The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-05-13

ment. Inc amendment increasing the
appropriation for consular clerks was
c0ncurred in. The amendment apprO-
priating $A 600 for salaries anu expenses
of commissioners appointed to negotiate
a treaty between the United States and
China, relative to Chinese immigration,
was concurred in, With the amendment
appropriating $4,000 for pay OF secretary
to commission, IS 600 for Interpreter, and
81 500 for incidental expenses. The other
amendments were non-concurred in.
The house then went into committee Of
the whole, Mr.. Stevenson in the chair,
on the private calendar. The commit
tee rose and number Of bills granting
pensions passed, and the house adjourn
ed.
SATURDAY, May 1.-Senate. sen.
ate was not in session.
for the relief of Notre Dame college, at
Indiana, passed. Mr.. Scales, chairman
of the committee on Indian affairs, re-
ported the bill to accept and ratify the
Conference committee on Tie
Indians for the sale of their reserva.
ton in Colorado. Ordered printed and
recommitted. On motion Of Mr.. Price,
the bill passed providing that an oath or
affirmation verifying the returns made
by national banks. may be taken before
notaries public. Mr.. Money, of Missis.
sippi, offered a resolution authorizing
the secretary Of war to furnish 1000 "a,
tons to Macon for the use of sufferers
made destitute by the cyclone of the 25th
$ult. Adopted.
MONDAY, May 3-Senate. Senator
Cameron, (Wis.) pursuant to previous
notice, moved to take up the bill for the
relief of Ben. Holiday. After short
discussion, the motion was agreed to-
rs to Is. The bill appropriates $500, 739
to pay Ben Holiday in satisfaction of
all his claims against the United States,
for spoilatio IS by hostile Indians ON his
property while carrying the mails, for
property taken bv the U. 8. troops for
the benefit of the United States and for
losses of property and expenses incurred
in changing his mail route in compli
unce with the orders of the United States
commanding officer. The bill was mo-
mentarily laid aside and the house Joint
resolution, authorizing the secretary Of
war to donate rations to the sufferers BY
the recent cyclone at Macon, passed.
Sen. Vance then resumed his speech in
support of the resolution declaring Fl
M:Spoford entitled to the seat now held
by Kellogg.
MoHD1Y, May s.-House.-Mr. Orth
was given unanimous consent to make
q personal explanation, to- morrow, in
regard 10 his connection with the claims
against Venezuela and the congressional
investigation Of the 44th congress in re
gard thereto. Mr.. Ellis introduced bill to
establish government postal telegraph
service for the United States between
Boston and Washington and intermedi-
ate postofaces. 1t directs the postmaster
general, for the purpose of testing the
policy and, practically, to maintain a
general system of postal telegraph lines
and affo1ding to the people the benefit OF
cheap telegraph; and the postmaster
general is authorized, without further
legislation to extend postal tile
graph lines between New York,
st. Louis, Chicago and New
Orleans, and such other cities and postal
stations as he may see fit, provided the
system shall be found advantageous and
beneficial. and an appropriation of $780,.
. 600 is made for tt 9 purpose of enabling
him to carry out the provisions Of the
act. The bill was referred to the com.
4 mittee on p,,stof1ces and post roads. The
republican side fearing the introduction
of an anti.ihird term resolution, asked
for the reading of all measures intro
duced. At the conclusion of the intro
duction Of pills the house adjourned. a
NunDAY, May 4. --8Sn0ts.-A bill wat
\ Introduced TO provide that the presiden,
OF the senate shall submit to the senate