Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-28

1879 axsses u sid nonrmerf:s sppfo-
113nRSn9 e6uA10 to maintain peace WIZ
~ lrdasss ana for the Intian service, with
t5iI a pssred b. the senate for the Houee BILL to
ecnesrus n. &C. Of March I, 1855, BY allowing
1ruwbaek or cotton goods exported prior 70 LAY
- i RE-, nu Ia q nosss bis. among osken
~Rnestnr ec.semced ordnance 20 the Seventeenth
s0inent Monument Association, OF Ohio. srd
iE' nsory ., ,. sescgm a3sairvII s sps
- btu to encourage the building o. American
LEeeels 10 engage IN foreign trade, was tsken mp.
.ba.ed and ssb.ed-si 20 r.. The destn Of
keor yoysoa was an1ouncec, and Messrr- KAN
eey. Tnnrnsn land Stockton were appointed .
committee TO attend srhsv remains 70 thei.
place q tntcrment. Conferences Committees
Naval Appropriation bill; suncry Civil Approprf-
alton bill !. Deficiency Appropriation h,ll; on the
Geory.a BIZ, 10 favor OF the House bill. with sn
other act ofCongress shail be construed to effect
TIE term to which any oficer has been sppointeo,
OF any member Of the General assembly e;cc1ed
Army Approximation bill ...A message was re-
ce;ysd from the President and ordered printed,
returning with his objections the bin proy,ding
for the psymsnt Of bs1ntiss 70 esrss .n Aiaoa"a
In the House, on the 14th, bills were
passed-donat:ng for school purposes certain lot
Of land, vita the buildings thereon, known - the
Indian Dormitory In the village Of Aackinaw; TO
allow the s.eanboats Of the Canadian Navigation
sengers and baggage between American ports !;
granting an ordnance sor q soldiers monument at
Cleveland, g.; cedins TO the state Of OHIO jnrls-
for disabled soIdlsr authorizing the Commisaiou-
ers Of Indian affairs TO appoint guardians or trus-
tees Of MINOR Indian children entitled 70 pensions
or bounfes; placing g. 900 in the hands Of the
the relief Of the Third Arkansas Cavalry granting
bronze ordinance for the erection OF an equestrian
statue Of General Rawins; authorizing the con-
tinuance OF the patent Of the invention Tor post
marking mail packages: granting condemned ord.
nance for the soldiers monument a. Omaha I;
amending the Bsnkrnpt law; exemptiDg canned
ment including .hell-6sh. meat, iroit and vegets-
bes: Senate amendment 10 the bill In reference
to drawbacks on cotton goods. .Senate amend
continue the Ciarksville, Ark. Land Dis
trict; to require National Banks going
into fquidation TO retire circulating notes; 70 oe-
clare forfeited 70 the United states certain ian0s
poees; granting the gainesville q southern LIMOS
Railroad Company right OF way TO build q bringe
across the Big Wabash river to vacate the For
Dakota military reservation, Dakota Territory; ex-
tending the provisions Of the Presumption laws to
the Territory OF Colorado. The Senate concur
rent resolution on the death o. Senator Norton
IL,
wilkinson, Eidrdge, Cullom and archer were ap-
pointed committee to accompany the remains
to their place Of interment, Conference reports
were made and agreed tom the bill TO regulate
the bill making appropriations for sundry civil ex-
penses OF the government On the additional De-
nciency bill; on tho Georgia bill On motion,
the vote agreeing to the Conference report on the
Miscellaneous Appropriation bill was recorsidered,
and bin rscommitted. :. The Senate amendmentIo
the resolution for printing 275,00O copies OF the
ftr.rn nfrO m
70 2a5 900 copies, was concurred In. "A resolu-
ton was adopted RENTING all fines imposed on
members for absence Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the third
and last conference report on the Indian Appropria
tion bill was concurred IN, adopting the Senate for
the House bill. making the appropriations fixed by
the Senate, with proviso that notbiag contained
In the bill be construed either to affirm or deny
the validity OF treaties made by the indian
Peace Commission. "A message was received
ing ont of war in Europe, and the necessity OF
some action on the part Of Congress relativei TO
the shipping interests, (which was read. and the
bill to encourage the building OF sbips
for the foreign trade and for other purposes was
taken up, and amendments were offered. when the
bill laid aside informally. The credentials
Of Richard II. Whitley and Henry q. Farrow,
Senators elect from Georgia, were presented and
laid on the table. TIE committee TO inform the
President that Congress was ready to adjourn re-
ported that the President had no further commu-
UtC0uOu W mukSs Diiis WCIc pufrNn-NAO
the Chattahoochee Arenal to Florida for edu.
cational purposes; to enlarge the jurisdiction OF
the Probate Court OF Idaho Territory Adjourn
ed cine d<.
In the House, On the 18th, the majority
and minority reports on the Missouri contested
election case OF Shields against Van Horn were
made, and postponed till next session. .. In the
Indiana election case, the majority resolution be-
Ing that Julian the titting member, IL entitled 10
the seat, and that Reid be paid u, 500 for his ex-
perses, was adopted with amendments allowing
o. 600 to Joseph segar, Of Virginia, and 81 500 to
Grafton. of Texas, for prosecuting their respect
i've claims to seats. The Speaker present
ed the resignation of Mr.. Davis, OF New
York, "a member OF The Judiciary Committee,
and appointed Mr.. Hochkifs. :. "A report wac made
and agreed to from the Committee Of Conference
on the Indian Appropriation bill, recommending
concurrence in the senate amendment, with con-
dition that 1t be not construed into an afirmance
or disafi rmance of any powers OF the Senate over
the subject. "A message was received from the
President, urging the necessity OF passing the In
dian Appropriation bill, and referring to the pros
poets OF European war and the necessity OF
increasing the American commercial marine by the
referred to the Committee on Ways and Mesna,
who reported resolution that " In the opinion Of
the House It IL not expedient to further extend
the present session of Congress- to take further
action at this time on the Presidents message"
and motion to lay the whole subject on the table
was reiected-72 TO 95. The committee appointed
to wait on the President reported that he had no
further Communication to make, and the Speaker
declared the session adjourned stnS dh.