New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-14
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
Congress-.

R1e4out p special tax. A bill was passed to
Statutes in relation to settlers afldavits tn
presumption and commuted homestead entries;
1t permits afhdavits required by those statutes
before tho Register or Receiver Of the Land
respect 81 the f Homestead and Presumption
sw op MssSs DfT c spd hi M9rsan
the Ute agreement. In the House
MI. Weaver obtained the recognition
rules and adopt his financial resolutions de-
currency. whether METALLIC OF paper, necessary
for the use and convenience of the people,
shall be issued and its volume controlled by
the Government, and not by or through the
es9 sSod Se ead T ps
ment Of al debts, public and private, and that
that portion of the interest-bearing debt Of the
United states which shall be 9e In the
about S7e2 100000, should not be. refunded be-
yond the power of the Government to call in
such obligations and pay them at any time, but
ing to contract. After debate the motion was
defeated-S4 to 117--the GLOWING being the af-
flrmative vote: Messrs. Armaeld, Atherton,
burn, Bland, Cabell, Ciardy, Clark MOI, Cobb,
Cofroth. Colerick, Cook. Cox. Culberson, Da-
wilson, 1ayis (iol Davis n. c., De La Matyr,
Finley. Ford, Forney, Forsyth, Frost, Geddes,,
Gillette, Gunter, Harris ta:), Hatch, House,
Mn Jones' Kelley Ksnna L9d ;'; Love- Man
Mufch, Myers, New, Nichols, Persons, Phelps
Phillips, Reagan, RICHMOND, Robertson: Roth
S yell k Snst m a. Ry snu Ra d Sawye
Sayer Tman' e1er; f:? Tsner,
, Maad Aa We WITS WsS@ doa W
pend the rules as to discharge the Go m nit
Tee on Ways and Means from the further CON
s1derat1on OF the bill placing salt, printing
the manufacture of printing paper on the free
list, and put it o. its passage, was defeated
ll2 to s0-not the necessary two-thirds in the
Affirmative.
The Senate on the 9th insisted on its
amendments to the Census bill, and Confer
ence Committee was appointed. The joint res
olution to allow employees of the Government
The bill ratifying. the Ute agreement. was
further debated, Messrs. Pendleton and Hill
M fay'toring It's passage, and Messrs. Morgan and
schurz.. :: Several committee reports were
t S s. s ssns %ss rf de% the
the COMMITTEES '' 81 the e' w StSe.eo The ne
Senate joint resolution providing for
the payment Of wages to employees of the
was passed. The Army Appropriation bill
Whole, and MI. Cymer Stated that the meas
port and appreciation Of the executive officers
ernment, subsistence and equipment Of the
ferring that all other objects, such as building
OF forts, construction of telegraph poles, ETC.,
ehou!d pc charged to other accounts, and
Rrovtded Tor In the Civil sundry Appropr1a-
A NOTE was received in the Senate ON
the 18th from the vice-President stating that
he would be absent several days, and a resolu.
ton was adopted that Mr.: Thurman be chosen
on Appropriations, reported back the Consular
Agreement bill was further debated and
9mended. Several bills were reported in the
House, one Of them providing for an increase
who are utterly helpless on account of disease
contracted in the service. MIR. Cook asked
leave to offer resolution reciting tho alleged
cadet at West Point Academy, and calling on
which he might have in regard to the alleged
ia sep s aay 5sa
that sutSorttie5 Aen at on we @s sf Fens
It better to await that Decision than to 3ump
at conclusions based on newspaper reports,
especially az the latest report was that it was
Dog%s 9ua re- wR6r1ng the discussion in
pr1ation bill Mr.. Sparks, laboring under the
impression that improper motives had been
imputed to him, called Mr.. Clymer q liar.
Explanations followed, and, Mr.. Sparks hay
ing withdrawn the offensive language, the ex-
element subsidized and business was proceeded
with.
The Ute Agreement bill was further
discussed in the Senate on the Sth.. Several
private bills were reported In the House, The
Army APPROXIMATION bill was taken up in Com
mittee of the Whole, the pending. question be-
lOQ uDOn a DOlnE OF order raised QDQincf tho
amendment prohibiting any Of the appropria-
tions to be used for the subsistence, equip
ment, transportation or compensation
of any part of 1.-THE army to be used
as a police force to keep peace at the
polls at any election held within any
State. After debate the Chair held that If the
army was relieved by the proposed amend
ment from any additional duty, it would be in
the ilne OF retrenchment; 1t could not be 9th
erwise; the conclusion must be arrived at that
If the amendment was adopted there would be
q saving to the people; therefore, he would
rule that the amendment was in order. An
appeal was taken, and the decision was sus.