Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-06-10
CONGRESS.
Senate.

Mr.. Brown Of Utah in favor of this bill,
or of resolution offered by him declaring
that. the bonds under any future issue
a would be Illegal l9 and void NJ Morrill,,
tice of a tariff speech. A resolution by
Mr.. Lodge Rep., Mass.) was adopted, re-
to the seizure of the American schooner
Frederick Gering by the Canadian cutter
Al dee In Introducing bill for build
Dem, .Ala.( said it would be most appro-
pirate for the Senate to pass the canal bill
of last year. Final action could not be
expected at this session. but in connection
Win tne favorable action Of the House, it
would give satisfaction to the country.
At { o'clock in the evening, the long
prohibit the issue of bonds came to an end,
and the bill was passed by vote of 30 to
20 The BIZ as passed covers only three
lines as follows: ''Be it enacted. that the
Issuance OF Understanding bonds of the
United States for any purpose whatever,
N without further AUTHORITY Of Congress- is
passage was as follows: Yeas-Republic-
ans; Brown, Cannon, Dubois. Hansbrough.
Mitchell or; Pettigrew. rritchard, Teller,
Bate, Berry Chiffon. Daniel. George. Har-
Tis, Jones ARK, Mills. Morgan: Pasco,
WRPe Tm Popu TaFpe e mes B wat hae
RspuGIeans Aidrish' Alison, Bu Rows
HhanaIeF' C%lom Davis Gslinger Hale
Quay, Wetmore, Wilson--16 Democrats:
Brice, ,Caffery; Faulkner, Hill. Lindsay,
Mitchell u Wis, Palmer Smith. vilas-9;
Total 20. The voting aid not begin until
$50 p. m, at which time the chamber was
dimly lighted and the galleries almost emp
ty. food of amendments was first voted
down, all being defeated One. by Mr.
Aldrich OK. -. gave the executive power
to issue bonds in certain emergencies, an
other by MI. Aldrich provided that the act
should not impair the obligation to pay in
coin. Mr.. Hills amendment that treasury
notes be retired when redeemed was tabled
-43 to -. Mr.. Quay'S amendment for the
substitution of coin notes for treasury notes
was defeated without a yea and nay vote
me Inc, last preliminary vote was on Mr..
Hills motion to postpone the subject until
next December. which defeated. Then
came the final vote.
The Senate on the Sd passed the river and
harbor bill over the Presidents veto by the
vote. of So to 5. This was the last step in
making the bill effective and it is now a
law The vote was taken after three hours
dent was criticised and defended. the re-
marks at times being directly and bitterly
personal. The opposition to the veto was
nSrew, Hawley and Butler, while the veto
was defended by Senators Villas. Hill and
Bate. Republicans: Aldrich, Allison,
burrows, Cannon, Carter. Chandler Clark
Gullom Davis: Dubois. Elkns. Gallinger,
Gear, Hale; Hansbrough, Hawley, Lodge,
M N Mitchell 6or); Nelson, Per'<ns,
man, Shoup, Squire. Teller. Warren. Wet
more, Wilson. Wolcott-33 Democrats: Ba-
con, Berry, Brice. Faulkner. George Glib
son, German, Jones (Ark). Lindsay. Mills,
Mitchell (Wis). Morgan. Pasco, Pugh. Till
nan nan, Turpie, Vest. Walthan. Whitem19.
Stewart. Total. 56. Nays-Democrats
Bate, Chiffon. Hill. Smith, Vilas-5 Mr.
sherman endeavored to go on with the filled
cheese bill. hut Mr. Vest objected. stating
that he was tired of having this filed cheese
bill thrust forward constantly. Mr. Vest
said the bill could be defeated by ilibus-
- lnt lN1
The Senate passed the filled cheese bill
on the 4th by a vote Of 81 TO 49, An
amendment offered by Senator Stewart fix
ing duty of 10 cents a pound on wool.
was defeated. the vote standing 80 to II
The measure is analogous to the oleomar-
garine law. The bill defines filled cheese"
to embrace "all substances made Of milk
or skinned milk with the admixture of
butter animal oils or fats, vegetables
such milk, and made in imitation or sem
blance Of cheese" Manufacturers of filled
cheese are taxed $500 annually; wholesale
dealers $3.50; retail dealers SO. In addi-
cheese is taxed cents pound, in add;
that filled cheese shall be packed by the
manufacturers in wooden packages only.
and branded with the words ''illed cheese
in black-faced letters not less than two
inches in length. 1t also provides that all
retail and wholesale dealers in filed cheese
shall display in a conspicuous place in their
salesroom sign bearing the words, filled
cheese sold here" in black-faced letters.
not less than six inches in length, upon a
white ground. Among the other important
acts of the Senate was its refusal to recede
from its amendment to the naval bill re-
ducing the number Of battleships from four
to two, and insisting on its amendment to
the Indian bill providing for appropria-
1875. " alan '~i'0'S oN''i inc year
the House on the 5th-Messrs. Downing of
the Sixteenth Illinois. and Lockhart of the
Seventh North Carolina districts. Their
seats. were given to Mr.. Rinaker RepD and
Martin Pop) Mr.. Downing the only
partisan part feeling was aroused among the
(Rep, n. ", who was temporarily in the
chair, and on one or two occasions there
scenes of the Fifty-frst Congress The
Democrats left the hall in effort to
break quorum, but Mr.. Payne declined
to recognize the point of no quorum or to
order to circumvent Mr.. Ken pop, Neb).
who has been blocking all unanimous con
sent legislation for over two weeks, Nj.
Henderson (Rep., la, from the commit
tee Oh rules, presented a special order max
ing tomorrow individual suspension day.
The rule was adopted without division.
House.
Immediately after the chaplain's prayer
in the House on the 1st Mr.. KEN pop,
Neb), in accordance with his announced
policy of obstruction raised the point of
speaker to count quorum, and then he
remarked: THE chair hopes that mem
bers will be present promptly hereafter and
save these annoyanceS." The House de-
cided by vote of $50 yeas to 125 nays that
in the contest from the Seventh district of
South Carolina there had been no valid
election, and that neither Johnson nor
Stokes were entitled to the seat. The
President returned to Congress three pr-
waite pension bills with HIS veto in each
case. In the case of two of the bills grant
Ing pensions to Mrs. Amanda Woodcock and
Jonathan Scott both originating in the
House, he pointed out that owing to care
less description in the bills the pensions
could not be paid under their terms. In
the other, a Senate bill granting a pension
to Helen NJ. Jacobs, the President forcibly
sets out his objection to allowing pensions
to widows of soldiers who remarry
The House devoted itself on the I'd to
passing the river and harbor bill over the
Presidents veto, and to ting, by a
vote of 1852 to 80. John J. Walsh, the Demo
cratic member from the Eighth New York
district, whose place will be filled by John
Murray Mitchell (Rep) Both of these ac-
tons were foregone conclusions, so that
they excited comparatively little interest.
although there a full house to vote on
the river and harbor bill 1t was passed
BY 20 to 60, many more votes than the two
thirds necessary to overrue veto, and it
was passed without debate also. Mr.. Dock
cry (MO) protested yehpmently that dA-