The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-03-06
FORTY-SixTH CONGRESS.
Senate.


ton.
TUEsDAY, February PA number Of peti-
tons were presented asking reduction of the
duty on chemicals used in the manufacture OF
paper. Vest presented a petition signed by
over five thousand citizens Of Missouri, Kansas,
Arkansas and Texas, praying for such Legislation
as may be necessary to open the Indian Terrific
ry for settlement ON terms Just to the Indian
tribes and honorable to the government; also q
memorial Of various chiefs and heads Of fam
lies Of the confederated Peoria and Miami
tribes praying for such legislation as may abol-
ish tenure III common and to give Indians title
IN seyoralty III the Indian Territory Plumb,
from the committee on pubic lands, reported
favOrably the house bill abOIshIng the military
reservations in Dakota of Forts Abercrombie.
Seward and Ransom, and opening the lands
thereof to settlement. Placed on the calendar.
-. Harris introduced a bill to provide for the
construction of a railroad and telegraph line
from Fort Smith to Arkansas City. The house
resolution in regard to the memory of the late
A. VI. Lay, was tsken up, and Mr.. Cockrell eulO-
gizcd the deceased. After addresses by Cockren
kirkwood and Vest the senate adjourned
WEDNESDAY February 25.-A very warm par
tsan debate was provoked by a request by
White for unanimous consent to have the bill
passed removing the disabilities Of James NJ
Heiskell. of Baltimore, who fought III the con-
federate army when q boy, SO that he might
be appointed a paymaster III the army. Ed
munds characterized the bill and all measure
of its kind az part of a policy to break down
the guarantees Of liberty, and asked why the
senate avoided repeating the statute entirely
Garland thought it high time section 1918 was
repealed. He proposed to amend the pending
bill bv striking out all after the enacting
clause and inserting "Ihat section 1918 of the
revised states, (naming its proyisions)
be and the same is hereby repealed.
hon IL.
tween Edmunds, Thurman, Beck and
and Logan, lasting until the expiration Of the
morning hour, when the per cent. bill war
taken up. After remarks by kirkwood in sup
port of the bill and by Edmunds in reply tn,
question REQUIRED on the motion of Edmunds
made several days ago, for the indefinite post
ponement of the bill, and il was agreed tO-yeas
q, nays u. Edmunds moved to reconsider tho
vote, but motion to adjourn was made and til,
time was spent i'll flllbu5tering to defeat the
reconsideration. Finally 4 quorum voted fOI
adjournment and the bill will come up as un
finished business tomorrow.
THURSDAY February 2G.-The calendar wa
considered till the expiration Of the morning
hour, when the remainder of the day was giyel
to eulogies upon the late Senator Houston o.
Alabama. The eulOgies were delivered by Nor
gan, Hamlin. Davis (Iu.), Thurman, Salisbury
Pendleton and Pryor. At the close of tue eulO
gles the customary resolutions were adopted
and the senate adjourned until tomorrow.
FRIDAY, February 27.-Cameron presented
joint resolution of the Wisconsin legislator,
deprCcating any financial legislation as likely t
endangcr the prosperity Of the country =.
PendletOn presented a petition from q head
of families of the Indian band of PottawattOmlt
Indians praying for q settlement of then claim
against the government. .. Jonas presented
petition from owners of steamboats, on tn,
Mississippi river rccltng that they suffer grea
Inconvenience and peCunary loss from th
descrtion Of crews or parts of crews. and asking
for legislation to compel the hands to abide l.,
their contracts The bill admitting free O.
duty clothing and other charitable contIi
buttons from abroad for the relief o
coloTed cn.igrants in Kansas was passed. Tn
morning hou having expired, con liberation wa
resumed of unfinished business, the &" five pc
cent bill, the question being on Edmund,
motion to reconsider the vote by which the bi
was indefinitely postponed. After discussion,
motion by Fdmunds 10 lay his motion TO recon
sllcr Oh the table. was lost by vote of 70 yea
to u nays. Edmunds then moved to lndetin
itely postpone his motion to reconsider. Lost
yeas 30 navs 80. Mcdonald then moved t
postpone the motion to reconsider until tn
second monday in December next. Agreed t
by UicG rOCe vote. After an executive session
the senate adjourned until Monday.
House.
MONDAY, February 23.-Bills introduced Or
ganizing i court of pensions, to consist of
chief justice and four assistant justices, VIII
shall receive an annual salary of ZOO each; L
provide for the introduction and cultivation o
the cinchona plant in the United States; pacinj
on the free list paper suitable for books an
newspapers; abolishing the tax on tobacco; ais
reducing the tax on distilled spirits to fit
cents on every proof gallon; apprOpliating $500,
600 for deepening the mouth Of Red river; flo
the taxation of lands granted by congress to ali
in the construction of certain railroads. =. A
the expiration Of the morning hour publ
business was suspended and memorial ad
dresses were delivered upon \. VI. Lay of Mis-
souri,. After speeches by Messrs. Knott ant
Phillips, Clark aud Davis, adjourned
TUESDAY, February 24.-Spingcr, chairman
Of the committee on elections, submitted ma
joritv report of that committee relative to tn
PENNSYLVANIA contested election case Of Curtil
W. Yokum declaring the election null and vol
and renting the question TO the people of tn
district minority report submitted by Nh
Calkina declares IOkum entitled to the seat
Both reports were ordered printed and laid ol
the table. Morrison introduced bill repeal
ing the duty on medicinal bark. Referred. .
4 message was received from the presidcn
transmitting communication from the attor
nev general relative to the appropriation TO
United States marshals The attorney genera
states that since last July these officers hav
served without appropriation, and have no
only served without compensation, but have ad
vauced money for expenses necessary in tn
serving of process After a session i
committee of the whole on the revision 0
the rules the house adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, February 25.-Blount, from tn
committee on appropriations, reported back tn
'star service" deficiency bill and it was re
ferred to the committee of the whole Th
house then went into committee and debate
the bill until adjournment
THURSDAY. February 26.-Warren introduce
Joint resolution re-athrmlng the Monroe doc
trIne. Referred to the inter-oceanlc canal commit
tee. Reagan, chairman of the committee o
commerce, reported bill to establish boar
of commissioners of Interstate commerc,
Also, the following bills which he stated wOul
be offered as substitutes for that bill: To regu
late Interstate commerce; to amend the act c
1866 10 facilitate communicative bctTee
states. The bills were ordered printed al
made the special order for the fourth Nednoe
day in March. . The house, then, having dls
persed with the morning hour, went into con
mittee Of the whole on the star service deticienc
bill After the adoption of several amendment
the committee rose, reported the bill 10 th
house, and It was passed Adjourned.
FRIDAY, February 27.-A memorial was plt
sented praying for the abolition OF the duty 0
printing type DunnelI, from the comnitte
on ways and means, reported bill amendin
section 1920 of the revised statutes, 50 as I
provide that when cans manufactured wholly c
IN part Of imported material. filled with product
grown or produced in the United States. Sre y
ported for the benefit of the drawback granite
ty section 10, the same shall in all cases lie I'll
titled to the drawback provided for in that sc,
ton when tue imported material used III IL
manufacture Of such cans shall equal 10 pc
cent. of all the material used in the manufactur
thereof Passed lDuSe then went int
committee Of the whole on the revision Of tn
rules, and debated the last rules on the lis
When the committee rose the rules were II
norted 70 the homo aud notice was giyen b