Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-05-04
FORTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS.

7 THE Mississippi River improvement bill
came up in the Senate, on the 18th, and Mr..
Jonas favored immediate repair of some of
the levees. Mr.: Garland d. wanted to make
iogized the Presidents position on
the levee-improvement question. The
House anti-Chinese bill was reported. The
Senate insisted on it's amendment to the
Post office appropriation bill and reap
pointed Messrs. Plumb, Allison and Beck as
the House the bill to
with allowances of $4,000 for DIR. Bliss,
ST., 900 each for Agnew and Hamilton. and
Susan Edison. The bill. with majority and
minority reports, referred to Committee
of the Whole. The Utah contest was taken
up and MIR. Cannon took an hour to state his
case. At the close of the debate the majority
report was adopted, declaring neither Camp
bell nor Cannon entitled to @ seat.
Mr. MCDILL addressed the Senate on in
terstate commerce on the Goth, and the bill
the President relative to a convention to de-
fine the boundary line between the United
States and Mexico. Mr.. George urged pa Usage
posed to be amended by increasing the APP
preparation to $4,000 coo and applying the
money in the discretion of the River Commits
taken. Bills passed: For the sale of certain
property at Harrodsburg, KY, belong
ing to the Soldiers Home; for the
in Nebraska; for the sale of kickapoo Indian
lands in Kansas; House bill appropriating
s465, 900 to supply the deficiency for printing
for the current year. ...... In the House, the
Committee on Agriculture made an adverse
report upon the bill to authorize the Commits
sioner of Agriculture to distribute seeds to
the destitute farmers and planters of the
flooded sections. The blu passed appropriate
ing 100000 for public building at Frankfort,
XIV. Messrs Turner of Kentucky, Townshend
of Illinois, and Mckenzie of Kentucky opposed
the tariff commission bill.
Mr.. Blair, from the Senate Committee on
Education and Labor, on the 21st, reported
back a bill to aid in the establishment and
temporary support of the common schools
The committee make no Recommendation as
to the superintendance of expenditure and
other details of the bill, but the report states
majority of the committee favor recommend
ing an appropriation from the Treasury to aid
in support of the common schools, the same
to be distributed to the several States and
Territories for a limited period of time and
upon the basis of illiteracy.. Calendar. Dis,
cussion on the Mississippi Improvement blli
an increase Of the appropriation to SIS ,000. 900.
Mr. Vest maintained that it was the constitu-
tional duty of the government to protect rlpa-
of overfiows, Oh the ground that the Govern
ment, being the owner OF the stream,
was obligated to S see that its property harS
Laid over. After executive session
the Senate adjourned until the 24th.....:
The House proceeded to the consideration of
the bill "to afford assistance and relief to
Congress and the Executive Department in
the Investigation OF claims ana demands
against the Government" The matter went
over. At an evening session twenty pension
bills passed.
THE bill for the judicial ascertainment
of private claims was debated in the House of
Representatives on the 22d. An amendment
by M Holman. providing that jurisdiction of
the Court shall not extend to any claim
against the United States growing out of the
destruction of property by Union forces dur
ing the rebellion, nor to the use of property
by such forces at the seat of war, nor to any
claim which is now barred by virtue of any
provision of any law of the United States,
was adopted-103 to 81.
THE bill for allotment of lands to Indians
passed the Senate on the 9th. The bill to
constitute a majority of the Supreme Bench
a quorum was discussed without action. Also
the Mississippi River Improvement bill.
In the House a bill passed appropriating $780,,
600 for removal of He'll Gate distractions.
Resolutions were introduced calling for cor
relating to the Paris monetary
approving the invitation to the
American peace congress. Bills were intro
duced: AbOlishing taxes on tobacco; apprO-
priating 81 900 900 for a presidential mansion
at Washington: for new Mississippi River
The bill to increase the police
force of the District was debated at length,
the discussion taking political turn. The
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