Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-04
FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS-.

SENATE, Feb. Ex-senator Bayard
moved in respect'to the memory of George
Washington that the Senate adjourn. Sena-
tor Mcdonald announced he would tomorrow
ask final vote on the pending 5 per cent. bill.
Senator Baily gave notice of an amendment
admitting free of duty clothing and other con-
tributi0ns from abroad for the reliefof colored
emigrants. Adjourned.
HOUSE, Feb. 23-Sundry new bills
were introduced, among them one appropri-
ating 900 for deepening the mouth of the
Red River. At the expiration of the morning
hour public business was suspended and me
mortal addresses were delivered on the late A.
NJ. Lay of Missouri. After speeches by Knott
and Phillips, Clark and Davis, adjourned.
SENATE, Feb. pa number of petit
lions were presented asking reduction of the
duty on chemicals used in the manufacture OF
paper. A petition of over 5000 citizens of
Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas and Texas, asking
that the Indian Territory be opened to
settlement. Also REMOVAL of various chiefs
| and heads Of families of the confederate Peoria
and Miami tribes asking the abolition of
tenure in common, and give Indians title in
severalty to the Indian Territory. The Senate
joint resolution providing for treaty of re-
| ciprocity with France was indefinitely post
| poned. Sudry bills, petitions and reports were
| presented among them a report adverse to
the bill to provide for the reissuance of Ger
tain stolen unsigned national bank notes. The
| Senate proceeded to consider the calendar,
and the bill authorizing the remission or re-
funding on the duty of an altar from Rome
! for St Johns cathedral, Indianapolis, passed.
The House resolution in regard to the men,
DRY of the late A. NJ. Lay was then taken up,
and Senator Cockrell eulogized the deceased.
After an address by Cockrell, Kirkwood and
Vest, the Senate adjourned till Tomorrow.
HOUSE, Feb. "a The committee on
elections submitted a majority report in the
| case of Curtin VS.. Yocum PENN, declarin g
the election null and void, and recommitting
| the question to the people of the district. The
minority reported that Yocum was entitled to
his seat. Both reports were ordered printed.
Mr.. Regain rose to a personal explanation in
| reference to an article in the New York Sum-
animadverting to the action of the committee
on commerce of which he was chairman,
| denying the truth of its statements. Nearly
| all the committee took part in the discussion
| that ensued, and the Speaker left his chair,
and took the floor in denial and vindication,
| after which the subject was dropped. At the
| expiration of the morning hour, the Speaker
laid before the House a message from the
President transmitting communication from
| the attorney general relative to the appropri-
alton for United States marshals The com
munication was referred The House then
| went into committee on the revision of the
rules, and thus spent the remainder ofthe ses-
| sion,' and when the committee rose, the House
adjourned
| SENATE, Feb. Ex-senator WHITE
asked unanimous consent to have the bill re-
moving the disabilities of James Menroei Heis-
Kill OF Baltimore taken ap. Mr.. Heiskil SER
we'd in the confederate army. Senator Ed
| munds asked why the Senate avoided passing
repeating statute entirely. He thought that
h0
characterized this and all bills of the kind as
part OF policy to break down the guarantees
OF liberty. Senator Garland, of Arkansas, then
moved to repeal the enabling act entirely by
Offering an amendment to Whyte's bill. The
amendment was adopted, yeas Sc, nays %; a
strict party vote. The BIZ was read the
| third time. The question being on its
passage Senator Edmnnds then said: We
have now this question presented upon
| perfectly fair grounds. No special legislation
TO provide for particular men, but broad prin-
clples. He went on to say that the object of
the bill was not to affect young men, unless
boys OF twelve years old were enlisted in the
confederate army. Senators would see by
figuring it up, that the sole purpose and eff.
iect OF the repeal was to restore to the United
states army, among others, the very men who
deserted it to make war against the flag they
had been educated and sworn to support. That
Is what It comes to. Senator Thurman spoke
vigorously in reply to Mr.. Edmunds, saving:
Who are likely to be needed in case we should
60 to war again? Not those alluded to by the
Senator from Vermont, who left our own
army and went into the confederate But there
are men of military talent and experience who
are as ready to serve now under the star
spangled banner as any men between here and
Canada, and we are asked to brand them for
which there is no political or any other neces.
sity. am not afraid Of northern people on
the subject. Northern people, majority of
them, want to bury the hatred of war. long
debate ensued, participated in by many Sena-
tors, when the morning hour expired, without
transacting any business the Senate ad-
iourned.