The Hickman courier., 1874-03-21
CONGRESSIONAL,

In the senate, on the 10Th, house bill
to provide for issuing commissions to post
masters appointed by the president was passed.
-- Toe bill to equalize the distribution of the
national bank currency was taken up and Mr.
Ferry, of Michigan. spoke in favor of free
banking on the national banking system.
In the house, on the 10th, resolu-
tion was presented of the Patrons OF Hus-
bandry of Missouri, appealing to congress to
secure the improvement OF navigation of the
Mississippi river and its tributaries. by ample
appropriations: also demonstrating against ap-
prOpriatlOns of public land to aid private
schemes or corporations, and recommending
that the proceeds Of such sales be given 10
the states for school fund .... A bill was
passed for the apportionment of Wyoming
territory for legislative purposes; also. to pre-
vent the useless slaughter of buffalo in the
territories. The house then went into COM
mlttee of the whole on the Legislative. execu-
tive and judicial appropriation bill. and was
addressed by aIT. Beck. A running debate
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adjourned.
In the senate, on the 11th, after the
reading of the journal, Mr.. Sehurz said: zone
Of our number lies i'll, and perhaps dying. I
therefore move to adjourn" Agreed to, and
the senate adjourned
In the house, on the 11tb, Mr.. Sy
pher asked unanimous consent to introduce
and have passed bill appropriating S300
to improve the mouth Of the Mississippi river,
to be expended immediately He stated the
pressing necessity for the immediate passage
of the bill. Objected to, and the bill was
ferred. a resolution reciting that alleged
grave abuse exists in the government printing
Office. and requiring the joint committee on
printing to report whether the government
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whether large sums of money cannot be saved
annually by change IN the me- hod of doing
the public printing. with power to send for
persons and papers, was adopted The bill
to amend the act Of the 18th of February,
1872. giving pensions to certain soldiers and
sailors OF the war~Qf 1912, and to restore to
the pension ron se persons whose names
wers struck therefrom in consequence of dis
loyalty. after discussion, passed Also, a bill
granting thirty dollars for artificial eyes TO
soldiers who have lost an eve. Also, a bill to
amend section IS Of the pension law Of March
3, 1878, by providing 4 case Of death or re-
sion, or the death ofG soldiers orphan chill
dren, the pension shall revert 10 the depend
ent father, mother or other relative Of the
soldier from the date OF such death or re-
mittee of the whole the legislative appro-
priation bill. The debate was interrupted by
the cammIttee rising, the speaker announcing
that Senator Sumner had died at ten minutes
before three. Mr.. Dawes moved, in view Of
that sad intelligence. that the house anjOurn,
and the house thereupon adjourned.
In the house, on the 10th, bills were
introduced For a commission in relation TO
the preservation OF forests; TO give land war
rants to soldiers in the late war....A bill was
passed apuropriating 500. 600 to be expended
IN the course OF the current fiscal year in i'm
proving the moIah Of the Mississippi. The
house took rcd rs till ~ o'clock.Jhe evening
session TO be exclusively for the discussion OF
the transportation question.
In the senate, on the 18th, vari-
Gus petitions were presented for and against
s. currency increase. The bill compensating
the Louisville and Bardstown turnpike compa-
ny for certain bridges destroyed during the
war was passed. The remainder Of the ses-
sion was given TO the discussion Of the cur
rency,q question, Mr.. Logan, OF Illinois, speak
ing al length III favor Of increased circulation.
In the house, on the nth, bill for
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passed alsoa bin eXempting Kansas and MIS-
souri from the operation of the act Of May TO-
1872. which forbids the pre- -emption Of iron
and coal mines. e. The military committee re-
ported bill to provide for the gradual reduc-
tion Of the arrnv which was made the special
order for the first Tuesday IN AprI -1he
house went into committee Of the whole on
tba legislative. executive and judicial appro-
uriatio!s There being difficulty IN getting a
Quorum to vote, the committee arose after
having got through only two and half pages
of the bill ... The house then took recess
until 1880 D. m. the evening session to be for
debate on the Transportation bill.