The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-05-27

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n Congress.
SENATE.-On the 18th Mr.. Bayard,
from the Committee on Judiciary, reported q
bill regulating the pay aud appointment OF
Deputy Marshals. :. The Post-ofiice Appropri-
alton bill was amended and passed. :. "A mes
hitting the report Of the Secretary of State
upon the Fortune Bay Fisheries question.
HOusE.-A motion to suspend the
1, rules and pass the River and Harbor Appro-
priStfon bill was agreed tore to A.. The
Presidents message relative to the Fortune
Bay affair was received and referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, together with
iaa synopsis BY Secretary Evarts of the cor.
dependence between this Government and
maj of Great Britain In relation to the For
Secretary agree that It is the impera-
Consider what 1easar rs should be stake taken to
Treaty of Washington, and to obtain redress
Tor the denial of those rights. Mr.. Evarts
advises the President to recommend that
FISH oil, the product of Provincial fisheries,
as they existed before the Treaty of WASH
lngton came into operation, to so continue
agreement regarding the Interpretation of the
treaty.
oENATE.-ravUraDlc reports woro
made from committees on the 18th ON the bills
4. making an additional article of war prohibiting
gambling, amending the act to provide addf-
tionsl regulations for homestead and pre-emp-
trict in Kansas, and the latter bill was passed.
The House resolution providing for
joint resolution. and, therefore. required
the Presidents approval, instead of a concur
adopt BY themselves. Mr.. Bayard endeav--
; slPohtmsnt q Deputy Mars6ais taken up,
ask its consideration in the morning hour on
the 18th. .Messrs. salisbury aud Morgan
spoke in favor of the keloggSpofford resolu-
pointed on the disagreeing votes Of the two
houses on the Post-ofiice Appropriation bill.
HOUsE.-The Pension Deficiency APP
preparation bill was passed, as was also bill
introduced by Mr.. Chalmers, constituting the
act of March 3, 1873, entitled IAN act to place
colored persons who emil sted in the army on
the same footing rs other soldiers as to bOun-
~ and pension, so as to extend its prOvis-
ions to the heirs of such soldiers in their
claims for military service. The Agricultur-
III Appropriation Dill was debated in Commit.
tee of the Whole.
SENArE.-On the 10Th the House adj
journment resolution, after some debate, was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Mr.. Butler spoke on the Spoford- Kellogg
case. and argued against the unseatng of Mr..
Kellogg, claiming that the Senate has not the
power to unseat one of its members who has
been seated after contest as to the merits of
the case, and that the action of the
kakl's NrYR vyOa I'M lTrr
until it was made to appear that such
action was obtained by fraud. 4. Mr..
Bayard.s bill to regulate the pay and appoint.
ment OF Deputy MarShals was taken up. and
Mr.. Carpenter offered an amendment, which
was rejected, providing penalties Tor prevent
ing by intimidation, violence, menace, or
other unlawful means, the assembling of citi-
zens to petition for redress of grievances, to
nominate representatives, or for other lawful
purposes relating to the preservation, admin
lstratlOn. ETC.. of the Government, for the ex-
ercise of the right of suffrage, etc. Other
amendments were also offered and rejected.
HOUSE. Mr.. Loring introduced bill
imposing customs duties on Canadian fish and
hsh-Ofl, and appropriating $125, ono for the COM
pensatiOn of the American fishermen who
were driven away from Fortune Bay. The
Agricultural Appropriation bill was amended
and passed.
SENATE.-Mr. Morgan, from the Sc
lect Committee on Counting the Electoral
Vote, reported on the 10th. with amendments,
bill introduced by him to enforce the observ-
ance Of the Constitution Of the United States
Icc-r resIuenr or the United states. M,. .zu-
munds stated that he and Mr.. Teller were un-
able to concur in the report of the MAJ Ority of
the committee. Mr.. Morgan also reported
adversely on the bill, introduced by him. pro-
V1dlng that the President of the Senate shall
submit to the Senate and House, when assem-
bled to count the votes for President and Vice
the Electoral votes, and the bill was indefinite
" postponed The bill to establish a retired
list for non-commissOned army officers was
passed, as was also the bill for the relief of
settlers upon the Usage trust and diminished
reserve lands i'm Kansas. and for other pur-
poses. Mr.. Garland. after speaking on the
spoftord-kellogg resolutions, gave notice of a
resolution declaring that Mr. Kellogg was
not duly and legally elected to seat in the
Senate OF the United States by the Legislature
OF LOUISIANA, ana that the seat now occupied
By him be. and the same is hereb declared
vacant. Mr.. Kellogg made long speech in his
own behalf. Mr.. Bayard's Deputy-Marshals
mll was taken up. but no quorum voted on
senator COnklings amendment making the
bill relate only to Deputy Marshais appointed
present.
HoUsE.-The bill to carry into effect
the second and sixteenth articles of the treaty
between the United States and the Great and
Little Usage Indians was passed-l2O to 20.
The bill relating to depredations on public
lands was discussed in Committee of the
Whole. The bill proposes u reduction in the
price OF lands which have been on the mar
ket for twenty years from $3.50 to $I25 per
acre.
From Washington.
ON the 10Th tho President nominated