Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-07-07
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
FoRTY.sEvENTH CONGRESS.


of Investigation into labor strikes, their
causes, and remedy; the committee to set
during vacation, to visit different PLACES
TO send for persons and papers; to examine
persons under oath. The bill 70 enable ma
tiOnal banking associations TO extend their
CORPORATE existence was discussed, with
out action. Mr.. Allison submitted copy
of the bill recently reported from the conf
merce committee for the construction OF
what Is known as the Henneptn canal,
which he intends to offer as amendment IL
the river and harbOr bill. Mr. Hill, of
Colorado, submitted an amendment TO be
offered TO the general deficiency bill, au-
thOrizlng the pay ment of $3.50 per diem
and mileage IF cents per mile 70 wit
nesses in the staI-route cases from west If
the Missouri river and appropriating
suficient sum to pay the same-The
speaker being absent, the house was
called tn order by air. Burrows, of Michi-
gan. Mr.. Reagan, rising to q question OF
privilege, stated that the DILL passed Mon
day tn regulate immigration was not in
the shape in which IL was intended TO pass
it. The committee on commerce bad In.
tended to pass a substitute for the original
bill, but by a mistake the wrong draft had
been sent to the clerks desk. A resOlu-
ton was adopted requesting the senate TO
return the bill TO the house. The bill, as
passed, charges the cost Of returning
paupers, criminals, etc, to the nation 70
which they belong, while the substitute
bringing them over. The house resumed
consideration of the bill for the erection
of a congressional library building. Dur
ing the debate Mr.. Townsend, of Illinois,
created sensation by charging that the
measure embodies a job of the eastern
portion of the house interested ia the pro-
posed site on Capitol hill. Messrs. Kice,
of Massachusetts, Humphrey, Reed and
others applied, and some confusion, un-
usual upon the floor of the house, was
witnessed Many angry words were ut
tered, and cO1nter charges made. Mr..
Rice moved TO postpone further considera-
ton OF the bill until the 18th of Deem:
Der 1882, which was agreed to. The house
then went into committee Of the whole on
the bill to reduce internal revenue taxi
ton. The new bill. as reported by the
committee on ways and means, provides
for an annual reduction of S23,006, COO.
After discus sion the committee rose with
out action.
In the senate, the 22d inst, tbs president
pro tenn. presented a communication from
Joseph r. Smith, president of the conven-
ton of citizens of Utah, transmitting an
application for admission of that territory
into the union as n state, with copy of
the proposed constitution. The senate
Ohl II dntlDB ZIG mississippi, albuquerque
and Inter Ocean Railway company right
of way through the Indian territory was
passed, as was also joint resolution APP
$4,000 to continue Arctic ex-
plOratiOn on or near the shore of Lady
franklin bay, and scientific observations
at Point Barrow, Alaska, during 1883. The
house bill to extend the charters of ma
iiOnsl banks was taken up, and after a
prolonged discussion was passed by "a to
13--The house went into committee on
the bill To reduce internal revenue. With
out action the committee rose. A commu-
nicatiOn from officers of the navy urging
that the age for retirement in the navy be
not changed from 62 to 81 years, was re-
ferred.
In the senate, the 23d inst, Mr.. Frye
called up the rule recently reported by
him from the committee on rules, allow
ing the president pro tenn. of the senate.
when, temporarily absent, to designate in
writing senator to perform the duties of
the chair for the day and during such
temporary absence until the senate shall
order The subject was referred
with the amendments to the committee on
rules for further consideration. L he house
bill to accept and ratity an agreement
with the ShoShOne and Bannock Indians
for the sale of a portion of their rtserva-
ton In Idaho, required for the Utah and
Northern railroad company, and to make
the necessary appropriation for carrying
out the same. passed. The senate bill
creating the Oregon Short Line railroad
was passed, as was also the senate bills to
pay for the use by the government of the
Protestant Orphan asylum property at
NatcheZ, and for the relief OF settlers and
purchasers Of the public lands of NebraS-
ka and Kansas House resolutions COM
memorative of Representative Allen of
Missouri were received. and after impr, s.
sive remarks upon his life and service by
MeSsrs. Cockrell, Dawes, Brown and Vest.
the usual resolutions were passed. Ad-
10urned till Monday the house. Mr..
KaSSOD, from the committee on ways and
means, reported back the bill as amending
section 298 of the revised statutes that iu-
ties paid on sugars shall be assessed ON
the quantity delivered from, instead of
the quantity delivered into bonded ware
houses. Referred to the committee of the
whole. The house went into q committee
OF the whole and resumed the cOnsidera-
ton OF the bill to reduce internal r-venue
taxation. 1t was agreed that the general
debate thereon should close at o'clock, at
which hour eulogies of the life and char
acter of the late Thomas Allen. of Mis-
souri, will be delivered.
The house, on the oath inst, adopted a
concurrent resolution fixing the date of ad-
jOurnment ut July 10.
In the senate, the 10Th inst, Mr.. Allison,
from the appropriations committee, re
ported back the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, with amend
ments, and gave notice that he would
move its consideration tomorrow. 1t pro-
vtdes an aggregate appropriation of 500
2OO,OOl, an increase Of S376,50O over the
am unit of the bill as passed the house. Ii
was ordered PRINTED. Mr. Logan presented
the conference report on the army appro-
priation bill. He explained the changes
made by the conference as follows: Ap-
preparations for powder magazines aud
ammunitions for target practice has been
filled at $4,000 and $4,000 respectfully.
Retirement to be made compulsory ut GA
years and voluntarily after 40 years ser
vice, the provision TO take effect from and
after the approval OF the bill. The report
was agreed to Mr.. Cockrell, OF the com.
mittee on military affairs, reported a bill
providing that any army officer duly ap-
pointed and commissioned whether his
commission was actually received or not
shall DO considered as commissioned from
the date when the commission was act
ually issued by competent authority, and
shall be entitled to pay as IL actally mus
tered at such date, If at the date of The
commission he was performing the duties
1 Of the Grade for n hfoh ha waa norn /,