Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-20
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

JAN. Tin the Senate, the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill passed. Mr..
Jonas presented the memorial of one W. j.
Moore. of New Orleans alleging that Senator
before the committee Of frivi1eg aes
Esesnfv been Ksgg SAID
New Orleans Custom House for attempted
enbezzlement, and denounced him also as q
said that Moore had once before offered
9p test 1eg against n1ase az s
he testified in his favor. lie was nG now
repeating his plan. No action was taken.
The Senate adjourned till Monday.......
a resolution calling for Information in regard
to the Halifax fishery award, alleging by i'm
plication that the s., 500 GOO award paid by this
through perjured testimony. Mr.. Newber:y
(R., Mich.) made speech in support of the
resolution. 1t was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. Several bills of private
nature passed.
JAN. S.-The Senate was not in session.
......In the House, the Funding bill was fur
Their considered in Committee of the Whole a
minute rule. Mr.. Wood o.. N. ", who has
charge of the measure, endeavored to cut
short the talk over the bill and bring it to a
vote, but motion to adjourn was interjected,
which. being supported by the Greenbacxers
and other opponents of the bill, was carried.
JAN. 1O.-In the Senate, a bill was intro
duced by Mr.. Logan. authorizing the Presi-
dent to appoint General Grant to the Army
General, with the privilege that the President
may. when in his opinion opinion an emergency
e. command commeSsurate - with
referred to the Committee on Military Affairs IRIS
The Army Appropriation bill was reported
and placed on the calendar. In the House
in ali: Among them were the following: by
Mr. Carpenter r., IowalLTo increase by
and the manufactures thereof; by Mr. Buck
ner o., Mo.)-Requesting the President to
open negotiations with Mexico Or Central
to the United States of territory for voluntary
colonization of the cOlOred population of the
United States; by Mr.: Hatch %, Mo)-Author-
iZing the construction of bridge over the
Missouri River at or near the town of Arrow
Rock, Saline County, Mo-; by Mr.. WaddiI o.,
Cedar, Dade, Greene, Lawrence and Polk be
taken from the Eastern Division and made
part of the Western Division of the United
preparation bill was reported, referred to
Committee of the Whole, and discussed at
some length.
JAN. lin the Senate the Military AID.
preparation bill was reported. The bill to re-
organize and discipline the militia of the
United States was reported adversely. THE
House adopted resolution, offered by Mr..
committee of five to investigate certain charges
of violation of the franking privileges The
Indian Appropriation bill passed.
JAN. 12.-In the Senate, Mr.. Logan called
up the joint resolution previously introduced
by him for extending the ranking privilege
to all the official business sent through the
mails by members of Congress. He said the
privilege had been done away with
because of the dictation of a few newspapers
and the activity of Postmasters throughout
the country in getting up, under instructions
of the Postmaster General, petitions to Con-
gress for its repeal. The Army Appropriation
bill was further considered. The House
spent the entire day in Committee of the
Whole, discussing the Funding BILL but ad-
journed without coming to vote.
JAN. 12.-In the Senate, Mr.. Logan called
up the joint resolution previously introduced
by him for extending the franking privilege
70 all the official business sent through the
mails by members of Congress. He said the
ranking privilege had been done away with
because of the dictstion of a few newspapers
and the activity of Postmasters throughout
the country in getting up, under instructions
of the Postmaster General, petitions to Con-
gress for its repeal. The Army Appropriation
bill was further considered. 1.-The House |
spent the entire day in Committee of the |
Whole, discussing the Funding bill, but ad- |
journed without coming to vote.