Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1880-01-28
xLvr CONGRESS.


xLvI CONGRESS.
Senate.
"WEDNESDAY January 14.-Petitions
were presented for constitutional amend
ment giving women citizens the right to vote;
Withdrawing the legal tender quality Of the
| treasury notes; for q commission OF in.
| quiry into the alcoholic liquor traffic..
The bill to increase the pensions Of totally
disabled soldiers and sailors was taken mp
and passed. It increases the pension OF
such persons from $50 to $72 per month.
ate adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 15.-Several petit
tious OF women were presented asking
constitutional amendment giving women
the right to vote......The joint resolution for
the withdrawal Of the compulsory legal
tender power Of U. 8. treasury notes was
reported back adversely by the committee
ON finance. A minority report was pre-.
sentsd. Morgan presented the ereden. .isls
OF Luke Pryor, appointed senator from
Alabama. Pryor took the modified oath.
...... Morrill, called up for consideration his
resolution instructing the finance com.
mittee to inquire into the practicability OF
relunding the public debt at q less rate of
interest than four per cent. and made q
speech thereon. The bill to establish
new land district in Dakota was passed 49,.
Adjourned till Monday.
MONDAY, January 19.--Ferry intro
duced joint resolution proposing an
| amendment to the constitution that suffrage
shall not be restricted on account of sex or
any other reason that does not apply to all
citizens. Mcmillan presented the memor.
ial OF agents aud owners OF steam and sail
vessels ON the northern lakes, representing
a value of S. 305, 400, protesting against the
construction OF bridge over Detroit
river....A bill was introduced and
referred to allow rebate on
fish, or in packing pork or beef...On
motion of Morrill, the resolution heretofore
introduced by him instructing the committee
on finance to inquire into the practicability
Of refunding any part of the public debt at
less than per cent. interest was taken
from the table and referred to the commit
tee on 6nance......After q short executive
session the senate adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 20.-Petitions pre-.
sented: For the passage of the Weaver bill
for payment to soldiers of the difference be-
tween greenbacks and gold when they we're
paid; asking for the removal of distractions
to navigation in the Red River Of the North;
for the reduction of duty on zinc; for the
equalization of bounties......O motion of
Bayard the senate passed the house bill to
admit free OF duty articles for exhibition at
the Millers' convention at Cincinnai.....
Bills introduced and referred: To equalize
homesteads; for the relief OF settlers on
school lands in Washington Territory.
After short executive session the senate
adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 14.-The bill
for free importation of classical antiquities
was passed; also the bill for the free impor.
tation of articles intended for exhibition al
the Millers' international exhibition to be
held at Cincinnati, in $780,. A bill appro.
pristing 500, 900 for the erection of suitable
posts for the protection of the Rio Grands
frontier was referred to the committee of
the whole.....A bill requiring reserves OF
national banks to be kept in gold coin waa
postponed until sto.morrow .....Aftes ses-s
sion in committee Of the whole on the report
journed.
THURSDAY, January B.-After some
miscellaneous business consideration was
resumed of the bill requiring one.half Of
the reserves of national banks to be kept In
gold and silver, and Price spoke in advo.
cancy of the..measure. At the conclusion of
. short speech by Lewis in favor of the bill,
the morning hour expired, and the bill
went over without action. ...... Whitthorne,
chairman Of the committee on naval affairs,
reported bill, which was printed and re-
committed. authorizing the equipment of An
expedition to the Arctic sea......After Sea
sion in committee of the whole on the re-.
port OF the committee ON rules the house
adjourned.
FRIDAY, January 16.-A bill was
passed donating condemned bronze cannon
diana. At the expiration of the morning
hour the house went into committee OF the
whole on the private calendar, and when the
committee rose, adjourned.
MONDAY, January 19.-Bills intro
duced and referred: Relating to the inter
oceanic canal; to repeal the duty on salt /;
proposing q constitutional amendment in
regard to the election OF president and vice.
president, providing for their election by .
majority of votes Of the people and for abo.
lition OF the electoral college; repeating the
| laws restricting the sales OF tobaeco......
Kelly moved to suspend the rules and adopt
a resolution expressing 1t a. the sense of the
house that the negotiation of the executive
department OF the government for /: com.
mercial treaty whereby the rates Of duty
will be imposed on foreign commodities en-.
tering the United States for consumption
shall be hxed, would De, IN view OF the pro-
visions OF section OF article OF tns con.
t;,s. r~ =, of the honss Of rsnrsssntssivssp Aftsr
short parliamentary skirmish vote BY
ayes and nays was proceeded WITH, put
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Adjourned. '''"'
TurspAY. January 20.-.Bills intro.