The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-01-23
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Senate.
MONDAY, January l2.-Bills intro.
duced and referrei: To asthorizs the secretary
81 the inteiior 10 allot lands IN severaty TO H.
dians; to authorize the appointment OF commits
soners TO ascertain the losses by citssns
S ,nS .n nS % account OF ING dspre
....., he senate bill Tor the hcIene Of eptiOns Of
totally disabled soldiers and sailors was reported
back iAvorab'y by the committee on pensions and
placed on the caleDda The military academy
bill was after discussiOn, passed ~ reported from
COMMITTEES, and after short executive session the
senate nd ourned.
House.
MONDAY, January 12.-Bills In.
troduced and referred: To reduce the tax on de-
posi,s subject to payment with persons ana asso-
Citations engaged In thu banking business; to
facilitate the rafcnding Of tho rational debt TO stop
IN Ration and provide for necessary iDcrease In the
volume OF currep cy by the FREQ coinage Of silver
and gold and silver ard gold certificates; for ma
promissory notes issued for wages; relative TO
monuments TO Zichariah Taylor and Thomas
j. nerson; repeating the law for the issuing "
request" envelopes; 10 equaIize homestead and
TO graduate and reduce the price OF public lands TO
actual settlers; repeating the Law imposing q
special tax on domestic wines; extending the
Jurisdiction OF United States Circuit snd District
Courts over crimes Committed by Indians; TO
prohibit and punish the sub'letting or transfer OF
mail letirgs to increase the circulation Of national
banks, and relieve them from the payment OF the
and to strengthen the public credit; for the i'm sora
ton OF cork free OF duty for the transfer OF the
Indian bureau 10 the war department; TO restrict
Chinese immigration fixing the time for
president; for the issuing Of ceItih-
Gates Of the denomination OF one and two dollars
and hity aud twenty-five cents,.....A motion TO
the imrortation Of salt ire, from duty was lost
yeas us, nays ll5-not the necessary
txo;thiIds in the atiirmative;."..A me-
abduction OF the tuty upon steel Iaila from s2S 10
Slo per ton was referred 10 the com mittee ways
and means..,:A petition WAS presented from man
ufactnrers aud merchants OF New York, asking for
the enactment Of law to give effect to treaty Obli-
cations ~ TO trade marks"..Adj Ourned.
TUESDAY, January 1S.-Petitions
were presented for a isson Of inquiry into
the alcoholic liquor traffic; for reduction OF the
duty on Zinc for the withdrawal OF the legal ten-
DIR quality OF gIsenbackso.M Morrill, offered n g.
olut,on, which was laid on the table, that the COM
mitteee on hnabca be instr cted to inquire AZ 10
tie pIacticabiliy OF pfundiug any part Il the ma
tiona d. bt at less rate Than per cent. interest
and also as TO whether or not some elective pro-
vision can be made whereby bona fdo subscrip-
tiohs for sums In moderate am, un,s may be avaia.
BILE, aud report by bill or other wise... Tho COM
bill for the relief Of hettle-s on the Kan
sas trust and diminished reserve fund
lands In Kansas, and II was placed on
the calendar. { no committee on finance re-
ported favorably on the bill 10 idmit free OF duty
articles intended for the milers' inter national eI.
pOtidUn Ia Juue, aud II was passed. Bills intro.
kilograms; to establish an additional land district
In Kansas; regulating the authenticating and use
Of proxies In meetings Of national bank associa-
iops..;.. After an executive session the senate ad
lourned.
House.
TUESDAY, January 13-Bicknell,
chairman Of the committee on counting votes iol
president and vice president reported back the bill
to provide for and regulate the counting Of votes
for the presentation Of questions arising thereupon
1t WIS made the special idernr the 20 tn Of
THE senate bill touching the Hot Spring,
committee and passed......A petition from the
general assembly OF the Presbyterian Church or
the subject Of the liquor traffic was referred.
After session In committee Of the whole on tho
report OF the coE,mitee on rules bill authOriziup
the Iefundins OF the national debt reducing the
annual interest thereon and improving the public
credit was introduced and iourned
senate.
WEDNESDAY, January 14.--Petitions
were presented for a constitutional amendment
giving women citizens the right TO vote; with
drawing the legal tender uaiity Of the treasury
notes; for commission OF inquiry into the alec.
hoic liquor uaffic... The bill 10 increase the pen
IOns OF totally disabled soldiers and sailors wal
taken up and passed. II increases the pei zion O
such persons nom $50 10 s72 Per month. AFTER
short executive LCssiOn the senate adiOurntd.
House.
WEDNESDAY, January 1.-THE bill
for fail importation Of classical antiquities wa
passed; also the bill for the free inportat O
articles intended for exhibition at the Millers In
ternational exhibition 10 be held al Cir cnnati IL
lSs0A bill sppropristng 5000 coo for the erection
OF suitable posts for the protection of the ri,
Grande frontier; was referred TO the committee o
the bill requiring reserves Of natons
banks 10 be kept In gold coin was post poned unit
t. morrow ...After n session In committee OF til,
whole on the report OF tie committee On rules TIT
house adjourned.
senate.
THURSDAY, January 15.-Several petit
tions OF women were presented asking constitu
tional amendment giving women the right to vote
THE joiHt resolution for the withdrawal of tn,
compulsory legal tender power Of u. 3. treasury
notes was reported back adversely by the com
mittee on hnance. A minority rep ri was present
ed......m Morgan presented the credentials OF LUX,
Pryor, appointed senator from Alabama. PIyo
took the modified OATH. Morrill, called up fo
consideration his resolution instTucting the IaI G.
committee 70 inquire into the prscticabiliy Of re-
than four per cent. and made speech there on ..
The bill to establish new land district Ia Dakotl
was passed. sees. Adj ouIned till Monday.
House.
THURSDAY, January 15-After some
miscellaneous business consideration was resumed
Of the bill requiring onehafo Of the Reserves OF na.
tional banks to bs kept In gold and silver. and
Price spoke In advocacy Of the measure. At the con
clnsion OF short spesch by Lewis In favor OF tn,
Dill, the morning hour expired and the bill wen
ever without action. Whitthorne chairman OF thu
committee on naval ffiairs, reported blu which
was printed and Iecomimtted, authorizing tn,
equipment Of an expedition to the Arctic tea.
Alter session In committee OF the whole on the
report OF the committee on rules, the h0ufe ad.
journed.
House
FRIDAY, January l6-A bill wa,
passed donating condemned bronzs cannon TO the
Morton Monument association, Indiana. At tn,
expiration Of the morning hour the house went In
10 committee OF the whole on the private calendar
and when the committee rose. adjourned.
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