The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


PASSED.. Inc mousse Dill pIOflulIlb times nnu
places of holding Circuit Court of the United
States in the district Of Iowa, and for other
purposes, was passed. The house bill to ari-
thorize q compromise OF the claims Of the United
States under the will Of Joseph l.. Lewis, of
Hoboken, who devised about 81 zoo, 900 toward
paying of tho public debt, was taken up and
passed. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, juno 1.-The river and harbor ap-
preparation bill was taken up for consideration.
Amendments were concurred in as follows: III
creasng tho appropriation for the ice harbor at
the mouth of the Muslingunl, Ohio, to $40, 600;
increasing the appropriation for Toledo harbor
to $50, 1000; apprOpriating $4,000 for the Mch:
lgan City harbar; increasing the appropriation
for Calumet, ILL.,, harbor to 1926, 900; for Grand
Haven, Mich, to $4,000; for removing the bar
in the Mississippi river opposite Dubuque, Ia,
to $1,000; for improving the Missouri at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Ia, t. $50, 900; for improving the
Missouri at PASSPORT, Ia, and Nebraska City to
100000; for improving Saginaw river, Mich,
to $4,000; striking out the appropriation of
$35,OO6 for improving the falls Of the Cumber-
land river, Kentucky; inserting an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for reservoirs ut the head
waters of the Mississippi river to be used in the
construction OF dam at Lake Winnchagos.
hsh; reducing from $200,000 to $100.O0O
the appropriation for improving the
Kentucky river from its mouth to Three
Forks; reducing from 100000 to $85, 900
the appropriation for the Improvement
Of the Illinois river; the amendment striking
out the clause amending the joint resolution
| authorizing the construction of bridge ut Rock
Island 80 AZ TO require the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad company to charge IS fol
loaded and 81 FOR empty cars other than its own
Tor crossing the bridge, One-half of said sum to
S0to the United States treasury, was adopted;
also one for an appropriation Of S10,000 for the
Missouri river at Brownsville and $4,000 for
the Missouri at PlattslnOuth also one for an
n1,fiat In lf far rn In,
crn channel of the Mississippi near Guttenburg,
la. An amendment for survey to ascertain
the practicabllity and cost of n ship canal from
Lake Erie to the naviguble waters of the Wa
bash and Ohio rivers was adopted. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, June 1.-The consideration was
resumed of the river and harbor bill. Browns
amendment increasing the appropriation for
Savannah harbor from SG5,00U to 800, 900 was
rejected-2St to 1G. The bill was reported to the
senate and all amendments in committee of the
whole being agreed TO, except the amendment
reducing from sllO,ODO to SS5,000, the appro-
priatiOn for the improvement of the Illinois
river, which was disagreed to. On motion of
Davis, OF Illinois, the bill was then read third
time and passed-yeas, 50; nays 49,. .Ad-
journed.
THURSDAY, June 3.-Ihc senate bill to con-
summate the resolution of the Continental con-
gross by apprOpriating 1000 10 erect monil-
ment to Gen. Herkimcr at the battlefield of Or
lskany, D. Y, was passed. The tariff COM
mission bill was then taken up, and after long
debate, the pending question being on the
amendment offered by Kirkwood directing the
commission to include in their report the rcIa-
ton OF the tariff to the existing system Of inter-
nal revenue laws, it was adopted. The question
recurring ON Birkwood's amendment including
in the investigation the system of charges and
fees at the principal ports for loading and ull-
loading, clearance and pilotagc of vessels engage
cd IN foreign commerce, it was adopted. Gar
lands substitute as amended was then rejected
yeas Il, nays 25. The question recurring Oh
Eatons bill, Brown moved to amend so that the
commission shall report III January, 1881, in
stead of December, 1881. Adopted-yeas Is,
nays "a, The bill was read third time and
passed-yeas 81, nays 49,. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, June 4.-The senate bill for the re-
lief OF settlers within the late Fort keamey
military reservation, Nebraska, was passed. :.
After general debate on District of Columbia
matters the nate adjourned.
MONDAY, May 31.-The senate amendments to
the house bill for relief to certain homestead
and preemptiOn settlers i'll Kansas and Ne
braska were cOncurred in. Consideration of
the sundry civil appropriation bill was then re-
sumed. number of amendments were agreed
to and several rejected after which the bill
passed-yeas 112, nays So. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, June 1.-The house went into COM
mittee Of the whole on the deficiency bail. An
amendment approprating $50, 900 to the daugh-
ter and granddaughter of the late President
Zachary Taylor was adopted After debate on
other amendments the committee rose. .Ad-
jOurned.
WEDNESDAY, June 2.-The house went into
committee of the whole, on the general dcfcien-
cy appropriation bill, the pending paragraph
being that appropiating $4,000 to enable the
secretary of the treasury to provide storage for
silver coin. A substitute by Bland and large
number of amendments were rejected. Warner
offered the following substitute for the original
paragraph, and it was agreed to: "To enable
the secretary of the treasury to provide more
secure and if needed be, additional vault room
for coin, $4,000" The amendment was adopted
apprOpriating as deficiency $500 for detecting
persons guilty of violating internal revenue laws.
....Adjourned.
THURSDAY, June "A joint resolution appro-
prlatlnS S30, 900 for monument to mark the
birthplace Of George Washington was agreed to
UNANIMOUSLY. -. The committee on ways and
means reported a resolution for the final adj
lournment of congress at noon on the 10th
inst. Agreed to without debate-yeas 106 nays
63.. The general deficiency bill was then taken
up. Townsend Gll) offered an amendment
striking out the paragraph appropriating $780,
600 to enable the secretary of the treasury to
provide more secure vault room for coin and
bullion. Rejected-yeas rs; nays sc. Page Of
fered an amendment appropriating 5000 TO
pay special deputy marshals i'll California at the
September election. Rejected-yeas 10, nays
ga party vote. The next vote was taken on
the amendment adopted III committee providing
that no part of the appropriation made for the
payment of marshals shall be paid to any gen.
eral or special deputy marshal for services rem
dered at elections. The action of the commit
bill was then passed. The house then consid-
cred the amendments to the postotfice appro-
priatiOn bill. The senate amendment increas-
ing from S85O,000 to 100000 the appropria-
ton for inland transportation by steamship
routes, was concurredin. The senate amendment
increasing the appropriation for inland mail
transportation S350,000, was non-concurred in.
The senate amendment striking out the proyis-
ion for reletting of contracts on all star routes
on which pay for expedition of schedule shall
exceed fifty per cent of contract price before
such expedition. was cOncurred in. After the
introduction of petition for the passage of the
bill granting lands in scveralty to Indians the
house adjourned.
FRIDAY, June 4.-The senate amendments to
the house bill granting condemned cannon fora
soldiers monument at Marietta, Ohio, were
concurrcd ill.,. On motion the senate bill passed
for dispOsing of Fort Harker military reserva-
ton. The speaker steted that the regular
order was the motion to lay on the table the
motion to reconsider the vote by which the
house yesterday concurred i'll the senate amend
ment to the postoffice appropriation bill, striking
out the provisO relative TO the reletting of the
star routes. The motion to table was agreed
to-yeas 81, nays 72-so the proviso was strick-
en- from the bill, which now goes to the senate
for Its action in regard to the amendments nom
concurred i'll by the house. The house then
went into committee of the whole on the private
calendar, but after considering three pension
bills, the committee found itself without n
quorum. After the passage of several pension
bills the house adj ourned.
Rapid Firing.