The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-04-20
DOINGS OF CONGRESS, L j ! :, = 8
MONDAY ApKu.t 10; :;

providing for appropriations passed :
The senate occupies tho time tll 2 O'Clock
and passage Of bills, wien s<n,toe !. Vs;t IN.
nounoed the death Of Representative Aueo OF
adjourned 1'e gu. %s Of respss. sSss e Sto@Rs; R
memory. Among the bills passed during t6e
BY hr. Bayard from the judiciary commi,tse
T. PAY the commissioners Of elections in Utah
III. <OO per annum. These positions arc 10
great demand among ex congressman. who 40
An9ious to eorve their conntry, ami tia sal1ry',
aud other eIqafsites would make quite = neal
sum for the patriots VINO arc selected to- reof.
gan1ze the Mormon Territory. .s,>J .t:t ,E4x
housE.-The elections committee .Iopartea
In favor OF Mckay teep of Sonth Cxroi,la
who contested the seat Ut O'Oonnor, nov de-,
ceased Bills were introduced abroRating p0t-
the fess for posrottco mcpcY o16efs one haif:
Mr. Kelley Of ;Pennsyl Anis :havina taksntsx-
ceptlon toa Newspaper paragraph in which he
Was shown mp as favociog the iuterjection OF
his Internal revenus bill dnrtag I. debate cu
sy'7an'a statesmAn lAbored a7sidoously
to prove tnat he had not used the
remarks attributed u lin aod al
mest III tue next breath acknowledged tbs corn
messrs Springer and Sanda badgered him con.
slderabIy dnrluR Lis cx i,isn s,ion ard made him
somewhat ted sl4: angry. Finally Le "a,
| down and above tie reEn:ar business, the in.
tiodno'1on Of bills, t. proceed. Over 1870 doe
uments ct this cha :kcter were introduced and
! rererrea to the proper committee, after which
the i!oueo seated soi: fox s discussion regard
| ing The improve Aeni o: the Potomac river t1ats
| south OF the xecutiye mansion
TUESDAY, APRu. II.
SENATE: The senate passed the bill amend
| on the western prairies. approved March II
1874, go ~ to read az fOlloWe:
Sec =. That any psrson who has made or
shall hereafter make an entry or claim Of land
| un Ter the provisions OF this set, or auy amend
meot m thereof. shall have the right 70 transfer
sail land or claim for church, cemetery or
school purposes. or for the tight OF way OF iail
roads across tbs eail land, an the transfer for
| eucl' public purposes, shall in no way vitae
| the right to complete and perfect the right to
said land Or claim
| The bill restoring Capt. Corbin,- OF the navy
to the active lie: to taxe rank next after Com
odore Nicholson. with restitution from De-
cemter Fl, 1874, OF the difference OF pay BE-
| tween that ~ = commodore on the active list or
waiting orders. and that Of captain retired on
Lxif pay, ELECTED protrac!sd Il :cus sion, but
| tho d.! hGaiIy passed-yeas rs, nays II.
| ocrAts
| The seuate confirmed Sterling =. Rounds.
p7bIiee printer, Robert r. OLiltoa, United States
| coosu! At por, Erie
! Nou4ation John Robert, to te marshal
for the East ii strict Of louisiana Samuel M.
| JacAsob, collector Of internal revenue OF tie
| Twenty Third dietsiet OF Pennsylvania; Edward
| +. Burton, superintendent OF the mint OF Sau
Etsnc1seo Ga. Stephen w. Duncombe,
Michigan, at5a:, = g tS register Of the land Office At
ee;ye: Of public moneys, ut Aberdeen, D. T.
| John r. Convey, Ohio, register OF the lsnd
| flies d: Olympia, w. r.; Vincent ". Boyle.
Claire, Wis
Stephen ". DuocomLa. nominated for re-.
ceiv 2r at the new land Office at Aberdeen, b r.,
is from Pawpaw, Mich. He was recommended
by Congress sman Bl,Tow1.
6ousE A ti!l naseed appropria,ing $50
! 0oo 'or 'he in: M di.te wan's Of the Arapahoea.
| Cheyeunt-. etc. The postofiica bin was cousid-
ment non -ccncnrred in.
| After this exhibition Of economy, the house
took mp tie question OF the tariff commi ission.
and consumed the remainder Of the days ses
! SION win thls Interesting topic: Owing to the
noct hsity OF the states men 10 the lower house
to ventilate Themselves Oh this eub1ect. the
| morning hour was dispensed with, aud conse-
qusntly no reports were received from COM
mit.eea.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL -.
SENATE.-The bill alloting lands to the
Southern Ute9 In tho Uintah reservation paooed.
and considerable routine business WAS d.
patched
officers praying for the passage Of the bill for
compulsory retirement st the age OF sixty two.
Among the signatures are those OF Rreret Major
:'eneIals Howard. Crook, HazeD, Wilcox, STAN
10y. McCook. Newton. Latch and Mackenzie.
Brooke c md Tompiis.. ' ooia ''1sii 1narew. % sSd
Woods, twenty seven lieutenant colonele, sev-
enty two majors, 27l captains. 3G7 fret lieu
tenants and 226 sscond fieutenants Referred
to military committee.
New Hampshire. secretary Of the navy; ". H.
Hunt, Louisiana, minister to Russia: J. r. Par
fridge, Maryland, minister to Peru; john II.
Hmythe, North CArolina, minister to Liberia;
William Williams, 1udans, charge d'xfar> to
Paraguay and U,sscsy; John Knox. Mime
States marsiale, 4. 6. Botkin, for Montana.
| aud Z. A. Ireland for Utah. Pos!masters.
! Ebenezer spooner, Greenfield, Iowa; VIM.
holsman, Guthrie Oentre, Iowa; Robert Mailer,
Despero, "isc ons'n.
Tie president nominated .. G. Andrews,
Minnesota, consul general Of the United States
| to RIO do Janeiro: George Nancy, Tennessee,
minister resi- lent knd consul general Of tue
United f!ates to Rolivia; William L; scruggs.
to the y! cd States ct Columbia
Consu's-James F. Swords, District Of Co.
lumba, Trinidad; Samuel Spcckman. Peunsyl-
yanta, Cologne; Geo. L. Bnldoeh, 1ndiaua,
Annshore, Germany; George Caaieas, II -oie.
| Postmasters-Willie A: Nsgen. Mt. Ayr, L.
john ". Haas, Sidney. Neb
House Mr.. strsit reported bill for
the , relief OF ee'tlsrs on on railroad
nd. s;pi and Mi p.ge Que to re- re-
elections COMMITTEES reported in the Bailey
| Barbour case (Virginia) in favor Of the latter:
By Mr Page to cxecu Q certain treaty stfpula-
| tions relating to the Chinese House calendar.
1t limits the term Of euspen sion Of immigration
10 ten years, snd provides that the acttshall go
| republican members 0f the committee voted
| solldly for the ten year clause. Mr.. Willis and
the minority OF the committee desire a s:spen~
sion Of fifteen years and will fiio minority re-
pension OF the rules to put the bill on passage
The louee committee repo.ted back a sub.
stitute for Representative Straits bill for the
relief Of settiers on railroad land.. The fol-
lowing is the text of the substitute:
| That whenever Aquajifed pre- empti0n or
homestead claimant, who has in good faith
! made homestead or presumption entry Of, or
| made settlement with the bona fide intention
! to obtain title under the homestead or pre-. emp
ton laws, on tract CT public land which has
or may hereafter be awarded by the final de-
cieion OF the land department, 10 any state Of
, corporation under any grant which may have
been made previous to his entry andsettlement,
and such state or corporation refuses to
| re'ioqush the said tracts for suoh eettler, he
makes another like claim Of entry under the
law governing bi, original eettiem ent bis reel
| dence upon and cultivation Of tho tract eln-
braced III lis first claim or entry shall be con
| sidered residence upon and cultivation Of the
land embraced In this 'new entry, and shall be
deducted from the Ava years. residence and
cultivation required by law; provided that no
patent sbali srue upon any such new entry to
any such settler who has not 1esided upon, i'm
proved and cultivated his homestead for pe-
Fiod OF 1t leaet one year a.tes.hA shall have
| commenced his imDr0y oments.
THURSDAY, APRIL Is.
SENATE Senator Window presented In tho
eenate "a. day the petition OF the letter carriers
OF IT Paul and ninnea2olis requesting the sen-
etor's influence in favor Of the passage Of tho
house: blu fixing the pav Of the letter carriers.
etc, but II po5S1ble that il be 90 116an:I67 u to
abolieh the unjust distinction between cities Of
'ees than 20: 600 population and cities Of moro
! than 76, ,OOO
NJ: Acnill u, from the commerce commit