The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-12-22
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PROCEEDINGs OF CONGRESS-.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the Senate the 18th, largo number of
pension petitions were presented. At the close
of the morning hour the Senate took up the
Bankruptcy bill, the question being on Mr..
Browns motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill. A debate ensued, and at ESQ the Senate
refused by a vote of "a to 25 to postpone in
definitely, and by a vote of "a yeas to 30 nays
adopted the Lowell bill, introduced by Mr..
Hoar, as q substitute for the one reported by
Mr.. ingalls,. The bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary. The Senate then by q
vote of A to 16, took up Mr.. Pendletons Civil
Service bill, which was discussed and disposed
of by indefinite postponemeDt. In the
House Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, offered a
resolution recting that it is alleged that certain
existing railway lines of transportation have
entered into combination for the purpose OF
preventing the construction of competing lines
into the Territories and through the States,
thereby establishing monopolies in transpor-
tation, anG directing the Committee of COM
merce to report without delay, prohibiting and
Furnishing such combinations. A number of
bills were introduced, one by Mr.. Springer,
proposing a constitutional amendment relative
to the election of President, vice-President and
members of Congress. 1t fixes the term of
President and Vice-President at six ears, and
the next succeeding term; abolishes the Elec-
toral College and provides for a direct vote for
President. Every State shall be entitled to as
many votes as it has Senators and Representa-
be chosen for three years.
In the Senate the 18th, the President sub
United memorial Of the Chicago Board Of
Trade in favor of the Lowell Bankruptcy bill
Mr.. Vest offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, instructing the Committee on Ter
ritories to inquire and report what legislation
enforce laws in the Yellowstone Park, and
preserve the game there. Also whether the
area of the Park should be extended, and il 3d.
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bill was takenup anddiscussedatlength. Alarge
number of amendments were offered. Mr..
Plumb introduced bill to authorize the Secre-
tary of War to establish a home for INDECENT
soldiers and sailors in Kansas. Referred. The
Senate then went into executive session.
In the House the POstofhce, Military Academy
ported, filed and referred to the Committee of
the Whole. In Committee of the Whole the
House then proceeded to the consideration of
the Congressional Library bill: After long
debate the bill was recommended to the Com
mittee on Additional accommodation for the
Library of Congress, with instructions to re-
port bill providing for the erection of library
on land in Washington belonging to the United
States. Pending a motion to reconsider Mr.
Kasson, from fine Committee on Civil Service
Reform reported back the bill for the reg
ulation of the civil service, and the House adj
jourded.
In the Senate the 18th, at the close of the
morning hour Mr. Beck called up his Political
Assessment resolution. The question being
on Mr.. Edmund's motion, to refer Mr.. Beck's
resolution, and substitute one offered by Mr..
Hall to the Committee on Judiciary. After
the PendIeton Civil Service Reform Bill was
then resumed, which was debated at length
and number of amendments offered, some
of which were adopted Pending the consid-
tive session. In the House the Congress
sional Library bill was taken up and the mo-
tion to reconsider the vote to recommit was
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instructions to the Committee to report back
the bill for the erection of a library on ground
belonging to the United States in Washington.
The bill was then considered, reported back
and passed. The House then went into Com
mittee ofthe Whole on the Military Academy
Appropriation bill, and soon reported it back
and it passed. r-.
In the Senate the 14th, the bill to promote
efficiency in the Navy Chaplains by Increasing
their salaries was rejected. Consideration of
the Pendleton Civil Service Reform bill was
taken up. A number of Senators spoke when
Mr.. Brown, of Georgia, offered an amendment
striking out the provision that entrance to the
viding that competition shall be for offices of
all grades, and shall not be confined to persons
already in Office; also the amendment explicit
ly authorizing removals by the President or
heads of departments without an assignment
of cause. Pending which the Senate adj
journed-. -. In the House the Postoffice APP
preparation bill was considered in Committee
of the Whole. Mr.. CaswelI explained in detail
the provisions of the bill. The total amount
appropriated was Sf3,94S $50, being &, T92, 59l
less than the estimates and $695,3S0 less than
the appropriation for the current year. For
the compensation of postmasters $3.50, 600 is
appropriated, or $SS4 900 less than the es-
Inmates. Mr.. Robinson, of Massachusetts,, in
CURED whether there were any provisions in
the bill for special national facilities that six
teen States paid their own postal bills and the
bills of all the rest; The first ten on the list
were six New England and four Middle States.
Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, said there seemed to
be general impression in that strip of coun-
try known as New England, that when God
Almighty made boulders up there and framed
them in with sand and put upon that region
among the brightest and bravest of the Ameri-
can race, he stopped. He did not stop. New
England has somewhere about 100000 popu-
iation, and he rather fancied the remaining
50,000.000 of the American people were just
about as good and had just about as much
brains to the square inch as the inhabitants of
New England. He could see no good reasons
be accorded facilities on ordinary trains the
people of New England could not be contented
with the same facilities. Without closing the
general debate the Committee rose and the
House adjourned.
The Pendleton Civil Service bill was further
discussed in the Senate on the 18th, the princi-
pal speakers being Messrs. Miller, George,
Bayard and Morgan. No important action was
taken. Mr.. Mclean was admitted to a seat
In the House TO fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Mr.. Thomas Allen, of the Second Mis-
souri, District. The Postoffice bill was con-
sidered at length in Committee of the Whole.