Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

Mr.. Logan asked unanimous consent OF tho
Senate the GATH to take up the bill TO place Gen.
Grant upon the retired list Of the army, bnt Mr..
Vest, Of Missouri, objected. Mr.. Logan then moved
to Jay aside al prior orders and consider this bill AZ
ter somewhat protracted debate the motion was de-
feated-yeas, 25; nays, Is Mr.. Edmunds Geneva
Award bill reported adversely by the judiciary
Committee, and a substi ute proposed sim
liar IN terms to that re ported last session.
he Indian Land bill came uT and 1t was agreed TO
extend its provisions to tweT -nne tribes ceded
lands IN Indian Territory. In the House, Mr..
Blacf burn, Of Kentucky, introduced bill
TO tire Col Thomas L. Crittenden. with
Tue rank and pay Of Brigadier General.
MIR. Young, Of Tennessee, proposed the APP
pointment On q commission TO examine and report
on the adultcraton Of food. Mr.. Gillette of Iowa
offered bill for the construction of double track
railroad from New York to Council Bluffs Mr..
AckleD, of Louisiana, introduced bill revising the
LIST OF duties on sugar. Several bills reported
lay committees, and placed the calendar.
Mr.. Cox reported substitute for the Appuition-
ment BIZ, providing for 30i Reprosen atiyes The
House then went into committee of the whoe on the
posoffce appropriation, which sets aside 81 700 4ST.
In the United States Senate, David Davis
reported favorsbly the Chicago Lake-front bin ON
the morning of Tuesday, Jan 25 and gave notice
that on Friday he would ask its consideration. Mr.,
Logan called up the bill to retire Gen. Grant the
vote thereon stood Is yeas to % nays, Lamar and
Davis voting With the Republicans. A bin was
passed 70 pay the additional expe ise n
the tenth census. The Indian Land bill vas debated
at some length, decided objection being mlae to
comforting citizenship IN the red men. David
Davis introduced bill to pension Justices Of the
supreme Court who may become permanently disa-
bed. The House passed appropriation Of
$4,000 for monument in commemoration
Of the battle of Saratoga. The postofice
appropriation was taken up in committee
Of the whole, and amended TO provide that safety-
heaters, saws and shall be carried In mail cars
and the Australian colonies shall be reimbursed in
part for the cost Of the Britsh cosed mails the
overland route. The bill then passed The House
of Representatives concurred in the Senate amend
msnts t. the Military Academy Appropriation bill.
majority Of the House Committee ections
made report fayoring the unseatng of Martin
(tepub,ican) as the member from the First North
Carolina district and Of giving the seat to Yeates
(Democrut. minorits report also presented.
The joint bill Tor counting the electoral vote
up when the Republicans forced an adjournment.
favorable report was made on the bill in
reference to quartermsster stores furnished the
forces of Gen. Lew Wallace during the Morgan raid
in Indiana and Ohio to the Senate on Wednesday,
Jan. 26. Mr.. ingalls, introduced a resolution pro-
yding for the counting Of the electoral vote in the
Senate Chamber on Wednesday, Feb 3, atnoon The
ution provides that two persons shall be APP
poln;cd tciers the part Of tho Senate, TO make
list Of vote for President and ye President they
TO he President Of the Senate, ho fha announce
the State vote, which shall be entered on tie hour
ma : such entry to De sum lent dec.ara-
ton thereof" The Senate spent considers-
be lime In scussine the bill providing
for oonferring land on the indians IN Feyeraty.
Hoars amendment to confer the right of citizenship
on the pdlrns was rejected by vote Of % to ~.
There Was long and acrini onious discussion be-
tween Plumb on one side and Hoar and Dawes on
tile other side as to how Massachusetts disposed Of
it, Indians about 200 years ago The pensions APP
preparation VAS reported, and the Senate went into
executive session, when the President nominated
ex-senator Stanley Matthews for the vacancy
tue supreme Bench caused by the retirement Of
justice Swayue, The Nomination feferrod TO
the Judiciary Committee. The House parsed b Il
granting Carr lake to the city Of Counci, Is uffs.
The resolution looking toward the establishment Of
teie2rnrhic system WIS faverably reported. BY q
strictly party vote the Morgan electoral resolution
was taken up, but the Republicans fitbustcred until
an adjournment was effected.
Mr.. Dawes presented in the Senate, on the
nth ut the petition of $4,000 citzens praying for
full Observance of the treaties made with the
Indian tribes. Bills for public buildings at Quincy,
ILL.,, and Minneapolis were reported favorably.
Mr.. Beck spoke for an hour in advocacy Of
his resolution for free ships, to which Mr. Blaine re-
Piled that from the inception of the war Congress
d done nothing to upho d the navigation interests
Of the United States. The Naval Approximation
bill, which sets aside <14, 720,ss7, passed.
psrtion Of the fsasenworih military o r. s1ryaA
ton, h authorize the construction railway bridge
across Niagara river, and to establish an assay Office
in st. Louis. The House indu ged in excited de-
bate on the North Carolina contested seat of Yeates
va. Martin, and a demand for the previous ques-
ton the Republicans refused to vote, breaking the
quorum.
In the United States Senate, bill was re-
ported for the suppression Of contagious diseases in
domestic animals, on Friday, Jan. %. The morning
hour filled by discussion on The Chicago Lake
Front hi ], Messrs Davis and Edmunds eing the
chief contestants Mr. Blaine introduced bill 10 es-
tablsh United States Ocean Mail Service and revive
foreign commerce by American steamships. In the
debate ON the ILdian land bill, Mr.. Morgan charged
he Secretary Of the Interior with withholding in
formation due to the Senate. Mr.. Dawes intro
duced bin to establish the rights of
the Poncas and to settle tAeir affairs in ac-
cortlance with the recommendation made by the
recent Investigating Commission. Mr. kernan in
troduced bill to egaze the collection of taxes on
account of shares # national banks. Mr.. Wallace
introduced joint resolution, proposing a constitu-
tional amendment, according to which the President
and Vice President should be elected by direct
vote Of the peop'e of the various districts
Each State L. to have many districts nv Ii has
members of Congress and Senator's each district 10
have one vote; the vote to be canyaseed by Il ard
q State Canvassers, consisting of the Governor,
Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court and Secretary OF
State. The retnin IL then TO be made 10 the Speaker
| uf the House, and to be conclusive proof of the
result. The votes to be counted by Congress
| IN joint convention, and a plurality vote to eject
In the House. Mr.. Speer gave notice that after two
| hours debate Saturday the contested seat If
Yeates w. Martin be would call the previous ques-
| ton. resolut on adopted calling on the Sec
! rotary of State for information in regard 10
| the Halifax award A hye'y debate took place on
bill t. pace Mark Walker, who had been
| dismissed for drunkenness. the retired list
Of the army Mr. Mag mis- charged that the findings
Of the court-martial had reached the Pr dent in
one If bis saasns If reform. b II for the relief
Of the widow Of Capt Pare Of the navy, an officer
who resigned at the outbreak Of the war, caused a
bitter political debate, participated in b, Messrs
Ginger, Cox, Bragg, Hooker, Hasley aud Reed No
action MAS reached.
In tho United States Senate, on Saturday,
the 10th nit, Mr. Lamar presented the credentials OF
james z. George, of Mississippi Mr. Ingalls reso-
luton for counting the vote in the Senate chamber
was ref rred TO the Committee on the Electoral
Count After considerable debate, the Chicago Lake
Trout bill was passed. The j dian Land bin came
up, aud was amended to provide for the edu-
cation Of fifty copper-coored lads OF the Agricultu n
Coaege ut Fort Collins, Col, and TO grant TO each
head oi FIRMLY fccton Of land for grazing pur-
posea. In the House, The day was monupolized BY
the North Carolina contested case of Yeases W. Mar
q the former hoing adrnstitd Mr.. De La Matyr
presented petition, With 220O0 signatures a.kif,u
that encro. chmcnts Ivy white settlers on indian
rceervati' ms he prevented.