Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1881-02-02

regulate the collection of the tax white beer; to
pay Of brigadier general; to establish uniform sys-
TEN OF bankruptcy for the better security of life at
sea ana on inland waters of the United States; for
the relief Of VIM. McGarrahan; for the relief of own
ers OF property sold for direct taxes in insrrec-
tonary states; authorizing the appointment of COM
sslon to examine and report the adulteration of
food placing the free list machinery imported for
the of plate glass; to admit free of duty
baggng for the bang Of cotton; also jute butte and
other articles used in the manufacture of such bag
from New York to Council Bluffs; to regulate the
custom duties on sugar; defining thG boundary line
between the !ndia1 Territory and Texas. =. The
morning hour having expired, Cox, chairman of the
committee on census, reported back the bill for the
appordonnment of representatives in congress
among, the several states sherwin presented
and recomnitted. Cox stated the majority bill pro-
vided for 81 members, while the minority amend
ment provided for 319 members He would offer his
bill providing for 301 substitute, and would call
up the bill for consideration tomorrow. :. The
house then went into committee of the whole on the
postofiice appropriation bill. Blackburn briefly e1-
planned the provisions of the bill The total amount
recommended was S4O 432 IT'S, 800 less than
the estimates. The estimated postal revenue for
1882 was and he congratulated the
try that the time had arrived when the appropriation
tor the support Of the postal service less than
S2,OOOO 600 in excess OF the revenue received from
that service. Cannon moved to increase the appro-
pr1ation for compensation to postnasters by S5OOOO
Adopted -. The committee then rose and the house
adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 25.-The senate amendments
to the military academy appropriation bill
CURED in:.: The bill appropriating $4,000 for
monument commemorative OF the battle OF Saratoga
was passed.. The house then went into committee
of the whole on the postofice appropriation bill.
Dwight offered an amendment providing that here
after the postmaster general may pay out of appro
priations for transportation railroad routes to
personal representatives of any employe of the rail-
way mail service who may be killed by railway
accident while on duty sum equal to his salary for
two years, and making this provision apply to the
cases of the men recently burned to death while
duty at Tioga Centre, N. Y. Rejected. Brigham
offered an amendment requiring railway Companies
to carry in mail safety heaters and saws, and
o;he implements to be used in Of accident.
appropriation for special facilities on trunk lines
from $400, 600 to s450,OO0. Rejected. Upson moved
to amend by increasing the appropriation for inland
transportation by steamboat routes from 5000 600 to
1000 900. Rejected. Haskell offered an amend
ment increasing from 1880 to s8,260,ooO the
appropriation for Transportation by star routes.
authorize the postmaster general to pay to the col
onies of New Zealand and New South Wales SO much
OF the cost of overland transportation Of British
closed mails to and from Australia as he may deem
just not to exceed one-balf of said cost, and appro-
priating $4,000 for that purpose. Agreed to. The
committee then rose and reported the bill to the
house, when it passed. .Speer from the committee
on elections. reported resolution the contested
election case Ct Yeates VS.. Martin, from the First
congressional district of North Carolina. 1t dec1ar
Yeates entitled to his seat, and together with the
minority report it was ordered printed. Eicknell,
who has charge Of the senate joint rule for counting
the electoral vote, rose, but before he could make
motion Robson moved to adjourn. The Repub-
icans voted so]idly in favor Of adjournment, and
being reinforced by few Democrats carried the
notion-yeas 104, nays 1O2-and the house adjourned
"WEDNESDAY, January 26.-On motion Of Sapp
Bluffs, M Iowa liz expTation of Ad the 20 morning.
hour, Money reported favorably the resolution di-
recting the post Office tommittee to inquire into the
expediency of establishing Geographic postal sys-
the PrfO NJ he Ipit tai AM
also into the cost Of reproducing facilities for trans
nittng telegraph mefsages, equal to those used
by existing corporations, and into the cost Of
operating tile same and granting to that committee
leave to send for persons and papers. Bicknel call
ed up the resolution proposing joint rule for count
ing the electoral votes. After some time spent in
vain to arrive at determination in referring to
the time to be consumed in debate, Bicknell de-
manded the previous question on Morgan's electoral
resolution Conger raised the question OF consideIa-
ton. The vote by yeas aud nays resnlted-yeas 15O,
nays 124in favor Of taking up the electoral resolu-
ton, strict party vote, except that FELTON,, Spcer
and Stephens, of Georgia, voted in the negative, with
the Republicans. Of the Greenbackers Ladd and
Stephenson voted in the affirmative, and Jones,
Lowe, Russell of North Carolina, NIurch, Gillette,
Weaver and Yocum in the negative. Bicknel again
demanded the previous question, pending which s
| Conger moved their be a call Of the house. The
speaker ruled tht motion out of order. Ccnger ap.
pealed and the vote tie appeal revealed the fact
that quorum was present. The time from this
hour until adjournment was consumed in calling the
house to find quorum, and then voting on the ap.
voting. always resulting in the cry, I" no quorum"
THURSDAY, January 27.-The contested election
case Of Yeates vs. Martin was called up, and Spencer
argued in favor Of the contestant, Yeates. A pro-
! tTaste2 discussion followed; Springer demanded
to vote and the house was left without quorum :.
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, January 28.-A resolution calling the
secretary of state for all information in relation to
the Halifax fishery award, was adopted . The joint
t111ntino q 0t0
special report of the commissioner of agriculture,
relative to diseases of swine and other domestic ami
mails, passed. Singleton (Il) presented petition
signed by 10 900 persons, on the subject Of postal
laws Referred. The morning hour having been
disposed with the house went into committee of the
whole upon the private calendar The bill to place
on the retired list of the army Mark Clark who had
been dismissed for drunkenness on tue eve
Of his retirement, caused considerable discussion.
mcndation. The next bill was for the relief of
Mrs. E. P. Page, widow of Capt Page Of the United
States navy. The amount involved is $780, which
was due Capt. Page upon his resignat on from the
navy in 1861, the Of his resignation being
that his state had seeded from the Union. heated
discussion on the principle of paying southern
claims was participated in by Conger, Goode Coke,
latter stating that if the friends of the bill would
withdraw it he would hand Mrs. Page his check for
the amount. The biz was laid aside for favorable
report. The committee then rose, but without TAX
ing any action the bills, the house adjourned un
til tomorrow.
SATURDAY, January 29.-Consideration re-
sumed of the North Carolina contested election case.
Jones advocating the claims of the sitting member
lIartin) Beltzhoover closed the debate in a speech
supporting the contestant (Yeates,) after which a
vote was taken on the minority resolution declaring
the contestee Martin) entitled ohis seat Rejected
yeas ITO, nays III "a party vote with the exception
of FELTON, and Stephens, (Ga.,> who voted with the
Republicans il the affirmative. The Greenbackers,
with the exception of Ladd, Ce> also voted in the
affirmative. An unusually large number of pairs
declaration
vote. The question then required upon the first
resolution of the majority report declaring that J.J
Martin is not entitled to the eeat. Agreed to-yeas
III, nays LOG. resolution declaring J. S. Yeates
entitled to the seat adopted-yeas 49, nays 1o3.
Yeates then took the oath of Office. .Delamatyr
presented petition signed by $4,000 perso for
of white settlers on Indian reservations. Referred.
Adiourned.