The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-05-09
CONGREsS.


the amendment Of the House to the bill grant,
ing pension to Gen. James Shields, incrcas-
ing the amount from fifty dollars to $lOO a
month, was referred. The House bill to pro-
hibit the coinage Of the twenty-cent silver
piece was passed. The bill to extend the time
for the construction and completion of the
Northern Pacific Railroad was further consid-
cred, and several amendments were agreed to,
after which the bill as amended was passed,
er ordered the protest against the sum-
mary passage Of the River and Har-
Dor bill to be read. Mr.. Con-
ger objected to words referring to
alleged combination of members for the spoil
alton Of the Treasury, and MIR. Cox IN. w
withdrew that portion Of the protest and pro-
ceeded to address the House, to which Objec-
ton was made, and after considerable tumult
and confusion the Speaker put the question
as to whether the gentleman from New York
should be allowed to proceed, and declared it
carried-lO3 to 81. Mr.. COnger also objected
to words in the protest declaring that Is And
this encourages similar attempts on the Treas
ury to crafty local interests :" but the Speaker
ruled that they were not disrespectful to the
House. The reading of the protest having
in personal. wordy controversies between
different members, after which it was decided
that the protest did not present question of
privilege-yeas, So; nays, $50. A motion that,
as matter of courtesy to those who signed
the protest, it be entered on the journal, was
then rejected. The report of the Conference
Committee on the Deficiency bill for tempo
rary clerks in the Treasury Department was
agreed to, a compromise having been effected.
The Indian Appropriation bill was reported
and referred to Committee Of the Whole.
WEDNESDAY, April 24.-The report
of the Conference Committee on the House
bill authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
to employ temporary clerks was agreed to,
and the bill was passed, in the Senate. A bill
was also passed to amend the law in relation
to the deposits for savings. Bills were
passed in the DEMONSTRATING the opera
tions Of the Lighthouse Board over the ILL.,
nOis River for the establishment of lights,
buoys, ETC.; providing that the hailing place
of every vessel of the United States may be
the town where the vessel was built or where
the owner resides; Senate Funding bill in re-
gard to the Pacific Railroad Comparatively
to 2-the negative votes being cast by Messrs.
Butler and Lynde.
THURSDAY, April 25.-The amend
ments to the Naval Appropriation bill were in
sisted upon by the Senate, and a Conference
Committee was appointed. A report was sub
United from a majority of the Conference
Committee on the bill to provide for deficien-
cies in the appropriations for the service of
the Government for current and prior fiscal
years, and, after explanation by Mr.. Blaine
and considerable discussion, it was agreed to
--35 to 10. Adjourned to the 9th. :. The
Senate bill for the repeal of the Bankrupt law
elected lengthy discussion in the House,
providing for the repeal of the title sixty-one
Of the Revised Statutes, and the act approved
June, 1874, entitled AN act to amend
an act to establish uniform sys-
tenn of bankruptcy" and further providing
all
arising prior to the passage Of tho bill under
the acts proposed to be repealed shall continue
in full force until disposed. of. The bill rs
amended was then passed-2O6 to 49, A re-
port was made from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs in reference 70 the Mexican border
to, requesting the President to keep on the
Texas border not less than 5000 men, to pro-
tect American citizens, and authorizing the
crossing Of the border by United States troops,
until such treaty stipulations shall be made
with Mexico as may secure an efficient protec-
FRIDAY, April 26. Senate not in ses-
sion. ). "A bill was passed in the House ex-
empting from enrolment and admeasurement
all vessels not propelled by steam OF sail, ex-
cept vessels of that character engaged in trade
with contiguous foreign territory. The Post
office Appropriation bill was reported from
Committee of the Whole, and several amend
ments were agreed to, one of them providing
that the compensation of POstmasters of the
fourth class shall be based upon the number
OF stamps Cancelled, instead of the number
sold at their offices. The bill as amended was
then passed.
SATURDAY, April 27.-Senate not in
session. In the House. the Indian Appropria-
ton bill "a, az, OOO was consideredin Commit
tee e1the Whole, reported to the House and
passed. 1t provides, among other things, that,
whenever practicable, the Commissioner of In.
dian Affairs may use such portions of their
respective subsistence funds as can be spared
| to pay for the services of such Indians as may
| be induced to labor at farming or other civil
| lied avocatiOns for their own advancement.
preparation bill ($14, us OOO) was considered IN
Committee of the Whole.
MONDAY, April 29.-Aresolution was
agreed to in the Senate, requesting the Presi
dent to communicate certain information
touching the surrender of the Cuban insur
gents and the future policy of Spain as to the
government of Cuba. The credentials o1
John 8. Williams ~ Senator-elect from Ken
lucky were presented. A bill was introduced
TO- further define the right Of pre-emptior
passed-for the relief Of settlers on publ,
lands within the double minimum limit of ,
railroad grant, and afterward thrown out o
the double minimum limits by reason o.
change in the route Of the road; appropriatina
t5,OUU Tor erecting monument on the grav,
Of Thomas Jefferson. /. Bills were intro
duced and referred in the House.
to prevent the insolvency of railroad compa
mics; setting aside the contract entered int
between the Secretary Of the Treasury an(
the Syndicate; repeating the iron-clad oatl
for jurors; to prevent assessments for po
litical purposes; for the erection Of . statue t
Gen. Custer; to establish branch mint a
Chicago; repeating the act entitled an act t.
strengthen the public credit, approved March
1870, pledging payment Of all bonds thereto
fore payable In lawful money Of the United
States. The Legislative Appropriation bill
was further considered in Committee of tn,
Whole. The report of the Conference Com
mfttee on the Naval Appropriation bill wa
made and agreed to.