St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-02-11
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

IN the Senate, on the 30th, Mr.. Edmunds
from the judiciary Committee, reported fay
orably with an amendment the bill re- estab
fishing the Court of Commissioners of Ala
appropriated moneys of the Geneva award
Further discussion on the Sherman funding
bill was confined to the merits of the fourth
section of the act of 1874, which the
amendment of MI. Vest repeats, and section:
$3.50 and 5,l6o of Revised Statutes, which it re
enacts.. Among bills introduced in the
House was one by Mr.. Berry proposing q
constitutional amendment making a person
holding the oftee of President ineligible
for re election, providing that at the end OF
his term of office the President shall receive
a pension OF $1,000 per annum, and declaring
Cabinet officers ineligible for election to the
Presidency for the term following that during
which they held sucn office.
MEssRs. HAwLEY and ingalls, discussed
the Sherman funding bill in the Senate on
the 3lst. Mr.. Vests amendment was re-
jected-yeas %, nays b. Mr.. Plumbs amend
ment was agreed to-33 to %. 1t is as
follows: THAT the Secretary of the Treas
ury shall use all the funds now in the
Treasury for the redemption of United States
notes. in excess of Sl0n, 900 600 in redemption
OF bonds of the United States such redemp-
ton TO be made in not less than three install
the Treasury shall not be increased or dfmin-
ished, except in redemption of United states
notes.. The Speaker of the House stated
the regnlar order to be the question of refer
ence of the Joint resolution introduced some
weeks ago by Mr.. Robson q. JJ to
dtcare certain lands heretofore granted
TO railroad companies forfeited to the
United States, and to restore the same to the
public domain, and open the same to settlers,
Mr.. kobeson withdrew the resolution, and in
hodnced in lieu Of it one which applied to all
railroads except the Pacific Railroads, in ref
erence to which bills had already been intro.
duccd Referred to Judiciary Committee.
WHEN the three cent bond bill was
reached in the Senate, Feb. LIST. Mr.. Morgan
advocated, rs an additional section an
amendment as follows That the agreement
made with the holders OF bonds of the United
States since the adjenrnment of the Forty
sixth Congress by which the rate of interest
on such ,nds is reduced to 81 per-
and confirmed according to the terms and in
tent of said agreement. The amendment was
modified and adopted without vote, as also
virginia, declaring that nothing in the act
shall be so construed as to authorize the in
crease OF the public debt. The bill was then
ard the question being upon agree.
ing TO the amendments as a whole,
Mr. sherman asked for a separate vote
surplus revenue over Si00.0000 600 to the reduc-
ton of the public debt. He said if the propo-
sIt;on was not stricken out he and others who
had acted with him would be Compelled to
vote against the bill. House concurrent res
oution fixing the 9th of February as the day
for the Garfield memorial services was con
cltIIeu III. .....lne HOSt-Off1ce appropriation
bill occupied the House, but no action was
taken. :.
FURTHER discussion of Mr.. Plumb's
amendment to the three per cent bond bill in
the Senate, Feb. 2, resulted in its rejection
yeas %. nays 81. Debate followed on
the amendment proposed by Mr. In |
gals ana modified by Mr.. Hoar, which
was adopted-43 to 10. 1t inserts |
the words (which are hereby declared |
valid" in the first section, making the section |
read that the Secretary of the Treasury is |
hereby authorized to receive at the Treasury |
and at the office of any Assistant Treasurer Of |
the United States, and at any postal money |
order office, lawful money of the United States
TO the amount OF $50, or any multiple of that
sum, ON any bonds of the United States bear
ing 81 per cent. interest, which are hereby
declared valid, and to issue in exchange
therefor an equal amount Of registered or
coupon bonds In the House, Mr.. Bing-
ham (Pa) advocated an amendment to tile
Post office bill increasing by 100000 the ap-
preparation for expenses of the free delivery
system, urging its extension and an increase
OF salary to letter carriers.