The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-06-12
xLvITH CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the End Mr.. Mcdonald
being absent, the consideration of his resolu-
ton was postponed. Mr.. Blaine gave notice of
q proposed amendment to the constitution;
also to refer to the committee on alleged cleo
ton frauds, facts IN regard to the southern
districts ;. eferred to by him on Thursday
last. The Senate then took up the House bill
which provides for the purchase of site for
dams out of the appropriation for the i'm
provement of the Big Kanawhs and Kentucky
rivers. Mr.. Conkling opposed, and Mr.. Here
ford advocated the bill Mr.. Wallace said
when the committee on alleged frauds changed
front 1t the beginning of the present session
there were found certain documents and papers
which had been called for by the former COM
mittee and furnished by leading Democratic
Senator. They had not been printed and no
notice had been taken of them, while all the
afiidavits ETC., taken in the Southern States
had been printed. Mr.. Wallace said he in
tended to speak of them - papers laid before
the committee; he would be glad to remove
any erroneous impression shown in the news
papers in regard to the documents. The de-
bate continued until the conclusion of the
morning hour, then the Senste proceeded to
consider unfinished business, being the House
bill TO amend an act approved March 18th, 1877,
making appropriations for the construction,
ETC., of certain works on the Great Kanawha
and Kentucky rivers. The bill authorizes the
secretary of war to use part of the appropri-
alton for the purchase of sites for such i'm
provements. After some debate the bill Was
read third time and passed-yeas, 20; nays,
Is. The Senate took up the House bill to es-
tablish post roads, and without acting thereon,
adjourned.
Many bills were introduced and referred in
the House on the End, among them were the
following: For taxation of promissory notes,
bonds and mortgages, and making 1t unlawful
to exact more than five per cent. interest for
the loan of money; prohibiting the funding Of
United States bonds, payable in currency, into
coin bonds; to substitute legal tender curren-
cy for national bank currency. The bill for
the appointment of the Mississippi river COM
mission, and appropriating s175, 600 to meet its
expenses, was passed. Mr.. Columbus Epson,
successor of the late Gustav Schleicher. was
sworn in as Representative from the State OF
Texas, taking the modified oath. Mr.. Wright
chairman of the labor committee carried .
resolution appropriating $4,000 to the eIpen-
SEES of that committee. Mr.. kennas bill au-
thorizing producers to sell one hundred dol
lars worth of tobacco on the farm where pro-
duced free of tax and without requiring licen-
ses thereof, was defeated. The speaker an
nounced the appointments of Mr.. Epson on
the committee on military affairs and enrolled
bills; of Mr.. johnson rs visitor to the military
academy at West Point and of Mr.. Meyers, of
Indiana, as visitor to the naval academy at
Annapolis. The House then adjourned.
The President sent to the Senate on the
3rd the nomination of George W. McCrary, OF
Iowa, to be Judge of the Eighth United States
judicial circuit in place of John J. Dillon re-
signed. The nomination was referred in the
usual course by the Senate. All pending nomi-
nations, some three hundred in number, for
appointments and promotions in the army,
were confirmed en- mdsse. The nomination OF
X. Stockett Matthews to be United States dis
trict Judge of Maryland, was reported sd-
versely by the judiciary committee. The fol-
lowing were also confirmed: Wilson kirg, OF
Pennsylvania, consul at Birmingham; VIM. T.
Hord, of Kentucky, medical director. The
bill extending the time for the payment OF
pre-emptions on public lands in Minnesota
and Dakota passed. The bill to confer certain
powers and limitations on the commissioners
of the District of Columbia Was taken mp. The
consideration was interrupted by the expira-
ton of the morning hour. The House bill Is
tablishing post routes then came up. The bill
passed. The Senate then took up the bill t.
amend an act relating to certain judicial dis
tricts of Texas, and. without acting, went into
executive session. When the doors were re
opened, the Senate adjourned.
The House on the 3rd resumed consideration
of the bill amending the statutes relative e
the removal of cases from the State to the fed
eral courts. Mr.. Townsend inquired If il
were true, as it was everywhere whispered
that it was the purpose of the opposite side Of
the House to delay action on every bill ano
resolution at this session, except appropriation
bills. Mr.. Conger said that without having
authority to speak for the gentlemen on thi'
side at all, I think may say that every maj
on this side listens to the demands of the coun
try that no legislation, except the appropria
ton bills, shall be proceeded with; that We
shall adjourn after the appropriation bill
shall have been passed. Mr.. Cox made hi
speech in favor Of the repeal of the jurors
test oath, and the House adjourned.
The Senate resumed action on the 4th
Mr.. Bayard from the judiciary committee, re
ported with an amendment the Senate bill re
pealing sections $50 and 28l of the revise'
statutes, which prescribe the jurors test oath
| ETC., and said he would probably ask leave +
call it MP tomorrow for consideration. 1t wa
ordered to be printed and placed on tn
calendar. The bill comforting certain power
| on the District commissioners was passed. III
bill compromising Z. Z. Rice for propert
transferred by him to the United States to
| the use of its consular and diplomatic repre-
sentative in Japan, was taken up and passed
Mr. Voorhees, offered n resolution directing tn
secretary of war to inform the Senate of tn
circumstances leading to the arrest and n
| moysl of J. NJ. Bell and other Cherokee In
dians from the Cherokee Nation. Adopted.
bill to amend the act in relation to judicii
districts in Texas passed, and the Senate &C
journed.
The House on the 4th considered the Senat
amendments to the House grasshopper bill
extending the time of payment by pre-emI
ton, was agreed to. Mr.. Buckner, chairma
of the committee on banking and currenc.
reported q resolution directing An investig'
ton into the affairs of the Ocean Nation,
bank of New York and the German Nations
bank of Chicago, and especially into the maj
their agement and assets by respective recei'
ers. Adopted. Mr.. Frost introduced bill for
harbor of refuge at or near st. Louis; referee
On motion Of Mr.. waahburn, the Senai
amendments to the House bill, extending Il
time for the payment of presumption on ce
tain public lands, and on mines in Dakot
were concurred in. Mr.. Atkins, chairman I
the committee on appropriations, report<
| back q Joint resolution repeating certain clau
| es of the supdry civil bill, approved Mart
Srd, 1879. He moved that An appropriation
80 .235 should be made to the widow of Ru,
Clark, of Iowa, and one years salary to u
{ widow of Gustave Schleicher. Mr.. Eyin
from the committee on post Offices and 20
| roads, asked that the time of postal servit
exteution be limited to one year. The amen
ment was agreed to and the bill passed. II
/ Senate amendments to the post route bills We
eoncurred in. The House then adjourned.
In the Senate on the 9Th Mr.. Pendlett
: reported back the House joint resolution q
propriating money to enable the United Stat
[ government to participate in the information
2 | exhibition in Australia, which was adopse
On motion of Mr.. Herman the bill for the d
livery to Samuel Lord, Jr., receiver of certa
: bonds now in the United States treasury v
l taken up and passed by . vote Of % yeas
Is nays. The bill introduced by Mr.. Baya
e from the Judiciary committee. relating to
b ries and to the repeal of sections Sol, $40 q
|. | sal of the revised statutes, was taken up. ,
Hampton, after briefly supporting the bi
n spoke upon the general political issueA. !
!, Hampton said: By no vote of mine will
n appropriation necessary for the efficient maj
tenAnce of the army be refused. II II conn
tent for Congress to declare under what Lin
s tations and upon what conditions thoee app
= priations shall be made. But in no event c
e / consent to aid in disbanding the army or