Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-07-06
FORTY.sEyENTH CONGRESS-.

Mr.. MORGAN's resolution for committee
of investigation into the labor strikes, their
cause and remedy, came up in the Senate,
June 81 and was referred to the Committee
on Education and Labor with instructions to
report within one week. Consideration of
the House bill to allow national banking a.
ence was then resumed. ..... In the House
the bin for a congressional library building
was laid over till December. The bill passed
to bridge the Mississippi at New Boston The
bill to reduceinternal taxes occupied the rest
of the session. a large number of amendments
being offered. =.
A COMMUNICATION from JosephF. Smith,
President of the convention of citizens of
Utah, transmitting an application for the ad-
mission of that Territory into the Union as q
State, with a copy Of the proposed Constftu
| ton. was presented in the Senate. June q,
and referred. Bills passed appropriating $685.
600 for Arctic observations ut Lady franklin
through the Indian territory to the Missis-
HOUSE blu To enable nasena BANKS eoS
| tinue their corporate existence then WAS dis
eussed and finally ina passed. to s:In
opposed the bill because it reduced
most burdensome.- Mr.. Hatch, Of Missouri,
advocated the proposed amendment allowing
farmers and planters to sell tobacco of their
own production without the payment of spe-
cial license. Messrs. Page, Aiken and Reagan
announced that they would vote against the
Dill, anu inc cOmuhUCce TOSc
AN amendment to the rules relating to the
presiding officer occupied the morning hour
in the Senate, June 3d., Referred. Bills
passed: To accept and ratify agreement with
Shoshone and Bannock Indians for the sale
of portion of their reservation in Idaho, re-
to make the necessary appropriation for car.
rying out same; creating the Oregon Short
Line Company. in Utah; Idaho and Wyo-
ming Territories; to pay for the use by Gov
eminent of the Protestant Orphan Asylum
property at Natchez; for the relief of settlers
and purchasers Of public lands in Nebraska
form system of bankruptcy came up. Mr..
Hoar moved as a substitute a measure sub
stantially identical with what's known as the
Lowell bill. Laid over. House resolutions
commemorative of Representative ALLEN,
ter remarks upon his lie
and services Shy by Ne Messrs; Cockreii, Dawes,
adopted .... In the House the bill relating to
Consideration of the bifl to reduce internal
New York in discussing the bill, referred to
the large number of workmen refusing to
work and considered the causes OF the strikes lss
cred upon the lite and character of Thomas
Allen. by Messrs. Robinson of Massachusetts,
Missouri. Out of respect to the memory of
the deceased the House then adjourned.
IN the House of Representatives, June "a,
a concurrent resolution was adopted for final
adjournment July 10. The bill to reduce in
ternal taxes was debated, and all amend
ments, except that striking out the clause re-
ducing the special license tax ON dealers In
distilled spirits, were rejected. ;Ee'E So
THE legislative appropriation bill was re-
ported in the Senate, June &c, with amend
ments increasing the House total s376, 900. Or
dered printed. Mr.. Pendleton spoke on the
resolution directing inquiry whether any at
Tempt is being made to collect political as
sessments. He analysed Mr.. HubbelPs cir
cular, showed that it had been sent to all
Government employees, and that 1t was
plain, straightforward demand for money for
demand upon the office holders as
conspiracy against gaa .h the purity Of Of
elections. Mr.. Allison replied that
the circular asked merely for a voluntary con-
tribution. Messrs. Hale and Van Wyck also
spoke on the resolution. The conference re-
port on the army bill was agreed to......The
House passed a heated day over the taxre-
duction bill. All amendments in interest of
tobacco growers were defeated.