Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-04-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. March q.

s WASHINGTON, March u.
Herman offered q bill pensionine
Indians who, in the war of 1872, act
ed As scouts or soldiers. Referred.
Mcmillan, from claims committee
reported, with amendments, the
House bill allowing certain claims
reported by accounting officers of the
Treasury Department. Calendared.
The resolution paying Ray and Nc.
Mullen 81 600 each for expenses in
contrasting seat in the Senate for the
unexpired term Of Kellogg, from La,
ending March 1873, was agreed to
Conkling introduced bill appro-
priating half a million for the i'm
provement of Harlem river. Re-
ferred. tf #5
a..#" WASHINGTON March %.
Teller, from Committee on Rail-
roads reported with amendments
Senate bill to incorporate the Ma
tional Pacific Railroad and Telegraph
Co., the object of which is to con.
struct and operate railroad and tel
egraph line from Cheyenne to Ft
Laramie, thence to Deadwood and
from Fl. Laramie to Ft. Fettcrman,
thence in q northerly or nor rthwest
direction to Yellowstone river near
the mouth of the Big Horn river.
thence to Helena, Montana, and
thence to the Pacific ocean. 1t gives
the right Of way through the public
lands, including all necessary ground
for stations, buildings, shops, &C., not
to exceed l6O acres for each station.
Placed on calendar.
A number Of bills granting PEN
si0ns were passed during the morn
ing hour, including q pension of fifty
dollars month to Gen. Jas. Shields,
of Missouri.
- y n2fss HOUSE.
Consideration was resumed of the
Massachusetts, contested election case;
the question being upon the resolu-
ton of the majority of the Election
Committee declaring Dean entitled to
the seat.
There being q number of empty
seats upon the democrats side,
Springer, amid derisive laus hter on
the republican side, moved to adjourn
and the yeas and nays were ordered.
The motion was rejected by large
The question then recurred
ON the resolution declaring Dean en-
TITLED to the seat and it was adopted,
yeas 124, nays 123. Before announce.
nent the Speaker claimed the right
to cast his vote, and voted in the Af-
The announcement was
greeted with applause on the demo-
cratic side of the House. MINK,
Butler, of Mass, voted in the af-
firmative with the democrats. The
following democrats voted in the
negative with the republicans
Cutter, Hartridge, Herbert, Henry,
Patter, Rea, Stenger, Walsh and Will
liams, of Del, Gambler. One demc-
crat who would have voted in the
negative was absent and paired with
Jones, of Ala, who yesterday voted
in favor of seating Field, and said he
did so because he thought that ac-
cording to Massachusetts, law Field
was entitled to the seat, but the House
having decided against that view Of
the law on this resolution seating
Dean he would vote "aye." Applause
on the democratic side.
i-I4 Lw HOUSE.
aa WASHINGTON, March 20.
Singleton, from committee on ap-
Preparations reported q bill appro-
priating $4,000 for deficiencies in
fund of the House. Re-
ferred.
Eden, chairman of the committee
on war claims, reported back q bill
1926, 600 for payment
Of claims reported allowed by COM
of claims. Passed.