Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-03-25
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.

FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
MARCH 9.-Sendte-The Presidents mes
and, with accompanying documents, referred.
Senator Thurman presented O memorial Of
the delegates of Indian tribes in the Indian
Territory, demonstrating against the passage
of the bill to establish United States Court
legal questions involved in the subject, he
moved the reference OF the memorial to the
Gommitts s ss on Judisiay bn In the a1
the bill, the motion to refer was laid Over....
House-Mr. Scales o., n. c., Chairman of the
authorizing the President to prescribe suita.
BILE police regulations for the government of
the various Indian reservations, and
crimes of murder, arson, rape and
burglary on the various Indian reservations.
mittee, reported bill to prevent Indians on
reservations from going into Texas. Mr..
Waddel5 o. M3, from the same s. COMMITTEES.
tiers on absentee Shawnee lands in Kansas.
MARCH 10.-Senate-The Vice-President
presented a message from the President trans.
uniting the agreement between the Secretary
of the Interior and the Ute Indians. and rec
ommending its ratification. Referred. The
refer to the COMMITTEE on Judiciary the r e.
mOnstrance of Indian chiefs against the
passage of the bill to establish Z. s. Court
in the Indian Territory was taken up.
Mr.. Vest opposed the motion, saying the
Committee on Territories, who had reported
able to draw the bill, and there was no reason
to refer it. $500. House-Mr. Reagan d., Tex.)
presented a resolution in reference to the
proposed Isthmus canal, which he offered as
substitute for the resolutions of the regular
Committee. Bills were placed on the calen-
the poor of Ireland; to restrict Chinese emf
grafton; to prevent the removal OF indians
from the States into the Indian Terri
sions from pensioners under the act of 1861;
to prevent the withholding of pensions from
ton was resumed of the Political Assessments
bill, and the House was addressed by MIR.
Young e.. o.. An evening session was held,
posed of.
MARCH 11.-Senate-The bill for the
reclamation of arid and waste lands passed.
1t authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to
contract for the sinking of two artesian
wells on the plains east of the Rocky Noun
tains, the wells to be in the center of reser-
walton of four square miles. The bill for the
relief of FitZ John Porter was then taken up,
conclusion of his remarks 4 motion was made
to lay the pending bill upon the table, which
was carried. and the bill can now be
vote. The Fortifications Appropriation bill
was then taken up, and after an exec
Hoesse-The Political Assessment bill was taken
up, and alter some debate, MIR. Hostetter o.,
Ind) demanded the previous question. On
Ovote and the result shOwednoQuorum A call
of the House vas then made and showed the
more p. vain ~ ATTEMPTS sn We're made to secure
vote, but the Republicans steadfastly re-
Trained from voting, and after some acrimo-
to lay the bill upon the table, which was de-
feated-yeas, liz; nays, PA strict party
Morse MASS y
voted in the affirmative. The House then ad-
journed.
MARCH 12.-Sendte-M Bruce, from the
Committee on Education and Labor, reported
adversely ON the bill to provide for the invest
ment of certain unclaimed ray and county
m the Education Of the co1ored race. In
unanimous consent for the present
cial committee on the Inter-oceanic
Canal, and it was taken up. but after some de-
Mr.. Pia m requesting the President to COM
municate to foreign Governments the desire
of this Government to secure neutrality of any
referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. Adjourned till Monday.
morning hour was dispensed with
Deficiency Appropriation bill from the APP
preparation Committee. The committee rec
600 for the payment of fees and expenses
OF U. S. Marshals and their General Deputies
for the present fiscal year, thus making the
total amount appropriated by the bill 81 $685.
$50. The House Immediately went into
Committee of the Whole to consider the bill.
Adjourned till Monday.
MARCH 15.-SenGte-Mr Davis, of Illi-
nois, presented a petition from the publish
ers of Chicago. asking for the removal of the
duty on all articles used in making paper,
made in Sss of
and others presented similar pc
titions from their respective States.
Senator Bayard, from the Committee on Ju.
dietary, reported favorably the Senate bill
prohibiting the arrest of election officers on
election day. PLACED on the calen;
dar. The Republican members will
present minority report. HOUSE
number of bills were introduced and re-
ferred. An effort was made to suspend the
rules and take up and pass the bill relating
was defeated. Mr.. Cox o., n, "
was recognized by the Speaker to move
to suspend the rules for the purpose of
passing a bill for the relief of the suffering
Irish, but he was cut Off by motion to adj
jOurn. He, however, obtained leave to have
printed the report of the Committee on For
eign Affairs upon the bill. Dir. Buclner d.,
MOI introduced a resolution fixing May a as
the day of adjournment. Referred.