The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-05-14

| would ask the indulgence of the House TO
reply to the gentleman at some future time.
he had not been actuated in the investigation
by any in-wili toward the gentlem au
The reason of the discrepancies between
the two reports was that he had omit
tea portions from the nep'rt m.de
TO the House at the request of the gentle
mans friends That act of kindness toward
t4e gentleman bad been constructed BY him
ds a dish6norable act. He (springer) there.
some future me. fhe Speaker them I.id ba e.
fore the House the Presidents message veto
read. The veto message was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations, and the bill
laid upon the Speakers table. The effect of
until the House sees at to cali it up. Consid.
Grafton was then resumed on the Internal
Revenue bill. and it was passed.
| MAY 5.-Sendte-Mr. Wallace, from the
Select Committee to inquire into alleged
frauds in the late election, submitted report
of the result of the investigation on the sub
Jet of denial or aDridgement of suffrage in
Rhode Island. Mr.. Blaine stated that there
would be u minority report. The House
bill for the relief of settlers on public lands
passed. The Kellogg poford resolutions
of Columbia Appropriation bill taken up and
discussed at great length. House A
bill was reported. and passed without divi-
public printing Office the current fiscal
year, that sum being the same as appropri-
ated by the bill vetoed by the President. The
House, by decisive vote. refused to consider
the Monroe Doctrine resolutions. and went
into Committee of the Whole on the Post
Office Appropriation bill Mr.. Frost 3D., MOI
offered resolution for the appointment of q
standing committee on the Mississippi River
and its tributaries. Referred.
MAY 6.-Senate-Mr. Bayard introduced
bill regulating the pay and appointment of
special Deputy Marshals. Referred to the
Judiciary Committee. 1t differs from the
riders Of the vetoed appropriation bill by
requiring appointments to be made annually,
ny to that saS Sees
urged against the forms of expression and
working machinery of the original clause.
the bill passed approPriating $4,000 for
vote, an amendment Offer ed by Mr.. Window
their deputies. The District of Columbia Ap-
Wells d., MoJ submitted the con.
priation bili, which was agreed 70.
ference betwe IN the houses was in regard to
the discontinuance of the Board OF Indian
Commissioners. As finally agreed upon, the
no money shall be paid for salaries and ex.
pens of the Commission. The Post
Office Appropriation bill was completed in
Committee Of the Whole 1egertsd to the
day the 18th. The principal amendment to
the bill provides for the reletting on the lst
of October next of all star routes the pay for
expediting which exceeds fifty per cent. of
the original contract price.
MAY 7.-Sendte-Mr. voorhees, submitted
a resolution instructing the Committee on
Public Lands to inquire into the propriety,
expeSiency and public policy of declaring
all lands heretofore granted in aid of
the construction of railroads, and which
have not been earned by compliance with
the terms of grants, open to public entry and
settlement the same as other Governments
lands. Printed and laid on the table. Mr..
Teller presented the views of the minority OF
the Wallace Committee on the subject of po-
htical assessments. On molten of Mr.. Plumb,
the bill to abolish Fort Harker (Kas.) Military
Reservation. and dispose of its land to
actual settlers, was taken up and Cassed.
Adjourned till Monday. ..:....... House
The Post office Appropriations bill passed
as agreed upon by the Conference
House bill for the relief of settlers on public
lands was concurred in. Mr.. Washburn (R.,
Minn.) introduced bill appropriating $780,
600 for the construction of reservoirs for the
of navigation of the Mississippi
River above st. Louis. Referred.