The Russellville Democrat., 1882-02-02
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
senate.

Iesisiature urging the modification of the inter
 nal revenue laws so that the producers 0f ieaf tobacco may not be requir cd totake out a licensc
 Mir HawIey, a member of the committee on ratl-
 roads. moved to recommit to the committee the
 bill ratifying an act of the general council of the
 Ch0Ctaw Nation granting to the st Lotus X san
 Ffancisco railroad company the right or way Tor q telegraph lIne through that nation. The on
 cial protest oi the Chickasaw nation ana otnef
 doeuments submitted since the bill was placed
 on the calendar hadnot been before the comitlee
 and he thought the measure should Dc eonsid-
 cred under the new light thus thrown upon Y.
 MT. Mokey said that the papers presented 10 new
 ma. erial statements and the question raised by
 the Chic kasaw Nation purely one Of law,
 which could be considered as well in open sen.
 ate as in Committed He depreeiAted the effect Of
 the motion in causing the bill to be delayed by
 losing it's place on the calendar today, but one
 company had the right Ofway through the Indian
 territory and controlled mcnol oly of the trans
 portatiOn between Snd through Texas rom the
 north, and the present effort was to open an m.
 dependent line He claimed that n the rlght or
 way the Choctaws had granted simply easement,
 and had not parted with an inch of terfltofy'
 consequently the Choctaws had nolnlhg 70 ao
 with the matter. Mir. Coke agreed with his col
 league that the only question involved was
 whether a single railroad syndicate shooid con
 trol the commerce passing southwest tnroogh tne
 Indian territory 70 Texas. This same syhdleh'e
 in the Indian territory now controlled neary atl
 the railroad interests Of the country including
 those Of Texas and in the interests oi the peoPIe of Texas and of the states norih Of them, ne
 demanded that the means of competition III
 transportation should not be withheld from them by congress .... The sherman fuuulng Dli NsS
 taken np, and Mir saulsbury favored the biil. When he had concluded, motion was made by
 Mir Ingas to lay the bill on the table, m osder 70
 test the sense Of the senate upon It. lie salu ae- bate WAS retarding the discussion of an equally
 important question, and be believed thls Iunulng
 measure could not pass.....Mr Davis, of Iillnois, called up the bill to psnnit Associate Justice
 Ward Hunt, of the supreme Court, to reIre;
 Upon the passage of the bill MT. Plumb called
 for the yeas and nays. The bill was passed
 yeas 3l; nays, H.......After further discussoh or
 the funding bill an executive session was held. JAN 23--Under the call of states, 355 bills were
 introduced: By Mr. Cox, Of New fork--Calllng
 on the president for all correspondence win the
 British government on file in the state depart
 ment, in reference to.the ease CT D. IL OConnor,
 citizen of tho United states and imprisoned h
 Ireland. Mir. orth of Indiana, from the commit
 tee on foreign affairs, reported back the resolu-
 ton that the president be requested to obtain
 from the British government list Of All Ameri-
 can citizens, naturalized or native porn under
 arrest or imprisonment by authority of said gov
 ernment, with statement of the causes Of such arrest or imprisonment and especially such elt zens as may have been thus arrested and i'm prisoncd under the suspension of the habeas cor pus in Ireland aad if not inc0mp2tiable with public interests, that he communicate such in
 formation as he receives together with all cores pondence now on file in the department of state, relating to existing arrest or imprisonment of citizens AS aforesaid. Mir. Robinson of New York said he was going to move an amendment 10 the report and was going to take higher ground
 than was there taken. Not only had the united
 States the right to interfere in behalf of Ameri- ! and was it's duty, to demand the release of mem
 bers of parliament elected by the people Of Great Britain. and whom the British government had imprisoned...T The matter went over until to-
 morrow, when il will come upas unfinished busi-
 ness Public business WAS suspended and eulo- cies upon the life and memory oi Senator Burn side were delivered by Messrs Chace and Spooner of Rhode Island. Browne of Indiana, Rice of Massachusetts and Henderson Of lllino:s, and out
 of respect to memory of deceased, the house ad-
 Under the call of stafes. &S5 bills were intro
 duo Id and referred
 JAN 24-James w. McDil, of Iowa, as Senator
 for the unexpired term, was sworn in, and the credentials of James W. Wilson, Senator from Iowa, for six years. beginning the ith Of March,
 is3 were placed on ie......A 4 bill for the relief of Mary Lincoln passed. It appropriates sl5.000 for her immediate rslief and Increases her pres ent pension to s 00O per annum from and atter
 the bills Resolutions submitted by MT. Hoar were adopted calling on the Secretary 1.-the Interior for information AS 10 the sums ex-
 pended under treatise for the education of Indian children; to what extent treaty obligations in this direction have not been fulfilled: what il will cost the United States to perform such un- fulfilled obligations if any what amount of the sum expended for the support of Indians has been expended for schools, etc: also, calling on
 the Secretary of War for information to the cost to the government Of Indian wars during the past ten ycaIs apd the cost of so much of the
 army as has been engaged III the Observat on and control of Indians, or whose presence has been rendered necessary a protection from danger from Indian hostilties...... Consideration of the ! T. Call reviewed the pending amendments and op- posed the bill as premature NIT. Bayard said he regarded the compulsory nature of Vests amend ment as weakening the bill and the measure itself, as unnecessary in view of the success of Secretary Windom's operations in continuing 6s
 and 6s transactions, which he (Baysrd) contended did not involve change ofcontract or making new one, but was simply voluntary agreement for the diminution of interest rate A message from the President was received, transmitting drafts Of bills to increase the salary of the Com
 missioner Of the General Land Office to S5 % per year. and 10 create the offices of Assistant Com missioner General of the Land Ofice, at a salary of $50 per year, and five Inspectors for the Sur veyOr Generals and District Land Offices: also 10 increase the salary of the Commissioner of Indian
 Affairs to g. 010, and to create the office of Assist ant Commissioner of Indian Affairs at G. O00 per year, and the draft of q bill to provide Tor the cession of certain lands of t.e Greek Indians in
 the Indian Territory to the United States for the use of the SeminOles......Mr. George introduced bill 10 prevent discrimination between shippers aud cOnsigners by railroads engaged in interstate transportation. The bill is designed to secure ab- solute equity tn rates between small and large shippers and consigneu.