The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-04-17
FORTY.SixTH CONGRESS.
GauaIGs

fore the senate communlCa doh Aloiii 'nc aet'
retarv of war, transmitting c .ptoo "a oSt.t'
from the paymaster general and
of the treasury, showing the necessl. -" az ~
ditional appropriation of S265,OUO TO Gay VI
tifcates for arrears of pay and bounty du, "iile
and colored soldiers and their heirs, issued to
January l. 1880, and to be issued until june
1881. Referred .Wlyte presented memo
rial of cigar manufacturers for reducuoh o1
the tax on cigars from Sc to 81 per lOUo, III ac-
cordance with the spirit of the reduction hereto
fore made for manufactured louacco. ItelJ4-
/ red Pendleton presented a petIoh OF TIE
type founders of Cincinnati against Ieuuct4on
/ OF the duty on type. Referred. Bills INTRO
duced and referred: To authorize the post
master general to compensate the Chicago; bur
lington and Quincy Rail- oad company Tor IaclI-
tating the transportation OF overland mans IN
der agreements; to provlde for the payment TO
fine B1rlineton Cedar Rapids and Northern
Railroad company for transportation OF Slnted
States MALL repeating the statute pfohlplung
farmers and planters from selling leal toD'Nso
directly at retail TO consumers without elt0--i
/ tax. The bill ratfylng the Ute aSrtehtAt
was then taken up and discussed ulth auJ0"S@
/ ment.
TUESDAY. April Con motion Of Pendleton'
/ the senate insisted on It's amendment 10 Tie
. census bill and the vice president 2ppolllel
. Messrs. Pendleton, Harris and Morflh Is" con
ference committee on part of the senate on Inc
disa}Teeing vote of the two houses. Inc ON
ratifying the Ute agreement was then dlScusseu
until adjournment
WEDNESDAY, April THE vice president hav-
ing sent note that Lc would lie absent several
lays Thurman was chosen 10 preside. a reso
luton offered by Saunders instructlug the COM
nittec ON Indian affairs toinquire into the pro
IIeIy and cXpedIenCy Of removing the S1utee
Indians from Nebraska TO the Ponca reserya-
ton. adopted. Davis subsequently moved
to reconsider the vote and opposed any move
meut to give the Poucas reservation to any
other Tube. Discussion ensued, but the morn
ng hour expired and the matter went over.
I Consideration was then resumed of the Ute
! agreement bill, the debate continuing until adj
jomnmeut.
THURSDAY April 8-Bills introduced and IT,
ferTed: For the relief of certain settlers With
IN the late Fort Keaney military reservatl.u,
Nebraska; to authorize the secretary OF war 10
turn over to the interior department cer,an
parts of Camp Douglas military reservation
Utah; making an appropriation for the erection
Of light house and fog signal at or near the
entrance of Little Traverse harb1r, Mich. and
! the purchase of q site for the same 80. Discus
sion Of the Ute bill then resumed and CON
unucd until adjournment.
FRIDAY. April slogan introduced reso-
! lutiOu requesting the president If the United
States to transmit such information III regard
10 the outrage upon Cadet Whitaker taken
at West Pout. as in hls judgment would not be
IDcoml atIUlc with public interest. The rcsolu-
ZION was supported by Voorhees,, Bruce and
IIoar, who denounced the practice of haZing
and many outrages at West Point. Pending
debate the morning hour expired and the resO-
luton went over -. The Ute bill was then taken
up Dawes amendment giving the president
: discretion to Gevote of the amount appropnat-
ed, $4,000 for the education III schools on or Oh
lands selected, of such youths of both sexes
III his judgment may be best qualified to attain
proficiency in practical industries and pursuits
necessary for their self-support, was adopted
yeas a. nays 8. Amendments were adopted
making the amounts TO be paid yearly to the
-Y7y., irvine or ftllg N4ni-A
Miss Meeker and Mrs. Price, each 5000; Mrs.
/ Post $500. After discussion 1t was unanimous
~ agreed that general debate on the hill shall
I cease at 3 ?. NJ. Monday, that debate on amend
/ ments shall then proceed under the tiye-muute
rule, and that the bill shall be finally voted on
Def re adjournment Monday After tx
ecutive session the senate adjourned until Mon
i day.
q House.
SATURDAY, April 3.-The house met to-day
for debate only. and went into committee Of the
3, / whole on the state Of the Union; when the COM
= mittee rose the house adjourned.
MONDAY, April 5.-Amfield introduced bill
+ to reduce the tax distilled spirits. 1t abol-
ishe7 the tax on spirits distilled from apples,
peaches. grapes. and pears, and reduces the tax
spirits distilled from grain or mixtures there
Y of to % cents per gallon. 1t provides that no
\ sturekeeper shall be appointed for any dlstlery
except for such may distill spirits from grain
to the extent of 1t least ~ gallons per day and
y vests the appointment of deputy collectors II
/ Judges of the district court of the respective
districts: also q bill providing that producers Of
leaf tobacco may SCH the same in quantities OF
q not more than ten pounds, at any one time,
g without license. Referred. Weaver moved TO
, suspend the niles and adopt resolutions declar-
! ing for money issued directly by the govern
u ment and not by or through bank corporations
i also that that portion of the Understanding
debt of the United States which shall be
;, deemable the year 1881 or prior thereto being
L / in amount about S7S2, 0O0, 900, should not be
: / refunded beyond the power Of the government
e To call III such Obligations and pay them at any
time, but should be paid as rapidly possible,
, and according 10 contract. To enable the gov
, Crnment to meet these Obligations the mlnts OF
the United States should be operated to Their
: fuu capacity ON the coinage or standard sllfG
:. dollars, and such othcr coinage as the bushes
Interests of the country may require. Defeated
yeas a. NAYS III. .Townshend (Ill.) moved
l. to suspend the rules to discharge the com
: nittee on ways and means from the further
r consideration Of the bill placing salt, printing
. type printing paper. and material used in the
manufacture of printing paper, on the free iist,
and put it on it, passage. The motion was de
fcated-yeas H., noes S0--not the necessary
II two thirds in the affirmative. Adjourned.
i TUESDAY. April Ga number of bills were
- reported back from committee. among them the
naval appropriation Til. which was referred %
i the committee Of the whole. The bill was ac-
o compamed by short report, which states that
the estimate of tie navy department amounted
r to S1f. 500, III, 70 which should tc added 19i-
= G72 recommended a. necessary for torpedo e1-
: pcriments, photographic work and for naval
d observatory, making total Of n, COB. S2l. Oi
Is this sum the committee recommends the appro-
;e praion Of @14 1855, 5as including @59,3o9 that
a Is appropriated out of the naval pension tuna
u for the support Of the naval asylum at ihla-
delphia being a reduction of 921S, 023 from the
Il estimates The naval bill of last year appropr-
] ated 514, OBS, 1863, S255,S28 less than the
:, present i'll. he house then went INTO com
II mittce of the whole on the army appropriated
rs hill aud discussed ii until adjournment
G WEDNESDAY. April AFTER receiving nun
Y Der of bills back from committee. the house
r went into committee of the whole on the army
e appropriation bill Attic end of the bill Sparks
= under the direction of the military committee
L offered the following an additional section
No money appropriated In this act is aplrc-
= pIiated or shall be paid for subsistence, equip
4 ment, transportation or compensation Of any
II portion of the army of the United States. 70 Ue
II used police force to keep the peace al II,
polls at any election held within any state.
he Keifer rose to point Of order, pending whc5
, the committee rose and the house adjourned.
y. THURSDAY. April 8.-The house went into
: committee Of the whole upon the army appTo-
II pIiation bill, the pending question being uion
IL point of order raised against the ar Ldmcht
n prohibiting any OF the appropriations e ie u7'u
> for the subsistence, equipment. traI1l ol'@1I9
!, or compensation Of any portion Of the army y
- be used as police force TO keep peace d. ~.
3 polls at any election held wIthiHany STATE 4HS
J. chair held that if the army was seAeNeu .! Iu1
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