The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS,

FEB. 12.-The Postal Appropriation bin
was further considered in the Senate, the
mail steamship subsidy amendment, offered
bv Mr.. HamIin. being the chief item Of con.
tentiOn. Mr.. Wallace raised the point of
order against Mr.. Hamlin's amendment that
It would epgraft general legislation upon an
appropriation bin, and upon the question
cided. % to II, that the point Of order was
well taken, and the amendment was there.
fore declared ont OF order; In the
in 1ere Canal COMMITTEES in AID 'e of
the Tehuantepec Ship Railroad tEads's
scheme) gave rise to noisy and disorderiy
had been authorized. Finally, on motion Of
Mr.: Cox, the whole subject was laid on the
table by almost unanimous viva voce vote.
Committee of the Whole and three Of the forty
pages of the bill were disposed Of. One of the
amendments adopted was that the Secretary
to the lowest responsible bidders. -
FEB. 1.-The Senate further considered
the Postal Appropriation bill. The subsidy
clause was laid on the table, by vote of 81 to
II. and the bill passed. The Cattle Diseases
bill was taken up and considered at some
length: In the House Mr.: Stephenson pre-.
sented resolutions of the Illinois Legislature,
urging the passage of such q measure as will
relieve the commerce of the country from un-
just discrimination by railroad corporations,
and protect inter State commerce by law.
The Speaker announced the death of Repre-
sentative Wood, of New York, and the House
adjourned out of respect to his memory.
4 FEB. 15.-The Senate took up the Fund.
ing bill, and Mr.. Bayard explained the amend.
ments of the Senate Finance Committee, and
advocated the three and one half per cent.
rate and $40 bond. ..... The House further
considered the River and Harbor bill in Com
mittee of the Whole. The desk recently &C.
cupied by Fernando Wood was draped in
black and decorated with handsome basket
of flowers. d.. s..,..4.. .,4
FEB. 16.-The Senate Committee on For
eign Relations reported a resolution declar-
ing that the consent of this Government is q
necessary condition precedent to the con-
struction of any ship canal or other maritime
highway across the Isthmus Of Darien. The
munication was submitted from the Auditor
of Railroad Accounts setting forth certain
facts and figures which in his Judgment
20 lar as itreiates to the amount reauired from
the Central Pacific Railroad Company, so that
80 per cent. net earnings of this company may
be applied to the payment >, NJ OF its debt to the
Quired by law. Secretary Schurz, in transmit
ting this communication from Auditor French,
says: sc! concur in the views set forth in his
letter, and commend them to the favorable
consideration of Congress" Referred. Mr..
Pendleton reported q bill to regulate and i'm
prove the civil service of the United States.
Placed on the calendar. Mr.. Mcdonald adj
dressed the Senate upon the subject of equal.
ity of taxation. His remarks were devoted to
an elaborate discussion of the tarif, illustra.
tive of the alleged inequalities of taxation
engendered by q protective system......
The House metin continuation of the previous
days session, an intermission only having
been taken, and no adjournment. Conadera-
ton of the River and HarbOr bill was con.
tinued; the bill was completed in committee,
reported to the House, the previous question
was seconded and the main question ordered,
when the House adjourned. 1854
FEB. 17.-The Senate perfected the Fund.-
ing bill in Committee of the Whole. The
amendment of the Senate Committee, fixing
the interest rate at SK instead of per cent,
as fixed by the House, was rejected-yeas, p;
nays, 81. number of minor amendments
were adopted. The River and Harbor Appro.
priation bill was received from the House and
read first time. The House passed the
River and Harbor bill-yeas, 1853 nays S-sub-
in the form reported from commit.
tee The amount appropriated is SIC, las, 800.
The Pension Appropriation bill passed.