The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-02-12

is neither proper or wise, and as gener-
81 rule the war department has ampley
power to do equal justice to all appli-
'cants for relief. The remainder of the
session was devoted to eulogies upon the
late Hon. Rush Clark, NJ. G., from Iowa.
5 TUESDAY, Feb. 3 g. House. The priv.
ileges of the floor were granted to Parnell
and. Dillon, the Irish agitators Mr..
Davis offered resolution, which was
adopted, directing the committee on az
riculture TO inquire into the most teas
,ible method of extending the benefits of
the Agricultural Bureau over that por-
ton of the United States west of tho
Tooth meridian. Mr.. Mills offered res
olution calling on the president for in
formation as to any pending negotiation
for change of treaty between the gov.
eminent of China and the United States.
Referred. Mr.. Shallenbarger from the
committee on public buildings and
grounds, reported resolution calling
on the supervising architect of the treas
ury department for information as to :
the character of all public buildings now
in the course of construction, or which
may have been completed within the.
past three years, the cost Of the same,
and the reasons why such buildings have
cost more than the amount limited by
law. Adopted. The bill reported from
the judiciary committee, providing that
no person shall serve as a petit juror in
any United States court more than three
weeks In any one year, was passed. The
house then went into committee of the
whole on the revision of the rules.
WEDNESDAY,, Feb. 4.-Se1ate.- bill
authorizing the conversion of national
gold banks into national banks was pass
ed. Sen. Kirkwood introduced bill to \
provide for the payment of additional
bounty to soldiers of the army of the
United States during the war of the re-
bellion. "A joint resolution to print 200
copies of the eulogies on the late Sen.
ator Chandler was passed. Sen. Herford
introduced q bill to repeal the act of July
18th, 1864, comforting on the quartermas-
ter general commissary, and accounting
officers of the treasury, authority to ex-
anime, adjudicate and settle claims &C.
cruing to legal citizens of the United
States, for supplies taken by or furnish
ed for the use and used by the United
States armies. The bill confers jurisdic-
tion in such cases upon the United States
courts, which shall certify their judy
ments to congress, and congress may ap-
propriate money to pay such judgments,
if favorable. All such claim now pend-,
ing before congress or officers abovel
named, are also referred to by the bill to
district courts.
= WEDNESDAY,, Feb. -House.-After
the transaction of some miscellaneous
business. consideration was resumed of
the bill reported yesterday from the judi
ciary committee, amending certain Sec
tions of the act determining the jurisdic-
ton Of the United States circuit court,
and regulating the removal Of causes
from the state to federal courts. The
morning hour expiring, the bill went
over without action. The house then
went into committee on the joint resolu-
ton appropriating $4,000 to enable the
commission of fish and fisheries to rep
resent the. United States at the Inter
national Fishery exhibition in Berlin in
April next, and after long debate it was
adopted. The house then resumed con.
sideration of the revision of the rules.