Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-13

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
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~ Senate. =
. MONDAY, February 3.-Sepator Voor-
shees took the oath of Office under the re-
cent election to fill the unexpired term of
the late senator Morton ....A bill was intro
ducei& to transfer the ONCE Of Indian affairs
from the interior to the war Departmental.
4 petition of colored people of Louisiana
was presented, complaining that they are
that at the recent election they we're met by
armed white men known as the Democratic
club; that they were shot and not allowed
to hold meetings; they therefore invoke
the protection of the Federal government.
Referred to the select committee of which
Teller is chairman. zee. The senate then went
into executive session, and when the doors
were re.opened, adjourned.
TUESDAY, February 4.-After num-
Der Of committee reports had been received
and placed on the calendar, Coke spoke ct
length, In favor Of constr netting q railroad in
Texas to- the Rio Grande =. Edmund's
resolutions declaring the validity of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments were then debated, afte. which the
senate went into executive session ...... Ad.
journed.
WEDNESDAY, February 5.-The vice
president laid before the senate the creden.
tails of John p. Jones, elected United States
senator from Nevada. .....A bill was passed
appropriating $4,93s to pay the Richmond
Female institute, Richmond, Va, for the
use of its building by the army of the United
States from October, 1865, to 1866. IA res
olution of the New York legislature was
presented, asking an appropriation for the
removal of distractions in st. Mary's river,
st. Clair river, and Detroit river. Referred.
| 1.-THE senate resumed consideration of
the resolution of Edmunds declaring the
validity of the thirteenth, fourteenth and
| fifteenth amendments to the constitution.
After a long debate, the rejection of mum.
Der Of amendments, and the defeat of several
motions for ad journment, the question was
demanded and the resolutions passed by a
vote of % to II. ...Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 6.-Blaine pre-
sented memorial of the manufacturing
companies of Maine representing $4,000.
900 capital and employing thousands of per.
sons, asking an appropriation for mail ser.
vice between one or more OF our Atlantic
ports and South American ports. Referred
....... The bill to provide for the taking of the
tenth and subsequent censuses was taken
up and after slight amendment was passed
yeas As, nays 4......The vice.presiden t laid
before the, senate a message, from the presi
dent, enclosing a report of the secretary Of
the state in regard to proceedings of the in
ternatiOnal monetary conference, held In
Paris in August, 1873. Ordered printed
and referred ......After an executive session
the senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 1.-THE senate bill
to extend the provisions of the act of June
s, 1874, in regard to prize money to all flee
officers was passed. The house bill grant
ing pension to Julia Watkins, widow o
Thomas H. Watkins, late captain of Co. B
Purnell Legion, Maryland, was passed afte
holding terms Of Circuit and District Court
of the United States for the district of Col
orado was passed......T house bill to re.
move certain disabilities of women was
taken up and passed-yeas 40, nays 20. II
provides that any women who shall have
been member of the highest court of any
state or territory or of the Supreme Cour
Of the District of Columbia for the space O.
three years, and shall have maintained {
good standing before such court, and wht
shall, on motion and production of sucf
record, be admitted to practice before tn,
Supreme Court of the United States. TIL,
bin, having passed as it came from the
house, now goes to the president for. his
signiture. latter executive session thu
senate adjourned.
/ SATURDAY,, February S.-The ere
dentials Of Jas. D. Walker, elected senate
from Arkansas, " ere placed on fle.....T TIL
conference committee on the Indian appr0
priation bill, submitted report, which wa
agreed to, and the bill was passed. TIL
total amount appropriated was $4,7lS,206
$33,06S less than the appropriation for tn
mittee's report on the bill to. abolish tn
volunteer navy was agreed to. The bill
allows all officers mustered out one year
pay. 1t affected one~}i officer and twenty
six medical officers. Provision is made TO
the admission of medical officers to tn
medical corps Of the navy after examination
1.-THE house bill providing for the pay
ment to officers and. soldiers Of the Mexican
war OF the three months extra pay provide,
for by the act of July 10, 184s, passed ate
being amended to provide that the act shall
include the officers and men of the army
navy, and marine service. ...Adjourned.
/ :Gi' !. .,...,,.~- House. ~ i
MONDAY, February 3-Bills intro
duced: Appropriating one hundred million
dollars for the payment of the arrearages o
pensions; authorizing the issue OF 4 pei
cent. bonds to the amount of $40O, O00, 900
the proceeds of the sale Of which shall b'
devoted to the payment of arrears of pen
sion's; for the relief of persons whose lands
have been or may besWashed away or sub
merged by the Mississippi river or it's trib
utaries; extending the time. for the Gem
The house then commenced memorial ser
vices in respect for the late Terrence
Quinn, representative from New York
Resolutions appropriate for the occasion
were offered by Mr., Lockwood and qnani
mously adopted, and eulogies on the: lif,
and character of the deceased pronounced
by Messrs. Lockwood, Mayham, Bailey, Co
vert and Townsend IN. W Jones, (Ohio)
Caldwell, (Tenn.), Everett. ...AdjourneG
TUESDAY, ~F February 4.-The house
on Assem- bling, went into committee Of tn
whole on the army appropriation bill
shot debate was elected by Cex's amend
ment fixing the army force at 1900.
was defeated by vote of 66 to 11S. Tn
committee rose without further action...:.
After recess. the house went into commit
tee of the whole on the Mississippi leve
bills. An amendment was offered, directing
the commission to consider and report OF
the practica ability of improving the naviga
ton, deepening the channel and redeemin.
alluvial lands Of the Mississippi by mean'
of the bill all that alludes to the protection
of alluvial lands. The committee rose and
reported the bill and pending amendments
The main question was ordered, and thu
house adjourned. 80" g.,
"WEDNESDAY, February g. Thu
speaker announced the regular order to be
the consideration of the Mississippi levef
bill The amendment appropriating 1871,
| 60N for siren 0fheninp the 1eveea vHaa with