Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-07-10
XLVIth CONGRESS.
Senate.


MONDAY, June Reconsideration
was resumed of Vests resolution regarding
silver. The motion of Allison that it be
referred to the finance committee was car.
ried-yeas %, nays %. Consideration was
resumed of the senate bill relating to vessels
not wholly propelled by sail or internal
motive power of their own, exempting such
craft from enrolment or license. The ques.
ton was on concurring in the following
house amendment: "Nor shall this or any
existing law be construed to require enroll.
ing, registering or licensingo of any fiat boat,
barge or like craft for the carriage of freight
or not propelled by sail or by internal
motive power of it's own, on the rivers of
the United States" Ferry moved to insert
after the word "rivers'' the words cor
lakes" Adopted. The bill was reported
back to the senate and the amendment of
the house as amended in committee, adopted.
...... The senate went into executive session
dents message calling attention to the
failure of congress to appropriate money
for the necessities of the government was
read and referred to the committee on ap.
propriations......W Window introduced a bill
which is the marshals' appropriation bill
vetoed to-day, minus the political clauses.
The bill was read twice, and the question
being on its third reading, Eaton moved to
amend by adding the 'political clauses" of
the vetoed marshals' appropriation bill,
making the bill exactly the same as the one
vetoed to-day. Eaton's amendment was
adopted-yeas q, nays 19. After further
yeas 81, nays 17.."..Adjourned.
TUESDAY, July 1.-Eaton called up
the adjournment resolution and moved to
amend by fixing o'clock P. M. to-day as the
time. Agreed to-yeas 81, nays 16-a party
vote. 1.-THE vote was reconsidered by
which the free quinine bill was referred
yesterday to the committee on finance, and
the bill passed by viva voce vote.....A mes.
sage from the house announced concur
renee in the senate amendments to the final
adjournment resolution..... an ami.
mated debate the senate passed the house
pay for house employes-yeas 80, nays 13.
.....After the usual vote of thanks to the
vice-president and president pro tcnpore,
and the formal notice to the president that
the senate was about to adjourn, the presi.
dent pro tenn. declared the senate adjourned
without day.
MONDAY, June 30.-A message was
received from the president announcing his
approval of the judicial expenses bill;
later message announced his veto of the
United States marsha]s' bill. The vote be-
ing put to pass the bill over the presidents
veto, it was refused-yeas SO, nays 63, not
the necessary two.thirds in the affirmative.
... "A message WAS read from the president
| calling attention to the Immediate necessity
| for the due execution by marshals and dep
uty marsnals VI tho important dutios on.
trusted to them. The message was referred
to the committee on appropriations.
Senate amendments to the house bill relating
to vessels not propelled by sail or motive
power OF their own. were concurred in
bill extending the provisions for the relief
! of certain settlers on the public domain .....
All business on the speakers table having
been disposed of, Covert moved to suspend
the rules and pass the bill originally intro.
duced by Mckenzie (Ky.) putting salts OF
quinine and sulphate of quinine, on the
free list. The vote resulted-yeas 125, nays
Co.,. Ad jcurned.
TUESDAY, July Ia message was
received from the senate announcing the
passage OF the bill putting quinine on the
free list.....A resolution was agreed to pay.
ing the employees of the house on the an.
| nual roll one months extra pay......A mes.
sage was received from the senate stating
that it had agreed to the house resolution
| for final ad journment. with an amendment
| fixing the time at 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Concurred in-93 to 65......The usual "
malities were observed and when o'clock
arrived the speaker declared the house ad'
| journed without day.