The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-02-09
COMPRESSION Al.
SENATE.

amendment 20 the SHERMAN Dlll leu 10
spirited debate on the legality of 312
per cents.
Mr.. Window warmly defended their
constitutionality. legality and the wis
dom of the course OF issuing them.
The substitute was finally withdrawn
and clause inserted in the bill ratit,y-
ing and confirming his acts.
The bill was then reported from the
committee of the whole to the senate
when further debate sprung up on Mr..
Plumb's amendment limiting the re-
demption to 800, 900 900, when the sen
ate went into executive session.
In executive session the senate con-
firmed the nomination of S. p. BuIhee
as postmaster at Marshall, Michigan.
At 4 10 p. m, the senate adjourned.
WAsHINGToNR Feb. 2-Ferry, from
the committee on postoffices reported
adversely the senate joint resolution
granting the franking privilege to sena-
| tors and representatives for official bu-
siness. Indefinitely postponed.
! Ferry introduced bill providing for
the issuance of postal cards with fleXi-
bic covers TO conceal the messages writ
| ten thereon.
The three per cent. bond bill was then
taken up, the question being upon
| Plumb's amendment to apply surplus
revenues of over 800, 900 to the re-
dnctIon of the public debt.
After some debate rlumh's amend:
ment was lost, ayes, "a; nays, 81.
The debate upon the ratification o.
| WINDOWS funding operations was re-op-
ened by an amendment byTFeller, declar.
| ing the new bonds legal and valid obi
| cations.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 3.-Tcller,
from the committee on pensions, report
! ed the original bill as substitute on
the subject of granting Lucretia Gar
field, Sarah Childrcss Polk and Julia
Gardner Tyler, widows of ex-presidents,
| life pentions of five Thousand dollars per
year from September 10, 1881. That of
Mrs. Tyler to be in lieu of pension here
tofore granted. Placed on calendar.
Hoar reported from the committee on
privileges and elections the senate bill
fixing the day for the meeting of electors
of president and ice-president, provid-
ing for regulating the counting of votes
for president and Yice-presIdent and the
decision of questions arising thereon.
He said the bill was identical with one
reported by Edmunds from the judic-
larry committee and passed in 1878. Or
dered printed in the records.
4 bill for the distribution by the ma
tional board of health of pure vaccine
virus to the people passed, and the SEN
ate resumed cosideratiOn Of the three
per cent. bonG bill.
Voorhees, completed his remarks
thereon.
Voorhees, regarded the bill OF last con-
gress as a better one than that now pend
ing and regretted he had not the oppor-
tunity to vote for such 4 measure. This
bill Disseminated in favor of bonds, and
was therefore Objectionable TO him.
Plumb said the bill had been so
changed its father could not recognize
it.
The pending amendment of Hawley
limiting the withdrawal of bank cIrcu
lation under the fourth section of the
act of IA, to five millions per month
and requiring thirty days previous no
tice thereof, was then adopted.
Morgan moved an amendment for get
ting charter and of putting into liqui
dation any national bank which fails t.
withdraw its circulation alter its thirty
. DAYS notice so to do, as provided il
Hawley's amendment, have expired.
After remarks by Hawley, Salisbury
, and Morgan the amendment was voted
down. Yeas, 20; noes, 81.
, | No further amendment being offered
, vote was taken upon the formal pas
, sage of the bill and it WAS passed, aye:
SO, noes IS. The nays were Bayard
Fair, Garland, GroOne, Hampton, H1w
lev, Ingalls,, johnson, Lapham, Morgan
Williams and Window. Allison, Har
rIs and VanWdck in favor of the bill
: paired with Messrs. Brown, Teller ant
Grover. Butler, Fry, Jones and Vance
against the bill, paired with Cameron o
e Pa, Hill OF Ga, Mcclellan and kellogg
G respectively. Sewell, against the bill
q was also paired.
! On motion of Ingalls, his resolution
4 dec!aiming the pension arrears Law
. ought not to be repealed, was taken u
1 and laid over as unfinished business 70
to-day.
House bill admitting free of dnt
goods in bond contributed for the relic
. of coiored emigrants from the souther
states to Kansas was passed.
Adjourned until Monday.
o HOUSE.
! The committee on rules instructe
r Representative Reed TO report favorabl
j. the resolution TO create u select commit
tee on woman suffrage To consist of min
n members.
IS The house went into committee of th
whole on private calendar.
&c WASHINGTON, Feb. 1-Mr. MorrisoI
in explaining the provision Of his bill
IS said the amount appropriated for til
D. letter carriers, would enable the pos
d master general to increase the pay
l. auxiliary letter carriers, now humble
ing about four hundred and getting bI
" 800 per year.
lie Mr. Hooker presented an amendmcI
is prohibiting the Postmaster-Generalf roI
9 disseminating mail routes on rivers.
le Mr. Bingham gave notice that b
would, when the bill was read by Sc
e. tions, move to increase the sum of 81
9JOO 600 appropriated to the free deliver
Al System to s., 900, 600.
e The bill was then reported tO IL
a house for general debate to morrow.
81 A communication was received froI
K the secretary of the interior in answt
he to an inquiry of the house The inquiI
n was, sIf all The claims for pensions e
L. the war of the rebellion shall be adjnd
l. Gated within the next seven years, n
1t period terminating June 20, 1888, and
y the end of that period the survivors
is the Mexican war and their widows sha
4. be pensioned. what will be the sum 7
ID Quired To pay pensions during the ne,
b TWENTY-FIVE years ~ The reply puts d
|: entire sum at 81, 337 ,G51 ,593, of whiG
O. $5I SCI ,616 is allotted 10 the Mexics
e war claimants. The annual rcqaiE
At ments begin with $62, 100000 fur IS
and gradually lessen until in 1906, q
Il, st year, when the estimated sum ]
e ,4uired is 50, O00, 600.
Adjourned at 4 :45 p. m.
lef WAsHIHGToN, ID. G. Feb 2.-Stephe