The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-05-28

Of the Senate. The bill loaning tents, etc, TO
soldiers reunion at Muscatne, Iowa, was
passed. The Legislative Appropriation bill
passed, after short discussion.
In the House. biiI making appropriations for the
payment of certain claims reported allowed by the
accounting officers of the treasury taken up and
passed; aso bill for the relief of John d. Deirees,
Pubic Printer. Mr. Cox, Chairman OF the Commit
tee Foreign Affairs, reported back resolution cali
ing the President for Information in regard 10 the
expulsion of Israelite citizens of the United
States from 81. Petersburg 10y the Russian Govern
nlent Adopted. The House then considered bills
reported yesterday from the committee of the wboe
relative 10 public lands, and the various bills agreed
70 In committee Of the who We're passed. Mr..
Colerick, from the Committee Elections,
ported resolution relative To the contested
election case of Duffy W. Mason, Twenty-ninth
district of New York, declaring Mason, the sitting
member, entitled to the seat. The resolution which
was the unanimous report of the committee,
adopted. The Pension bill was passed. The sundry
Civil Appropriation hill reported n the II puse.
approprating s20 729,9s7 The aggregates submit
ted to the committee aggregated S24,374,026. The
present bill exceeds the amount appropriated for
1880 by Sl,255,953
Senator Morgans resolution determining the
method of counting the electoral vote was discussed
at some length in the Senate, on Saturday, May %
but no action taken. The bill passed extending
the northern boundary of Nebraska az TO include
the present Territory of Dakota south of the forty
main channel of the Missouri river, when the Indian
titles shall have been extinguished On motion of
Mr.. Hampton, the bill taken up and passed
10 complete the survey of Gettysburg battlefield, and
provide for the compilation and preservation of data
showing the various positions and movements Of
troops in that battle, illustrated by diagrams. II
appropriates $4,000. The House discussed the
bills reported from the Committee on Public Build
ings aud Grounds. None passed. The bill
passed Ia provide that dealers eaf tobacco who do
not sell consign for sale leaf tobacco to an amount
exceeding $4,000 pounds in any specia-tax year
shall pay license of but S.
The Senate worked for ten hours on Monday,
May "a, and in the forty five minutes of the morn
ing passed pension bills at the rate of every
minutes. There then followed a long, dreary debate
ON the Morgan resolution re.atye To the electoral
count, which was participated in Messrs. Teller,
Morgan, Edmunds, Thurman and Ingalls,.
The heat in the Chamber was very OPP
pressive, and the galleries were emptied
long before the debate closed. At
O'Clock the joint resolution was passed by q
yeas to Is nays. communication from the Pres-
dent of the Smithsonian Institution was received,
recommending the appropriation of $4,000 for COM
pletng the preparation of the scientific results of
Halls Arctic expedition. resolution providing
the management of the Soldiers Home in
the District was passed, as was bill
approprating $4,000 for statue of Joseph Henry,
late Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The
Carlisle Revenue bill was amended and passed. The
President nominated James o. Putnam, of New York.
Minister to Belgium, vice William Cassius Goodoe,
resigned =. Mr. Blackburn presided in the House in
the absence of Speaker Randall. Bills were
introduced: BY Mr.. sherwin, fixing the duty
of 40 per cent ad valorcm on the
importation Of condensed milk; by Mr..
Ellis, calling for information to what
steps have been taken for the acquisition of naval
and coaing stations in Central America; by Mr..
Cox, appropriatng $4,000 for printing and dis
tributing more frequently Consular aud other COM
mercia reports; by Mr.. Finley, for the appoint
ment of special joint committee of three Senators
and four Representatives to investigate the
condition and status of public property
in the Hot Springs Reservation by Mr..
Whitaker, to reduce the price of lands to
actual settlers within the railroad limits TO 81 per
acre; by Mr. Hunton, repeating section 34S0 of the
Revised Statutes far bounty lands concerned;
by Mr.. Buckner, relative TO the of distinctive
paper fer printing United States bonds and notes;
by Mr. Prescott, to pay to soldiers and sailors of the
late war who are totally disabled all the moneys ex-
pended 10y them for medical and surgical treatment
Nearly the whole day was passed in committee of the
whole on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, small
progress being made,