The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-06-03
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Latest Dispatches.
Congress-.

SENArE.-Alengthy debate took place
ON the s4th on the Morgan joint resolution
relative to the counting Of the Electoral vote,
and it was finally passed by party vote of q
to IL. The House bill amending the Revenue
laws. known as the Carlisle bill, was passed,
as were also number of pension bills.
Mr.. Bayard moved to take up the hill intro
duccd by him and reported favorably from the
Judiciary Committee March 10, to define the
terms of office Of certain officials of the Unit
ed States. aud providing that Supervisors Of
Election shall be appointed by the President,
Senate, and that their terms OF Office shall
endure two years. beginning with May of
each even numbered year. BY refusing to
ators succeeded in preventing action by q
quorum.
HoUsE.-Bil.s were introduced: BY
MIR. Sherwin. fixing duty of forty per cent.
I'D valorem on the importation of condensed
milk: by Mr.. Whitaker, to reduce the price of
lands to actual settlers within railroad limits
to $l.2j per acre; by Mr.. IluatoOn, repeating
section $3.50 of the Revised Statutes SO far US
bounty lands are concerned: by MIR. Prescott,
to pay to the soldiers and sailors of the late
war who are totally disabled all the moneys
paid by them for medical and surgical treat
ment.. The Senate amendment to the House
bill for the relief Of settlers on the Usage trust
aud diminished reserve lands in Kansas was
concurred in. A bill was passed SO amending
section 2.sS of the revised Statutes as to pro-
vide that the fec in donation cases for every
SO. s.: aud OF $40 acres, $50. ). The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was reported back
from the Committee on Appropriations and
referred to Committee of the Whole.
SENArE.--A large number of pension
bills were passed on the e5th. "A bill was also
passed providing that section Of the act in-
creasing the pensions Of widows and orphans,
approved July q. ls6i, and section Is of the
Pension act of July q. 1858, and section 4,1l2
OF the Revised Statutes, shall not operate to
allowed to naval officers and their widows,
etc. prior to July 20, 1868, and that such
pensions shall be- restored to the rate from
which they were reduced to date from original
date of such pensions. Mr.. Bayards bill
relating to the appointment of Supervisors
OF Elections was discussed at considerable
length.
HoUsE.-The session was mainly de-
voted to the consideration, in Committee of
the Whole, of the Sundry Civil Appropr a.
ton bill. and several amendments were dis.
posed of.
SENATE.-EX-Govern Brown took
the modified oath on the Seth, and then took
his seat as Senator from Georgia, in place of
Gordon, resigned. The Pensions Deficiency
Appropriation bill and the bill OF Mr.. Bavard
regulating the appointment Of Supervisors of
Election were passed, the latter by party
rote-2 to IA.
HoUsE.-The Conference report on
the Military Academy Appropriation bill
was agreed to, and, on motion of Mr.. Carlisle,
the Senate amendments to the House bill
amending the Internal Revenue law in regard
to.distilicd spirits were concurrcd in. The
Sundry Civil Appropriation hill was taken up
in Committee of the Whole, and, on mo-
ton of Mr. Downev IVY. t.. the Secretary Of
the Treasury was authOriZci-by Il vote of IS
to 2l--in order that he may have accommodate
ton for the storage OF coin, to pay the sums
appropriated by the bill in lawful silver coin.
SENATE.--Mr. Pcndleton submitted
resolution on the 9Th reque sting the Presi-
dent to communicate to the Senate whether
any Supervisor or Supervisors of the Cen
sus, appointed by and with the advice of
the Senate. had been removed from Office by
him, or with his consent, and whether a sue
cessor to fill the vacancy caused by such re-
moval had been appointed by him. or with
alton bill was passed, with amendments,
one of which increases the salary of the
Commissioner of Agriculture to $1,000.
HoUsE.-The Conference report on
the joint resolution to print 10000 extra cop
les of the report of the Commissioner Of Fish
and Fisheries was agreed to''''Thc morning
hour was dispensed with, and the main portion
of the day was devoted to the further consid-
Grafton, in Committee of the Whole, of the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. The Cen
eral Deficiency Appropriation bill about $4,-
NO,oJ) was reported from the Committee on
Appropriations.