Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1880-03-11
FORTY-SlxTH CONGRESS.
Senate,

ing them for certain captured and abandoned
property, was passed. The bill for the relief
Of Fitz John Porter was taken up and Randolph
spoke in favor Of the substitute for the commit
Porter as colonel of infantry, his commission
to date from January, 1868, and to retire him
according to law. At the conclusion of Ran
dolph's remarks Logan obtained the floor
for the purpose of speaking tomorrow. .Ad-
journed.
TUESDAY, March 2.--A resolution by Hoar
was adopted instrlcting the committee on
Judiciary to inquire and report whether any
American citizens have been arrested or i'm
prisoned for the exercise of their constitutional
right to petition this body concerning matter
OF grand public interest, namely, the title to
seat in this body as senators from the states of
which they are citizens, with power to send for
persons and papers and administer oaths...
The Fitz John Porter bill was then taken up, the
question being on Randolph's amendment in
the nature OF substitute, and Logan spoke in
opposition to the bill, continuing his remarks
until the senate went into executive session,
after which an adjournment was taken.
w.apuE EsDA1, n1arcn Son motion of Bay
ard the house bill to amend section 1920 of the
revised statutes was passed. It allows rebate
to exporters of manufactured goods when the
imported material used in the construction of
such goods exceeds one half OF the value of the
material, and when cans manufactured in
whole or in part of imported material are filed
with products Of the United States-if the
value of the material in the cans is not less
than seventy per centum of the value Of all the
material used in the manufacture thereof. ..
The bill restoring to public domain part of the
Fort Ripley, Mimi, military reservation was
passed. AT the conclusion of the morning
hour Logan took the floor and spoke against
the bill for thor of Ftz John Porter until
adjournment.
THURSDAY, March 4-Vest, from the commit
tee on territories, reported bill to establish a
United States court in Indian Territory. Placed
on the calendar. Bills introduced and refer
to widows and minor children upon the death Of
pensioners totally disabled from wounds in the
service; to make the crime of rape punishable
with death. :. Morgan introduced joint resolu-
ton setting forth that as the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution declares that all per-
sons born or naturalized IN the United States
and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citi-
zens of the United States, therefore Indians
born in the United States are subject to the ju-
risdiction thereof are persons within the mean
ing of the constitution of the United States,
and such persons and citizens of the United
States and Of the states wherein they reside,
and are subject to the jurisdiction of the gov
ernment of the United States: Referred to the
judici ny committee. -. The house I'LL making
additional appropriation of S135,000 for the
support of certain Indian tribes for the year
ending June 30, 1880, was passed. The morn
ing hour having expired, the senate resumed
consideration of the bill for the relief Of Fitz
John Porter, Logan continuing his remarks in
opposition to the bill. .. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 5.;-The bill to amend the
statutes relative to the importation of neat cat
tie was reported upon adversely by the commit.
tee on commerce, and indefinitely postponed.
A. tho ovpirati0n IF tho n,o,~pirtr ho,r To-
gan took the floor and concluded his remarks in
opposition to the Fitz John Porter bill. .Ad-
journed.
MONDAY, March bills introduced and re.
ferred: Providing that after the list Of July
next duties on carpeting and carpeting rugs OF
every description shall be limited to SO rer cent
now imposed; to encourage the cultivation OF
the tea plant; repeating all acts granting lands
in Indian Territory to railroads conditioned or
the extnguishment Of Indian titles; extending
for ten years the time for the completion of the
Texas Pacific railroad; abollshing all tariff du:
tural implements; authorizing the secretary oil
the treasury to issue land warrant to each and
every officer and private who served in the army
and navy of the United States during the late
war; placing wood and straw pulp and the
chemicals used in the manufacture Of paper or
the free list; placing printing type and paper
on the free List; for the erection in Washington
D. c., of a monument to Gen. G. A. Custer and
the officers and privates of the Seventh cavalry
who were killed in the battle of the Little Big
Horn; prescribing six years from the time ar
action is approved as the time within which
claims in favor of or against this government
shall be prosecuted; admitting steam plough
machinery free of duty; repeating the duty or
grain bags and gunny cloth; to abolish the tax
0v,1 1xor Cfo md nj fho,
fruits; to return the cotton tax collected under
the acts of congress which have since been de-
clared illegal and void to repeal the tax on dis
titled spirits to 20 cents per gallon; toreorganize
the militia of the United States. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, March 2.-The amendments to the
rules agreed to in committee of the whole were
read by the clerk and demand for the previous
house began voting on amendments. All o1
them were adopted. The yeas and nays were
then ordered, and the revision WAS adopted as
wlole-yeas 1922; nays 88. A resolution by
Garfield that the new rules 60 into effect next
Monday was adopted. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, March 3.-The nateresolutions
relative to the late Senator Houston, Of Ala
bama, were taken up: Eulosies were pro-
bounced by %essrs. Wight, Wright, Fernando adt Wood,
don, Lewis, Sanford, Shelley, House. Atkins
and Harris. The house then, as mark of res
pect, adjourned.
THURSDAY, March 4.-The speaker announced
the regu1ar order to be the consideration of thu
bill regulating the removal of causes from stat.
to federal courts. After the adoption ant
rejection of several amendments the bill wal
passed by a vote of 100 to 75.. The hous'
then went into committee of the whole on tn
funding bill and was addressed by Wood, o
New York. At the conclusion of Woods speeci
the committee rose and the house took recess
until evening, the session to be for the consider
alton Of pension bills only. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, March 5.-Carlisle introduced bill
fixing duties on sugar as follows: On all sugar
not above number IS, Dutch standard, in color
| 2.4O cents per pound; above number 13 and no
number 16 cents per pound. Provided, tha
nothing herein contained shall be construed t.
alter or amend the act Of August Is, 1876, t
carry into effect the convention between tn
United States and the king of the Hawaiian
islands. Referred. The memorial of mer
chants, manufacturers and consumers of chrome
iron and bi-chromate of potash, urging the re
moval of the prohibitory duties on those arti
| cles, was referred. On motion Of Ryan tn
senate amendments to the house bill for the re
lief of certain settlers on the Usage trust an<
| diminished reserve lands in Kansas were con
CURED III. AT the expiration of the morning
hour the house went into committee OF tn
| WlOle on CQ0 private CtleuNaI '1AOjouAAAous
| SATURDAY, March 6.-Some bills of . persona
nature being disposed of, the bill to amend th
revised statutes in relation to the issue of patent
for private land claims confirmed by act o
congress was passed. Consideration was the
resumed of the bill for the relief OF Fitz Johl
Porter, and Carpenter addressed the senate
opposition to the measure. After an executiv
| session the senate adjourned till Monday.
|
Norwegian Trains.
| CFrom the Argoey.]
In the slowness of their trains the Nor
wegians excel the Dutch, and yet tn
latter, for this merit or defect, according
to the time, nerves, and fancy Of the in
diyidual traveller, may place themselve
at the head of other European countries
But here all comparison ends, for Will
the Dutch possess but a small territor;
sufficiently intersected by lines, Norway
with it's great tract Of country, ha
scarcely any railroads at all. Nor is
probable that she will ever be much bel