Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-08-08
IN CONGRESS,
The Senate.

oil extending the time for payment OF
purchases of land of the Omaha tribe
OF Indians in Nebraska. Among the peti-
IlonS presented was one from Morrison
-. swift OF Boston, who recently made
himself notorious by his anarchistic ac-
tlons ana words on the steps of the Bos-
ton court house, calling on Congress to
resign, presented by Mr. Lodge In This
connection Mr.. Hoar rep, MassD took
occasion to state that he had received q
similar petition, but in view of the fact
that his colleague had presented one he
should withhold his. The demand of
these worthy gentlemen, he said, seemed
to be made without an understanding
OF the requirements of the constitution
Washington, ID. c., Aug. I'm the
Senate today the report of the conferees
on n, the District of Columbia appropriation
bill was agreed to. The Hatch anti
option bill was reported to the Senate
by Mr.. Washburn from the committee
on agriculture and placed on the calendar.
MT. George objected to the bill because
he considered it inadequate to accomplish
the desired reform. MIR. Gray, chairman
OF special committee to investigate the
charges Of bribery against senators. pre-
scented the unanimous report of the COM
mlttee, and asked that the committee be
discharged. MeSsrs. Lodge and Davis
(RepSD and Mr. Allen POp.) made sup
Elemental reports. Objection was made
by Mr.. Chandler to the request of the
committee to be discharged, at least until
the report could be read and examined,
and, accordingly, the request went on
the table for the present. The resolution
offered yesterday by Mr.. Chandler, di-
rectlng special committee to investigate
the Dominion Coal company of Nova
Scotia, was taken up, discussed and
placed on the calendar. The sundry civil
bill was then taken up. Amendments
were adopted to pay the widows of the
late Senator's Vance of North Carolina
on ~1N1sflCr
An amendment appropriating $500, 900
Tor the recOinage of the uncurrent frac-
tOnal silver coin in the treasury was
adopted also. The bill, with its many
amendments, was then passed. The gem
eral deficiency bill was then taken I'D,
but was laid aside, and the Senate at )
o clock went into executive session and at
0:1O adjourned.
Washington, d. c., Aug 3.-The last
of the appropriation bills-the deficiency
was passed by the Senate this evening,
after 1T had been under discussion nearly
the entire day. The bills for the admis-
sion of New Mexico and Arizona to state
hood were reported to the Senate and
placed OH the calendar. At $50 p. III.
the Senate adjourned.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 1.-The Senate
held short session, the conference re-
port on the river and harbOr bill for
the consideration of which it met to-
day having been temporarily withdrawn
and sent back to conference to correct
errors in its engrOssment. In lieu Of
this private pension bills on the calendar
were considered and thirty-seven were
passed, including one increasing to 500
month the pension paid the widow Of
Gen. Abner Doubleday, and another
granting pension to the widow of the
Arctic explorer, Lieut.. Frederick SchWat-
ka. Several other bills were passed. the
two principal being Senate bill TO amend
the quarantine regulations so far as they
apply to vessels plying between United
States ports and foreign ports on or near
the foreign frontier, and Il House bill
to subject to state taxation national
bank notes and United States treasury
notes. The bill for the exclusion and de-
pOrtatiOn Of anarchists was taken ND
and discussed and then went over until
Monday. The Senate then adjourned
The House.
Washington, D. c. Aug. 1.-The House
spent the day debating the Moore Funs-
ton contested election case from the Sec
ond Kansas district. Mr.. Funston, the
Republican cOntestee. made Il speech in
his own behalf. The Republican resou-
ton favorable to Funston was disagreed
to-90 to 1876 Eight Democrats-Rus-
(Wis.(, Paynter (Ky-4, Hale (O@, Hall
(Minn.) Ricards fO.f and Richie co.,
voted with the Republicans in favor Of
the resolution. Without taking the vote
on the majority resolution III favor OF
Moore, the contestant, the House at 5:33
adjourned.
Washington. d. c.. Aug 2-The Moore
Funston contested election case from the
Second Kansas district was settled today
by the seating of Mr. Moore. Before
adjournment yesterday the House defeat
ed the minority report, and the vote to-
day was taken on the majority resolu-
ton declaring Mr.. Funston {Rep(, the
eontestee, not elected. and Mr. Moore
Oem.-Pop.) entitled TO the seat. The
resolution was adOpted-146 to 81. Six
Democrats Messrs. Barnes (Wis), Hail
OIinn(, Griffin (Mich.J, Harter (O-),
Paynter (Ky.) and Pendleton (Tex.)-vot-
ed with the Republicans against Mr.,
Moore Upon the announcement of the
vote Mr.. Moore came forward to the bar
of the House and took the oath amid
bill authorizing the purchase of the prop
erty and the franchise of the Choctaw
Coal & Railway company. 4 bill was
passed to remove the charge of dishonor-
able dismissal from the record of Cyrus
Paine The conference report on the
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was agreed to. The conference report OH
the Indian appropriation bill was then
agreed to and another conference was
ordered on the remaining points OF diff
ference between the two houses. The
House then adjourned.
Washington, d. c., Aug. 3.-The House
spent a large portion of today discussing
two bills, one for Reconsideration of the
railway mail clerks, and one for the classi-
fcation of clerks in the first and sec
Ond-class pOStofices, but neither was act
ed upon. The conference report on the
river and harbor bill was agreed to with
out division. Mr.. Blair (Rep, n HI of
fered resolution calling on the com
missioner of labor for statistics for ten
years relative to criminal assaults and
lynchings. The resolution went over
BY unanimous vote of the House the see
rotary of the interior was instructed to
pay Representative John T. Heard MOO
$4,000 for services rendered the old set
tiers of the Western Cherokee Indian
reservation. The House voted to non-con-
cur in the Senate amendments to the pub
lie printing bill, and it was sent to con-
ference. The Senate amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill were nom
Cured in and the bill was sent to confer
ence The House at ; o'clock took a re-
cess until 5 O'Clock. The evening session
was devoted to pension bills.
Washington, ID. c., Aug. 4.-The reso-
luton for the recognition of the Ha-
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