River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1880-02-12
TIE XLYI CONGRESS.

TIE xLyI CONGRESS-.
MONDAY, Feb. 2.-Seaate-A bill was
| introduced reviving and continuing court
| commissioners of Alabama claims and
| the distribution OF unappropriated mon
| ey Of the Geneva award. 4 bill was
| passed providing that writ of error
| from the supreme court OF the United
/ States 10 the supreme court of any
/ territory shall be in criminal cases where
1.-The accused shall have been
4 sentenced TO capital punishment,
and in such case the allowance of such
writ shall operate as Sapercededs, and all
/ cases removed from the supreme court of
/ any territory to tie supreme court, as
/ provided by this act, shall have preee
/ dence of hearing in said court. The act
/ applies to all cases heretofore tried and
/ determined in which Judgment has not
been executed. In such case the defend
ants shall have six months from the pass.
age of this act in which to obtain
| and perfect such writ Of error.
| Sen. Kirkwood, from the committee on
pensions, reported adversely on the bill
| granting an increase of pensions to the
widow of Maj. Thornburg, late of the
| United States army. Sea. Cameron,
| (Wis) offered joint resolution author.
| izing the secretary of war to furnish to
the grand army Of the republic, tents
and equipage for $4,000 men dnring the
reunion of soldiers at Milwaukee in June
! Sen. Window introduced bill TO au-
thoriZe the city of Winona, Mimi, to
construct, operate and maintain wagon
bridge across the Mississippi at Winona
The credentials OF Randall Lee Gibson,
senator from Louisiana, for six years,
from March A. 1888, were read.
MONDAY, Feb. 2-H0use.-Among the
bills introduced and referred were the
following: Appropriating 100000 for
the relief of the sufferers in Ireland; also
levying duty of 80 per cent. al valorem
on all bonnet. hats, or hoods imported
into the United States, composed of
palm leaf, chip, grass, willow, straw, or
| other vegetable substance, or of hair,
whalebone, or other material, as other
wise provived for; for delivery of letters
having insufficient postage; proposing a
constitutional amendment, providing
that the house of representatives shall be
composed of three hun dred members, to
be apportioned among the several states
as provided in section 2, Of article IA, of
amendments to the constitution;
| to put certain articles imported and used
in the manufacture of paper, glass and
wooden fabrics on the free list and to re-
duce the duty on paper used for books,
| phamplets, magazines and newspapers
On motion of Fernando Wood, the house
took recess until 1870 p. m, the even
ing session to be for the purpose of list
ening TO an address of Parnell, 10 be de-
livered under the auspices of Clan
Nagael.
TUESDAY, Feb. STANDARDIZATION
for reduction of the duty on steel rails
were presented; also, memorial for an
| appropriation large enough TO complete
the uncompleted navy vessels which are
fast deteriOrating in the ship arcs. Mr.
Cockrell, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported with an amendment
the house bill TO restore to the public do
main, part of the Fort Ripley Teserva-
ton in Minnesota; and, also, reported ad
versely on the bill to remove the charge
of desertion from the military records.
The committees report expresses the
conviction that such special legislation
is neither proper nor wise, and as gen.
eral rule the war department has ample
power to do equal justice TO all appli
cants for relief The remainder OF the
session was devoted to eulogies upo the
late Hon. Rush Clark, NJ. c., from Iowa.
TUESDAY, Feb. 3-HouSe-The priv
ileges of the floor were granted to Parnell
and Dillon, the Irish agitatoIs. Mr..
Davis offered a resolution, which was
adopted, directing the committee on ag-
riculture to inquire into the most feas-
ible methods Of extending the benefits
of the A Agricultural Bureau over that por-
ton of the United States west of the
Tooth meridian. Mr. Mills offered a res
olution calling on the president for in
formation as to any pending negotiation
for change of treaty between the gov
eminent Of China and the Uuited States.
Referred Mr.. Shallenberger, from the
committee on public buildings and
grounds, reported a resolution calling on
the supervising architect of the treasury
department for information as to
the character of all public buildings now
in the course of construction, or which
may have been completed within the
past three years, the cost of the same, and
the reasons why such buildings have
cost more than the amount limited by
Law Adopted. The bill reported from
the judiciary committee, providing that
no person shall serve as petit juror in
the United States court more than three
weeks during any one year, was passed.
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the whole on the revision of the rules.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 -Sendte.-The bill
authorizing the conversion of national
gold banks into national banks was pass
ed. Sen. Kirkwood introduced bill TO
provide for the payment of additional
bounty to soldiers of the army of the
United States during the war OF the re-
bellion. A joint resolution to print ], 200
copies of the eulogies on the late Senator
Chandler was passed. Sen. HEREFORD in
troduced bill to repeal the act of July
4, 1854, conferrlng on the quartermaster
general cOmmissary, and accounting of
ficers of the treasury, authority to exam.
inc, adjudicate and settle claims accruing
TO legal citizens of the United States, for
supplies taken by or furnished for the
use and used by the United States armies.
The bill confers jurisdiction in such cases
upon the United States courts, which
shall certify their judgment to congress,
and congress may appropriate money to
pay such judgments if favorable. All
such claims now pending before congress
or officers above named, are also referred
by the bill to district courts.
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4-House After
the transaction of some miscellaneous
business, consideration was resumed OF
the bill reported yesterday from the
judiciary committee, amending certain
sections of the act determining the jur-
isdiction of the United States circuit
court, and regulating the removal of
causes from state to Federal courts. The
morning hour expiring, the bill went
over without action. The house then
went into committee on the joint resolu
ton appropriating $4,000 to enable the
comm issioner of fish and fisheries TO
represent the United States at he Inter
national Fishery Exhibition In Berlin in
April next. and after long debate 1t was
adopted. The house then resumed con-
sideration of the revision of the rules.
THURSDAY, Feb. 5--Senate.-The bill
TO amend the census act was considered
1t requires enumeration in cities having
over ten thousand inhabitants - be made
in two weeks from June /, 1880, instead
of four weeks as provided by the origi-
nal act. 1t also contains several pro-
visions as to the details in duties in cet
sus offices. The bill finally passed. The
hill introducad hV the committee Oh