Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-06-26
CONGRESS SUMMARY.

LOn DILL was taken up, ana q long ana spirited
discussion followed, amendments were pro-
was eliclted on both sides, the main point Of
! discussion being the use Of troops at the polls
! on days of election to keep the peace. No
! vote on the bill was reached and the Senate
adjourned.
HOUSE, June 17.-Mr. Atkins reported
back the legislative approx ration bill and the
Senate amendments thereto, with report
recommending concurrence in some and non
concurrence in Others. The report was agreed
| to- A report of the conference committee on
certain clauses of the sundry CIVIL appropria-
ton bill was agreed to- The judicial expenses
| bill was: received from the Senate and referred
| to the appropriation bommittee. The House
| then resumed consideration of the bill pro-
| hibiting political assessments. This led to
long very bitter, acrimonious and exciting
debate, and further consideration Of the bill
| went over till tomorrow. The jury bill was
taken up, the previous question moved but
| there was no quorum, and call Of the House
| was made. After various roll calls, further
proceedings for the call Of the House were
dispensed with: ,.' ..'t u.
SENATE, June 18.-The army appro-
| priation bill was taken up, large number of
Senators participated in its discussion, and
ever, witnesed in the United States Senate. The
| majority attempted to reach vote, the mi
nority resisted. Senator Conkling denounced
certain clauses of the bill as specious and de.
ceptive, and the attempt of the majority to
| ride ugh shod, over the minority as outrage
Mississippi de5oucea Ginning Charging linn M
| with falsehood and Conkling retorted by de-
nouncng Lamar as black gard, a coward and
| a liar. The end is not yet At o'clock,
| Thursday morning, June 10 the Senate was
still in session, the majority steadily voting
down every motion to adjourn.
House, June 49, The bill relating to
political assessments was before the House.
The morning hour was consumed by dilatory
motions, and the bill went over. The judicial
expense bill, with Senate amendments was
agreed to, others not concurred in Mr.. At
| kins submitted the conference report on the
legislative appropriation BILL Mr.. Atkins
explained that the House confreres had con-
coded most of the points of difference: The
appropriatons uod made by the be- bill would
| the current legislative act. In that excess
| was includep $13O,OO0 heretofoee appropriated
in the sundry civil appropriation bill, and
$4,000 for the payment of gaugers and st ore-
keepers necessiated by an increase in the
! number of distilleries in the Southern States.
After short debate the report was agreed to.
| Debate on the coinage bill reported by Mr.:
| Stephens was then opened and consumed the
remainder Of the session. The previous ques-
tion was seconded and Mr.. Stephens closes
! the debate tomorrow. Adjourned. =
! SENATE, June 19.--The session of the
Senate which commenced June Is, continued
all night, when, without breaking the dead
lock, at IL so a. IN. the Senate adjourned, and
in ten minutes thereafter, the regular session
taof Thursday June 10, commenced and was
opened by prayer, and the reading Of the
journal. The deadlock of the previous SEES
| sion continued, and the angry excitement
also. Senator Conkling denounced the course
1 unconstituttonal. In his service of Is years in
oath houses, he had seen nothing SO outrage
GUS On various motions the Republicans
| refused to vote, and no qourum appeared
An attempt was made to arraign Senators
| present who refused to vote. The morning
the floor and commenced by saying, that he
supposed by this time the majority had dis
| covered that they could not cause the minori-
ty to do what they thought they ought not to
do. He commented with great earestness on
the course of the majority, the minority
oppression and they thought they ought to
| show that they could not lie treated that way
After O'Clock last night it was declared 6y
the majority that the minority must proceed
with the debate on the bill The minority
were driven to stand on their reserved rights,
and they were the exclusive judges of their
conduct, they had their. rights and would
stand by them. Every motion to adjourn was
I defeated by the majority, till the legisla-
tive day expired at noon. If the Democrats
would now agree to adjourn so that all
could haye>sleep and rest, he had no doubt a
vote could be reached tomorrow, Senator
! Withers Dem) wished to say that the Senator
| from Wisconsin had stated the Democratic DO.
| sition with perfect fairness. He admitted that
q great portion of yesterday was consumed by
Democratic Senators. Mr.. HILL of Georgia,
protested against the doctrine laid down BY
Mr.. Carpenter. After further and excited de-
bate the Democrats acceded to the proposition
OF Mr.. Carpenter and adjourned. r<....i::
| HOUSE, June 19.-The conference re-
| port on the judicial expenses bill was submit
| ted. Mr. Monroe intimated his purpose to
vote against the report. so did Mr. Cox. Mr.
Garfield spoke at considerable length against
The report. Springer, Mcmahon and others
took part in the discussion. Finally discussion
was closed, and a vote taken on, the report, and
it was adopted by; strict party vote, yeas .1O2
noes 79-Cox not voting on either side The
trade, dollar bill was then taken up, discussed
and passed without a division and the House
adjourned, The following is the text
! OF the trade dollar bill as passed:
! Be 1t enacted, etc.: That the secretary of the
| treasury shall cause to be exchanged at the
treasury and 1t the sub treasures Of the United
States, legal tender silver dollars for trade dol
lars at par, provided the weight Of said trade
| dollar has not been reduced below the stand
ard weight and limit of tolerance provided by
law for the single piece and shall recon said
provided by law, and shall stop further coin
age of trade dollars, provided that trade dol
| lars recOlned under this act shall not be
counted, as part of the coinage of silver re-
CURED by the act Of February :28, 1878, and
provided further, that trade dollars that have
been chopped Or re-stam ped for circulation in,
China or other foreign countries shall be ex-
cluded from the provisions of this act
| SENATE, June 90 The credentials OF
Henry ": Blair of New Hampshire were pre-
! sented and he Was sworn in. The army bill
was taken up, and Senator Conkling spoke at
length against it. Aruniing debate was kept
| up for some time: I: Numerous amendments
| were proposed ny Republican Senator's, but
all We're voted down by a strict, party vote
Finally a vote on2the passage Of the bill was
reached and it was passed, yeas SO, nays 10,
strict party vote, except that Burnside voted
aye. Adjourned. = ~ ..1t -. ~, -
| HOUSE, June 60, No business of gen
eral public Interest twas transacted. A dozen
! members asked. indefinite leave, of .absence-
| some on account of sickness, some on account
| to the: sick..e Adjourned.
SENATE, June 21-The concurrent re-
port on the judicial expense bill was called I'D,
and the yeas and nays taken. yeas 81. nays IL
q party vote. Various matters received some
| attention. when Senato Whyte moved an
executive session, lost, yeas ri ri, nays Is. A
motion to fsadjour was LOST Considerable
time was spent on the House bill making ad.
ditional appropriations for the post office de-.
+ parfment The House Joint resolutions aus
| thorizing the completion of the foundation of
| the Washington monument Il passed. Ad.
]ourned L -.si$ss3 X .AG 224 gu1 yf.31.,<-i,;
HOUSE, June,21. Il The: army appropri-
| alton bill, was signed by the speaker The
bill prohibiting political assessments was. re-
| sumed DialtOry action was fesorted to, and
several calls Of the House were made, no auor
lums appearing. Republicans refrained from
voting During -one of he-ron calls a mes.
sage was received from the President an
nouncing his approval Of the legislative bill.
The announcement was greeted with applause
on tho Republican side, and Mr.. Garfield re-
marked, We have provided for; ourselves,
now let US provide for the rest Of the govern
ment The ssnpp1emen tary judicial bill was
signed by the speaker and sent to the Senate
Tor the signature of the President Of the SEN
ate. No action was had on the political as
sessment bill. The bill t., establish post roads
~ certain states passed. Adiourned IL - s.,