The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-10

IIVcccutuSS III VOuSBcSSs
In the Senate on Friday, April g.
the Goat Island. bill was laid before that
body, and read once, Mr.. Cole Directing Ia
second reading ......T The Senate debated 81
length an amendment proposed BY Mr.. 6ts-
lvens0n 70 pay The Kentucky War claim Of
$500. zoo. ....After the Introduction Of seve-
raj bills, the Deficiency bill was taken Up
and debated until adjournment.
In the House on Friday, April 20, there
was unusual interest msnifested in spirit
ed discussion over resolution Introduced
for the 6nAl adjourn msnt Of Congress on the
2sth Of May. II ives rejected BY vote Of
So yeas to l06 nays......After the discussion
of DR.. Houard's case, the House went into
Com mittee Of the Whole on the Tariff bill
the general debate to close next Friday.
Adjourned.
In the Senate on Saturday, April q,
Mr.. Pomsroy called up the bill for the relief
Of settlers on the Cherokee strips in Kansas
Passed. The Deficiency, Naval Appropria-
ton, and Postofice Appropriation bills were
debated until adjournment, without definite
action on either.
N the House on Saturday, April 81, the
. ne was mostly consumed In general debate.
mfr. Willard, from the Committee on
Revolutionary Pensions, reported q bill
amendatory Of the law pensioning soldiers
and widows Of tho war Of 1912, and moved
that it be printed and recommi;ted. He ex-
planned that it struck out tho limitations as
70 the length Of service and as to participa-
ton in rebellion. Tho removal Of these
limitations, it was estimated, would admit
10000 persons additional to the benefits OF
the bill. II also extended the benefits OF the
law to all widows Of soldiers of 1912 who
were married prior to Jan. l, 1925. This ex-
tension would apply to several thousand
persons. Mr.. Holman remarked that the
bill was manifestly ju't, and he hoped that
1t would not be recomL tied, but would be
voted on now. There being NO objection,
the bill was passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate on Monday, April %,
Mr.. Sawyer presented remonstrance sgainst
the repeal of the eighthour lsw...... MI.
preparation bills to Eve minutes for each
Senator on each amendment, was taken up,
and, after lengthy debate, adopted-yeas
50, nays l3.....Adjourned.
In the House on Monday, April 20, under
q call Of the States, number of unimportant
bills were introduced and referred... The
bill to remove the legal and political disa-
bilities from S. H. Rogers. member elect from
the Raleigh district, North Carolina, was re-
ported by Mr.. Peters from the judiciary Com
mittee, and passed. The Senate bill to in
corporate the Texas Pacific Railroad Com
pany, changing the title to that of the Texas
and Pacific Railway Company, and making
provision as to issuing mortgages and land
grant bonds, ETC., was passed-yeas 1903, nays
23......The House concurred in a number OF
Senate amendments to various bills......Ad-
journed.
In the Senate on Tuesday, April 80
the House bill repeating all duties on tea
and coffee was passed after a brief debate,
and with only ten negative votes. An
amendment that it shall not 90 into effect
till July next, and providing for o rebate
on such goods as have paid tax in bond, was
adopted, which necessitates the return of
the bill to the House, otherwise it would go
to the President for signature. ..... Adjourned.
In the House on Tuesday, April so, the
bill to encoura the planting of trees and
for the preservation OF woods on the public
domain came up. After debate, the bill was
rejected-sl to sS......M Mr.. Maynard, from the
of Ways and Means, reported a
bill providing for the issue of United States
bonds in al, cases of bonds destroyed or de-
faced without default on the part of their
owners, under tuch rules and restrictions as
the Secretary OF the Treasury may prescribe.
The Speaker appointed Mr.. HAY,
OF Illinois; Messrs. Coburn, Cox, Campbell
and Finkelnburg a committee to attend the
National Sharpshooters' Festival at High
land, ILL.,, on the 10th of May next..... Ad-
journed.
In the Senate on Wednesday, May /,
the bill repeating the provisions of the Army
act Of 1870, prohibiting pro-
motions in the staff of the army, was passed. |
:.....A bill passed to regulate elections in |
Washington and Idaho Territories. After
the reception Of reports from several CON-
mittees, the Naval Appropriation bill was |
taken up. Mr.. Stockton offered an amend |
ment providing that the pay of chief en-
yineers in the navy for the next fiscal year
shall be the same as that now fixed by law
Tor naval constructors. Agreed to. The
bill was then passed Adjourned.
In the House on Wednesday, May /, the
Senate amendment to the House bill, abol-
shing the duties on tea and coffee, making
The bill take effect on the LIST Of July next,
vas concurred in by q large majority, on a
division, the yeas and nays being refused.
1.-THE following bills from the Committee
N Indian Affairs were passed Regulating
he mode Of making private contracts with
indians. To authorize the United States
circuit Court for Indiana TO make partition
4 the reservation of the band Of Miami
indians. To provide for the sale of certain
indian lands in Kansas. Authorizing the
emoval Of restriticons on the alienation of
ertain Miami Indian lands in Kansas. To
'rovide for the removal Of the Kansas tribe
4 Indians TO the Indian Territory, and TO
dispose Of their lands in Kansas TO actual
ettlers only......After discussing the Tariff
III in Committee of the Whole, the House
djeurned.
Public Debt Statement.