Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-06-26
Senate.
senate.
MONDAY. June l6.-The supplement.

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on the bill was continued until adjourn
ment.
WEDNESDAY, June l8.-The Missis-
sippi improvement bill was taken up and
passed.. The senate adopted the report of
the conference co .nmittee on the disagree.
ing vote of the two houses on the amend
ments to the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, receding from Ger.
tain minor amendments......T The army ap.
preparation bill was then taken up and
debated until adjournment.
THURSDAY, June l9.-The entire day
was wasted in filibustering by Republicans
to secure time for debate on the ermy bill.
Finally a motion by Carpenter that the
senate adjourn to get sleep and rest was
carried, the understanding being that
vote should be reached tomorrow.
FRIDAY, June 20.-Rollins presented
the credentials of Henry w. Blair, o. New
Hampshire, and he was sworn in... Con.
sideration was then resumed of the army
Conkling, to add the words Except in the
aid of civil authorities at the end OF section
8 (the prohibitory clause) was rejected
yeas Is, nays %. Conkling also offered the
following amendment: To strike out the
words GAS a" and insert |" Instead of an
ordinary civil" so that the clause would
read "To be used instead of al ordinary
civil force to keep the peace" etc. Re-
jected-yeas 16, nays %. Conkling offered
the following amendment: At the end Of
section 5 insert the words "provided
nothing herein skall be construed to affect
the right to employing part of the army
to execute the laws in such cases and under
such circumstances as such employment of
force may be expressly authorized by the
constitution or by act of congress. (This is
| the language of the posse consitat,4s clause of
the act of 1S7S) Rejected-yeas IA, nays
81. Conkling moved to amend by adding
| that nothing in this section shall be con.
strued to effect the power of the president
to employ such parts of the land and naval
forces of the United States as he
shall deem necessary to enforce the
faithful execution of the laws of
the United States, or to suppress
such rebellion in whatever state or
! territory thereof where the laws of the
United States may be forcibly opposed or
the the execution thereof forcibly obstructed:"
This is the acts of congress OF 1892, 1895
and 1907, standing in 529S revised statutes.)
Rejected-yeas 16, nays 80. lie also moved
to add to the section-"except when neces.
sary in aid of the civil authorities, and then
only upon application Of the civil authori.
| ties" Rejec,ed-yeas Is, nays 80. Blaine
| offered his amendment to punish any per.
son approaching the polls carrying deadly
weapons openly or concealed. Rejected
lowing amendment at the end OF section 5:
Add the words "except us authorized by the
constitution of the United States" Rejected
| is to 20. C6nklibg moved to strike
out the fifteenth section. Kejected-18 to
30. The bill was then reported to the sen.
ate and the amendments made in commit.
tee of the whole were nonsconcurred in.
The bill was then passed-yeas 33, nays 10.
Adjourned.
SATURDAY, June 2l.-On motion of
Davis wv. W the senate took up the house
bill making additional appropriations for
the service of the postofice department in
1879 so, known as the letter carriers def
| cheney bill. The appropriation committee
reduces from 900 to 100000 the appro.
priation for the payment OF the letter car
riers for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1880, and to extend the service for said year
under act of February, 1879, in addition to
the sum heretofore appropriated. The
committee strikes out the appropriation of
S71 600 for the payment of the increase of
salaries to letter carriers under the provi-
sions of existing law, for the fiscal year end.
ing June 80, 1879. Maxey asked a separate
vote on concurring in the amendments
made in committee of the whole, reducing
the appropriation from SAILS, 900 to $4O0, 900,
and striking out the appropriation for in.
creased salaries for 1879. He thought the
amendments an in justice to hard worked
class of men. These two amendments were
non.concurred in. The remaining amend
ments were cOncurred in and the bill
passed. ..Ad djourned.
| House.
! MONDAY, June 16.-Bills introduced: F.:
To protect certificates of naturalization !;
prohibiting the boarding of money in the
treasury, and prohibiting the increase of
the interest-bearing debt of the United
to the widow Of Lieut.. Hiram Benner.....
Bills passed: For the relief of settlers on
the Usage trust and diminished reserve
lands in Kansas; allowing pre.emption set
tiers twelve months after date of filing their
entries to complete their residence.......
Springer, from the committee on elections,
moved to suspend the rules and pass the
following bill to prohibit military interfer-
epce at elections. "Whereas, The presence
of troops at the polls is contrary to the
spirit of our institutions and the traditions
Of our people, and tends to destroy the free
dom of our elections, therefore, be it en-.
acted, that it shall not be lawful to bring
or employ at any place where a general or
special election is being held in the state
any part of the army or ravy of the United
States as a police force, to keep the peace
at the polls" The motion was lost-yeas
l0S, nays 82-not the necessary two-thirds in
the majority. djourned.
TUESDAY, June H.-Atkins reported
back the legislative appropriation bill and
the senate amendments thereto, with re.
port recommending concurrence in some
and non.concurrence in others. The report
was agreed to......The judicial expenses bill
was received from the senate and referred
to the appropriation committee.....The
house then resumed consideration of the
bill prohibiting political assessments, q red
hot political debate ensuing. The discus
zion was closed by demand for the regular
order of business, and the bill went over till
the morning hour tomorrow. The house
then took up as unfinished business the
senate bill in relation to juries. Progress
was obstructed by the Republicans, who re.
sorted to their favorite strategy of declining
to vote and leaving the house technically
without a quorum. After about two hours
spent in the struggle it was abandoned by
some Democrats and the house adjourned.
| WEDNESDAY,, June 1S.-Neal intro
duced joint resolution defining the mean.
ing of section 2 of the act making appro.
priations for the payment of arrears of
pensions. Passed. It includes within the
provisions of that act all persons who have
been or who may hereafter be placed upon
the pension rolls by virtue of a special act
of congress......The house then resumed
consideration of the bill prohibiting polit
ical assessments, but the morning hour waa
consumed by dilatory motions, and the bill
went over..... Stephens, chairman of the
coinage committee, reported the bill for the
exchange of trade dollars for legat tender
dollars, and debate thereon was limited to
two hours. ..... Pending consideration of that
bill, Atkins submitted the conference re-
port on the legislative appropriation bill
Agreed to......Debate upon the bill reported
by Stephens from the coinage committee
was then opened by Morton, who opposed
the bill. Warner offered an amendment
providing that trade dollars recoined undel
this act shall not be counted as part of tht
coinage of silver required by the act o.
} February %, 1878, and providing further
that trade dollsF that has been chopped