Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-04-24

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uniform law on the subject Of bankruptcy. After
short discussion the senate went into executly
session, and when the doors were reopened, sd
iourned.
House.
WEDNESDAY, April 1O-O'Niel pre-
sented remonstrance Of large number of mer
and manufacturers against the passage Of the
tariff bill as vi ally inu ious to the business inter-
esfs OF the country. Referred. The following bills
were referred: Authorizing the issuing of treasury
notes taking the place of greenbacts and national
bank notes, prohibiting the contraction of the cur
rency, and repeating the internal rev. nue. laws;
Joint resolution directing the committee Of civil
service reform oi the two houses 10 inquire into The
proPriety OF limiting the executive patronage by a
constitutional amendment. and also into the pro-
priety OF adopting some new method Of keeping the
accounts OF thesfederal government; joint resot-
no" proposing c Institutional amendment as to
the sessions OF congress- 1t provides that after 1880
ihere snail lie but one session every two years,
less when congress shall he convened by the presi-
dent ..The house then went into mittee Of the
Who'll on the pension appropriation bill. After dis
cusson the committee rose without action, and the
house ad djourned.
TUESDAY, April ll.-Dennis present.
Ell Montgomery Biar's resolutions in relation TO
the electoral commission, and moved their refer
ence to the judiciary committee. So ordered .....
During the MOI Ring hour Sargent called up his Joint
resolution on the Chinese question and urged the
necessity OF restrictions Chinese immigration w
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law, but after short discussion 1t was again laid
aside The conference committee Oh the bill In
regard to the employment of temporary clerks in
the treasury department reported that the commit
tee had agreed upon all amendments except two. A
new conference was ordered. Adjourned until
Monday
House.
THURSDAY, April 1.-THE house, in
committee of the whole discussed the pension ap-
preparation bill, Scales, Chittenden Fort and Hew-
lit advocating nd
and O'Neill opposing it. Powers moved to strike
out the section which changes the mode OF pay ing
the pensions, and inserting In lieu thereof provis-
ion fixing the salary Of pension agents nt "a 600
and allowing them fees for vouchers and actual OK.
penses for rent clerk hire, ETC. Adopted. Rice Of
fered resolution that from and after July l, 1875
or disabled union soldiers. Adopted. The COM
mittee then and reported the bill, and all
amendments being concurred in. it passed. ......Ad-
journed.
FRIDAY, April l2.-The bill author
izing the secretary Of to relinquish portions Of
Fort Hartsuff military reservation in Nebraska to
homestead and pre-emption settlers, passed also
the senate bill authorizing improveme within
Fort Riley military reservation, Kansas The
house soon afterwards went into COMMITTEES OF the
whole on the private calendar, the first bill for con-
sderation being one to reimburse the college of
William and Mary, in Virginia, for property de-
stroyed during the Loring and Townsend
spoke thereon, the former in advocacy Of the bill
and the latter agai nst it, The senate amendments
to the general deficiency and diplomatic appropria-
ton bill were nenconcurred in, and conference
committees were appcin .....Adj djourned.
ElOuse.
SATURDAY, April 13.-The bill appro-
priating s., 500 for the erection of monument over
the grave of Thomas Jefferson was reported back |
from committee and passed after the amount of |
the appropriation increased to 8, 600. The
house went into committee of the whole on the |
,tnvtA
debate was interrupted by the committee rising and
the house adjourned.
Senate.
MONDAY. April 15.- Hereford spoke
in favor of the resolution submitted him on the
2lst of March, requiring the committee finance
to report the house bill to repeal the specie resump-
tion act within one week, and gave notice that he
troduced bill to allow railroad companies to con-
struct telegraph lines for commercial purposes.
Referred the expiration OF the morning hour
consideration resumed Of the bill to repeal the
bankrupt law, and McCreery spoke In favor of the
repeal. The bill was then passed by vote OF 81 to
6. Sargent submitted an amendment to the house
bill to place the of Jas Shields the retired
list OF the army with the rank OF brigadier general
to strike out all after the enactfng clause and
insert in lieu thereof provision authorizing the
president to place on the retired list OF the army
large number OF officers named with the full rank
held by them when mustered out Of the service.
Among those named the following generals:
L. S. Grant, J. A. Dix, q. Mcclellan, n. p.
Banks, b. +. Butler, A. +. Burnside. J. A. Logan,
Carl schurz A. Pleasanton, JAS. Shields J. A. Gar
eighteen other army officers in the late war. Re-
fefred to the committee on military affairs. Win
dom called up the senate bill TO authorize the con-
strucion of a narrow gauge railroad from Bismarck
to the Black Hills. Several amendments were
agreed to, and the bill passed. Subsequently Eaton
entered motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill passed .... After executive session the
senate adjourned.
MONDAY, April 15.-Bills introduced
and referred: Directing the president to make
public and solemn proclamation that 1t is the firm
of congress to enact no further laws
affecting currency finance until specie pay ments
shall have been actually resumed, and uthorizing
the secretary OF the treasury to prepare four per
cent. bonds Of the denomination OF S20 SO and
$780, payable in standard coin at the expiration Of
forty years. to he exchangeable at less than the
face value into United states legal tender notes;
provide mode for trying and determining by the
Supreme Court Of the United States the title OF the
president and vice presdent OF the Unitet States
to their respective offices, when their election to
such Offices denied by once more states of the
nion A resolutisn OF the Mar land legislature,
the presidential question, referred TO
inc laaie,ary eGnmuee ; ai,sr an sseanng debate.
sidered, Mckinley, Bridges, Evans, Beacon and
Brewer speaking in opposition, ,..... Adjourned.
Senate.
TUESDAY, April 16.-Howe asked the
senate to adopt the resolution submitted by him
few weeks ago calling the president for certain
ceacsr ming Judge Whitaker, of Lou
siana and concluded remarks thereon which were
interrupted by an executive session on the day Of
Davis w. Va submitted ~ sub
stitute for the resolution of Mr.. Howe the sub
mited by him March 10Th, calling on the secretary
Of the treasury for information relative to balances
due from collectors 81 iaernal not In office,
what amount has been settled by compromise. etc.
After discussion Howe's resolution was adopted,
nd hc ilt iNnn n ~ n nfaA n |
separate proposition .....Jones FLA reported with
amendment the senate bill granting lands to the
state Of Minnesota In lieu Of certain lands hereto
fore granted that state Placed on calendar 49, The
senate then resumed consideration Of the bill to in
corporate the National Pacific Railroad and Tele-
graph Company. Conkling submitted an amend
ment proposing that the road should not have
right of way through any Indian land. Agreed to:
The bill then passed: Yeas 80, nays 3. Mitchell
time for the construction and completion Of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, and II was placed on the
calendar. Eaton Withdrew the motion entered
by him yesterday TO reconsider the vote BY which
the bill TO authorize the construction of a narrow
gauge railroad from bismarck TO the Black Hills,
an executive session the senate
adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 16.-On motion of
stenger the senate bill authorizing the issue Of pass
ports free to colored citizens going to Brazil passed
..... The bill to establish permanent government
for the District of Columbia Was defeated-yeas ~,
naysl2l. motion to reconsider was adopted, and
the bill recommitted 70 the district committee.
... The house then went into committee OF the
whole the pOstofce appropriation bill aad after
the adoption of a number Of amendments roee..:
Harrison introduced sill for the construction OF
ship canal for the passage Of naval vessels from the
Missssippi river to Lake Michigan. Referred d..:..
At the evening session about fifty pension bills
were passed, and the house adjourned.
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Murder Confessed After Fifty Years.
The Portland (Me.) Press of March 80,
says: about fifty years ago Mr.. Isaac
Blake, brother of George Blake, Esq,
now living in Atkinson, Me-, was return
ing from trip to New Brunswick, where |
he had been engaged in buying and sell i
ing cattle and other matters, and brought
with him about 1850, mostly in gold.