The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-02-22
PrOceedIsgs of Congress.
WEDNESDAY, FEB, Is.


In the Senate Mr.. Herman presented |
q memorial from the N. Y. board OF
trade against silver. The committee |
on foreign relations reported against
any appropriations to relieve the
in China, as no relief could be
got to the sufferers. A bill to equip
the Howgste expedition to the north
pole was placed on calendar. Mr.. In
gals introduced postal savings bank
bill. A bill providing for the relief of set
tiers on government land in Kansas,
was passed. The House jointresOlutIon
against reducing the tax on whisky
was debated, and laid aside, and the sill
yer bill was debated by Mr.. Merrimon,
and Sanders for, and Sargent and DAY.
is against it. Mr.. Hereford had read
an extract from speech by james A.
Garfield, recently delivered in Ohio, in
which Mr.. Garfield said he did not
know the act of 1873 demonetized sill
YER. By unanimous consent it was
agreed that the Senate begin to vote on
the bill Friday, the 18th.
The House debated the West Point
bill, and q remark by Mr.. Aiken OF
South Carolina that West Point should
be closed out, caused an exciting dis
cussion between him and northern
war democrats, and almost led to a re-
vealment by Mr.. Hewitt OF the Tilden
plan of gobbling the Presidency, but
other democrats dissuaded him from
gratifying public curiosity to that ex-
tent.
THURSDAY, FEB. Ii.
Mr.. Jones, Of Nevada spoke st length
on the silver bill, Mr.. Wadleigh against
Il, and Mr.. Blaine In favor of dollar Of
1875 grains at present.
The House had high old wrangle over
the Southern Cancellation policy, the
tax on whisky and the bill to grant PEN
sions to the soldiers Of the Mexican war
etc.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10.
In the Senate. Mr.. Lamar, Of Missls-
sippI, read resolutions from the legisla
! ture of that State instructing him to vot'
for the silver bill, but said he would have
to vote against 1t. MIR. Ingalls, made I
strong speech In favor Of the bill. Tht
voting on the bill was then proceeded
with, beginning with the amendments II
the order in which they have been offer
ed. The principal amendment was tina
of the finance committee to strike out thu
free coinage clause and restrict the coin
age to $2,OOO, 900, or $4,000, 900 per month
In the discretion of the secretary of the
treasury, and the vote on this and the I'm
al vote on the bill we give elsewhere, the
bill as amended was passed by vote o
4S to 81. Senate adjourned to Monday.
The House transacted no business o
Importance Saturday neither House die
any business.
MONDAY, FEB. IS.
The Senate transacted considerable mis-
cellsneous business, passed the Senat
bill for the relief of settlers on the publI
lands under the presumption law. Mr.
Paddock, in explanation Of this bill, sale
It was to allow q settler who had occu
pied tract of land q year or more t.
change his settlement and take up on
under the homestead law, and that tn,
time spent on the former tract be count
ed as part OF the five years required un
der the homestead law.
In the House, on motion of Mr.. Ewing
the Bland silver bill as amended by tn
Senate was ordered TO be printed.
TUESDAY, FER. 10.
The Senate passed the bill to pension al
survivors of the war OF 1912 who served
IA days, whether injured or not. MIR. In,
gals opposed and Mr.. Blaine, favored
the bill. The vote was Al. to 8.
In the House the committee on bank
ing reported . bill to abolish nationa
bank currency and issue greenbacks In 1t
place, and stated that it will consider tn
silver bill next Tuesday. After a long
debate on Louisiana, the House ad
! iourned.