Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-10
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.


FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
| senate.
WEDNESDAY, March 27.-The resolu
ton to pay John Ray and VIM. L. Mcmillan tn
sum Of 81, 600 each TO reimburse them for expense
urred In contestng the seat In the senate for tn
nnexpired term Of VIM. p. Kellogg a. senator frsn
Louisiana, for the term ending March g. 1873, va
taken up and agreed ts-yeas 30, nays IT,. Merri
mon introduced resolution asking the secretary
war Tor Information In relation to the government
management OF the Atlantic and North Carulin,
railroad in 1855. Agreed to.....At the expiratio,
OF the morning hour the senate resumed considers
ton OF the Pacific railroad sinking fund bill, bu
aiter speech from Hill u was again laid over.
then considered in committee Of the whole, reported
to the hoese read third time and passed ~ amend
ed BY tAae committee.
WEDNESDAY, March 27.-Felton, from
the committee on commerce, reported back the bill
to prevent the introduction Of contagious diseases
into the United States, and explained the Provis-
ions thereof. The present bill did not disturb ths
quarantine regulations Of any state, but the state
officials were made agents of the national quaran.
tine system. After debate the bill was amended
and passed The house resumed consideration Oi
the Massachusetts contested election case OF Dean
against Field. After debate vote was taken on
the minority resolution declaring Field entitled to
on announcing the vote, cast his vote In the mega
tive, thus tieng the and defeating the resolu-
ton. Butler voted with the Democrats in the neg
licans in the affirmative: Hartridge Herbert,
Jones Ala Potter, Rea Scnger, Walsh, Williams
DELI and Cutler without coming to vote on
the majority resolution, the house adjourned.
Senate.
THURSDAY, March 2S.-Teller from
the committee on railroads, reported with amend
ments the senate bill to incorporate the National
Pacific Railroad and Telegraph company, the OBJ
ject which Is TO construct and operate railroad
and telegraph from Cheyenne to Fort Laramie
thence to Dead wood and from Fort Laramie TO Fort
Fetterman, thence In q mort herly mort westerly
direction the Yellowstone river near the mouth
Of the Big Horn river, thence to Helena, Montana,
and thence to the Pacific ocean. Placed on
the calendar. ...... Paddock called up the SEN
ate bill to amend act to provide for the
sale of portion OF the reservation of the confeder-
ated Otoe and Missouri, and Sac and Fox (of Mis-
souri, tribes Of Indians in the states of Kansss and
Nebraska, which was discussed briefly, amended
and passed. After a speech from Bailey on the
Pacific railroad sinking fund bill the senate went
into executive session When the doors re-
opened Teller, from the committee railroads re-
ported with amendments the the senate bill TO
thorze the construction Of narrow guage railroad
from Bismarck to the Black Hills and 1t placed
on the calendar .....A adjourned until Monday.
House.
THURSDAY, March Decentralization
was resumed Of the Massachusetts contested cleo
0on case, the question being upon the resolution OF
the majority Of the election committee declaring
Dean elected to the seat. Adopted-yeas l7A. nays
1873 Before the announcement the speaker claimed
the right to vote and voted in the af rma,ive
Dean was then sworn In, taking the iron-clad OATH
ADJOURNED
FRIDAY, March 29.-Eden, chairman
of the committee claims. reported back bill
f.. A. ..f
reported allowed by that committee. Pass-
ed ..... The house then went into committee of
the whole on the private calendar, the first bill
NEW county ftnd agricultural society for the use
and occupation of its fair grounds military pur
poses from September, 1868, to June, 1865. A po-
out the enacting clause of the bill. When the COM
mttee rose the house ratified its action in the mat
until Monday.
senate.
MONDAY, April Mitchell, from the
committee railroads, reported bill to exteud for
eight years the time for completing the Northern
Pacific railroad. Placed on the calendar m Chris
ported resolution to provide for new edition Of
the revised statutes and for perfect index of the
first volume. Passed AT the expiration Of the
morning hour, Beck spoke in advocacy OF the Judi
Window dissented from the report, and introduced
another bill, which was referred to the committee
on railroads Without action on the bill, the senate
went into executive session, and when the doors
were reopened, adjourned.
lAOuse.
MONDAY, April bills introduced
and referred: For the financial relief of the coun-
try and to facilitate the return specie pay yments
without affecting the commercial interests of the
people, to regulate the contracts for carrying the
mails; TO prevent a reduction Of the national
rency by fraudulently Withdrawing legal tender
notes from circulation declaring the waters Of Hot
Springs, Arkansas, forever free to the people to
provide for more efficient civil service in the
United States; a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution, requiring the pre-
sentation Of all claims agreeaby to the of
the law r,thn ut 81. years and prsvid,pg snat hen zen
again be presented until after the lpse OF six years.
jeint resolution proposing an amendment to the
constitution, forbiding the assumption or payment
of claims for losses growing out Of the destruction of
property within the limits Of the states engaged in
the rebellion. .....At the evening sessirn Butler
gave gave notice that on next soad dAOnd.y, he
pend the rules and adopt = resolution in
structing the committee on banking and currency
to report forthw ith the bill or bills hrst providing
for reissue Of fractional currency of the deAomi-
nations Sc and 25 CENTS and the Withdrawal of the
subsidiary silver coin OF the same denomination
in circulation, fast as 1t may be received At
thereof second providing for the printing and is-
suing OF $50 900 600 in legal tender notes Of the de-
nominations Of 81, 81, 81 and s., to be paid from
the treasury the eAP Pcuses vi INC So'tIHmcut.
......Adjourned. -..-
Senate.
TUESDAY, April THE resolution to
transfer to the state department for safe keeping
the records OF the commission in the electoral
count was agreed to......The railroad funding hill
came up as unfinished business, and Morrill, ad-
dressed the senate In support Of the judiciary COM
inittee's bill Morrill, having concluded, Thurman
gave notice that he would offer amendment
making the first mortgage bonds Of the eompsnies
one OF the cass Of the bonds in which the sinking
fund proposed may be invested. A discussion
sprung up between Blaine and Thurman TO the
responsibility for the sinkng fund and the differ
eut notes and interest between the different bonds
held as sinking funds and bonds issued by the COM
panies continuing until the senate went into exec
utive session, after which the senate adjourned.
House.
TUESDAY, April 2.-The report of the
committee on civil service reform In regard to the
case Of Doorkeeper Polk taken up for considers
tion, and Harris made . speech In regard thereto
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