The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-02-12
THE XVI CONGRESS.

The XLYI CONGRESS-.
THURSDAY, Jan. Senate. - Petitions
were presented from ex-soldiers against
the passage OF the senate bill for exami.
nation IN pension cases. "A communica-
ton was received from the secretary of.
war, recommending, on the suggestion
Of General Newton, that $l,600,0O0 DO
appropriated in annual installments for
the Improvement Of the Harlem river,
n. 7. A bill was introduced to provide
for celebrating tho one Lundredth ami.
versary of the treaty of peace and the
recognition of American independence
by an exhibition of arts manu-
featuring and products OF the
mines, in New York, in 1888.
Sen. Bailey, from the committee on post
Offices and post roads reported with
amendment, the senate joint resolution,
to apply the amount appropriated by the
act of March 8, 1877, to pay certain mail
contracts. Placed on calendar. It
authorizes the secretary of the treasury to
pay southern mail contracts for carrying
mails prior to May 81, 1851, upon their
presenting satisfactory evidence that they
had received no pay for such services
from either the confederate or United
from the committee on judiciary, re-
ported adversely on the house bill to ex-
/ empt postal employees from service on
| juries, and twas indefinitely postponed;
also to declare legal effect of permits
granted by the president to purchase pro-
ducts in insurrectionary states, and it was
Indefinitely pOstDOned
T1uRsDAY, Jan. 29.-House-A bill
was passed amending section 740, revised
statutes, SO as to provide that when
state contains more than one district or
division, every suit not of local nature
! in circuit or district court thereof, against
single defendant must be brought in
the division in which he resides, but if
there are two or more defendants resid.
ing in different districts it may be
brought in either division, and dupli-
cate writ may be issued against defend
ants directed to the marshal Of the other
division. In all cases of removal OF
cases from state to United States courts,
such removal shall be to tho United
States courts held in the division in
which said state courts are held. The
whole of the remainder of the session
was devoted to discussion Of the 70
vision Of the rules.
FRIDAY, Jan. 3O.-Senote The senate
was not In session..
FRIDAY. Jan. 30.-House. MIR. Shallen-
berger introduced bill directing the
commissioner of agriculture to attend,
in person or by deputy, the international
sheep and wool show to be held in Phil
adelphia, in September Mr.. Knott,
chairman Of the committee on judiciary,
reported a bill removing the political
disabilities Of VIM. B. Talliferr, of Vir-
ginia. A debate of some length OCCUR
ed on this bill, it being opposed by Con-
ger and others. It finally passed by
yeas, 172; nays, So; many republicans
voting with the democrats in the affirma-
tive. Another bill of the same nature,
removing. the political disabilities Of
John Owens, of Virginia, came up, but,
pending action, the house adjourned.
MONDAY, Feb. 2.-Senate- bill was
introduced reviving and continuing court
commissioners of Alabama claims and
the distribution of unappropriated mon
ey of the Geneva award. a bill was
passed providing that a writ of error
from the supreme court Of the United
States to the supreme court of any terri
tory shall be in criminal cases
where the accused shall have
been sentenced to capital punishment,
and in such case the allowance of sucn
writ shall operate as supercedeos, and
all cases removed from the supreme
court of any territory to the supreme
court, as provided by this act, shall have
precedence Of hearing in said court The
act applies to all cases heretofore tried
and determined in which judgment has
not been executed. In such case the
defendants shall have six months from
the passage of this act in which to
obtain and perfect such writ of error.
Sen. Kirkwood, from the committee on
pensions, reported adversely on the bill,
granting an increase of pensions to the
widow Of Maj. Thornburg, late of the
United States army. Sen. Cameron, (Wis.)
offered joint resolution authorizing the
secretary of war to furnish to the grand
army Of the republic, tents and equipage
for $4,000 men during the reunion OF
soldiers at Milwaukee in June. Sen.
Window introduced a bill to authorize
the city of Winona, MINI. to construct,
operate and maintain wagon bridge
across the Mississippi at Winona. The
credentials of Randall Lee Gibson, sena-
tor from Louisiana, for six wears. from