Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate insists on it's amend.
ments to the post Office appropriation bill,
and Oh the 18TH agreed to q conference COM
mittee asked for by the House. No other
legislative business was done, but the Bel
knap case was taken up. The Senate, as q
postponing the case until November, and
agreed to proceed with the hearing without
unnecessary delay.
The House appointed MIR. Cox
speaker pro tem., in the absence of Mr.. Kerr,
and then passed the military appropriation
bill without debate. A committee of con-
tS ference ] on the post t office approRFiatiena wss
The Senate on the Goth postponed
ruptcy law until the first day Of next session.
Consideration Of the Indian appropriation bill
was resumed, and Mr.. Window called atten-
ton to the addition of $998, ,O96 to the bill as
it came from the House, and explained the
reasons for that and other amendments. One
of the amendments agreed to provides that no
money shall be paid to the Sioux until they
section transferring the bureau to the war de-
partment was stricken out
The House passed bill to prevent
the sale and use of adulterated and explosive
Illuminating oils; also bill authorizing the
construction of a bridge between Buffalo
county, Wis, and Winona county, MINI. /;
also bill relating to land patents. The COM
mittee on Freedman's bank made report
charging gross fraudulent conduct against
izing soldier bounties by paying $S33 for
each months service of all soldiers, deduct
ing all bounties paid by State or United States
authority. The vote stood 14l yeas to 46
nays. Those voting against the bill were
all southern members, except the members
sin. Hoar, OF Massachusetts, is the only
Republican recorded in the negative.
The Senate, on the 2lst, on motion
of Mr.. Morton, instructed the committee on
privileges and elections to inquire what laws,
II any, are required to protect the inviolabili-
ty OF private telegraphic dispatches, and re-
port by bill or otherwise. The House bill to
transfer the Indian bureau to the war depart
ment was laid OH the table, ard the Indian
appropriation bill was taken up and passed.
The House, in committee of the
whole, went over much ground but transact
ed no business ofspecial interest.
On the 22d, the Senate had 4 lengthy
discussion on the naval appropriation bill,
and after considering it section by section
met the House half way in the matter of re-
ductions Of estimates and passed the BILL
The House had a day and night ses-
sion on the Sunday civil bill and adjourned
before completing its consideration.
The Senate on the 23d passed the
bill to amend the enforcement act, by party
vote; the debate was long and general. The
Senate insisted on its amendments to the In
dian appropriation bill, and also ON its
amendments to the naval appropriation bill,
but agreed to conference as asked tor by the
House.
The House, in the Idaho contested
election case, unseated Mr.. Bennett and seat
ed Mr.. Finn. The committee also reported
as entitled to contested seats, J. H. Rainey Of
South Carolina and H. b. Strait, of Mime
sofa adopted. The remainder of the day
was spent in discussing the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill.
On the oath the Senate passed the
sundry civil bill, which was amended so as
to build light house and fog signal at STAN
nard Rock, Lake Superior. After short ex-
ecutivc session the Senate adjourned.
The House, in the absence of Cox,
who has been acting Speaker during Mr..
kerr's illness, unanimously elected Mr.. Say.
lor speaker pro tenn during the absence OF
Mr. Kerr