Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-06
FORTY-FIFTh CONGRESS.

UnlLeu SCdLcS. senator EQmunuS introduced
ayjoint resolution proposing an amendment to
theconstitution prohibiting the paymant of
administrators of dlsloyal persons for prop
erty injured or destroyed in the war of the re-
bellion, scored on the calendar. A bill APP
propriating $4,000 for the establishment of a
military post at Ell Passo, Texas, passed.
House bill to pay Catherine and Sophia Ger
man $4,000, out of annuities due the Cheynne
Indians, they having been captured by said
Indians, passed without discussion. The bill
to pay Warren Mitchell for cotton taken dur
ing the war of the rebellion, was taken up
and led to long discussion, which was in
terrupted by the Senate going into executive
session
House, Jan 27.-The bill giving every
man $500, not worth $780, desiring to avail
himself of the homestead law, was discussed
and defeated, yeas ~, nays 212. Several new
bills were introduced and referred. Amotion
to suspend the rules and pass the bill anthoriz-
ing the secretary OF war to erect headstores
over the grave of union soldiers inferred in
private, village or city cemeteries Agreed to.
Mr.. Whitehouse moved to suspend the rules
and pass the bill for the erection of the follow
ing buildings-the amount opposite the re-
spective places to be the limit of the cost, one
half of which amount is herewith appropriated:
Custom house, Augusta, Ca, $1OO,OO0; court
West, Pa, $4,000; court house, Lynchburg,
Va, $4,000: postoffice, Montgomery Ala,
$l50OOO; postoffice, Brooklyn, n. Y, $3.50, 600;
court house, Lacrosse, Wis, $4,000; court
house, Erie, Pa, $l5O,O0O; court house,
Greensboro, N. C., $4,000; court house, Coun;
| Gil Bluffs, Ia, SIS, 900. In the case of Oxford
| the whole amount required is appropriated
| Mr.. Wells inquired whether tnere was not an
| appropriation for building in Texas, and
moved to adjourn. Agreed to-yeas, 1853; nays
81.
SENATE, Jan. 29-The testimony of
James E. Anderson, taken before the Potter
committee affecting Senate" Matthews was
| received from the House and referred. A
number of bills were received from the House
and referred. House amendment to Senate
bill making Feb. %, a legal holiday in the
| district of Columbia was agreed to aud the
| bill passed. The amendment provides that it
should take effect Feb. %, 1879. Senator
| Dawes from the committee on public build
| ings and grounds reported adversely to the
memorial of the Missouri legislature asking
| the removal of the national capital to more
central portion of tina Union. The committee
was discharged from further consideration of
the subject. The bill to pay Warren Mitchell
for cotton belonging to him taken by the gov
| eminent during the war of the rebellion was
discussed at length and the Senate refused to
order its third reading by vote of yeas II,
bnays 80. Senator Edmunds moved to take up
his resolution declaring the validity Of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments to the constitution. Senator Gordon
moved to adjourn, motion rejected, yeas IL,
NAYS 26. The motion of Senator Edmunds to
take ND the resolution was then agreed to,
yeas 90, nays 16. Senator Edmunds said he
did not wish to occnpy fhe floor for that hour
and the Senate adjourned, yeas ~, nays II.
House, Jan. 28.--The legislative appri-
priation bill passed, yeas 155, nays u. The
bill to restrict Chinese immigration was taken
up, discussed at length and passed, yeas 155
| hill toly 11To md
it was moved to increase the appropriation for
mail transportations by railroad from $S,715,-
600 to $4,000, 600, after a short debate adopted
yeas SO, nays rs. A bill was reported erecting
SENATE, Jan. 29th.-The morning hour
was mostly consumed, in discussinga resolu.
ton restricting the privilege of the floor to
visitors. Passed. A bill to promote tho
efficiency of chaplains of the navy. Passed
bill passed granting persons to certain
persons named. The Senate resumed the con
sideration of unfinished business being Sen
ator Edmunds resolution in regard to the 18th
| 18th, and 18th amendments to the constitu
ton, but Immediately went into executive
session. The House bill to restrict Chinese
immigration was laid before the Senate ano
referred. Adjourned.
House, Jan. 29.-The House went in
to committee of the whole. The pestoffict
appropriation bill was discussed at length
and several amendments adopted, and the
committee rose and reported the bill back tt
the House. Several amendments increasing
appropriations were agreed to, but fina
action was not reached. Several bills report
passed The bill defining the jurisdiction O
the United States over harbors and navigable
waters was referred. Adjourned.
SENATE, Jan. 30.--After the appoint
ment of committee on amendments to the
post route bill, and after the presentation O
a petition on old war claims, the resolutions
: of Senator Edmunds declarieg the validity o.
the 18th, 18th and 18th amendments to the
| constitution were taken up, and Senator Nor
gan spoke at length advocating his substitute
for Edmunds' resolutions, and before con
Guiding the Senate went into executive ses
sion. When the doors were re-opened, the
Senate briefly considered the army reorgani
cation bill, and adjourned
House, Jan. 30.-The pcstoffice appro
priation bill passed after many of the amounts
were increased. The struggle for the morn
committee was defeated yeas 113, nays 1913
!, Hewitt changed to the negative, and moved
to consider the vote. This was promptly
followed by motion to lay Hewitt's motion
on the table, and on that yeas and nays vott
} was taken. The hour of two o'clock having
arrived the Speaker interrupted the roll call
J announcing the floor was at the disposal of thu
, committee on District at Columbia. A number
: of bills were introduced and referred. AID
I iourned.
SENATE, Jan. 31.-A letter from tht
ecretary of the interior regarding the in
|, Crease of salaries of territorial governors wa
. referred. The credentials of George &. Vest
Senator elect for Missouri were presented. A
resolution was introduced touching an in
crease of clerical force in the pension office
.. A message ana documents from the Presiden
! ! supposed to relate to the New York custom
. house appointments was received, but no
! read. Senator Hamlin reported adversely or
, House joint resolution touching expenditure
: in connection with the Paris exposition. A
, report was made regarding transfer o
, Indian affairs from the interior to the wal
department, laid on the table. After an exc
cutive session, Senate adjourned
, HOUSE,, Jan. 31.--From the judiciary
the bill in reference to the proceeds of the
sale of captured aud abandoned property wat
; reported back, and ordered printed. Tit
Senate amendment to abolish the votunteel
7 navy was non-concurred In. The Senate bill
I was passed for the erection Of a military pos
at FL Paso, Texas Private bills were consid
ered House went into committee of III,
whole on the private calandar, the pending
bill being the one known as Fairfax's minorit,
bill. 1t was opposed as a war claim, discussion
ensued. A motion to report the bill to tn,
} House was defeated, yeas 76, nays 78. TIL,
+ committe rose and reported its action to tn,
House, which bv vote of yeas 121, nays 8
, concurred in that action. A report in favo
! of transferring the Indian bureau to the wa
department was presented dissenting repor
: was submitted. Adjourned.