Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-03
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

JAN. 21.-In the Senate, Mr.. Logan en-.
deavored to obtain immediate consideration
of the bill which he offered as q minority re-
port port, TO- piece General Grant on the Army re;
| over. The Indian Appropriation bill passed
The Senate committee added s7I 900 to the Bill
the Senate bill for tie retirement Of Gen sss
The contested Massachusetts election case Of
Boynton against Loring came up, and the ma.
1ority resolution, In favor OF the sitting mem
| Der, Loring, was agreed to without division.
JAN. 22.-The Senate was not In session.
| ......The House devoted the day to consider
ton of bills on the private calendar.
JAN. Ex-senator Logan brought up the
Grant retirement bill in the Senate, and moved
its present consideration to the exclusion of
all other business. This evoked long dis
cussion, after which the motion was rejected
Lamar and MCPHERSON, with Davis (nI.5, votod
yea with the Republicans. In the House, a
most important being one by MI. xekiin n1e
Lao to regulate the customs duties on sugar.
Mr.. Cox o.. N. W, Chairman of the Commit
Apportionmentt Bit under the new e Census s.
The Post office Appropriation bill was con-
sidered in Committee of the Whole.
JAN. 25.-In the Senate, Mr.. Logan made
another attempt to secure a vote on the Grant
retirement bill, and Senator Lamar made O
speech in its favor but by a vote of Is to % the
Senate refused to lay aside the pending order.
The bill for distributing land in severalty
among the Indians was discussed at length,
but no action taken. ....T The House passed
the Post office Appropriation bill. The Com
mittee on Elections reported a resolution on
the contested election case of Yates VS.. Mar
tin, First Congressional District, North Caro-
lima. 1t declares Yates, contestant entitled
to the seat.
JAN. 26.-In the Senate, Mr.. ingalls, sub
mitted a resolution in reference to counting
the Electoral vote. The bill comforting upon
the Indians land in severalty was again taken
up and discussed at length and again went
over without action. In the House, the
Postal Telegraph bill was reported back and
called up the resolution proposing joint
rule for counting the Electoral vote. After
vain effort to arrive at some determination in
reference to the time to be consumed
in the debate, Mr.. Bicknen de-
manded the previous question. Mr..
of consideration. The yeas and nays resulted
yeas, 100; nays, PIN favor of taking up the
Electoral resolutions strict party vote, ex-
cept Messrs. FELTON,, Speer and stephens (all
of Georgia), who voted in the negative with
the Republicans. OF the Greenbackers Ladd
and Stevenson voted in the affirmative, and
Jones, Lowe, Russell IN. c., Murch. Gill
1ette, Weaver and Yocum in the negative
Mr.. BickneH again demanded the previous
question, pending which Mr.. Conger moved
the Republican side were to answer to their
names on call of the House but to remain
silent upon motion to table the appeal thus
leaving the House without a quorum and
forcing call of the House. Finally, at D.
m, the Democrats, becoming convinced that
on the previous question, yielded to q motion
to adjourn.