Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE, April 6.--On motion of Mr..
Pendleton the Senate insisted on its amend.
ments to the Census bill. and a Conference Com.
mttee was appointed. The joint resolution to
allow employees of Government printing offices
holidays with pay, was passed. The bill TO author.
ize retired list OF commissioned officers OF
thirty years service discussed until the expi.
ration of the morning hour, when the bill ratify-
ing the Ute agreement was taken up. Pending
discussion the benate went into executive ses-
sion and when the doors reOpened adjourned
,...,, HOUSE. "A number of bills were reported
from committees and referred. The House then
went into Committee OF the Whole on the Army
Appropriation bill but without final action the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
SENATE, April THE Vice-President
sent note saying he would be absent several
days. Mr.. Thurman was chosen TO preside.
The Consular and Diplom attic bill was re-
ported n, BACK and placed on, the oalen-
Oar. The resolution - offered by Mr..
Affairs TO inquire into the propriety aud expe-
diency of removing the Santee Indians from
adopted. Mr.. Davis subsequently, moved
60 reconsider the vote, and opposed any
movement to give the Poncas reservation to any
other tribe. Pending the debate the morning
hour expired. and the matter went over. Com
,HlderatiOn WIS resumed of the bill ratifying the
Ute agreement Pending debate on an amend
ment offered by MIR. kiTkwOod providing that
no money shall be paid the tribe until the gull
~ indians are surrendered or apprehended, the
bills We're reported and placed on the Calendar
10 provide for the survey and disposal of min
eral lands of the United States; to alter and
smend the Sinking Fund act approved May
9Th, 1873; to organize and discipline the mi
litia of the United States; to increase
the pensions OF certain 'diers and sailors who
tracted in the service. The House then went
into Committee of the Whole on the Army Ap-
preparation bill, but without final action the
committee rose and the House adjourned.
y Is.1
taken up and discussed until time for adjourn.
ment,.. HoUsE.-A large number Of bills were
reported adversely from the Committee on War
Claims and laid upon the table The House then
went into Committee of the Whole upon the
Army Appropriation bill, the pending question
being upon the point of order raised against the
amendment prohibiting any of the appropria-
tions to be used for the subsistence. equipment,
transportation or compensation of any portion
of the army 10 be used as police force 20 keep
any state. The Chair after some discussion,
ruled that the amendment in order. Mr..
Conger appealed from the decision, but the
Committee sustained the decision-yeas 109.
nays %. The Republicans then demanded that
general debate should be had upon the bill
motion to that effect was made, but the House
adjourned without coming to vote.
SENATE, April 9.-On motion of Mr..
Bayard the resolutions offered by him in Feb
ruary last, providing for the appointment of q
Joint committee of two members of the Finance
Committee of the Senate and Ways and Means
Commtttee OF the House to take into considera-
tion the alleged losses of revenue arising from
the evaeion of the stamp tax on cigars and
other articles subject TO excise duty, and what
remedy can be provided by law. and with power
TO recomfAend such measures as they may deem
proper, by bill or otherwise. were passed. The
House resolution for printing three hundred
thousand copies of the report of the Commits
sioner OF Agriculture for 1873 passed. Mr.. Lo-
gan submitted resolution directing the Secra-
tary OF War to furnish the Senate with any facts
r.
eIence to the recent mutilation of one
OF the cadets at West Point. Messrs. Eaton
an Maxey thought the resolution prema ure.
The resolution was supported by MessTs. Yoor-
heos, Bruce and Huar. who denounced the prac-
tlce OF hazing and the many outrages at West
Point. Pending the debate the morning hour
expired and the resolution went over.
1he Ute bill was then taken up and
after discussion il was unanimously agreed that
general debate ON the bill should cease on the
18th. Adjourned until the 18th. HousE.-Mr.
DE La MatAr introduced a bill establ blshing
temporary Government for Alaska. Referred.
Undera a call of the speaker. for reports from
committees between fifty and seventy FIVE bills
were Iepurtcd adversely from the Committee on
War Claims and laid on the table. Adjourned
until the llth.
HOUSE, April 10.-On motion of +.
Wood the House concurred in the Senate resolu-
tion providing for the appointment of two mem
hers of the Senate Finance Committee and the
House Ways and Means Committee as q joint
committee to take into consideration the al
OF the tax on cigars and other arti-
Cles subject to excise duty and what
remedy can be provided by. law. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole ON the
Army Appropriation bill, and general debate was
commenced upon the amendment prohibiting
the use of troops at the polls as a police force.
When the committee rose the Senate bill giving
twelve bronze cannon to the Blair Monumental
association of ST. Louis was passed, and the
House adjourned.
SENATE, April 12.-Bills introduced
and referred To reimburse colored depositors
for losses incurred by the failure of the Freed
mems Bank; to regulate the promotion and fix
the rank of line officers of the army. This
Geneva Award dill was informally taken
up for the purpose of allowing Mr.. Nc
Mcdonald had concluded his speech. the Ute
bill was taken up, and otter some discussion was
passed yeas &c, nays l6. The Conference report
on the Census was taken up and adopted. The
President pro tenn. declared the unfinished bust.
ness to be the Geneva Award bill. Mr..
Eaton anpounced that, he would, move to
the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation
bill on the following day. Adjourned. =.
E2usE.-fGhe G5eo Senate fS hlll was passed appr9-
posts for the protection of the Rio Grande front
Ter; Under the call of States the following
bills were introduced: Extending for three
years from the LIST of July next the time within
which applications for arrears of pensions may
be MED; regulating the compensation of the
transportation of mails by railroads; authOrizine
the Secretary of the Treasury TO transmit subsid
iary silver coin through the mails as third. elias,
matter; calling on the Secretary of the Intero. |
for information to the delay in the payment |
of bounties and back pay; 10 repeal the law in |
posing tax on the circulation and notes Of
state banks; proposing constitutional amend
ment thatnO person shall be eligible TO the Office
of President for moro than two terms; authoriZ-
ing the Secretary Of the Navy 10 secure adequate
coalng stations for the use of tho Navy at proper
points ON the Atlantic and Pacific coast Cen.
tral America and the American lsthmus. The
Speaker Land before the House Il message from
the President transmitting a report of the Sec
rotary of State relative 70 Chinese imn igratiOn.
Referred: The House then went into Cum-
mittee of the Whole on the Army Appropriation
bill. After general debate, the committee rose
and reported the bill and amendments 10 the