Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-06-01
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS.
(Sacoud Sesaion1
The Senate.

WASHINGTON, May 3l.-Senator Dawes, from
the select committee on removal of the north
ern Cheyennes and Poncas, submitted a report
upon the result of their investigation regarding
the Poncas, and reported favorably on the bill
for relief of the Ponca tribes of Indians.
Placed on the calendar and the report ordered
printed. Senator Kirkwood, chairman of the
committee, will hereafter submit differing
views.
Senator Davis. of West Virginia, chairman
of the committee on appropriations stated the
committee thought the business of Congress
was not now in such state that day could be
safely fixed upon for adjournment. The COM
mittee therefore, would not yet report back
the House resolution providing for adjourn
ment, but hoped it might be practicable for
Congress to adjourn about the 10th or 18th
of June.
Senator Mcmillan introduced bill for the
relief of certain settlers on swamp lands in
Minnesota. Referred.
Senator Baldwin introduced bill providing
for the appraisement and sale of the Detroit
arsenal building and grounds. Referred.
Tee House joint resolution requesting the
President to open negotiation with France,
SPAIN Austria and Italy with view to reno
val of restrictions upon the importation of
tobacco in said countries passed.
The Joint resolution passed authorizing the
sale to the Port Huron & Northwestern rail
road company of portion of the Fort Gratiot
military reserve, and authorizing Port Huron
to grant the company the right of way through
Pine Grove Park.
The House bill passed providing times and
places of holding the circuit court of the United
States in the district of Iowa. and for other
purposes. The bill was laid iaside informally,
and the bill granting pensions to certain SOL
diers and sailors of the Mexican and other
wars, was take up osallow Williams to speak
thereon. He described the valuable nature of
the territory secured by exertions of soldiers of
the Mexican war, and recounted the stirring
events of that conflict, and closed with an elo-
quent appeal for the passage of the bill.
| Consideration of the Yorktown monument
Joint resolution was then resumed. The amend
ment striking out an appropriation to defray
the expenses of celebration was rejected, and
| the Joint resolution passed.
The resolution submitted recently by SEN
ator Pendleton, requesting the President to in
| form the Senate whether any census supervisor
appointed by aud with the advice and consent
| Of the Senate, have been removed by him and a
| successor appointed by him, or with his con-
| sent, was adopted.
The report of the committee of conference
| in the district appropriation bill was adopted.
The House bill was then taken up to author
| ize compromise of the claims of the United
States under the will of Joseph II. Lewis, of
Hoboken, who devised about one million dol
lars toward paying off the public debt 1t re-
cites the controversy IN the case and authorizes
the attorney general and secretary of The treas
| ury to adjust or compromise the claim on such
| terms or conditions as shall be deemed by them
| fair and reasonable. Bill passed.
Senator Eaton's tariff bill was then taken up
| and Senator Dawes supported the bill. Sena-
| tor Maxey spoke in favor of it. Senator Eaton
L 1. l. A., d. 15alA g.
| on whose motion the House bill to permit Elias
O. Bondin, a Cherokee minor, to sue in the
| court of claims for damages by the seizure of
his tobacco manufactory for alleged violation
| Of the revenue laws, was taken up and after
an hours debate was read the third time and
passed, yeas 81, nays 8.
Senator Morgan moved to take up the bill to
enforce the observance of the constitution of
| the United States in reference to election of
President and Vice President of the United
States; but this motion was superseded by a
motion to adjourn, which was carried. Adj
ioprned