St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-03-04
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Iathe Senate, Feb. 18th, Mr. Kellogg ill.,
trodnced bills providing for the following an
preparations: Improvement of the Mississippi
River from View Orleans, 100000; improve
1nent of the Red River above Shreveport, $50,
600; Improvement of Bayou Lafourche $75,-
oC0; Improvement of Bayou Teche, $50, 600
improvement OF the Caucasian River, $4,000
deepening the channel of tire Atchafaiaya
River, S50onoo. building lock at the mouth OF
Bayou Pmnquen1ine. se5o,ooo; building
Shreveport, $50, 600; building Court.
house and Post office at Opelousas,
s25o,oo0; building a Custom house and Post.
office at Morgan City, $3.50 600. The Pension
arrears resolution went over and the Senate
adjourned until the 10Th. .....In the House,
Mr.. Springer moved to reconsider the vote by
which Mr.. Colerick's amendments to the APP
portionment bill was rejected. Tabled-lI3 to
ia, and the substitute, fixing the number
of representatives at sl6, was reiected-l54 to
-. Mr.. Page (Cal.) desired to withdraw his
resolution proposing 313 members, but as it
was the number favored by the Democrats
objection ~ was made; It was however, reject
was lost, and the bill passed without division.
THE deficiency bill appropriating 81, s22,-
3s3 passed the House on the lsth-l55 to g.
The clause appropriating $4,000 for the con
struction of vaults i'll the Treasury and Sub
Treasury caused quite an interesting discus
sion upon the silver question. Mr.; Hewitt
made a vigorous attack on the standard sill
yer dollar, characteriZing it as cheat and a
fraud NJ Marsh declared the cry that the
standard dollar was fraudulent was false in
fact and untrue in principle.
Mr.. CALL offered resolution in the SEN
ate, on the aOth reciting that the interests Of
peace between nations the obligations and
oh Iyf hot ba
United states OF America and all other people
;tndfhe governments of America, well as
the eoE1u1crcial int erests of the people Of the
United States, render it proper that the
Government OF the United States, in some
proper form, adopt measures to settle
the controversy between Chill and Peru and
prevent tie forcible tliS1rembelment of Peru.
The resolution, which also approves the call
for a congress of the nations Of North, South
; and Central sI america, was ordered printed;
The bill to retire Gen. Grant was discussed
and comm ttee amendments were adopted.
Mr. MCPHERSON Offered a substitute for the
Pension arrears resolution, declaring that the
Senate adheres to the principle that pensions
shall be computed from the time of disability,
and directing the Pension Committee to bring
in IL bill by which heAbusiness of the Pension
Bureau may be expedited and frauds detect
ed and punished. The House passed the
bill authorizing the payment of the Japanese
indemnity fund, sl,l77,sH, to the Japa-
000 which shall be paid to the officers and
crew of the United States ship Wyoming. A
to grant immediate relief, by issuing rations,
to destitute citizens of Arkansas and I.ouisi.
ana, in the Red River Valley, was referred
Mr. Buckner introduced u bill for the CON
struction OF a bridge across the Mississippi,
near the northern part of the City of St.
Louis. "
MIR. DAWES presented petition in behalf
OF the Indians, in the Senate on the Goth, say 4
ing that 100000 persons had signed similar
petitions before Congress- and urged
universal a demand nf Nv 4
intelligent citizens should accomplish it's
purpose, and the nation should keep its
plighted faith and treat the Indians Justly
Mr.. Plumb dem ed that the position and wealth
of the petitioners should make them better
judges of what was a wise and just treat
ment of Indians than were the people who
lived among them Mr.. Teller said petitioners
were full of patriotism, feIvor and ignorance.
s:lnd devoid of common sense, which ought to
tier could not consistently be charged with
having wantonlv violated the treaty or NAL.
treated the Indians. He demanded for West
ern settlers the same measure of protection
asked for on behalf of red men, and CON
trasted the indignities heaped upon them by
Indian outlaws with the care and con-
their barbarous neighbors The petition was
referred. The Apportionfnent bill passed by
viva voce vote; The pension arrears resolu |
ton was tabed-a6 to 3D.. The House went
into Committee of the Whole on the Post
office appropriation bill. The clause for the !
transportation of mails across the st. Louis \
Postma- ter General TO pay for special service 4
there not over $4,000 annually, or more than 4
the lowest private bid for the service. Con- |
gress adjourned until the 23d
THE bill placing Gen. Grant on the re-
tired list, with an amendment by Mr.. sher-
man making the retirement additional to the |
number already authorized by law, passed |
the Senate on the Esd, by vote of IS to II, all
the Republicans voting for it. with Brown of
Georgia. Davis of Illinois, Jones of Florida |
Ransom q i'm
ing Democrats voted against it. Mi. Logan |
reported from the Military Committee Joint |
George for the relief Of destitute persons in |
districts flooded by the Mississippi and its |
tributaries. A substitute authorizing the ex
penditure of SlO0, 900 by the Secretary of War,
In co operation with State authorities, was /
promptly adopted. The House resumed /
consideration Of Mr.. Holman's amendment to
that whenever any contractor shall sublet
Ais contract for the transportation of mail |
on any route for less than he contracted to
perform the serpiees the Postmaster General
and enter into agreement with the sub con-
tractor, without advertising, to perform the
service on the terms at which he has agreed
with the original contractor to perform the
same. Mr.. Atkins offered an amendment, pro- |
vlding the sub contractor shall enter good
rom n is eoa
tract until bond has been made by the sub
contractor. The amendment thus amended,
was agreed to-99 to IS. The Sl0u,00 relief
measure passed without question.
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PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
PRESIDENT ARTHUR had thirty -seven
guests at his first state dinner. The White
House was radiant with flowers.
JOSEPH 3. SHEFFIELD, who died in
New Haven, Conn.,. recently, has given for
Observation-Disclosures no less than 5000, 600,
one of his good works being the scientific
school attached to Yale College. He leaves