Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-06-06
PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.

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| PROCEEDINGS IN CONGRESS-.
SENATE.-A bill passed to regulat
tho construction of.bridges across the Mississippi
also bill to pay tho war claims of Kentucky. A re
port from tho Committee of Conference on tn
steamboat bill was ordered printed. The Committe
Of Conference the postal appropriation bill, mad
q report recommending that the Senate recede fror
the Brazilian subsidy amendment, which was agree
to. The Committee of Conference on the bill n
lating to lands OH the Miami Indians, made report
which was agreed to. The tariff bill was then cor
sidered.
HoUsE.-A substitute was adopte,
Tor the bill relating to pensions, and the bill 4
amended passed. 1t fixes tho monthly pensions fo
disabilities follows The loss or total disabilit
Of both hands, loss of the sight Of one eye the sigh
Of the other having been previously lost loss or tots
dering the person utterly helpless S4c loss Of on
hand or foot, or total disability Of the same $40
any other disability, rendering the person unat fo
or my other disability not provided for, SIS. RI
House then resumed the consideration Of the con
terence report the Post Office appropriation bill
MI. Dawes moved to suspend the rules and adopt
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Monday, the sd of June at IL O'Clock. The resOlu
ton was adopted. The bill revising the mint an,
coinage law was passed under suspension Of tn
rules: Mr.. Palmer made conference report on tn
Post Oisice appropriation BILL which was agreed ia
! The Senate recedes from the Brazilian steamship
amendment. Mr.. Dawes. from the Committee Of
of duties on tea and coffee remaining in bonde,
or public stores the first of July next
Passed. Also bill for tho sale Of part Of For
Grattot light house reservation, Port Huron, Mich
\ Passed. MIR. CODpor OrpReNta6 n conference
ron the shipping commissioners bill, which wa
agreed to, and the House adjourned.
SENATE.-The concurrent resolution
to adjourn on tho Sd Of June was adopted. The con
sideration Of the tariff and tax bill was then re
sumed.
HoUsE.-A motion to suspend the
rules and pass the Senate bill extending the Ku-Klu,
bill until the end Of the next regular session was de
featet. Conference reports on the supplemental up
portfonment bill, the bill to further the administra
ton OF justice, and the bill authorizing tho President
! to appoint Paynaster-G General of the army, were
agreed to. bin to amend the bankruptcy act
giving the appointment and removal of registers ir
bankruptcy to United States Circuit Courts, snd
making various other alterations in the law, wal
passed. motion to suspend the rules and pass the
Senate bill amendatory of the civil rights act was
jected. yeas 115, nays 87-a strict party vote.
| SENATE.-The committee of confer.
ence on the supplementary apportionment bill made
report recommending that tht Senate recede from
its amendment. The report was concurred In. The
bill to amend the soldiers and sailors homestead
act was passed. A report from the committee OF
conference on the army appropriation bill, which
was concurred in. The Senate resumed the con-
sideration of the tariff and tax bill.
i HoUsE.-Several bills authorizing the
construction Of railroad bridges across the Missouri
at Omaha, and at Brownsville, Nebraska, were
passed. Mr.. Butler, of Massachusetts, moved to
suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill, fixing
on the same day. Agreed to. Abill appropriating
500. 900 for site and building of custom house
and post Office at Port Huron, Michigan. was passed.
like bin or sppropr4e
release the government of Japan from the payment
Of tho balance Of the indemnity fund remaining
paid on under tho convention Of the 3d Of October
1854, amounting to $S75,OO0 MIR. Wilson, Of Indi-
ana, moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill to
divide the state Illinois into three judicial districts,
which was agreedto. The Florida contested election
case was continued until the next session, with
leave to take further testimony.
SENATE.-The Committee On Com
merce reported adversely on the House bill to in.
corporate the Loomis Aerial Telegraph Company.
Mr.. Scott, from the committee on alleged outragca
in tie southern States, reported new bill, com.
posed of the exact phraseololey of the bill extending
the President power to suspend the writ Of habea,
corpus, and Of the civil rights bill, both Of which
passed the Senate last week. Mr.. Sumner offered q
joint resolution amending the Constitution by pro-
vtdfng for tho election Of the President by the di.
rect vote Of the people, and abolisbing the Vice
Presidency. number Of pension bills we're re.
ported and passed.. The tax and tariff bin came up
and after consideration in Committee Of the Whole
was reported to the Senate when 1t passed by vote
of 5Oto3. ,,,
HoUsE-The Senate bill extending
for three years the act of June a. 1861 for the final
adjustment of private land claims in Florida, Loui
siany and Missouri, was passed with amendments
Mr.. Scodeld, from the select committee on affairs
IN Louisiana, presented report Of himself and Mr..
report Of himself aid Mr.. Archer NJ. e Smith. Of
New York, is to present his own views. There was
no regular committee report. The bill for the bet
ter security Of bank reserves was passed under q
suspensian of the rules.
SENATE.-The Senate agreed t. the
request of the House for conference committee on
the tariff bill, and Messrs. Sherman, Morrill, and
Bayard were appointed. Mr.. Sumner introduced q
war in determining differences between nations. Mr.
Tipton introduced 4 joint resolution proposing g
constitutional amendment to modify the veto power
so that vote Of the majority of the qualified mem.
the Presidents objections At the expiration Of the
morning hour the sundry civil appropriation bill
came up. Sumner then proceeded 70 deliver
tion and Gen. Grant. Senator Schurz followed In
speech reviewing the ma jority report of the Armi
Committee. The House bill for tho restoration o.
conference Committee % on the army appropriatior % OF
bill having failed to agree, the Senate receded from
its amendments, and the bill therefore stands q
passed by the House.
HOUSE. "A conference committee was
ordered on the amendment to the grant TO the Por
Huron Railroad. The pay Of witnesses before com
mittees was fixed at four dollars per diem, and fiv
cents mileage. A conference report on the bill
revising and codifying the postal laws wa
agreed to. The conference committee on the senat
known as the bed of Beaver Lake, having disagreed
! Thea new Committee of Conference was appointed.
House proceeded to the business ON the Speak
ers table. Several Senate amendments to bills wer
agreed to The Senate bill to refund extra duties ol
| iron to the Winona and st. Paul Railroad Compan!
passed. The Senate bip for deepening the st. Clai
ment Of st. Mary canal and the bill to facilitate
the execution Of, and to protect certain publ
works Of Improvement were referred. Also the bill
to change the direction of the railroad from Onton
agon to the Wisconsin state line, and in relation
! to the transit Of foreign merchandise bond
The following Senate bills were passed: Relative
the entry and clearance Of fcrry-boats and bonded
cars passing from one state to another through con
tinuous foreign territory relative to homestead set
tiers burned out in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Mich
igan ;ana the ad S to Pay $500 to the widow
carriages. On motion of Mr.. Dawes the Senat
amendments to the tariff and tax bill were non-con
in except those relative to the rates on spirit
and tobacco, and bonded warehouses; Tho senat
amendment fixing the tariff on spirits at sevent
cents was agreed TO-. The tax on tobacco was n
duced to sixteen cents by a vote of l32 to So. Th
Senate amendment in regard to bonded warehouses
increasing the time for the abolition from six I
twelve months, was non-concurfcd in, and commit
tee of conference ordered. The Senate bill to amen
the act Of the 3lst Of May, 1870, regulating the fo
eign and coasting trade on the northern, nOrtheas
crn and northwestern frontiers, was referred.
4 Marriage Mt Rome.
The Osservatore Romano gives lon
and interesting account of the marriag
of a young American lady, Miss Cath
arine Riggs, the eminent banker q
Washington, with Signor Ludovico d
Geoffroy, so favorably remembered i
this city as French Consul General, an
who is now Envoy Extraor 1inary an
Minister Plenipotentiary from Franc
To the Court of China. The marriao