Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-03-09
FORTY.SEyENTH CONGRESS.

THE bill placing Gen. Grant on the re-
tired list, with amendment by Mr. Sher-
man making the retirement additional to the
number already authorized by law passed the
Senate on the sd by a Vote b to IL, all the
Republicans voting for it, with Brown of
Georgia, Davis of Illinois, Jones of Florida,
and Ransom of North Carolina. The remain
ing Democrats voted against it, MIR. Logan
reported from the Military Committee Joint
resolution introduced early in the day bv Mr..
George for the relief of destitute persons
in districts flooded by the Mississippi and its
tributaries. substitute authorizing the
penditure of Sl00,OO0 by the Secretary of War,
in co operation with State authorities, was
promptly adopted. The House resumed
consideration of Mr.. HOlmans amendment to
the Post office appropriation bill, providing
that whenever any contractor shall sublet his
contract for the transportation Of mail
any route for less than he contracted to
perform the service, the Post,uaster-General
may declare the original contract at an end,
and enter into agreement with the sub con-
tractor, wi hout advertising, to perform the
service on the terms at which he has agreed
with the ginal contractor to perform the
providing the sub contractor shall enter
good and sufficient bond, and that the orig
inal contractor shall not be released from his
contract until bond has been made by the
sub contractor. The amendment, thus
amended, was agreed to-99 to 80. The 100000
relief measure passed without question.
A RESOLUTION by Mr.. Davis, of West
Virginia, requesting the Committee on Mill
tary Affairs to inquire into the expediency of
giving more aid than is now provided to the
various States and Territories in order
to promote and encourage the
country and strengthen their efficiency,
was adopted on the oath. Mr.. Van Wyck
urged investigation of alleged frauds in the
township survey system. He said Surveyors
general and other Government officials had
combined to make surveys of worthlesslandJ,
and then to use the scrip they would get in
return for deposits for surveys to purchase the
most valuable Government lands of the
West. Deposits amounted last year to about
s. 600 600 but mo 4 of the surveys we're value
less to the Government because of the worth
lesSneSs of the lands surveyed. Referred to
Committee on Public Lands. The immediate
amended and passed without oppOsit: on.
After executive session the senate adjourned
until the 21th.. In the House, Mr.. Belmont
offered n resO ution directing the Committee
on Forei IN Affairs to inqui e into the abstrac
ton from the files of the State Department of
certain letters and documents referred to in
the letter of the Secretary of state, Feb uary
Il. Mr.. Hasson offered as a substitute tile
following:
Whereas 1t is alleged, in connection with the
Chili-Peruvian correspondence recently AMI
officially published on call of the two houses
OF Congress. that one more Ministers PEN
ipotentiarv of the United states wee either
personally interested orimprOperly connected
with business trans3c t;on in which the MT err
vention nf this Government was requested or
expected; and whereas, it is alleged that GER
have been improperly list or removed from
the flies of the state Department; therefore,
be il
Resolred That the Committee on Foreign
Affairs be instructed TO inquire into said ale
CATION and ascertain the iacts relatin there
to and report rhe same, with such recon-
meudation> a may be deemed p eper.
Mr.. Beilu1nt accepted the SuOStl ute, ana 1t
was adopted without objecti n. Some private
bills were passed and the House adjourn ed for
one dav.