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

Legislation ID needed in reference to commerce
among the States, and spoke In support OF the
fesolGtion.s The bill incorporating the nation
al educational association and the bill amend
year per cent bonds Of the District Of Col.
umbia and Others were introduced. A commis-
sion was received from the secretary OF
war transmitting letter from the chief Of en-.
gineers relating to q geographical add topo-
graphical survey OF territories. bill for the
adjustment of pension claims was intro.
duced. Adjourned till Monday.
/ HOUSE. March as .-Fernando Wood,
to get rid Of he difficulty produced BY the
trick of Townshend of Illinois, introduced 9
resolution discharging the committee on the
revision Of the laws from the consideration Of
Townshend's bill, and that it be referred to the
committee OF ways and means. After bitter
debate the bill was SO referred. Mr.. Springer
gave notice that he would call up the Curtin
Yocum contested election case Tuesday next
Mr. Conrad, chairman of the committee on
public lands, reported a bill to quiet titles on
the Des Moines river lands. Placed on the
Calendar Adjourned. #.sr,<
SENATE March 90. Mot in session.
HOUSE, March 26.-The House refused
yeas 121, nays 81, not the necessary two.thirls
In the affirmative, to dispense with the morn.
ing hour. Mr.. Robertson said yesterday he
voted for McLane's proposition for the pur.
pose Of bringing the Townshend bill before
cision Of the Speaker he would have voted
against the proposition because he was not a
protectionist. Mr.. McLane-By what right
does the gentleman give any significance to
that vote? Ifor one utterly repel and repu.
diato any such significance. There was no such
significance in that vote. The speaker then
called committees for reports of q private ma.
md In
consideration of private bills. The House
then entered upon long and uninteresting
discussion as to whether two-thirds vote
was requisite under the rules to lay aside the
private business and proceed to consider the
public bills. Without determining the poin'
the House went into committee of the whole,
Mr.. McLane in the chair, on the private calen-
dar, and without disposing of any bill the
committee rose and the House adjourned til
tomorrow.
SENATE, March 27.-Not in session.
HOUSE, March, 27.-A resolution was
adopted calling on the secretary of the interi-
or for the testimony taken on the late White
River Indian outbreak. A resolution was
adopted calling on the secretary of the treas
ury for the amount of bonds purchased in q
given time specified. Many bills were received
and referred. The House went into commit
tee of the whole on the consular diplomatic
appropriation bill. and the remainder of the
days session was spent IN consideration, and
without reaching any result the House ad-
journed.
SENATE, March 29.-After the pre-
sentation of various reports, memorials etc.,
the consideration of the Geneva award bill
was resumed Senator Thurman moved to
amend the substitute presened by Senator
Hoar by striking out the clause providing
that the court of commissioners shall consider
and allow as second-class claims for the pay
ment ofpremiums of war-risks. Senator Thnr-
man proceeded to speak at length on his pro-
position: After speaking some time he slapp-
cd round his hand to his forehead as if in pain
and seemed about to fall. Several Senators
went to his assistance, but after bathing his
head with water contained in a tumbler on
his seat, he walked into the cloak-room, lean
ing on the arm of the assistant sergeant at
arms, Christie. The joint resolution for a
board of survey on the double-turrited moni-
tor was then passed, when the Senate went in
to executive session, and when the doors were
reopened adjourned.
HOUSE, March 29,-Under the call of
the States, large number of bills we're intro
duced. The House went into committee OF
whole on the consular and diplomatic appro-
priation bill. Mr.. Blackburn offered an
amendment reducing the salary of minister
IL per cent. for six months absence. Rejected,
amendment that no consular or diplomatic
| agent should receive any pay during absence
from his post. Rejected. Mr.. Blackburn
moved to reduce the appropriation of the sala.
ry of legation to China, from 5000 to $4,000,
rejected. Mr.. Blackburn offered an amend
ment providing that no diplomatic officer not
mentioned in this bill shall be entitled to any
salary or compensation of any kind whatever,
and repeating the laws authorizing the pay
ment of any salary or compensation to such
officers. Mr.. Frost opposed the entire piplo-
matte system. Mr.. Neal took occasion to
withdraw the remarks he made in the Forty
fifth Congress, in which he had defended Bal.
ley, formerly consul general at Shanghai,
from charges which he believed to be false
but which he had since discovered to have
been true. Without disposing of the bill the
committee rose and the House adjourned.