The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1880-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATB.

SENATHs
On the 9Th. the following bills were introduced:
To establish Court of Appeals; to provide
that no person on the retired list Of the Army,
Navy or Marine Corps shall draw a salary TO
admit free of duty all articles intended for ex-
hibition at the Miller's International Exhibi-
ton, Cincinnati, in June, 1880; to appropriate
$500, 900 for continuing the work OF the con-
struction of locks at the Cascades, Oregon for
an appropriation for the Improvement of the
Missouri River do. Little Kanawha River do.
Monongahela River in West Virginia and
Pennsylvania fixing compensation of United
States District Attorneys and United States
Marshals and Deputies. Mr.. Logan, rep. of
Ill., presented very large number of petitions
of soldiers.for the equalization of bounties. On
motion of MIR. Morgan, (Dem. of Ala.) as a
mark of respect to the memory of the late
enator Housto n, the Senate adjourned.
Luke Pryor, who was formerly Mr.. Houston's
law partner, has been appointed by the Gov
ernor to fill the Senatorial vacancy caused by
Houston's death.
On the 7th the following by Mr.. Pendleton
dem. of o. as an amendment to the Senate
joint resolution was ordered printed and re-
ferred to the Finance Committee " and said
notes shall net be available for any of the re-
serves required to be kept by national banks,
and all such reserves shall be kept in coin."
The correspondence asked for concerning the
Utes, was received. bill introduced to establish
A resolution adopted calling for information
regarding the navigable condition of the Mis-
souri, River between Omaha and Plattsmouth,
Neb. bill was submitted by Mr.. Window,
(Rep. of Mimi instructing the Committee on
Appropriations to consider the expediency of
establishing an additional executive depart
| ment of the Government in behalf of agricul-
ture and commerce, to be called " the Depart
| ment of Agriculture and Commerce" Mr..
Davis, (Dem. W. Va.) favored the bill. Mr..
Carpenter, (Rep. of Wis., did not think the
Constitution gave Congress any such
| thority. The bill was laid on the table subject
| to call.
On the 9Th Mr.. Plumb (Rep. of Kas.) from
| the Committee on Public Lands, reported a
| joint resolution that the Secretary of the In
| terror to instruct the United States Land Of
| fcers at Little Rock, under the act relative to
| the Hot Springs Reservation be extended
sixty days, and further proceedings under
| said act be suspended till that time.
Passed. The following bills were in
| introduced and referred: To create an ad-
| ditional land district in Kansas to repeal the
| 22d section of the act to incorporate the Texas
Pacific Railroad Company, and to aid in the
| construction of its road. The Senate Com
| Senate the Military Academy Bill with an
amendment increasing the amount voted by the
House for the erection of a new hospital from
| $40, 900 to $21 ,618. The latter amount is the
| total estimated cost.
| On the 9th, a resolution was adopted calling
on the Secretary of the Interior for copies Of
| all correspondence since the 1st of January
1879, by N. C. Meeker, with the said Secre-
tary or Commissioners of Indian Affairs, as well
| as copies of all correspondence by Governor Pit
kin, and Generals Hatch and Adams, anG
Special Agent Pollock, with the Interior De.
partment, concerning the Ute Indians. A res
oution was adopted calling on the Secretary
| of the Treasury for statement of all money
paid into the Treasury, under the act of Jun,
Z, 1872, by the respective United States Ship
ping Commissioners. After some unimportan
business, the House adjourned as a mark o
respect to the late Senator Houston.
On the 7th, the case of McCabe ps. Orth
| Ninth Indiana District was argued decision
| on the 18th. Mr.. Townshend Dem. of Ill.
abolishing ENJOYS Extraordinary and Min
| listers Resident from the United States t,
foreign countries. The following were offered
} a request to the President to invite Mexico t,
enter into a treaty; also Brazil for recoinag,
of the silver dollar; restricting the emigration
| of Chinese calling the POSTMASTER General t.
account for not complying with the law re-
quiring him to furnish a double postal card
to prevent and punish the sale of fire-arms ant
| ammunition to uncivilized Indians to proven
, the use of the United States flag for advertis
, ing purposes to keep Reservation Indians
out of Texas inquiring into losses sustained
. from Indian depredations; to pay Mrs. Meeke
and others out of the Ute annuity fund ex
: tending the land laws to the Territory O
Alaska; to establish the Territory of Pembina
} to allow the discoverer of a mine to dispose O
t his claim without the necessity of first secur
ing patent for the same. The latter bill
created considerable discussion. t
On the 8th, communication was presented
from Horatio Seymour asking for the passagt
of bill for the erection OF a monument Il
General Herkimer. A bill was reported allow
, , ing mining prospectors to stake off a claim OF
the public domain of Colorado of 500 feet il
3 length and 800 feet in width, and the same b,
, valid provided the mining of the same is pushed
diligently forward; thirty days suspension o
work to forfeit the claim. The river and har
Dor bill was brought up, regarding an appro
l priation for the same, to which greater portion
0 of the day was given in debate.
Q The follosing business was transacted OIL
the 9th: By Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas admit
ting free of duty clothing, etc., distined 70
the relief of colored emigrants by MI
., Hayes (Rep. of Ill.) granting pensio
f to all survivors Of the Mexican war who wer
neither in war abetted the late rebellion. Tn
. House went into Committee of the Whole an
reported the following bills to the House: Fo
!, the relief of Samuel Lord, jr. for the relief
/, Thomas Langton, of Michigan for the relief
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