Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-04-02
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-.

SENATE, March Ex-senator Edmunds
presented the memorial of Mr.. Mcbride, call.
Ing attention to the exclusion Of gentiles from
lands in Utah by the present system Of locat,
ing town sites. Referred. Senator Edmunds
also offered resolution calling on the secre:
| tary Of the interior for information as to the
number and extent of patents issued for land
In Utah, and whether any discrimination in
! favor of Mormons has = been shown in
such issues, Adopted. Senator Allison
Their, BY request, introduced bill
appropriating money for the erection of a
Senator Teller gave notice OF an. amendment
intended to be offered by him to the bill rati.
flying the agreement with the Ute Indians.
Pending dictate the morning hour expired.
and the Geneva award bill was taken up and
Senator Garland made legal argument in
support OF the bill. Senator Herman obtained
the floor, and after an executive session the
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE, March, 23.-Mr. Conger said
that in examining the RecordSthis morning he
found that the bill relating to the whole
question Of tariff, amending section so of the
revised statutes, had been referred, in viola
ton OF the rule, to the COMMITTEE on reyis
ion OF the laws, instead of the committee on
ways and means. He alluded to the danger
which arose from the bill in not clearly stat
ing in it's title its subject matter. Debate en-.
nal SO as to refer the bill to the committee on
ways and means. By . party vote of 1l8 to
III the motion was laid on the table, Mr..
Townshend (1ll.) moved to reconsider the
motion. Lost. He then desired to withdraw
his motion. The speaker declared the motion
laid on the table. a long discussion ensped,
principally between Garfield and Townshend,
the former charging that Townshend,s bill
was deception and by implication that he
had been guilty Of deception in introducing it,
and the latter defending his course, both gen.
t!emen being very aggressive and personal at
ticipated BY frequent tokens Of approval and
Encouragement. "A number of motions we're
also made and negatived, including one by
Knott to adjourn. Without reaching any con.
clusion the House adjourned, .-.
SENATE, March "A bill was intro,
>duced for the appointment of an assistant
librarian. II was discussed, opposed and ad
vocated and passed The incorporating the
National Educational Association. was taken
up and appealed by Senator Carpenter as I'M
constitutional. The Geneva award bill was
considered Senator Herman speaking in its
favor. Senator Carpenter submitted 4 resolu.
tion requesting the President, Il not incompati.
Die. with the public in, erests, to communicate
70 The Senate any cGrres pOndence not hereto
fore published between the United States and
Spain In regard To the fulfllment By the
United States Of the n quirements of the ninth
the United States and snaiD. Adopted.
Alter ald exetu I've session adjourned.
HoUsE, March "a The Speaker de-
clAred the first business in order was the |
question whether the proposition submitted |
yesterdayb By Mr.. McLane, providing that the |
BILL Introduced By Mr.. ToHnshend, Of Illinois,
no1d.y Ia. and referred 70 the committee