Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-01-18
F0RTY-sEvENTH CONGRESS
Senate


= MONDAY, January 9.-Bills introduced: For
d0naSing $40 acres of public land to each sur
vivor. of tho Mountain Meadow massacre or
their heirs: granting pensions to prisoners of
war; to appropriate and expend the entire in
come, derived from internal revenue taxes Of,
the Manufacture and sale of distilled spirits for
the education of all children of the United
States. -. Hoar offered q resolution which was
adopted (35 to 23) for select committee on the
rights Of women, to whom are to be referred
all petitions and resolutions relating to woman
suffrage. On motion of Sherman, his bill to
provide for the issue of 8 per centdm bonds
was taken up without formal vote. Vest Of
Tered an amendment, which was ordered print
ed, adding to the bill a section identical with
the fifth or compulsory section vetoed in the 8
per cent. bill of last session, but modified to
cover the provision for 5000, 900. 1t makes the
bonds sale basis for bank circulation. After
debate the amendments to the bill reported by
committee were agreed to-. The senate went
into executive session aud soon after adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 10.-Bayard, from the
finance committee, reparted with recommend
alton that it pass the Morrill, tariff commission
bill, and also, with an adverse report. the Gar
land commission bill. Beck then addressed the
senate at length on the tariff bill, occupying the
floor nearly three homs. Morrill, replied. . :.
The chair then laid before the senate the unin-
ished Sherman funding bills. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 11.--A number of petit
tions for commission to inquire into the alco-
holic liquor traffic were submitted, nearly
every senator present having submitted one or
more memorials on the subject: Morgan sub
mitted resolution directing the special COM
mittee on woman suffrage i'll Utah to report 4
bill to annul any existing law conferring the
right OF suffrage upon women in that territory.
The resolution went over. .. The Sherman
funding bill was then taken up and Vest ad-
dressed the senate on the subject. Remarks
were also made by Mcpherson and Sherman.
committee on the rights of women as follows:
Lapham; Anthony. Ferry, Blair, George, Jack
son and Fair: Anthony introduced bill
providing for the retirement Of any person who
served fifty years or upwards in either house OF
congress. Morgan had read petition from
members OF the Omaha tlibe of Indians pray
ing congress to grant each one of them clear
and full title to land on Which he has worked.
over to be printed, declaring for special com.
mlttee on woman suffrage question, the matter
OF suffrage in Utah, and report a bill to sci
aside any existing laws comforting suffrage on
women in that territory. Adjourned.
THCRsDAY, January 12-Sherman's funding
bill was proceeded with, aud after debate waf
informally laid aside till Monday. .Edmunds
introduced bill providing that hereafter &
majority of justices Of the supreme court, in
stead of six, constitute quorum. Brown
offered declaratory resolution that it is mex
pedient and unwise to contract the currency b,
the withdrawal from circulation of what art
known as silver certificates, or discontinue OF
further restrict silver coinage; further that golC
and Silver coin based upon proper rates of equiva
lent betweenthe two metals and issues of paper
predicated upon and convertible into coin OF
demand N0nAf1fIfa pIr 11nfr
medium of this country. Laid over tenn
porarily. The senate went into executive ses
sion and then adjourned till Monday.
MONDAY. January 9.-Bills introduced: To
provide for the appointment of commission
10 investigate the question of tariff and intern
al revenue laws identical with the bill intro
duced in the senate December 5, by Senator
MorrllD; to equalize pensions; to repeal ths
arrearages of pension act; to provide for thu
circulation by national banking institutions o.
peal the duty on salt, printing paper, and type
for the distribution Of pure vaccine matter tx
the people; making polygamy disqualification
for office in the territories; for the construction
ct the Mississippi and Illinois canal; for tht
appointment of a special committee on the sup
preston of the crime of polygamy; authoriz
ing the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad to con
struct q bridge across the Missouri River; tt
reduce letter postage to two cents; to fix thu
term OF collectors Of internal revenue at fou
years; granting 160 acres Of land to every vol
unteer officer, musician and private who served
three years in the Union army in the late re-
bellion; proposing constitutional amendment
relative to the election of senators (provides
that the senate shall be composed of at least
two senators from each state, but for each
million inhabitants in excess of two millions ar
additional senator shall be allowed; and fur.
ther, that senator's shall be elected by the peo-
ple); proposing q constitutional amendment
relative to polygamy. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, January 1O.-The house resumed
consideration of the Utah contested election
case, the pending resolution being that offered
BY Haskell, declaring Allen G. Campbell the
de]egate-elect from Utah and entitled to be
sworn as q delegate on his priraa facie case.
Reed offered as substitute resolution re-
ton on p,inaa facie right, as between Campbell
and Cannon to be sworn in. together with all
certificates and papers presented on each side,
with instructions to that committe to report at
az early day as possible. Haskell, Cox and
McCord Qa.) addressed the house on the Nor
mon question, the latter reading bill which
he intends to present at some future time dis
congress. Haskell offered resolution to the
same effect. After further debate Reeds SUBJ
stitute WAS adopted-1S9 to A... Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY, January 11.-Orth offered a
resolution insfructing the committee on civil
service reform to inquire into the expediency
Of providing mode different from the present
for the appointment of committees of the
house, with leave to report at any time. Re-
fe1red to the committee on rules. Haskell
rose to q question Of privilege and sent to the
clerks desk and had read resolution which he
failed to have considered yesterday, declaring
it to be the fixed and final determination of
the forty.seventh congress that no person
maintaining p0]ygamous marital relations, or
teaching or melting others SO to do, is entitled
to be admitted to the house Of representatives
as delegate from any territory. After ex-
tended debate the house decided by vote of
100 yeas to 139 nays that no question of privi-
lege was involved in the resolution, as the Utah
case had been referred to q committee. j. =. The
chairman Of the committee on appropriations
reported bill making an appropriation Of
$640, 900 for final expenses Of the tenth census,
and gave notice he would tomorrow ask to
have the bill considered. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, January 12-Bayne introduced q
bill to repeal the tax on bank deposits, the
stamp tax on bank checks and to reduce thu tax
on circulation of national banks. Referred.
Also, for the appointment Of q committee on
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