The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-02-27
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

FEBRUARY 18-The Senate adopted resolu-
ton to pay Joseph segar $4,000 in full compensa
ton for his expenses in prosecuting claim to
seat as Senator from Virginia in 1868. The
House bill to promote the knowledge oil
steam engineering and iron shp-building
among students of scientific schools OF
colleges was passed. :. The Revenue bill was
discussed. amended, and finally passed. with the
amendment reducing the tobacco tax to 16 cents.
THE House, after wasting nearly two hours
questions of precedence took III the Census bill,
and devoted the entire day session to it's
consideration. -. An evening session, lasting
sideration of the Legislative Appropriation
bill. There was hot contest over the publiciand
surveys The matter. as finally fixed up. leaves the
bill in about this condition.: The Coast Survey is
Interior Department. and the consolidated
bureau is given charge of the geograph-
ical work of the Coast Survey and the
Interior Department and the special scientific sur
veys known as the Powell. the Hayden and the
Wheeler surveys are abolished: and new Bureau
OF Geolog cal Surveys is created with chief to be
appointed by the President. The Western men.
under the lead of Patterson of Colorado, and
Page, of California who did most of the
work, defeated the Appropri atior COMMITTEES
In its effort to destroy the General Land Office and
the present land system. The surveys having been
passed. the amendment to repeal the jurors test
oath and the Federal Supervisor law authorizing
the use of Deputy AIarshals were moved pending
which the House adjourned. .4ssrIstst
FEBRUARY 19.-The Senate was engaged
nearly all day on the Postofice Appropriation bill.
There was sharp fight on the Brazilian mail
steamship subsidy, but no vote was reached in the
matter.---The House resumed consideration of
TIE Legislative Appropriation bill, the
Jurors test oath amendments being in
order. Mr.. Hale raised a point of order against
the amendment, which overruled. Various
amendments were offered by the Republicans but
all were voted down. After two-hours' struggle,
the repeal was carried in the committee OF the
whole by vote of 1877 to ST. The next amend
ment repeating the Supervisors of Election law
then taken up. Mr. ale opened the debate in OPP
position to the repeal, and raised point of order
against it, He characterized the action of the DEM
ocrats in trying to force such lc.slatic through
Congress as simply revolutionary. nd said,
speaking for the Republican side IF tne House,
TINT every known parlianlents ~ rule and
device would be resorted to to prevent
it from being passed. The Demo
Gratis defended the movement on the ground that
preserving the purity of the ballot-box, furnished
out of the national treasury a campaign fund fur
either party which might be in power to corrupt an
election. The debate was long and spirited but
without reaching vote on the proposition the
House adjourned.
FEBRUARY W.-In the Senate, the Army Ap
propr1ation bill was reported back from the COM
mittee Invested of all the army reorganization sec
tons inserted by the House. Mr. Shields deliv
cred speech in favor of the bill granting pensions
to the surviving soldiers of the Mexican war. -.
Thee Senate had long fight over the
Brazilian Mail subsidy amendment to ths
Postoface Appro priation bill, lasting :, until
after midnighs The scheme finally
adopted the bill passed. and the Senate adjourned
at O'Clock ,. m.-The House spent the entire
day in considering the Florida contested election
case OF Finley VS.. Bisbee. A resolution was adopt
ed unseat ng Horace Bisbee RepubhcanJ and seat