. 1t was agreed to-43 to .. The
question was then taken on Mr.. McMillin'S
amendment as amended and it was agreed
to. Yeas, 4l; nays; 10. The amend
ment as agreed TO, appropriates out of
the United States treasury SOD, 900
to pay for subsistence and quarters of such
honorably discharged nonresident Union
soldiers, sailors and marines who served in
the war of the G }Gllion as may attend as
delegates or otherwise TO the Twenty sixth
annual encampmen. of the G.. A. X. I'D the
city of WASHINGTON, the money to be paid
to and disbursed by the Citizens Executive
Committee OF " aShlngton, having II
charge such reception and entertainment.
under such regulations as may be PIE
Scrbed by the secretary of war. The olli
was then passed, and after an executive
session the Senate adjourned till Monday.
Tho House.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-Tne speech OF
Mr.. Springer, on the free wool bill, was
warmly applauded, and the general DEBATE
being closed, the committee took w the
bill by paragraphs for amendment and
discussion under the tive-minute rule. Mr..
Burrows Mich. moved to strike out from
the first p paragraph the provision winch
places ''aIl wooIs'' on the free list. He
read a communication from Mr.. North
that lntnrnlpt1-
ton could be placed upon his first
communication as had been placed upon
it by the report Or the majority OF the COM
mittee on ways and means. There was an
unusually large number of members in at
tendance, but they paid little or no aten-
ton 10 the debate. The confusion was
very great; SO great in fact that at one time
Mr.. Burrows suggested the committee arise
and the House adjourn in order to enable
| members TO carry on their conversation
without being interrupted by the Speaker.
Without taking vote on Mr. Burrows
| amendment the committee rose and the
| House adjourned
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April 5-1he free
! wool bill was up for debate, but, although
| the entire session was spent IN talk, no
! progress was made.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-After the trans
action of some miscellaneous business, Mr..
| McMillin moved that the House go into
| committee Of the whole on the free wool
| Dill. Pending bnat, ne moved That ali de-
! tate on the first section be limited to one
| hour and quarter. After some good-na-
tured discussions between Mr.. Mc3Iillin
and Mr.. Burrows, tie House went
| into committee Of the whole,
! Mr.. Blount (Ga.) in the chair. The pend
| ing amendment was offered by Mr. Bur
rows striking from the first section the
word ''wools'' Though this amendment
was vital one, little interest was taken
| in the vote, and it was rejected on diyis-
| ion, $3.50. Mr.. OTIS (Kas. moved to
strike out the first section. The bill, be
| said, in its first section insulted the
wool grower, and II the second
section proposed to rob his pock-
| cts. Mr.. Alexander IN. c. spoke
in favor Of proposed amendment
| imposing duty Of 80 per cent. on import
| ed woods. Mr.. AleXander's amendment
was rejected The vote recurring on Mr..
| OTIS motion to srIike out the first section,
| 1t was lost. There was no fight made on
| either amendment and no interest was
shown. The second section was then
| read and, after a long debate, the commit
| tee rose and reported the bill to the House,
and the House, without action, adjourned.
| WASHINGTON, d. c., April 1.-THE
! Rouse this afternoon passed the Springer
! free wool bin by d vote Of 194 yeas to sc