The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-03-19
Congressional Proceedings.

In the Senate. on the 4th. the River and
HarbOr bill was passed, most Of the amendments
made IN COMMITTEES OF the Whole being non con
CURED h-.......The Deficiency bill was next Ia
ken up and passed........Ih House bill making
appropriations 70 pay the awards made by the
Southern Claims Commission was next passed.
The number Of claims examined by the Com
mission was ,4ss, OF this number I les were al
lowed, involving an expenditure OF $40 ,tt9.
....-.Other bills were then passed In the follow
ing ORDER To aid in the Improvement Of the
Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, in Wisconsin, grant
ing pensions 70 widows and children,
dependent mothers and fathers or orphan broth
ers and sisters OF those soldiers murdered by
guerrllas At Centraiia, Mo-, in lsG4; removing
the political disabilities o. "A number Of persons.
Mr.. Bayard Of Delaware submitted a reso.
luton rendering the thanks OF the senate To Hon.
Henry Wilson for the impartial and courteous
manner in which he had presided over the senate.
were appointed n committee ON the part OF the
senate 70 wait on the President and notify him
that Congress had finished its business, and was
ready 10 adjourn al noon. They reported they
had discharged the duty and the President re.
piled he had no further communication to
make Vice President Wilson then de.
clared The senate adjourned without day.
In the House some minor bills were passed,
among them one for the coinage Of twenty cent
silver coin authorizing a poEtoon wagon bridge
across the Mississippi River at Dubuque; au-
thorizing purchase Of site for a public building
At Topeka. Kansas, appropriating slJ0 900 for
the public buildings at tovingt0n, ny. and for
~ tlEA VI TIC ltEIt Itdutt anu tullaIaDOli-
Railroad Company--....1he Bounty bill was
passed by a vote Of 80 yeas 10 al NAYS.
..... The sundry civil Appropriation bill,
a. agreed upon by the Conference mint
was also passed. Ii appropriates al, co.. 600. !.
Scores Of resolutions and bills Of a private char
acter were then rushed through, the area in front
Of the speakers chair being occupied by mem.
beers having propositions 20 get before the House.
FOR the last hour Of the session there was little
done except the passage Of resolutions making
come special allowance 10 clerks and employees.
In the midEt OF the turmoil, Mr.. Niblack offered a
resolution Of thanks 10 the Clerk, Sergeant at.
Arms. Door keeper, Postmaster, and other OFF.
Gers for courtesy efficiency and fidelity. Agreedt To.
Messrs. Dawes, Maynard and Cox were appointed
a committee 10 wait on the President 10 notify
him that Congress was ready to adjourn......At
this time. III IS A. M, the pressure Of spectators
was 80 great that the doors Of the hall wers
thrown open TO ladies. The galleries were crowd
ell, and the dO0r-wayH were blocked up with
those who could not force their way in. Even in
the diplomatic gallery there was not a vacant seat.
A. the last minutes were wearing away, the
speaker was engaged in signing and the Clerk in
reading titles OF enrolled bills. At one minute
before IL. MIR. Dawes, from the committee APP
pointed % wait on the President, reported that
the committee had performed their duty and had
been informed that the President had no further
communication 10 make 10 Congress. The last
act enrolled and signed was for the benefit Of
William Green, and before the messenger bear.
ing IL "a the President had got out Of the hall, the
speakers gsvel fell, and he took his farewell Of
the House in a short address. after which the
great crowd dispersed and the members babe
each other goodbye.