The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-05-21
CONGREssIONAL.

MAY 11.-Senate-Theb bill to provide To-
ascertsining end settling private land claims
in New Mexico, Wyoming Arizona. Utah. Ne
yada and Colorado. was taken up. Pending
debate the morning ,Snm hour expired Conid-
>pofford resolutions, and Mr.. Hill of Georgia
spoke in their advocacy. Hou.s-Mr.
TUCKER &c o.; Va;}. . from the COMMITTEES
to regulate the duties on hoop iron, sugar
end other articles mentioned. Mr.. Garfield
lRep., o. presented q minority report. The
disposed of, in favor of YOcum, the sitting
member. The vote stood ll3 yeas to IS navs'
The Legislatiye. Executive and Judicial APP
Committee of the Whole.
MAY 12.-Stnate-The Post Office Appro-
priation bill was reported. Mr.. Allison, from
the Committee on Public Lands, reported
favor ally on the bill to graduate the price
lands in Kansas. Paced on the Cal.
endar. Consideration was resum d
of the bin to provide for asccr.
certain states and Territories, after when
the eponord; kellogg resolutions were taken
up and Mr.: Hill, o. Geo gia, concluded his
ara1ment in favor Of nnseating Kellogg.
House-Among the bills introduced was one
by Mr.. Hooker 3D., MisS.), aboli-hing the In
dian Commission. The Legislative Appropri.
alton bill was considered in Committee of the
Whole.
May 13.-Sendte- Voorhees, submit.
ted q resolution directing the Secretary of thu
Interior to report to the Senate the names of
all railroad corporations in the United states
to whom grants of land have been made by
compliance with terms of grants within the
time specified therein: also the number of
acres Of unearned land claimed by each
of .ar; said raii tsoss corporations. and the
them expired under the limitation
The iii passed aSolishias all tolls Hia on sss
nd DASysf Geo IT.
1850, and authorizing the Secretary of War to
draw on the Treasury for the actual expenses
OF operating and repairing the same. Mr..
resolutions. He opposed the unseat.ng Of
Kellogg, on the ground that the case is
res adjudicata and can not be rc-opened. He
was followed by Mr.. Carpenter, who quoted a
number OF legal decisions to prove that the
decision of the Senate was final in the ca e..
H0use-The Legislative, Executive and Ju.
d.sial Appropriate bill was con-
good deal of confusion was occasioned by
Mr. Townshend 3D., ILL., claiming as a qucs-
ton of privilege the right to present in open
House NUMBER NJ % OF petitions in favor OF the
ruled that the petitions must be referred
through the petit. ,n-bOx. Mr.. Cobb d., INDY
introduced bill appropriatins 5000 600
to supply deficiencies L.. appropriations
for the payment of pensions for the
present fiscal year and asked for its present
consideration. Much opposition was mani
IeSLcu 10 ILLS CouTSc, anu IL WAS nnAliN re.
ferred to the Committee on Appropriations
Mr.. Springer then TOOK the floor to reply to
the speech recently made by Mr.. Ortiz R,
Indy in reference to the Venezuelan claims
MAY 14.-Senate-The Kellogg Spofford
resolutions were further considered. and
Messrs. Pendleton and Cameron (of Wiscon-
sin) both spoke in opposi ion to the resolu.
ton unseating kelO g. lfter some mise ella
neOus business had been disposed of the sen
ate adjourned till Monday. 49,. .HOuse-The
Legislative, Executive and Judicial bill
passed after a brief discussion of one
or two sections. The question then
came up of considering the resoiu.
ton for adjournment, offered by Mr.. Gibson
d., Lag, from the Ways and Means Commit
tee. Mr.. Tucker d., va.) raised the question
of consideration. stating that he desired to
move the House resolve itself into committee
for the consideration of the tariff bills. Upon
the question being put the House determined,
by vote of l33 to %, to consider the
resolution for final Adjournment Mr..
Mills d., Tex.) then moved that the adjourn
ment resolution be referred back to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, with instructions
to report a bill providing for the free i'm.
pOrtat,on of salt and printing paper befor g it
reports, resolution for final adjournment.
The motion was defeat. d-yeas so nays ll6.
No other action was taken and the House soon
after adjourned.