Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1879-01-22
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS


Senate.
WEDNESDAY,, January 8.-Grover
arising to q personal explanation regardin,
the recent publications that the state fund
Of Oregon, amounting to sbout $97. 600
had been expended and not accounted fol
during his administration - governor, de
MED the charges charges sertatim, and read
from the laws and recprds to show that all
moneys had been properly expended ......
Consideration was resumed of the bill to
amend the patent laws, and Wadleigh took
the floor, but was interrupted by message
from the house announcing the death OF
Representative Hartridge. Gordon, Booth
and Beck were appointed committee to
accompany the body to Georgia, and the SEN
. adiourned.
THURSDAY, January 9.-Alarge num-
Der of petitions were presented and many
hills granting arrears of pensions. ...... Beck
called up his resolution of the 7th referring
to the committee of finance the answer OF
the secretary OF the treasury to the res0lu.
ton of December 8, relative to the amount
of silver coin received in payment of Gus.
tom dues and its disposition, and addressed
the senate thereon. The resolution refer.
ring the answer to the finance committee
then passed, and the bill to amend the pat.
ent laws was taken up......After AN execu.
tive session the senate took q recess until
three o'clock. 80. Upon reassembling, the
senate, headed by Vice President Wheeler
aud Secretary Gorham, proceeded 10 the
house to attend the funeral of the late Rep.
returpit g to the chamber, an adjournment
was effected.
FRIDAY, January lO.-Bills and
petitions introduced and referred: Petition
of wholesale grocers and dealers in sugar, of
Chicago, demonstrating against the recon-.
mendation of the secretary of the treasury
that high and low grades of sugar be ad-
mitted at one rate of duty; bill to provide
for additional bounty to soldiers Of the war
of the rebellion; petition of DIR. Mary h.
Walker for pension .. The Indian apprO.
priation bill was then considered. The
amendment reported by committee to strike
out of the house bill the clause directing
the president to prohibit the removal Of
Apaches and other Indians in Arizona and
New Mexico to the Indian Territory, was
non.concurred in. Amendments were
agreed to doubling the force Of officers and
Indian police, and the appropriation for
their compensation. The bill having been
considered in committee of the whole, was
reported to the senate; the amendments
made in committee were cOncurred in and
the bill read third time and passed. The
senate went into executive session, and
when the doors reopened adjourned until
Monday.
MONDAY, January l3.-A bill was
passed without discussion appropriating
s25o,OO0 tor a fire-proof building for ma
tional museum. ...... Mcmillan introduced q
bill to restore to the public domain the mil
itary reservation known as Fort Ripley res.
ervatiop, in Minnesota. Referred......Th The
house bill relating to the payment OF pen
sions to soldiers who were deprived thereof
during any portion of the time between the
30th of March, 1865, and the 9th OF June,
1866, by reason of their being in the civil
service of the United States, was reported
back from the pension committee and
placed on the calendar ..... 1t was then voted
To attend the funeral OF CONGRESSMAN
Schle;ehex, and the senate proceed in =
body to the hall of the house for that pur-
pose. Upon returning to the chamber the
senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, January IA resolution
was submitted and agreed to, directing the
secretary of the interior to inquire and re.
port what railroad company, individual or
individuals are building railroad across
the public domain in Arizona, and by what
authority it is being constructed. The
substitute for the house bill to divide the
western district of Missouri into two dis
tricts and to prescribe times and places for
holding courts therein and for other pur.
poses, was called up and passed. The
senate then resumed consideration of the
bill to amend the patent laws, and agreed
TO, the amendment providing that
whenever court shall be of the opinion
that the suit of the plaintiff or defense or
defendant was vexatious or malicious, or
the infringement was willful, the court may
award against the party guilty of such vexa-
tious os malicious conduct, or said infringe.
ment, such sum by way of counsel fees and
expenses of suit as it shall deem just and
reasonable" After discussion the bill was
laid aside, and the senate went into execu.
tive session. When the doors were reopen
ed an adjournment was affected.
WEDNESDAY, January 15.-A resolu-
ton was agreed to instructing the commit
tee on Indian affairs TO inquire into the cir.
c cumstances which led to the recent escape
of Indians from Fort Robinson, and their
slaughter by United States fOrces.....T The
conference committee on the military acad-
emy appropriation bill, submitted report
which was agreed to. The house having
agreed to the report the bill now goes to the
president. The house bill for payment to
officers and soldiers of the Mexican war OF
the three months extra pay provided for by
act of July ~, 1888, led to long discus.
sion and was finally laid aside without
action .. The senate then went into execu.
tive session and when the doors were re.
opened, adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, January 8.-Offcial no
tice of the death of Representative Hart
ridge was taken, and Cook, Frye, Cox,
Cabell, Stone, Davidson and Hanna we're
appointed = committee to accompany the
remains to TO Georgia ....Adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 9.-The desk of
the late Julian Hartridge was draped, and
upon it was handsome bask ct OF flowers. A
resolution WAC adopted that funeral services
be held in the hall at 8 O clock, and inviting
the senators. A recess was then taken.
At 3 O'Clock the senators entered, preced.
ed by the vice PRECEDENT and secretary Of
the senate and took seats in the body Of the
hall. The Supreme Court next entered,
the judges clad in their robes Of Office, and
took the seats provided for them in front OF
the speakers desk, to The left. The presi.
ucut huu CdOluct were ueAt uSucIou ~
taking seats to the right of the speakers
desk. The body of the late representativ
enclosed in \ handsome casket adorned
with wreaths and crosses of flowers, was
then borne to the catsfalque in front Of the
speakers desk. After religious services,
the remains were borne from the hall to the
depot.....Adjourned.
FRIDAY, January l0.-Bills intro
duced and referred: To declare forfeited
the lands granted Missouri to aid in the con-
struction Of the Iron Mountain railroad;
for the relief of the Myra Clark Gaines,.....
The house then went into committee OF the
whole, on the private calendar, the 6rst bill
being the William and Mary college bill.
After a spirited debate between Ccnger,
Lering Goods Monroe and others, Philiips
moved to strike out the enacting clause OF
the bill, but il WAS defeated by vote OF 66
to 70. The committee then rose and report
ed the bill. The house proceeded to vote
upon its third reading, and the result wss
yeas 81, nays 1877. So the bill was rejected;
and this action was made 6nal for this ses-
sion by motion made by Conger to recon.
slider and t0 Law the motion to reconsider on