Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-02-17
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


FEB. 4.-The Senate Finance Committee
rspoEsed the Rounding bill with amendments,
the principal ones being that the bonds shaA
bo4ve-twenties. and the rate of interest n
fhen, az wen on the one-ten G<rti1eatea.
3 rse and Gne half per S az
tie bill known as the Carlisle a11endq entss
Which provided for the compuasoej uSe
ttonals bank circulation, is st13Ga1n out
1f. logan made another ineffeotnax efogt
negativevotes being about the ssunees those
on the preceding day......The House passed
the bill to provide for the sale Of certain
e es sss.iss sasi g. s & passed. at sse ss:
chasable in tracts motto not to exceed $50 acres
E "a sas i sSs
these lands not entered victim one year shall
that fixed in the bill. The Pension bill was
considered in committee and laid aside with
favorable recommendation ,ft.i tt,s .aa, q r,
FEB. 5.-The Senate passed the bill for the
erection of a public building at Quincy. Ill,
and also the bill TO establish an additional
land district In Kansas. 90. The House passed
the Joint resolution for, counting the Electoral
vote. The ApportiOnment bin was again tax
en- up and several speeches made thereon. Il
FEB. 7.--Ip the Senate, the alleged census
frauds in South Carolina were brought up by
the reading Of the letter Of the Secretary Of
the Interior in response to the resolution Of
the Senate asking for information, on that
subject. Senator Butter took occasion TO de-
nounce with some asperity the assertions
hing and other Republican speakers, 10 which
Cd msnnsG nshRs House q san Sis
and resolutions on various topics were intro
duce the River and Hsrbor bfIi under q sus-
lacked nine votes Of the necessary two thirds.
FEB, SIN the Senate, the credentials OF
Philetus Sawyer and Arthur r German, sena-
tors elect, were read and nled. Mr. Bruce,
from the Committee on Education and Labor
reported adversely the joint resolution to pro
law. A resolution, offered by Mr.. ConkHng.
was adopted directing the Secretary Of the
Treasury to report to the Senate the names of
Port of New York between January and De-.
sso 1s1 sna n the
ton q the ee civn p serViee rules, vote etc.
Mr.. Blair introduced Joint resolution pro-
which was read. It prohibits utter the year
1900 the manufacture and sale, anywhere with
Intoxicating liquors, except for medicinal,
mechanical, chemical or scientific purposes,
ana also prohibits the expectation and i'm
tasion through any part Of the United states,
except for medi einal and scientific uses, etc..
In the House Mr.. Reagan reported hack the
Committee of the Whole Mr.. Reagan stated
he would move to go into committee on that
bill immediately after the morning hour, but
with the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
bill, which he thereupon reported back from
over the question of precedence, which re-
suited in a victory for Mr.. Atkins, and the
House went into committee on the latter bill.
FEB. 9.-The Senate passed the Pension
Appropriation bill, all amendments having
been previously laid on the table for future
consideration. The House passed the Leg
ton bill. arE ~ = - 2
COUNTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES.
The formal counting of the Electoral votes
for President and Vice President took place
in the hall of the House of Representative, in
the presence OF both Houses , Of Congress on
dali. Messrs Thurman and Hamlin acted
as Tellers on the part of the Senate and
Messrs. House and Crowley on the part of the
House. The proceedings were carried out in
the manner prescribed by the joint resolu7
ton previously adopted. the Vice. President
the certificates of election, handing them to
the Tellers, by whom they were read, and
nounced by Senator Thurman, was total
of 1863 votes, of which James a. Garfield and
Chester a. Arthur received pa votes and
Winfield s. Hancock and William II. English
l55. The Vice President then declared Car
field and Arthur elected respectively as Presi-
dent and Vice President of the United States
vote uof Georgia, not having been east on the
day prescri5ed by the Constitution, was
counfed eonditionally. as not affecting the re.
were crowded with spectators to witness the