The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-30
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


| Inc senate resumed CONSIDERATION OF the
Geneva award bill and Carpenter spoke in favor
Of the committees bill. Blaine, Thurman,
Eaton and Edmunds also engaged in the debate.
| %. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, April 2O.-The house amendments
to the bill for an exhibition in New York in 1888
were concurrcd In. :. Allison presented q petit
ton numerously signed by citizens Of Iowa for
the abolition Of the duty on salt. Williams
introduced joint resolution for the erection of
a monument over the grave Of Zachary Taylor,
near Louisville Ky. Referred. :. The bill for
the erection of n public building ut Denver and
appropriating $500, 900 therefor was passed 4. >.
The bill providing for a marine hospital at
Memphis and appfbprtating $4,000 therefor
was passed. The bill to carry into effect the
resolution Of congress adopted October 20, 1871,
relative to o monument at Yorktown, was taken
up. II approprates 300, 900 for monument
and $20, 900 for celebration Of the centennial
Of the battle Of Yorktown. Pending debate
the morning hour expired, and the bill went
over. The Geneva award bill was then dis
cussed until adjournment.
"WEDNESDAY, April N.-The bill granting q
pension to Jesse +. Phares, q scout, was again
discussed, and Maxey supported the measure.
The question being on Coclrels motion to in
definitely postpone the bill, ii was lost-yeas Is,
nays 40. The bill, amended to grant pensions to
enlisted privates, was then passed. The Gene
vaaward bill was taken up and the house amend
ment to strike out the provision for the payment
OF claims OF underwriters agreed tO-yeas 81,
nays -. After debate Eaton moved to indcfi-
nitcly postpone the bill. Carried-yeas 81, nays
20. Blaine moved to reconsider the vote.
Thurman moved to lay the motion to reconsider
on the table. Agreed to-yeas, 80; nays 2s....
| Adjourned.
THURSDAY, April pa message was received
from the president informing the senate that
the heirs of Thomas Jefferson desired TO pre-
! sent to the United States the dosk OH which
the Declaration Of Independence was signed.
| The vice president also laid before the senate
joint resolution passed by the house accepting
the gift in the name of the nation and thanking
the donors. The joint resolution then passed
without division. Consideration of the army
bill was then resumed. number OF amend
ments by Blaine and Edmunds relative to sub
sistence Of troops to be- used to keep the peace
ut elections were rejected, and the bill was read
third time and passed-ayes %, nays 49,.
On motion Of Salisbury the resolutions report
tions declaring Spofford entitled to the seat now
held by Kellogg were taken up. Bailey obtained
| the floor, and, after an executive session the
senate adjourned.
FRIDAY, April 23.-The post route bill was
! taken up and passed. Vest presented memo
rial of the st. Louis chamber Of commerce ask
ing an appropriation for constructing reservoirs
ut the head waters Of the Mississippi river to i'll
crease the depth of the rivers and permit the
passage Of light draught steamers ut all seasons.
| Referred. The morning hour having expired,
the senate resumed consideration of the resp
Mtions declaring Henry NJ. Spofford entitled to
the seat in the senate now held by VIM. Pitt
! Kellogg. Bailey spoke i'll favor of the admis-
sion of SpOffOrd. At the conclusion of his re-
marks the bill was informally laid aside and the
house bill establishing land Office in Montana
territory at Miles City was passed. On motion
| Of Cockrell, the house joint resolution author
iZIng the secretary Of war to lend tents to the
governor of Missouri for the use of sufferers by
the recent tornado i'll that state was passed. -.
Adjourned till Monday.
House.
SATURDAY., April IA bill was passed pro-
viding for areappointment Of members of the
| legislatures of the territories of Montana, Idaho
aud Wyoming =. The joint resolution passed
authorizing the secretary of war to furnish AZ
tillery ETC., to the soldiers and sailors reunion
Ill Columbus, o., in August next. The morn
ing hour was dispensed with and the house went
| into committee of the whole on the Indian up
preparation bill, the pending question being q
point of order raised by Haskell against an
amendment Offered by Hooker, for the transfer
of the Indian bureau from the interior depart
ment to the war department. The chair sus-
tanned the point of order and the amendment
was not received. The committee then rose and
reported the bill to the house. The house re-
jccted the amendment to increas. the appropri-
alton for clothing for the Sioux from $4,000
to S150,000 by vote of yeas 81, nay 10I. The
amendment abolishing the Indian commission
was agreed to-yeas H., nays IS. Other amend
ments were agreed to without division, and the
bill as amended passed the vote as required by
the rules After q session in committee Of
the whole on the star deficiency bill the house
adjourned
MONDAY, April 19.-Bills introduced: Provid-
ing that the president of the senate shall sub
init to the senate and house when assembled TO
count the votes for president and vice president
all packages purpOrting to contain electoral
votes; donating public lands to several states
and territories which may provide colleges for
the education Of girls; providing for an appro-
priation of lands necessary in the Improvement
of the Mississippi river; donating twelve con-
demned cannon TO aid in the erection of mon
ument to the late Gen. James Shields; to Limit
to two years from the time the tax Is payable
the time within which suits or prosecutions for
violation of the internal revenue laws may be
brought; to reduce to 81 a ton the duty on steel
rails; to declare forfeited TO the United States
certain lands conditionally granted to the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad company; appropri-
ating $150,000 for the erection in public
square of Washington City of statues comment
orative of Madison, Jefferson, Hamilton, John
Adams, Randolph, Pinckney, Webster, Clay and
Calhoun. Cox, chairman of the committee on
foreign affairs moved to suspend the rules and
pass the senate bill providing for celebrating
the Tooth anniversary Of the treaty of peace
and recognition of American independence by
manufactures and products OF the soil and
mines in New York city in 1881. After quite long
debate the motion was agreed to and the senate
bill with amendments of the house committee
was passed-yeas 143, nays Sc. .COffroth
moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill
providing pensions to soldiers and sailors of the
Mexican and other wars. This is the bill which
repeats section 4716 revised statutes-yeas 1l9,
nays II, not the necessary two-thirds III the
affirmative.
TUESDAY, April 2O.-Hooker introduced bill
granting lands to the state of Mississippi to aid
IN the construction of the Gulf and Ship Island
railroad. Referred. The bill passed author
izing the sale of Fort Logan, Montana Terri
tory, and to establish a new post on the from
tier "A bill was passed providing that all
lands within the limits of Fort lddgely military
reservation shall be open to homestead settle
ment and timber culture entry. The bill crea-
ting new land district in Kansas was passed.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with, Mcmahon moved that the house go into
committee of the whole on the special deficiency
bill with the senate amendments. Pending this
he moved that all general debate close in five
minutes. The Republicans wanted more time
and obstructed progress by refraining from
voting. After attempts at a compromise the
house took recess until evening. the session to
be for consideration of pension bills.
WEDNESDAY, April 21.-After some fillibus-
tering by Republicans owing to difference OF
on the special deficiency BILL the house proceeded
to business on the speakers table. The house
then took recess until 1880, the evening session
to be for consideration of the bill to establish
municipal code for the District Of Columbia.
THURSDAY, April 22.-The speaker laid before
the house q message from the president inform
ing congress that ]. II. Coolidge, Algcrnon
Coolidge, Thos. Jefferson Coolidge and Allen
Dwight, Of Massachusetts, heirs OF the late Jos.
Coolidge, Jr., deceased, had at present the desk
on which the Declaration of Independence was
written by Thos. jefferson, and transmitting
letter from r. C. Winthrop, expressing the wish
Of the donors TO offer it to the United States that
Il might have place in the department Of state
in connection with the immortal instrument
which had been written on it. Grape offered a
resolution thanking the donors for their patriotic
presentation, and It was adopted. The house
then went into committee of the whole on the
naval appropriation bill. The bill was read by
sections for amendments, and the committee
rose and the bill was passed. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the state
Union. The special deficiency bill was taken up,
an agreement having been reached concerning
the time to be occupied in debate. Reed opened
the discussion, but before the conclusion of his
, remarks the committee rose and the house took
q recess the evening session being for considers
ton of the immigration bill. In the evening
in committee Of the whole Conger spoke in OPP
position to the immigration bill and Wilson sup
ported the measure. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, April 24.-The house went into COM
, mttee Of the whole Oh the special deficiency
, bill. An amendment was concurred in prOvid-
ing that appointments OF special deputy mar
. shals shall be made by the Circuit Court Of the
United States for the district in which such
marshals are to perform their duties; but should
there be no session of the Circuit Court, then
indnag authorized convene