The Worthington advance., 1882-03-23

! nc hlnese bill waa then .anen up,
WEDNESDAY, MARCH Is.
SENATE Mr.. EdmunGs obtained an indef
nite leave OF absence On account OF Illness il
hls family. A bill passed appropriating :f2O,-
coo towards u monumental column to COM
| men>orate the battle OK Monmouth. Mr.. Gar.
land tAta spoke on tho Importance OF the main.
! tenaaoo OF an efficient levee systeIl on tne
Mlsslss1ppl river, TIE bill on the subject re-
Gently introduced by him being up
to porarily. He was followed hy
Jones OF La. and others on the same subject
Mr., Allieoa submitted the report CT tho coz,
mtteo On appropriations with te.tim ony taken
IN what is known rs the treasury cont;ng~ ut
tund investigation. The report and testimony
were tabled temporarily and ordered printed
The committee finds, briefly, that the trcaaury
tycoons committed small pilferings, but that
neither Sherman nor Window knew anything
about them nor protted by them
The senate IN executive
session confirmed John Russell Young. New
minister to Chill; John Gwatta. marshal west.
e,n district, o! Virginia; ?. Vanzi:l. Michigan.
United States attorney for Utah; c. G. Al en-,
n1rsha! western district, Missouri: postmaster,
E. Il. Kirk, Sioux City Il.
HoUsI -Co2gressman Icwnshend prsfe,red
s,noI grave charge Snsg. against tae gov:
Governor oalIo% % haS sd 'uaess" nes;sete, biz: his
putty in not notifying the people Of the
s:ate OF the want III southern Illinois resul'iue
from the floods. He said that the wealthy peo.
pie OF the stato would have RESPONDED lavish.
~ At the erst note from tue go;ernoc that
want prevailed. Tho house passed bill ap-
propriatng $l50,OOO more for the
hood sufferers. During the
debate Oh the hill there wss a long alteration
between the speaker and certain members,
principally Mr.. Money. Tbs speaker under.
took to reprimand him, which he Id could
not be done by tho speaker and only by vote
wooden men while he was wsging this single
handed combat, and as H;scock aud Eobeson
had rallied around their chief, The contest wa1
very unequal one. As usua! in such rsroars
in the house, the excitement subsided III due
time, and the house adjourned as though Moth
temper stirred up on hoth sides.
THURSDAY, MARCH TO-
sENAvE.-A bill was introduced increasing
the pension OF maimed soldiers from $3G to
S4S per month Mr. Logan spoke in support
Of his bill to devote the $50, 900, 900 annual
~ received from the whisky tax to the Cause
Of education. The postof1ice bill was discussed
and an amendment increasing the item, FOR spe-
cisl facilities from S5O0,OOO to $3.50, 600
was adopted. Mr. Edmunds offered an amend
me.lt restoring the frauking privilege aud
spoke so warmly IN its advocacy that It was
atlopted-40: 70 Is. The nays were Senators
Co:arell, Garland, Maxsy, coke; George. Pen
Ian, san|sbury. Ferry, Mcpherson, Sherman.
The amendment reads: Each msmbe. OF the
senate and house Of representatives and each
delegate from territory shall have right to
send through the mail xny letter or package
contaiolng only printed or written m after not
exceeding two ounces in weight, identified by
bis autograph signature without paving postage.
SO pleased were the friends Of the proposition
with it's success they could 60: transact any fur
tEer business and went into executive session.
No combinations were sgroed upon, however,
nut the provision OF the treaty relative to the
oIder Of the Geneva Cross were concurred III,
as has been done be nearly al Of the civilized
nations Of the world.
sE-The controversy as to the right Of
the speaker to reprimand members wac resumed
Kenna introduced 4 resolution setting forth that
the speakers declaration OF his power to repri-
msnd q member Of the house was breach O!
docorum and should be 60 decided by that body.
This brought tho speaker out with
statement that his remarks to Mr.. Money
were simply in Piokwiclan senee, and ti.at
bis reprinand 90 called had been misunder-
stood, for he meant merely TO rep,ess or re-
strain and not to ceneure tho member from
Mie si.sinpL This declaration had double
effect for not only did Mr.: Kenna Withdraw
'P7"hoA Q @Po'o6J 1shA ~"S'"y eSAooA ~ 1ct 1l4d
matter drop.
+ Tho Chinese bill oame up, and Mr Taylor of
Ohio, the successor Of Gen. Garfield in the
house, made an eloquent epeech in opposition.
A resolution empowering the foreign affairs
committee TO compel Shepherd to produce all
the correspondence and evidence in his posses
sion regarding the Peruvian company was
adopted.
Mr. Dunnell has introduced bill to restore
to the peneion roll the name Of E. Williams,
formerly Of company f. Second Minnesota
cavalry volunteers. 1t is proposed by bill
introduced in the house by Mr.. Strait to place
on the peueion roll the name Of Jacob Nix, who
served as a captain in the Brown county militia
during the attack upon New Uln1, Mum IN
August 1862, by Indiana.
FRIDAY, MARCH II.
sENArE.-The bill for the public building 1t
Minneapolis passed. Tho postoflioe bill was
taken up,. and the committee amendments
adopted, the voto on the or restoring the
franking privilege being Al to ID; and the bill
passed, - did the fertilization appropriation
bill The tariff commission bill was defeated,
Mr.. Morrill,, its author. speaking In favor aud
Mr.. Pendleton against
Mr.. kcMillin, from the committee on CON-
merce, reported favorab'y house bills a. fol-
lows:
Concerning tho uso Of piers and cribs In the
Mississippi river; 70 establish Z railway bridge
, across the Miseissippi river between Minnesota
and. Wisconsin: eppropEiatjnR 800. 600 for