National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-18
MONDAYS CONGRESS-,
KeiIogK-s Case Not Taken Tp-Ord-s Rs
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| AeilOEEs Case Not Taken UP-Ord-s He
! lief BEu-WOrk In the House.
The attempt Of Mr.. salisbury in the Senate yes
terday TO bring up the Kellogg case was failure.
| The HOlladay claim case was again under discus
sion. Several bills passed. including one for
the relief of BrigadieTGeneral E. o. Ord. IN the
House bills resolutions, and memorials were Of
fered and referred and the attempt to suspend the
rules and pass the bill authorizing the resdjust-
ment of the salaries of the postmasers of the third
I fourth, and fifth class was defeated. The bin
quieting the titles of settlers on the Des Moines
| River lands in Iowa was passed.
THE SENATE.
| Mr.. WALLACE, from the Committee on Appro-
priatiOns, reported, with sundry amendments, the
Indian appropriation bill
| Mr.. PENDLETON, from the Census Committee
reported, with an accompanying detailed report
bill making appropriation for completing, com
| piling, and publishing the returns of the tenth
| census.
| Mr.. GARLAND presented the report of the con-
gressional visitors TO West Point, and, accompany
| ing the same, bin amending existing laws in re-
lation to the Military Academy at West Point. Re
| ferred TO the Committee on Military Affairs.
| Several bills were introduced and referred.
! On motion of Mr. BRUCE, the bill authorizing
and directing the purchase by the Secretary of the
Treasury, for public use, the property known as
] the Freedmans bank. and the real estate and par
GELS of ground adjacent thereto, belonging to the
| Freedmans Savings and Trust Company, and To-
| Gated on Pennsylvania avenue between Fifteenth
and Fitteen-and-a-Half streets, Washington, D. c.,
was again taken up, amended, and passed.
On motion of Mr. BURNSIDE, by unanimous
consent the orders suspended, and the Senate
took ND the Senate bill for the relief of BriGdier
and Breyet Maior-ieneral Z. o. C. Ord. The bill
| passed without debate.
| On motion of Mr.. BUTLER, the Senate then took
! up and passed finally, without amendment, the
Senate joint resolution 10 create commission for
the performance of certain duties under the act of
| Congress providing for the erection of monument
at Yorktown and the proposed centennial cele-
| bratiOn.
| The calendar of general orders was then pro
ceededwith and several bills passed finally with
out amendment. as follows: Authorizing the Treas
of the United States to convert into cash
tain bonds held in trust for the Shawnee Indians
| for the relief of the Albemarle and Chesapeake
| Canal Company; to amend class , of the general
| Incorporation laws of the District of Columbia
for the relief of Margaret B. Franks sole heir al
| law of Thomas L. Franks, deceased, of Green Bay
/ Wis.
! The following were also disposed of as stated:
Bill TO amend section 1887 of the Revised Statutes
| Mr.. HOAR. after criticism upon the practice oi
passing bills by merely referring to certain sections
make the title read: TO provide for furnishing
| certain public documents to soldiers homes. y
| Agreed TO, and the bill passed.
! Bill to confirm title TO certain lands i'll Platte
| County Missouri and authorize patents TO be is
/ sued therefor TO kinsey b. Cecil.
Amended, on motion of Mr. THURMAN, to pro
/ tect the rights of third parties, and passed.
Bill to regulate the mode of purchasing tobacco
, for the United States navy.
Amended in immaterial detail, on motion of Mr..
VANCE, and passed.
Bill to provide for the purchase and preservation
Of works of art for the Capitol.
Indefinitely postponed, on motion of Mr.. NOOR-
HEES, its substance having been already covered
by item in an appropriation bill.
Bill TO restore the lands included in the Fort
Reading military reservation in the State of Cal
ifornia, TO the public domain, and for other pur-
poses. Passed, with immaterial amendment.
Mr. DAVIS, of Illinois, from the Judiciary Com
mittee, reported adversely the bill for the relief
of James Gibbons, of Baltimore. Placed on the
calendar at the suggestion Of Mr. WHITE.
Mr. EDMUNDS, from the Committee On Private
Land Claims, reported accompanied with writ
ten report in Its favor the bill to confirm the title
to certain lands in the State of Ohio.
After an Intellectual effort on the part of Mr..
SALISBURY to can up the KELLOGG case, the dis
eussion of the Ben. HOliaday ease was resumed.
Without action the bill, the Senate lat 400
went into executive session, and when the doors
were reopened adjourned until tomorrow.