The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-02-02
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

DOINGs OF CONGRESS.
No business was transacted In the Senate on
Jan. 20, tho time Of that body being occupied
III tho delivery OF culogics upon the late
Senator Burnside The speakers were Sem
ators Edmunds, Anthony, Maxey, Hawley,
Harrison, Jones, Hale. Aldrch, Hampton ard
Ransom. In the House, after the transaction
OF some business, culogios were delivered
by Messrs. Chase, Spooner Or I.) Browne
lnd.l, Rice (Mass.) and Henderson QlL).
Mr.. pachcco, Of California, introduced d bin to
repeal tho land grant Of tic Atlantic and Pa
ciiic road. Mr.. Willis introduced An act ID reg
nlate Chinese Immigration, and Mr.. King one
to stop three crevAsses in the Mississippi foyee
Mr.. Bliss handed In bill to pension soldiers Of
the late war confined In Confederate prisons.
Mr.. Warner introduced an act 10 reduce the
ments. No less than 355 bills were presented
during the day.
Tho bill giving Mrs. Lincoln $4,000 arrears
Of pension and increasing her allowance to
$4,000 was passed by the Senate Jan. a. Mr..
Beck introduced bill for tho punishment OF
national-bank officers who illegally issue certi-
fed checks, stating that the practice 10 going
on at the rate OF s1O0,O0O,0 600 per day. Mr..
tuition prohibiting the manufacture, i'm
portation, CT sale OF liquors ~ ! bcy-
arsge. Mr.. Teller submitted ! Joint
resolution forfelting land grants TO twenty-five
railroads. Mr. Voorhees, introduced . bill to
compel railroads to heat mail cars by steam
from the locomotive. The President transmitted
drafts OF bills to increase the salary OF the Com
missioner OF the General Land Office and Gre.
ate tho Office Of Assistant Commissioner also
to make tho same changes In tho Office Of the
Indian Commissioner. James w. McDill, Of
lava, was sworn In for the nnexpired term.
consideration Of the Senate bill to retire Assoc
ciate Justice Hunt, but Mr.. Holman objected.
bill was passed to remit the duties on some
clothing sent from Europe to colored settlers in
Kansas. resolution was adopted calling on
the Secretary OF War for . statement of the
accounts OF Capt. II. W. Howgate. The forti-
ication appropriation OF e375,000 WAS passed.
Mr.. Cameron, Of Wisconsin, submitted reso-
buttons in the Senate, on Jan. 25, in memory Of
the late Matthew H. Carpenter. Tributes OF
respect we're paid by several Senators, after
which an adjournment was voted without
tho transaction Of any business. In the
House the most Of the day was also devoted to
the delivery Of enloeies upon the dead Senator.
After considerable opposition, the Senate bill
to retire Justice Hunt was passed. tho vote
standing 1877 to So A letter from tho Secre-
tar Of the Treasury asked an appropriation or
SO lh9 600 to complete the service Of the isca |
year in the various departments.
Mr.. Allison introduced bill In tho Senate,
Jan. 20, to provide . reserve fund for tho re-
demption Of United States bonds, one provision
being for tho retention in the treasury vaults
Of $4,000 900 in coin to take up legal tenders.
Mr.. Sherman closed the debate on his per
cent. funding bill, claiming that tho large sur
plus OF revenue WAS constant temptation To
jobbers and that tho tariff should he 50 re-
not be attached to It A motion to
table tho bill was lost, by % to As.
In the House, Mr.. Updegraff presented the pc
tition Of 1000 citizens of OHIO for tho creation
Of liquor commission Mr.. Cox offered n res
olution calling for the correspondence in regard
g the expulsion Of American Israelites from
Russia. The bill appropriating t1.OOo,0O0 for
the reclamation Of the Potomac marshes was
referred to the committee Of the whole. The
House adopted MIR. Brownies res
oluiion Of inquiry as to tho amounts
required for pensions for the next
twenty-five years. Mr.. Springer called up
the Senate bill granting an additional pension
to Mrs. Lincoln. which WAS passed. President
Arthur nominated Frederick A. Tritle, of Ne
vada. 10 be Governor Of Arizona, AMI Edwin
H. Webster to be Collector Of Customs at Balti-
more. =. A. Whitfield WAS named for Post
master at Cincinnati, w. II. Taft for
Internal Revenue Collector, and Leo
The President transmitted to Congress
the diplomatic correspondence concerning
Chill, Peru and Bolivia. Included III ii was
letter OF instructions from Secretary Blaine to
Special Envoy Prescott. The arrest OF Preei-
dent Calderon is called an intentional and un-
warranted offense. Mr.. Prescott il charged
not to make to the CHILEAN Government any
explanation Of the conduct OF Minister Hurl-
but.
Mr.. Garland presented petition in the Sem
ate, Jan. ~, from HOT Springs, Ark, for an
appropriation Of 100000 to improve the re-
servation and the streets. Mr.. Logan intro
duced bill for the distribution Of pure vaccine
virus to the people by tho National Board OF
Health at cost price. Mr.. Edmunds presented
a measure to prevent the connterte letting Of the
! securities Of foreign Governments. Mr.. Morrill,
reported fayoraby OH the act to apply por-
ton Of tho proceeds OF public lands to
general education. When the 5 per cent. fund
ing bill came up, the Davis amendment to
make the bonds payable at the option Of tho
| Government was carried by SO to %. and an
| amendment by Mr.. Sherman tomake their dur
alton three years was lost by 20 to 80. Mr..
Ferry introduced : bill for pensions to in
| mates Of Confederate prisoners. The
Senate adjourned 70 Monday, tho sotn
Campbell for Surveyor or Customs at Omaha
William d. Lewis for Postmaster at Vincennes'
Ind, and Theodore ID. Wilson, OF New York
| to be Chief Constructor Of the Navy. In the
House, Mr.. Townsend called on the Secretary
Of the Interior for any information at COM
mand in regard to Indian ou;rages in Arizona
| melted by the Mormons. Several private
Hills were passed. but the bill for the relief q
| the children OF Gen. James II. Carleton wa.
| lost The President transmitted 4 commun
| cation from the Secretary Of the Navy, giving
information in regard to tho Chiriqui grant
An adjournment to Monday Was taken.