The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-27
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
MONDAY. APRIL II,

MONDAY, APRIL II.
SENATE A bill to tax land granted to Pacific
railroads was reported. The greater part Of
| the day was devoted to = discussion Of the bill
approkriating &c. OOO 600 for Mississippi aud
| speech was made by Mr.. Kellogg Nessrs.
Mcmillan ana Angus Cameron also partci-
| pAted
The following nominations were sent to the
| senate:
Geo. 8. Armstrong, Illinois, register Of the
land Office ~ Huron, d. T. Samuel P. Carter,
commo lore on retired list, to be rear admiral
on the retired list
The following were confirmed by the senate:
Henry s Pierce, collector of internal rev.
enuo for the twenty eighth district Of Now York,
vic5 Bult van Horn, removed TOR beng half
United States; Thomas Adamson, Pennsyl-
yahis, consul at Panama; Maj. Gen.
G. 9. Andrews, St Paul MIMI, consul at
Rio Janeiro; Geo E. Bullock, Iudis.aa, consul
at Annaberg, Germany; Geo. Morey, Tenne-
zee, United States minister and consul general
to Bolivia; VIM. L. ScruCge, Georgia, ULited
States minister to the Ulited States of Oo)um-
bis. Postmaster, Willis A. Reagen, MJunt Ayr,
HoUsE.-A motion to make the bank charter
extension bill special order for April 25 was
lost, not two thirds voting in tho aft rmative.
Bland to retire the circulation of national
banks, and continue them as banks of discou Mt
and deposits. MIR. Page moved to
suspend the rules and pass the anti
for ten BILL suspendiiag immigration
e Of h sss uproa A3' which, the long
ponents Of the bill We're denied q hearing,
though its friends were permitted to speak, the
rules were suspended and the bill psssed-2O1
to *: Messrs. Dunnell and Strait voted for
une 1lli; the name OF Mr.: Wa.hburn is moi re-
home on bli@f visit.
Representative Strait presented q bill to pay
- francis A. kenne OF Brown county, MIMI,
$4,000 for beef and farm produce supplied,
and services rendered in compliance with orders
OF tue United States army during the outbreak
or the Sioux Indians in Minnetonka in 1862.
TUESDAY, APRIL Is.
SENATE.-1he judiciary committee, in reply
10 al inquiry, reported, that retired army OFF,
GERS can hold civil offices under the United
States. The bill ratifying the agreement be-
tween the Grows and Nol thern Pacific for tho
sale OF portion Of their reservation in Montana,
passed, and the Mis- sissippi and Missouri river
Improvement bill was discussed, Mr.. Harrison
OF ludl ina making an elaborate speech. The
agricultural appropriation bill (P314 ,78U
passed.
Ho USE. The house-127 to 1OO-took up
the Campbell Cannon contested case (Utah)
but without action. A bill passed regulating
the Carriage OF passengers by ses.
The sleek and coateate '-loosing Elder Can
non, who finds pleasure with four wives occu-
pied seat in the last row during the proceed
lugs The report OF the Committee on elections
declaring that neither C-nnon nor Campbell,
the latter being the contestant, is entltlel to q
seat on the floor, did 10; disturb him appar-
emily, and lie WAS the subject Of freouant re-
MARKS by the female spectators III the galleries
as some OF the cisDu' ants talked pretty plainly
conc5rn,ng the relic of barbarian, it was soon
ieclded bv the gentle sex to give the house gal
cries wide b nth.
WEDNESDAY APRIL ID
SENATE bill regarcing the investment OF
the Iowa agricultural college funds passed
81 eeches were made upon tie Mississippi and
Missouri river Improvement bill.
Mr.. Sherman presented the petition signed by
the governor members Of assembly, and other
citiZons of Ohio, setting forth that the en-
Establishment Of the FREQ men hal imposed
upon the government an obligation to qualify
them for citizenship, ana praying in view Of
this fsctanh the appalling illiteracy of the vot
ing population; as revealed in the last census.
that liberal appropriation be made for tae edu-
cation OF the people of the states.
In execu i've session the senats confirmed
Theodore Comus, United States consul at Apia;
Stephen W. Duncombe, Michigan, register of
the land Cf1ico at Aberdeen, D. T. Thomas G
Allen, Michigan, receiver Of public moneys.
Aberdeen, D. T.; Vincent ". Bayless, receiver
or pHDuC moneys, Eau ClalFc, WIS.
HoUsE-Mr. Taylor, chairman of the COM
mittee to audit expenses OF the illnees and
death OF President Garfield, submitted bill
and report Mr.. Blackburn presented report
for the minority, and both were referred to the
commit CT the whole. The bill, besides ap-
propriating various amounts, provides that
when Surgeon Gen. J. X. Barnes be re1i:ed
from active service he be placed on the retired
list vita the 1ank and pay Of majo- geIesa al
1t further provides there shall be added to the
me iical corps Of the army q surgeon with the
rank, pay and emoluments Of a lieutenant col
ouel, and authorize the president to promote J.
X Woodward to that position.
The minority Of the committee embraces two
men who love fight aud tessation-J. G. s.
blackburn and MIR. Springer. They propc Sc
to fight the report and to pay these bills like
any other upon proof Of service at reasonable
rate of ccmpensati ton. Indeed, Blackburn goes
further and promises no end Of disclosures Of a
sensational character
The Utah contested election case was cou-
sidered, and George Q Cannon, the Mormon
contestant for the seat was given an hour to
present his claims. The resolution of the mi
nority Of the committee declaring Cannon EMIT
led to the soat was then rejected-79 to 1873
and the majority resolution. that neither Can
non nor Campbell was entitled to the seat, was
adopted without a division.
Cannon was asked how he felt over the late
action of the house in deporiog him. He re-
piled: cit was just as I expected. It was a
foreeone conclusion in my mind from, Il O first
that the action OF The committee would be
against as soon AS learned the organization OF
the election committee. I knew they had made
litical work done for poi ical purposes without
regard for the consti utionality Of the case. 1t
was just as Mr. Hoar said, Law or no law
their minds were settled in the matter"
THURSDAY, APRIL 20.
SENATE The Dill apprOprlating $4G5, 600
t>a %bov Scir :o o1s
bill for the sale Of Kicksboo Indian lands IL
Kansas.
Senator McDill addressed the SENATE on the
subject OF the appointment OF railroad coram,s-
sioners to regulate Interstate commerce. and
when he concluded Mr.. George wouni up the
day with his views on the Mississippi rive i'm
prov 9nts.
Vice President Davis finding the wee presi
dents chair uncomfortable he vacated it and
took position in the one usually occupied by
Senator Ben Hill o. Georgia. 1t had not been
constr ucted, however, for the accommodation
Of such heavy weight and a Guide N crash en-
sued by which tho vice. president Was sprawled
at full length on the floor, to the amusemant OF
the senate
The president sont The following appoint
ments to the senate for c',lfrmaticn: Aip'on-
so Taft, ONO, envoy extra ordinary and n lis-
ter p'enepotentiary Of hs United States to Aus
tra !; VIM. L Dayton, N=w Jersey, minister
resilient of thu Uni e1 states TO the Neither
lauds;N Fish, New York, minister resident to
Belgium; John NJ. Fra lces, New York, charge
d'affairs to Portugal: j. W. Wickersham, Penn
sylvanis, charge d'sffAir to Denmark; Adam
Ba'eau, New York, consul general to Havana;
Harry Harry Sagh New YORK; United States
HOUSE The Lynch-Chalms contested
case was brought up, but action deferred. The
house then disc lssed the tariff Till.
The committee on pc !sious, bounty ard back
pay made report On the bill granting pen
sions for injuries received or disabii les in
CURED in the lire-savirg, railway mail and in-
tsrnal revenue service The committee also
maize favorable report upon Reorescn ative
Pounds bill to estabii ii 8 board Of soviaw Of
pension and bounty land warrant claims re-
jscted un6er the existing laws and prevent
frauds or injustice in granting pensions.
FRIDAY, APRIL II.
SENATE.-The Mississippi improvement bill
was debated at considerable length. A resolu-
lion was adopted for the appointment of three
senators to investigate alleged frauds in the
sixth revenue collection district of North Caro-
lima.
"a very remarkable bill is that 'sto aid in the
temporary support of common schools, " was
reported 10 the senate to-day with the ap-
prevail of a majority Of the committee on cd
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