Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


slider and report upon the advisability 4
completion Of the four double turreted
monitors, Puritan, Amphitrte, Monadnock
and Ierr"t, nov in process OF construction.
'".. The army appropriation bill was re-
Ported IRON the house and referred to the
coin'nlttee on aPpropriations......P Paddock
called up tue resolution submitted the 4th
OF December last, by Davis, Nv. Val, III.
structing the committee on agriculture to
consider what can or ought to be done by
! the general government TO advance, encour.
age and foster agricultural interests. Pad
dock made brief speech. and the resolu.
ton OF Davis was agreed to After an
executive session the senate adjourned.
! TUESDAY, February 1.-THE confer
ence committee on the naval appropriation
bill, submitted report which was agreed
F, to, and the bill passed. The senate added
! $86.5OO to the house bill. The house con.
| ferees receded from the disagreement to the
| amendments involving $!l,500, and the
! senate receded from an amendment involv-
ing $4,000 additional for provisions and
clothing: The bill, as agreed upon, appro
priated $14, o29,o Gs, being go, G34 less than
the appropriation for the present fiscal year,
next year......The committee On military
affairs: reported, with amendments, the sen.
ate bill to provide for ascertaining and re-
/ porting the expenses incurred by the terri
tory of Idaho and the people thereof in de-
| Tending themselves from attacks and Lost;l.
tiles Of the Nez Perces Indians in 1877
Placed on the calendar. 1.-THE committee
! on territories reported fav arably the bill 70
establish q United States court in the In.
dian territory, ard for other purposes.
Placed on the calendar, with the written
report on the subject ......A douraed.
/ WEDNESDAY January II. The senate
! bill authorizing che establishment Ct naval
station and depot at Port Royal, South Caro-
/ lima, was indefinitely postponed ......A reso-
luton providing for select committee Of
senators to examine into the circumstances
attending the escape Of Indians from Fort
Robinson, their subss quent slaughter, etc.,
was agreed to.....Ihe committee on Indian
affairs reported favorably on the senate bill
for the relief Of the Wlnnebago Indians ia
! Wisconsin, and ii was placed on the calen.
! dar.....The house bill to restrict the immi-
! grafton Of Chinese into the United States
was taken up, go it should be unfinished
! business tomorrow. This motion was agree d
| 10 by rising vote, % to 25..".Adjourned.
! THURSDAY, February ia bill was
; introduced and referred to secure the com.
ple1ion OF line of railway from San An.
tonic: Texas, TO point at or near e. Pase, on
! the RIO Grende, TO be known as the Next
, can ard Pacific extention of the Galveston
and San Antonio railway. THE bill re.
| ported from the committee On finance few
! days ago authorizing the conversion of ma.
tional gold bonds was passed, but suisse
qusntiy motion to reconsider the vote by
which the bill passed was entered On &C.
count of an error IN the bill .... The house
bill TO restrict the i1amigra!:o on of Chinese
was taken up and debated until adjourn
n,ent.
D.! FRIDAY, February 1.-the creden.
tials Of B. F. Jonas, elected senator from
Louisiana, and those of James B. Groome.
elected from Maryland, were resd and
placed on fie...... A motion was agreed to
requesting the house to return the bill! to
auihorize the issue OF certificates of deposi;
in aid of the retunding of the public debt
>sed few days ago....After considering
bills on the calendar consideration vas re
sumed of the bill to restrict Chinese immi
grafton and Blaine advocated it, as did also
Jones, Sargent and Beck. Thurman, Ham
lin and Bruce opposed tie bill. Debate
was continued until adjournment, the pend
ing question being an amendment by Conk
ling requesting the president to give notice
to the emperor of China that So much O.
the existing treaty between the United
, States and China as permits the migration
of subjects of the Chinese empire and theil
domicile in this country is unsatisfactory
to the government of the United States
and in its Judgment pernicous, ard tc
propose such notifications of said
; treaty as will correct the evils complained
ot-such modlh cations to be made III q new
and supplemental treaty to be submitted t.
the senate of the United States on or befo1,
January l, 1850. Should the government o
China refuse or omit to agree by change O.
the existing treaty to SUCH modification al
aforesaid, then the president of the Uritel
States is further requested, and he is author
led to inform the emperor of China tina
the United States will proceed by laws O
It's own to regulate or prevent the in,migra
ton or importation to its shores Of subject
of China, and after the LIST January. 1850
to treat the obnoxious stipulation as at Al
end.
SATURDAY, February 15.-After con
sidering business relating to the District O.
Columbia the senate resumed consideration
of the bill to restrict the immigration of the
Chinese, the pending question being the
amendment submitted by Conkling yester
day. After debate the amendment was re
lected-yeas 81, nays 80. An amendment
making the bill apply to all except those
who nay seek temporal residence for edu
caaonal purposes, and who shall have Ger
tifcate from the Chinese government TO,
that purpose, was agreed to. The bill hav-
ing been considered in committee of the
whole was reported to the senate, and ali
amendments made in committee were con.
Cured in. The bill was then read a third
time and passed-yeas SO, nays 27......Ad
journed.
MONDAY, February 10.-Acklin in.
trCduced bill to restore the ranking priv.
ilege as to letters sent or received by
members Of congress: also bill
to abolish the mileage of the mem.
bers of congress and to substitute the
payment of travelling expenses. Referred
1.-The house then went into committee OF
the whole on the legislative, executive and
Indian appropriation bill. The bill appro.
PIRATES $15, 154, AIS as against estimates of
$16,069,6 01, and as against An appropriation
last session OF $15,35l ,23s. Atkins, chair.
man OF the committee on appropriations
made statement in regard to the bill and
the state of the finances. Discussion was
interrupted by adjournment.
TUESDAY, February 1.-THE confer
ence report or the naval appropriation
bill was agreed to......The house then went
into committee of the whole on the legisIa.
tive appropriation bill and after some
progress rose. 1.-THE river and harbor ap-
preparation bill, reported from committee,
was ordered printed and recommitted.... ..
Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, February 1.-THE con.
!; ference report on the bill to abolish the vol
unteer navy of the United States was agreed
1.-The house then went into committee
Of the whole on the legislative, judicial
and executive appropriation bill, and afte,
progressing Is far as the ifty.hfth pnge the
committee rose and the house adjourned.
THURSDAY, February 13.-After con.
siderable parliamentary skirmishing the
election case of Finley VS.. Frisbee, FROM the
First district Of Florida, was laid over until
Wednesday next.....A letter was referred
to the committee on ways and means from
the secretary Of the treasury stating that
there will probably be a deficit in the reve.