The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-02-17
4eths i Congress.

"WEDNESDAY, Feb 2.-Sen0te-ln the senate
Morgan moved to take up his electoral count
resolution of previous day. and at Godon's sug-
gestion they were amended in minor details, so Us
Il to make them concurrent and to provide for two
tellers instead of one on the part Of the senate.
/ The resolutions reported by Morgan, as sub
stitute for the original resolution on the subject
were adopted by rira roce vote, and the clerk
was directed to inform the house accordingly
Thr pension bill was then taken up and Voor-
hees submitted some remarks in opposition to the
pending amendment, it being what was CON-
monty known as the sixty surgeon amendment.
7 The senate went into executive session and
soon thereafter adjourned. s.-- ,- s.f-
| House-Thc house.. after receiving and refer
ring the message to the president on the Ponca
Indian question, went into committee of the
whole on the District of Columbia bill: After
making few amendments. the committee rose
and reported the bill to the house. when it passed
yeas l49. nays "a. w.
a struggle then ensued as to the possession of
the floor.
| Mr.. Reagan demanded the regular order and a
further consideration Of the Interstate commerce
bill. = G.@!- .z17@ &
Mr.. Conger IN. W asserted his right to call up
! the apportionment bill privileged question /;
and Mr. Sparks, antagonizng both propositions,
made motion to proceed to business on the cai-
! endar for the purpose Of preventing the calling
| up of the Fitz- J ohm Porter bill
| Mr.. Reagan contendetl it was matter of great
er interest to the American people that the ques-
| ton involved in state commerce should receive
consideration and attention, and he would ask the
house to set apart two days for consideration of
that measure, and order night sessions for debate
only on the same subject. /
| Consideration being submitted; the house. by q
vote of yeas 9S nays $50; refused to consider the
| Interstate commerce bill. "--
THURSDAY, Feb. 3.-Senate.- Morgan's elector
al count resolution coming up, and discussion
following, Mr.. Edmunds moved TO lay the resolu-
~, IL -, knI
| A motion by Mr.. Blair to refer Morgans resolu-
ton to the judiciary committee occupied the time
until 1:30 when further motions of q like charac-
ter developed the purpose of the republicans by
obstruction. to prevent the passage of the resolu-
| ton, and the senate adjourned.
| THURSDAY, Feb. 7-House.-The Indian ap-
propriatio" bill was reported with the senate
! amendments. the committee recommending concur
renee in some and nonconcurrence in others
| Among the amendments nOncOncurred in is that
l striking out the clause abolishing the Indian
Commission. The report was agreed to. ~ The
| Apportionment bill was then taken up.
| FRIDAY, Feb. 4.-Sennte- Sen. Bayard, from
the committee on finance, reported the funding
bill, with its amendments 81 |sEg
Sen. Pendieton, from the select committee on
the subject, reported fayorably, with amendments,
the senate bill to allow the principal officers of the
executive department to occupy seats on the floors
of the senate or house. - ~ -
The Morgan resolution on counting the eector-
al vote, came up.
Sen Morgan's resolution, as thus amended, was
then agreed to-ayes AZ, with one vote, White in
the negative. The affirmative vote included with
| the democrats, Sens Allison Blcir Booth Conk-
ling, Davis Ql) IIoar, and Jones Nev:)
| The Indian land in severalty BILL the regular
order, was then informally laid aside, and the SEN
ate resumed consideration of the pension appro-
priation BILL
The question being on Withee's amendment, in
sorting the provisions Of the sixty surgeons bill.
Logan occupied the Intervening time until adjourn
ment in opposition to the amendment.
| House-Mr. Bragg chairman of the committee
on war claims, reported the bill for the payment Of
certain claims.
Mr.. Young, chairman of the committee on con-
tagious diseases, reported back the bill authorz-
| ing the president to appoint a commission to ex-
anime and report upon the adulteration of food
| Placed on the calendar.
| Some opposition was made to the consideration
of the pension bill, and Atkins warned the house
that not much less than S7O,000,0O0 would have
| to be appropriated this year for PENSIONS He
would sooner undertake to lquidate the entire
public debt, than to liqudate the debt which had
been imposed on the country by the pension laws
| arrearage act.
| Mr.. Briggs made some remarks which called for
reply from Atkins, to the effect that the gentle
man was raking embers Of war, because he (At
kins) had spoken from business standpoint. ~.
| After some further discussion the bill was laid
mittee rose and number Of private bills were
| passed.
SATURDAY. Feb. 5.-Sendte.-A JOINT resolution
| was passed. inviting the government and the peo-
pie Of France and the family Of Lafayette to Join
the United States in the Yorktown centennial Gel
ebration. and $50 900 was appropriated.
| Sen. Davis Qllo presented q resolution from
the board of agriculture of Illinois, urging the
passage of a law on the subject of infectious dis
eases among the animals in the United States.
The following bills were passed: 80
| For the erection of a public building at Quincy
| Illinois.
Authorizing a survey of parts of certain town.
ships in Crawford county, Wisconsin, and making
| an appropriation therefor
TO grant the corporate authorities of Council
Bluff, Iowa, for public uses, Carr Lake.
Relative to the erection of monument at Wy
andotte Mission, Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
TO establish additional land districts in Kansas.
House-Mr. Bicknell, as privileged question,
called up the senate concurrent resolution for
counting the electoral votes. After an interesting
debate of several hours the resolution passed by
vote of 100 yeas to II nays.
The apportionment bill was then taken up, and
Colerick took the floor support Of the bill Of
the majority, contcnding that there was nothing
partisan in its provisions, and by it more
people would be represented than by the bill of
the minority.
Mr.. Hawley favored the bill of Cox. fixing the
number of members at 3Ol.,,s--.s-s--s-ss.-s-,--ss
i Mr.. Hooker said to cut down representation
from the south would be to deprive the negro of
the right to be represented in congress. The ne
gro very good institution as long as he
would vote the republican ticket but when he
i became a man and acted for himself, when he
voted the democratic ticket republicans said there
was want of departure from the principle by
which he should be governed and his Representa-
tion should be cut down.
II Mr.. Aiken characterized the carpet bagsm in
the south as political legalized burglary, and as
serted that the northern men going there to invest
their money and to help develop resources of the
| country, we're always welcome.
Il Without further debate the house adjourned.
Il MONDAY Feb. 7-.Sendte-On motion of Mr..
Butler, the subject of alleged census frauds in
South Carolina was taken up, and the letter of
the secretary OF the interior, in response to the
senate resolution for information on the subject
was read. Mr.. Butler verified the report and be-
heved it should put to shame the baseless calum-
nies of stump orators and party organs in the
: late campaign. Replying to the language con-
tanned in speech by Mr.. Conkling during the
campaign, he spoke Of the charges and insinuationa
as being as malignant in their purpose against the
and asserted that although the evidence of the
correctness of the census figures conclusive
: and overwhelming of the authors charges, he
had not had the Honesty to make amends for his
dishonorable perversions.
Mr.. Conklng replied to Butler, that he inferred
upon him for something he had said in . speech
last September. He thought that Butler had
taken a long time to reply. As for the vaporings
of that senator he had no concern.
Mr. Butler-The staggering insolence of the
senator from New York has no concern for me.
4 Mr.. Conkli"g-The senator isa person with
whomI do not choose to handy words or epithets
here or elsewhere. Least of all here.
The subject was then dropped, and the senate
adjourned
4 MONDAY. Feb. 7.-House.--Mr. Aiken moved
to suspend the rules and pass the bill for creating
a department of agricultulture.
Objection was made.
The following bills were introduced and re-
ferred:
By Thomas Turner, joint resolution ON the
subject Of taxation. 1t declares the constitution
confers no power upon congress to imposed . tariff
of internal revenue or other taxation except for
the purpose Of raising revenue; that the revenue
standard Of taxation is the lowest rate that
will yield the required revenue; that to impose
higher tax is to place an unnecessary burden
on the consumers of the taxed articles: that