Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-02-26

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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
Senate.
WzDNEsDAY, January IL. The senat'
bill authorizing the establishment of anava
station and depot At Port Royal, South Caro-
lins, was indefinitely postponed. IA reso
luton providing for select committee o.
senators to examine int the circumstance,
attending the escape of Indians from For,
Robinson, their subsequent slaughter, etc.
was sgreed to.......The committee on Indian
affairs reported favorably ON the senate bill
for the relief of the Winnebago Indians in
Wisconsin, and it was placed on the calen.
dar.......T The house bill to restrict the immi.
grafton of Chinese into the United States
was taken mp, 20 it should be unfinished
business tomorrow. This molten was agree
to BY rising vote, 20 to 25......Adjourned.
THURSDAY, February la-A bill was
introduced and referred to secure the com.
pletion Of line Of railway from San An.
tonios Texas, TO point at 6rn EiPase. ON
the Rio Grande, to bs knaxn ~ the Mexi.
can and Pacific extension Of the Galveston
and San Antcnio railway. The bill re.
ported from the committee on finance few
days ago authorising the conversion of ma.
tional gold bonds was passed, but subse-
quently motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill passed was entered on ac-
count of an error in the bill...... The house
bill to restrict the immigration Of Chinese
was taken up and debated until adjourn.
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FRIDAY, February 1.-THE creden.
tials Of B. F. Jonas, elected senator from
Louisiana, and those of James B. Groome,
elected from Maryland, were read and
placed on file.....A motion was agreed to
requesting the house to return the bill to
authorize the issue of certificates of deposit
in aid of the refunding of the public debt,
passed few days ago.....After considering
bills on the calendar consideration was re.
sumed of the bill to restrict Chinese immi.
grafton and Blaine advocated it, - did also
Jones, Sargent and Beck. Thurman, Ham.
lin and Bruce opposed the bill. Debate
was continued until adjournment, the pend.
ing question being an amendment by Conk.
to the emperor of China that 80 much Of
the existing treaty between the United
States and China a. permits the migration
of subjects of the Chinese empire and their
domicile in this country is unsatisfactory
to the government of the United States,
aud in its judgment pernicous, and to
propose such notifications of said
treaty as will correct the evils complained
of-such modi6 cations to be made in new
and supplemental treaty to be submitted to
the senate of the United States on or before
January !, 1850. Should the government Of
China refuse or omit to agree by change of
the existing treaty to such modification -
aforesaid, then the president of the Urited
States is further requested, and he is author
lied to inform the emperor of China that
the United States will proceed BY laws of
its own to regulate or prevent the immigra.
ton or importation to its shores of subjects
of China, and after the lst January, 1880,
to treat the obnoxious stipulation as at an
end.
SATURDAY, February 15.-After con-
sidering business relating to the District of
Columbia the senate resumed consideration
of the bill to restrict the immigration of the
Chinese, the pending question being the
amendment submitted by Conkling yekter-
jected-yeas 81, nays SO. An amendment
making the bill apply to all except those
who may seek temporal residence for edu.
casional purposes, and who shall have Ger.
tifcate from the Chinese government for
that purpose, was agreed to. The bill hav-
ing been considered in committee of the
whole was reported TO the senate, and all
amendments made in committee were con.
Cured in. The bill was then read third
time and passed-yeas SO, nays 2.....Ad-
journed.
MONDAY February IA bill to
provide for the construction of bridge
across the Missouri river at Decatur, Neb,
was passed. bill to amend the Internal
revenue laws containing an amendment to
reduce the tax on tobacco was then consid.
cred. An amendment making the reduction
take place April l, 1879, was agreedto. The
question then being on concurring in the
finance, to tax snuff "a cents per pound, 1t
was disagreed to, yeas IA, nays 80, thus leav.
ing the tax ON snuff 16 cents per pound, a.
proposed by the house bill, the same rate of
tax also being retained on tobacco. The
senate then voted on the amendments pro.
posed by the committee and struck out the
tax proposed on cigars and cigarettes,
leaving the tax a. under the existing law,
and agreed to the following amendments |:
Dealers in leaf tobacco except retail, shall
pay special tax of $25. Every person who
scription without first giving bond - re.
quired by this act, shall be fined not less
than 81 600 nor more than 5000, and i'm.
prisoned for not less than one nor more
than i've years-an allowance of drawback
on tobacco, snuff and cigars on which tax
has been paid by suitable stamps affixed
thereto, before removal from the place Of
manufacture, when the same are exported,
equal An amount to the value OF the stamps
found to have been 20 affixed. The amend.
Inent Of the committee TO strike out the 70.
peal Of the TAX ON lucifer or friction matches
was agreed to-yeas 20. nays 10. An
amendment was submitted proposing that
ON and after July l, 1879, there shall be
levied duty of 10 cents per pound ON tea
and az cents on coffee .... Alter some de.
bate it was agreed to adjourn with the in.
tention Of voting on the amendment and
bill tomorrow.
TURsDAY, February 18.-On motion
the vote by which the house bill passed to
authorize the issue of certificates Of deposit
IN aid Of refuuding the public debt was re-
considered. An amendment was then sub.
nitted and agreed to providing that the
money received from them sh I'll be applied
TO the payment of bonds bearing interest ct
the rate of not less than 5 per centum per
snnum instead Of the $40 bonds only, which
bear per cent. ~ at 6rst authorised 80. AT.
ter themorning hour, business confederation
was resumed Of the bill to amend the inter
nal revenue laws. Amepdmepts taxing tea
10 cents and coffee ~ cents per pound, and
raising the tax on tobacco from Is to 20 cents
per pound were rejected. An amendment
was agreed to exempting from certain provi.
sions OF the existing Law small distilleries
whose daily capacity does not exceed 50