Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-02-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
CONGRESSIONAL.


national Fishery Exhibition at Berlin next
April passed. MIR. Burnside, from the Com
mittee on Education and Labor reported a
blll to establish an educational fund and ap-
ply n portion OF the proceeds OF public lands
To public education, and to provide for a more
complete endowment and support of National
Colleges for the advancement of scientific and
industrial education. Placed on the calendar. On
motion of MIR. Gordon the motion entered by
Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, few days before
10 consider the vote by which the committee
was appointed to consider the subject of an in
ter-oceanic canal was taken up and Mr.. Gordon
spoke against the motion tO reconsider. Before
the conclusion of his speech MIR. Mcdonald
called for the regular order of business and the
bill TO authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to
ascertain the amount of land located on military
warrants IN certain States was taken up. Mr..
Edmunds spoke at length opposing the bill
Pending discussion the bill went over until the
following day. The bill authorizing the Score
yarY OF the Interior To deposit Indian trust funds
IN the Treasury of the United States to draw the
interest stipulated by the treaty prescribed by
law p, IN lieu of Investment, was passed. Mr..
burnside, from the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, submitted minority re-
port on the bill for the relief of Fitz
yohn Porter, with an amendment author
lzlng the President to grant Porter new trial by
court martial, upon the charges and specifications
upon which he was tried and in part convicted by
the court martial convened on Nov. "a, 1862. Or
dered printed and laid on the table. =. HOUSE,
MIR. Conger, from the Committee on Ways and
Means. reported back the bill for the relief of
colored emigrants providing that all charitable
ored persons who have emigrated from their
homes to other States shall be admitted
free of duty, the act to take effect Immediately
and remain in force until February l. 1881. Con-
slderatlon was then resumed of the Hot Springs
Reservation bill, ana after some discussion il
was passed. hlr. King, Chairman of the Com
mittee on lnter-Oceanic Canal, reported a reso-
luton calling on the President for copies of all
correspondence in regard to the project which
may. have passed between this Government and
foreign Governments. Adopted. Mr.. Beltz-
hoover introduced bill. which was referred.
providing for general amnesty. Adjourned.
SENATE, Eeb. 11.-Mr. Cockrell, from
the Committee on Claims, reported adversely
on tie bill granting pension to the widow of
the late General Custer. At the request of
MIR. Ferry 10 was placed on the calendar. Mr.
Garland, from the Committee on Judiciary
reported a bill to amend section 1852 of the
Revised Statutes in reference to bigamy
and polygamy. Placed on the calendar. The
bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter was
made the special order for the 18th. The follow.
ing bills were reported from committees and
placed on the calendar: For the reclamation of
arid and waste lands; for the relief of the Win
nebago Indians in Wisconsin, and to aid them
TO obtain subsistence by agricultural pursuits
and to promote their civilization. The resolu-
ton offered by Mr.. Eaton on the 4th of Decem-
Der, requesting the President to transmit
copies of all correspondence with foreign Gov
ernments or their representatives in relation to
the Inter-Oceanic Canal was passed. The bill
directing the Postmaster-General to readjust the
with the provision of section of the act of June
II, 1866, was passed Consideration was resumed
of the bill authorizing the ascertsinment of the
amount OF land located on military warrants.
and Mr.. Edmunds continued his remarks
MIR. Mcdonald followed MIR. Edmunds, speak
ing in favor of the bill, but before he had fin
ished his remarks yielded to a motion for an
executive session, which was agreed to, and
when the doors reOpened the Senate adjourned.
:.... HoUsE.-Mr Warner, from the Commit
tee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, reported
back bill regarding the value of foreign
coins. The Court Removal bill went over
without action and the House went into Com
mlttee on Revision of the Rules. When the Com
mlttee rUse MIR. King, Chairman of the Com
mlttee on lnter-Oceanic Canal reported a reso-
luton, which was adopted, calling on the Secre-
taTy of the Treasury to furnish such statistics
rs may be in the Department on the following
subjects: The amount of shipping between the
Atlantic and Pacific ports of the United States ;the
the Pacific tho siltranasa as,d olearanoor at the
port of San Francisco ior the last fiscal years the
amount and kind of cargoes, and ports to and
from which they were carried; amount of trans
pOrtatlon across the lsthmus, and generally its
ports of destination and original shipment; the
average duration of voyages around the Horn
between San Francisco and New York. Ad-
iourned.
SENATE, Feb. 12.-Bills introduced:
To abolish all duty on the importation of salt:
to extend the time for the completion of the
Texas x Pacific Railway. The following bills
were reported from committees and ordered to
be placed upon the calendar: An adverse report
ON the House resolution for the appointment of
a JOINT committee to investigate the present
system of salaries. fees and emoluments
allowed officers of the United States and
70 ascertain If any abuses exist; to incorporate
the National Education Association The bill
granting pension to Herman Netterfield, but
reported adversely by Mr.. Ingalls, from the
Committee on Pensions was taken up. Netter-
% neia was as a citizen scout; acting under military
orders when he was disabled. The discussion of
TINS Dill was upon the point whether scouts with
the army should be paid pensions the same as
soldiers disabled, and WAS interrupted by the
morning hour expiring when consideration was
resumed of the bill for the ascertainment of the
amount of land located on military warrants
and tor the payment of five per cent of it's value
" the various States named, and Mr.. Mcdonald
continued his speech in favor of the bill Mr.
Thurman then made some remarks and the dis
cusslon closed for the day. Mr.. Blaine sub
mltted resolution, which was adopted, that the
President be respectfully requested, if in his
judgment it is not incompatible with public in
terest. TO communicate TO the Senate any in
formation in the possession of the Government
touching the alleged false statistics and fabri-
Gated testimony imposed upon the Halifax Com
mission and used as basis of their award in the
matter of fisheries. After executive session adj
journed until the 10th .HoUsE.-Mr. Stephens,
of the Coinage, Weights and Measure Commit
tee, reported back five bills relative to tho metric
system of coinage. Ordered printed and refer
red. resolution authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury 10 furnish the States tor the use of
agricultural collegeB one set of standard weights
and measures was passed. Mr.. Willis from the
committee on Education and Labor. reported
back the resolution calling on the President for
information as to the pending negotiations for a
change OF the treaty between the United States
and the Government of China. Adopted. Con-
slderatlon was resumed of the Court Removal
bill. Pending discussion the morning hour ex-
pred and the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the revision of the rules, and when the
committee rose the House adjourned.
House, Feb. 13.-The Senate amend
TAD ha ion
bill were non-conourred in. The bill apprO-
Priating sl35,0OO for the support of certain
Indian tribes for the present fiscal year
was passed. Mr.. Frye from the Committee on
lnter-Oeeanic Canal, reported resolution call
ing on the Secretary of the Navy for all informa-
tiOn and correspondence touching the lnterna-
uonal Canal now in possession of his
department and not heretofore published.
Adopted. The bill for the relief of Fitz John
Porter being in regular order, Mr. Bright raised
question of consideration against the bill and
the House refused to consider the bill. The
House then went into Committee of the Whole
ON the private calendar. When the COMMITTEES
rose the House adjourned.
HOUSE, Feb. 14.-The House met fol
debate only and was addressed by MIR. Bright OF
funding the public debt; Mr.. Hayes on tn,
many phases of the financial question; Mr.. Joyc,
in opposition to n reciprocity treaty between
Canada and the United States; Mr.. Myer in favo
9t o. tL nil intrSdnoed some tune ago by himself
MIR. Finley, who advocated his bill TO eQualiz,
bounties. He asserted that il would not prona
bly, involve an expenditure of more than twenty
millions instead of one hundred millions as esti
mated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
SENATE, Feb. 16.-Messrs. Wmdom
Blaine and Withers were appointed a confer
ence committee on the disagreement of tn,
House to the Senate amendments to the Militar,
Academy Appropriation bill. Pending debate
on the bill giving pension to Netter
held, scout, the morning hour expired
and consideration was resumed of the Mill
tary Land Warrant bill. Pending debate til,
Senate went into executive session and soon ad
Iourned :. HoubE.-Bills were introduced anC
referred: To repeal the duty on medicines; re
duolng the duty iron and steel; to return to th,
producer OF cotton the tax collected by the Gov
ernment which has been declared by the United
States supreme Court TO have been illegally col
lected; admitting free of duty machinery fol
manufacturing cotton fabrics; granting pen
sions to certain sailors and soldiers of the late
war who were confined in the so-called Confed
crate prisons; requesting. the President
TO open negotiations with certain for
elgn Governments relative 10 the impor
tatiOn of tobacco into their dominions; amend.
ing the statutes prohibiting the employment OF
conYlcts IN the manufacture of such articles al
may be brought into competition with skilled
labOri 10 repeal certain sectioas of the act al
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