The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-11
THE NATIONAL CONGRESS.

Mr.. Pendleton presented, and the Senate
adopted, on Wednesday, June 2, resolution asking
whether the sections of the Revised Statutes author
zing judicial powers by Consuls was in accordance
with the constitution. The River and Harbor
bill completed and passed bill
was reported favorably for the purchase of
additional grounds and the erection Of
public building at Detroit. The House went into
committee of the whole on the General Deficiency
bill, and completed that measure. It was then re-
ported to the House and the main question was or
dered upon 1t.
The resolution heretofore introduced by Mr..
Butler calling for copies of papers relative to the
New York Central 5-per-cent tax was adopted by
the Senate, on the Sd inst The bill appropriating
$41 900 to erect monument to Gen. Herkimer at the
battle field of Oriskany N. Y, was passed. The
House bill amending the transportation of dutiable
goods was taken up. On motion of various Senators
the following places were included points of des-
tination: Nashville, Knoxville, Omaha Grand Ha-
ven, Peoria, Quincy, La Crosse Keokuk, Alton,
Cairo Kansas City, and ST. Louis The bill was
then passed The Tariff Commission bill was then
taken up. and, after long debate upon various
amendments, the bill passed. The President
nominated Eugene Schuyler, now Consul
General at Rome, Consul General and Diplo-
and William N. Penthye, now Vice Consul at Tient-
sin, Secretary Of the Commission to China. In the
House, the joint resolution appropriating $4,000
for monument to mark the birthplace Of
George Washington agreed to unanimously. The
Committee Ways and Means reported resolution
for the final adjournment of Congress at noon the
10th inst, which was agreed to without debate
yeas, 106; nays, So. The General Deficiency bill
then taken up and passed The House then consd-
cred the Senate amendments to the Postoffice Ap-
preparation bill, being accepted and others re-
jected After the introduction Of petition for the
passage of bill granting lands in severaty to the
Indians, the House adjournee.
The bill for the relief of settlers within the
late Fort Kearney Military Reservation, Nebraska,
was passed by the Senate on Friday, June 4. Mr.
Voorhees, sent to the Clerks desk and had read
resolution under which the Exodus Committee
was appointed, and spoke at considerable length
thereon. general debate followed upon District of
Columbia matters. :. In the House, ON motion of
Mr. Cannon, joint resolution was passed
authorizing the delivery of arms, ETC., to
the soldiers reunion at Decatur, Ill. The
Senate amendments to the House bill granting
condemned cannon for the erection of soldiers
monument at Marietta, Ohio, concurred in.
The Senate bill passed for disposing of the Fort
Harker Military Reservation. The Postof1ce Appro-
p laas aa,,o BILL as amended enc by the Senate
gard to the star routes non-concurred in.
Mr. Vance, from the Committee on Patents, reported
adversely on bill to repeal act renewing the pat
ent OF Henry Voelter for the wOod-pulp process.
Laid on the table Fernando Wood stated that he
would not call up the Refundng bill this session. as
the House has resolved to adjourn June 10, but
gave notice he would bring it before the
House the first Wednesday in December next
The House then went into Committee of the Whole
on the private calendar but after considering three
pension bills the House refused either to adjourn or
to proceed to business, and it only by the Speak
er's voting in the affirmative on tie vote that the
motion to adjourn was carried.
In the Senate, on Saturday, June 5, bill
was passed for the sale of the Detroit Arsenal A
message was received from the President replying
to a resolution of inquiry stating that two Super
visors of Census had been removed and successors
appointed by him. The Senate insisted on it's
amendments to the Legislative Appropriation bill,
anda conference committee was appointed The Sen
ate concurred in the House amendments to the bill
Tor the immediate transportation Of dutiabe goods
The bill approprating 1921, 900 to reimburse the
Greek orphan fund passed. The House bill to reg
ulate the compensation of night inspectors of Gus
toms was amended and then passed. The Senate
bill to promote the civilization of the Wnnebago
Indians in Wisconsin (granting them their
pro rata proportion of the annuites of the
Winnebagoes of Nebraska and Wisconsin for
the purpose of securing homesteads) passed. /
The House bill granting to the corporation of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Iowa, for public purposes, the meandered
lake near that city, passed. In the House. the
Senate amendments to the following House bills
were concurred in: Requesting the President to
open negotiations with France, SPAIN Austria and
Italy relative to the importation of tobacco to their
dom1n1ons, and to amend statutes relative to the
immediate transportation of dutable goods
number Of bills of private nature were passed:
also bills amending the statutes relative to afidavits
OF homestead and presumption settlers; authorizing
the ST. Paul and Chicago Short Line Railroad Com
pany to construct a bridge across Lake St. Croix:
providing for the transportation of mails between
East st. Louis and st. Louis. Conference commit
tees were appointed on the River and Harbor bill.
and on the Postofice Appro priaton bill
In the Senate, on the 7th inst, Mr.. Herman
made speech in support of the resolution unseating
Kellogg. Mr.. Mcdonald obtained the floor, and gave |
way for other business. The bill refunding the
duties on an imported altar to the Notre Dame Uni
versty, st. Joseph county, Ind, passed The bill
abandoning the Fort Sedgwick (Neb Military Reser-
walton and restoring it to the public domain passed.
The bill authorizing the purchase of ground and the
erection of public building at Detroit passed. Mr.
Beck from the Committee Appropriations, re-
ported, with amendments, the Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill. The House bill prohibiting Govern
nent suits against timber trespassers public lands
prior to March /, 1872 and enabling defendants in
suits now pending to settle them by acquiring /
title to the lands under existing laws was called
up. Inc section reducing from $3.50 to $1.25 per
acre lands whose price raised more than /
twenty years before the passage of this act on ac-
count OF grants of alternate sections for railroad
purposes was stricken out AS thus amended the !
bill passed In the House, the Senate bill ratifying
committee thereto, passed-yeas, TIA nays Is. On |
motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill for
Inc erection OF a public building at Rochester. no |
quorum voted, and the House adjourned.