The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-03-04
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.

Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
CONGRESa.
SENATE.-Only q short session was
held on the I'D, motion being adopted to Cd
3ouru in respect to the memory Of George
Washington.
HousE.-Among the bills introduced
were the following: Organizing q Court Of
Pensions, to consist Of q Chief-Justice and four
Assistant Justices, who shall receive an annual
salary OF n, OOO each; to provide for the intro
auction and cultivation Of the cinchona plant
papers suitable for books and newspsners:
a9ollshing the tax on tobacco: establishing a
PENSION Commission, to consist of six men,
alton of lands granted by Congress to aid in
the constructionof certain railroads. 80 At the
expiration of the morning hour. public bust
were delivered upon the late A. NJ Lay, OF
Missouri. speeches being made BY Messrs.
Knott, Phillips, Clark and Davis.
SENATE.-A number of petitions were
presented on the s4th asking Q reduction Of
duty on chemicals used in the manufacture
of paper. Mr. Booth, from the Committee
on an Public ,ss Lands Exported With an amend
public lands within railroad limits. Mr.. But
Ter, from the Committee on Civil Service and
Ret n;e i1s to whom was referred the me
ss g SSseee'.sp py s
Of, and claimants against, or corpcra-
States, and contractors under the United
M4 Bnses' i fCx any
nounoed that there would be . minority
A. NJ. Lay was received, and eulogies were
and Vest.
HoUsE.-Mr. Springer, Chairman of
the Committee on Elections, submitted ma
jority report of that Committee relative to
the Pennsylvania contested election case Of
null and void, and remitting the question to
the people of the district. The minority re-
ROT ,us submitted an9i' BY Mr.: Calkips, declares
from the Appropriations Committee, report
ed the Star Service Deficiency bill, which
was ordered printed and recommitted.. "A
message was received from the President
transmitting communication from the At
torney-General relative to the appropriation
for United States Marshals. In the COM
fact that the Marshals and their deputies had
served since Ia It July without compensation,
and had advanced sums necessary to be exc
should not fail. He had been informed, how
ever. that they had reached the limit of their
capacity to thus conduct their Offices, and ex-
as possible, show them that their confidence
had not been misplaced. The question OF
the revision Of the rules was further consid-
cred In committee of the Whole.
SENATE.-On the 25th the bill to re-
move the disabilities of James Monroe Heis-
kell, of Baltimore, was. by unanimous con-
sent, taken up. MIR. Heiskell served in the
Confederate army when a boy, and, under
Section LIS of the Revised Statutes, is in
eligible to appointment in the army. An
amendment was offered by Mr.. Garland re-
peaiing section LIS of the Revised Statutes,
when amendment was agreed to, and, the
question being on the third reading of the bill,
1t was determined in the afirmative-38 to %
a strict I party vote, the Democrats voting yea
ana the Republicans nay. The question then
being on the passage Of the bill, lively de-
bate ensued, Messrs. Edmunds and Logan
speaking against: and Messrs. Thurman and
Beck in favor of, the measure: The Five
postponed-ss to ga motion to reconsider
the vote being made by Mr.. Edmunds.
HOUsE.-Mr. Bicknell, Chairman of
the Committee on Presidential Election, re-
ported back the joint resolution amending the
constitution as to the election of President
ed calling on the President for copies of such
dispatches as had been recently received from
the Consul-General at Shanghai on the
the penal code which forbids repatriation.
Mr. Beale. of Virginia, from the Commit
tee on Manufactures, reported bill to pre-
drink. Mr.. Blount, from the Committee on
Appropriations. reported back the "Star
Service" Deficiency bill, and it was referred
Whole.
SENATE.-The Senate bill to author
f2n raf,,n
valuable letters lost or stolen was reported
from the Committee on Post-ofhces and Post
roads or the 26th, with an amendment "A
resolution was adopted directing the Secre-
tary OF the Navy to transmit to the Senate
any information in the possession of the De-
of affairs in Alaska. =. Eulogies on the late
Senator Houston, of Alabama were delivered
by Messrs. Morgan, Hamlin, Thurman, Davis
adopted
HOUsE.-Mr. Warner introduced a
Joint resolution re-afiirming the Monroe doc
trine, and declaring that the control of any
interoceanic canal across the Isthmus of
Darien, while open to the United States and
all Nations equally, must, in the interest of
special protection of the United States....
Mr. Reagan, Chairman of the Committee on
Commerce. reported bills relating to the
The "Star Service" Deficiency bill was
further considered and amended in Com
mittee of the Whole, reported to the House
and passed. The bill as finally passed is in
the nature Of q substitute for the original bill
reported. and appropriates $4,000 to meet the
expenses of the inland mail transportation for
the remainder of the fiscal year at the different
contract prices as they existed February l,
1850, with the provision that upon any route
where there has been an increase of the orig
inal contract price for expediting the mail at
rate OF more than g, 500 per annum the COM
pensation for the expedition shall be reduced
March next; but the number OF trips shall
remain the same during the remainder Of the
present fiscal year.