New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-28
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
Congress.

A BILL was passed in the Senate on
the 10Th providing that, whenever the United
States Circuit and District Courts hold sessions
at the same time and place, one grand and
petit jury will suffice for both courts. Messrs.
Carpenter and Blaine made speeches on the
were introduced and referred in the House.
among which was one by Mr.. Herbert,
providing that tie PRECEDENT Of the Sen
when assembled to count the votes for
President and Vice-President. all packages
Purporting to contain Electoral votes, and one
der in the payment of moneys from the Treas
ury belongs to the Government alone and can
not be waived by the Executive Department,
relations between the Treasury and the New
York Clearing House, unless the Clearing
House rescinds the rule against silver. The
hundredth anniversary of the treaty Of peace
and recognition of American Independence by
holding an International Exhibition Of arts.
mines, in New YORK e City in isl, was AMENDED
and passed-l43 to Sc. A motion to take up
the bill providing pensions to soldiers and
feated-ll9 to 70-not the necessary two-thirds
In the affirmative. .-.
In the Senate on the Goth the House
amendments 10 the bill for an International
Exhibition in New York in 1883 were con-
CURED in. Adverse reports were made on the
bills to increase the pensions of wounded sol
diers of the war of 1872, and in relation to the
and expenses of Pension
Mcssrs. Edmlln'ls and Thurman spoke on the
Geneva Award bill. Bills were passed in the
its Of the Fot Rxeiy %tary
shall be opeu to homestead settlement and
timber-cuiture entry. and creating new land
district in Kansas. The principal part OF the
days session was consumed in a controversy
over motion that all general debate In Com
mittee OF the " hole on the Special Deficiency
bill should close in five minutes, the Republic
can members demanding an hour and u half
for the debate, and they refused to vote on
pending questions, thus leaving the House
without quorum. An evening session was
held for tho consideration Of bills on the pri-
vate calendar, and about a dozen pension bills
were disposed Of
In the Senate on the 2lst Mr.. Hoar's
amendment to the Geneva Award bill, to
strike out the provision for the payment of
the claims Of underwriters, was agreed to-3S
to 10; Mr. Thurman stated TINT he could not
support the bill us amended, and did not wish
nitely POSTPONE tho measure was adopted-3l
tsbled1S to 3. Mr McPherson. from
ported favorubly on the House blu
the Arctic Sea. Tho controversy over the
Appropriation bill was continued in the
House, the Republican members Withholding
their votes and thus indicating the want Of u
quorum; Mr.. Mcmahon finally withdrew his
motions to limit debate. The Naval Appro-
priation bill was reported and referred to tho
Committee Of the Whole.
The Army Appropriation bill was
taken up In the Senate on the ed. Mr.. Blaine
moved to strike out Section 2, which provides
"that no money appropriated in the act Is to
be paid for the subsistence, equipment, trans
or Of ptpn OF
the peace at the polls at any election held
within any State; provided that nothing in
this provision shall be construed to prevent
the use Of troops to protect against domestic
the Legislature or Executive thereof" This
motion was rejected-2O to 28-whereupOn Mr.
blaine moved to add the following: 'Pro.
vided, further. that any person who shall carry
cealed ut tho polls at any election for Repre-
sentatives in Congress shall, Oh conviction
thereof, be punished by fine of not less than
500 nor moro than 5000. or by imprisonment
years, or by both, In the discretion OF the
ment not In order, because of its being general
LEGISLATION. Mr. Edmunds then offered an
should not be "held to apply to any case in
which the employment OF the military power
of the United States is authorized by the Con-
stitutiOn and laws made in pursuance thereof"
Other amendments were offered and rejected.
after which the bill was passed as it came from
the House to IS. q. The Naval Appropriation
bill was passed in the House. Mr.. Mcmahon
made proposition, which was accepted by the
Republican side, limiting debate on the Special
Deficiency bill to one hour and twenty min.
utes, one hour to be occupied by the Republi-
cans and twenty minutes blythe Democrats.