Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-06-19
xLVIth CONGRESS.


| xLv1th CONGRESS-.
MONDAY, JUNE 0-Vest introduced
bill to continue . special pension of 500
per month granted to the late Gen. Shields
70 his widow: until her death, and If sbe
leaves minor children, to said children dur,
Ing their minority: Placed on tho calendar.
pristions, reported back the house H ;o;nt
resolution repeating certain clauses of Che
sundry OWL appropriation actpassed at the
!ast session, with the recommendation that
| the senate non.ooucur In the house amend.
| mente. Agreed to-. On motion Of Harris
the 4cQonald bill, authorizing the employ.
ment OF militia and land and naval forces Of
the United States in certain cases was taken
up and harris made speech in support of
the bill. .......At the conclusion Of Harris re-.
marks the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, juno l0.-Bayard, from the
committee on finance, reported bill relat.
ing to vinegar factories established and
operated prior to March l, 1879. The bill
provides that such factories NAV be oner.
ated for tho manufacture of VINEGAR bv
alcoholic vapor within six hundred feet of =
distillery,. under regulations by the secre.
tary OF tho treasury. The bill was con.
eidered BY unanimous consent and passed.
moysa te taks ag snd consider
finance from further confederation of house
bill 564. the Warner silver bill, snd declar-
ing it before the senate for action. The
vote on taking up the resolution was, yeas
2l, nays 22..... The legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill was received
from the house and referred to the commit
tee on appropriations......T The concurrent
resolution providing for adjournment ON
The 18th was also received and referred to
ton of Voorhees, the senate took up the
house joint resolution passed to-day provid.
ing tor the erection of monument to mark
tho birthplace Of George Washington. The
yeas and nays were called and the resolution
passed without dissenting voice-yeas 63,
nays 0......The bill for the removal of the
political disabilities Of James Harrison, of
Virginia, was passed, and utter an executive
session the senate adjourned.
"WEDNESDAY, June 11.-Considera.
ton was resumed of the Mcdonald bill to
authorize tho use Of troops in certain cases
and the repeal of certain election laws......
Beck, from the committee on appropria.
tions, reported back with sundry amend
ments, the house Legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill. Ordered print.
cd and placed on the calendar. .... The senate
went into executive session, and when the
doors re-opsned tho president pro tens. laid
before the senate the house bill making
appropriations for certain judicial expenses
OF the government, which was referred to
the committee on appropriations. ..Ad.
iourned.
THURSDAY, June 12.-Beck offered an
amendment in the nature Of substitute for
the legislative, executive and judicial ap.
preparation bill. The substitute does not
change the amount appropriated but il in.
Ordered printed and referred to the com.
mittee on appropriations. ...... Wallace, from
tho committee on appropriations. reported,
without amendment. the house bill making
appY opriations for certain judicial expenses.
Placed ON the calendar. The bill c0ntinu.
ing Gen. Shields pension of 500 per month
to his wife and children was taken up. An
amendment by Dawes, granting pension
of $50 per month to Mrs Fletcher Webster,
vas adopted. The bill finally pissed with
an amendment increasing Mrs. Webster's
pension to 500 per month ;. 30. The army
appropriation bill was then received from
the house. ......After an executive session the
senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, June 13.-The army appro-
priation bill was read q second time and re.
ferred to the committee on appropriations.
wnvlgh The n hse9ss sgpplsmssta! post route bill
and judicial appropriation bill as reported
from tho committee on appropriations.
After i spirited debate the bill was
reported back to the senate srd the amend.
ments made in committee Of the whole
agreed to. 1t was then read a third time
and ed......Adjourned.
SATURDAY, June 1.-THE army ap-
preparation bill was reported back from the
committee on appropriations, with sundry
amendments, and was placed on the calen.
dar. The committee struck out the fifth
section, which provides that each member
Of the graduating classes OF the military
academies of 1879 and 1880 may elect to
receive $3.50 and mileage to his place OF
residenco and thereby become ineligible
to an appointment in the army, except In
tho event Of war, until two years after his
graduation, and clause is inserted ia the
6ill BY the committee to repeal the existing
law, which prohibits any promotion of the
corps of engineers to 6ll a vacancy above
the rank of colone]......Tn house bill au
i
moneys appropriated by the act Of March
5, 1879, "1or tho protection Of high sand
banks on the Chippewa river" in compile
ton and protection of the Improvements In
and near the mouth of said river, wa.
passed -. Mcdonald, from the committee
on public lands, reported favorably on thu
senate bi,r to grant additional rights tt
homestead settlers on public lands within
the railroad limits OF Missouri and Arkan
sas, and it was passed 1t provides that il
certain cases where railroad companies hav'
taken even numbe red sections OF land set
tiers may take odd sections. At tho ex
pir.tiou OF the morning hour the senat
considered the supplemental judicial appro
priation bill in committee OF the whole.
long debate wss had on the sections relatin
to the method of drawing jurors and repeal
ipr the test oath djourned.
| MONDAY, June "a resolution Offer
ed by Acklen was referred, directing tn
committee On Pacific railroads to inquir
whether the Union Pacific Railroad CON
psny has not violated its charter in maxim
thereof, and whether the two contracts el
tered into about April %, 1875, between tn
Union Pacific aud Kansas Pacific comps
nies. was not in violation Of their charter
......Atkina, chairman Of the committee o
appropriation, reported back the substitut
for tho legislative, executive and judici'
appropriation bill, which was reported An
: recommitted last week. He stated that
, was unanimous report, and moved th'
> tho rules be suspended and the bill passe'
y Carried. Call 70, = division necessitated
vote BY ballot, which resulted in 1888 ye'
and 2i nays. Aahon, from the comm
: tee. on appropriations reported b
;, making appropriations for the judicial q
q pensss Of tho government for the fiscal ye'
4 ending June 50, 1850. Ordered printed AZ
recommitted.: Reagan moved to su:pe1
= tho rules and pass tho bill appropriate
}, 33O. 600 for thu construction of maril
. hospital in Memphis. Agreed to......Ry.
Il moved to suspend the rules and pass Il
army appropriation bill, precisely ~ it y
reported on June 8, from the appropriate
conmittss by Clymsr..; motion to
> iourn by"Atkina, was here carried by
b party. yots-ysas l05, nsys 100.
. TuzsDAY, June 1o.-Morrison, fro
the committee on ways and means. report
> . resolution providing for The hnal adjou'