The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-02-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
Yesterdays Doings in the Ma
tional Legislature.
SENATE,

| Washington, req. ia large num-
Der Of petitions from all parts of the
country in favor of Sixteenth amend
ment to the Constitution, prohibiting
the States from disfranchising persons
on account of sex, were presented and
| referred.
In presenting petition of this char
acter, Cockrell said he was handed a
petition purporting to come from the
people of Missouri. He saw by the
names that many of them were citizens
of that State. Among the signers we're
large number of women, and in the
list appeared the name of George Fran
els Train. He protested that Mistress
George Francis Train was not citizen
Of Missouri. Now on this question, as
it would be hard to say anything new
in regard to it, yet the argument con-
tained in the memorial was SO clear
that he could not doubt it would have
its effect. No objection being made,
the memorial was read by the chief
clerk and laid on the table, the silver
bill being before the Senate.
Conkling presented petition favor
ing the reconciliation of the silver dol
lar. Laid on the table, the bill being
now before the House.
At the conclusion of the morning
business the Senate resumed the con-
sideration of the silver bill and Davis
spoke in favor thereof.
HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE speaker
announced the regular order to be the
motion to lay on the table the motion
to reconsider the vote by which the
House last Friday refused to pass the
bill for the relief of w. II. Newman
and L. A. Vanhoffman, known as the
Alexandria mill bill. The motion to
lay on the table prevailed, which dis
poses of the bill.
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred was one by Mackey, Prohibiting
the Secretary of the Treasury from
purchasing any bonds for reduction of
the principal of the national debt until
a strict compliance with the provisions
of law shall require it.
Leonard presented concurrent reso-
luton of the Louisiana assembly ex-
pressing satisfaction at the policy of
President Hayes.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE following
bills were introduced:
By Joyce-Declaring forfeited all
grants of public lands to railroads or
other corporations when the conditions
of the grants have been violated, and
appropriating said lands to the use of
actual settlers.
BY Clark mo. Giving the thanks
of Congress to Col. Nelson A. Miles
for his gallant campaign against the
Indians of the northwest.
By Patterson-Fixing the time for
election of representatives from the
state of Colorado.
At the conclusion Of the morning
hour the House resolved itself into a
committee of the whole for the con-
oiueldliOh VI llc uiilIdly dCdutluy Dill
Aiken moved to amend so as to re-
duce the pay of cadets from $40 to
$500. He criticised the action of the
appropriation committee in several
of its appropriations. He said West
Point was an incubus on the people of
the country. If the people knew for
what the $275, 900 was appropriated an
nually, in less than thirty days the
House would be flooded with demands
to put West Point under the hammer,
or give it to New York, and he would
vote for either proposition. Hewitt
said: mo doubt of that, but West
Point has vindicated itself in the his
tory of the country, and the people
will never allow it to go under the
hammer, or be closed up" (Applause).
Durham defended West Point acad-
emy, and said Congress should stand
by it, for it had turned out the best
and bravest men that had ever been
seen in this or other countries. Zap
plause). The amendment was rejected.
Adjourned.