Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-06-21
FORTY-SEvENTH CONGRESS.
Senate

fOk I.SEvENl n CON0KESS. |
Senate.
MONDAY, June 12.-The house bills to divide |
owa in two judicial districts and authorizing !
he Sioux City and Pacific Railroad company to
construct bridge over the Missouri, passed. !
.Pendleton presented q petition from 10000
ltizens of Cincinnati and Covington, asking
or the passage of his civil service BILL. Gar
and, from the judiciary committee reported as
substitute for the bill for the relief Of A. Sgd
ley Sebbs and similar measures an original bill
section 1918 of the revised statutes
'eferring to the disqualification from appoint
nent to any positions in the army Of the United
States, and for other purposes. Laid over.
The japanese indemnity bill occupied the re-
nainder Of the session.
TUESDAY, June 13.-Garland introduced
supplement to the recent Geneva award act,
providing for claims of British owners of prop
9rty seized when under the American flag.
Browns resolution, supplying each senator
49,. The senate bill to give every officer whose
name is borne on the naval list thirty-fve years,
and who has served a full term as chief of a
bureau, the rank Cthat of comm0dore) which
be would have if he was retired while chief Of
; bureau, was rejected-10 to S5:. The
mittee, and Morrill's amendment, ordering the
destruction of bonds in which the fund was in
vested, prevailed-yeas 27, nays %. The con-
clusion Of the committee not to pay Japan the
interest which the indemnify had
earned was reiterated in the senate-25 to 2S.
The bill was then passed-yeas IS, nays 13.
The bill passed authorizes and directs the
$785, 900 in legal coin, through the United
States minister to Japan, and directs that all
bonds now owned or controlled by the state de-
partment and designated IN the department
reports as "The Japanese Indemnity Fund
shall be cancelled and destroyed. Section 2
directs that the secretary of the treasury shall
pay from the treasury $40, 900 as prize money
to the officers and crews of the United States
ship Wyoming and the steamer Toklong, or
their legal representatives. for services in the
straits Of Shimonoseh in 1868 and 1864; no pay
ment to be made to the assignee of any
mariner, but to the mariner himself, his legal
representatives, or his or their duly authorized
attorney. Adjourned.
WEDNESDAY,, June A.-The senate resumed
pay mail contractors in various southern states
the amounts due them on their contracts for
1859, 1860 and 1861. and the reappropriation of
1876, 700 for that purpose. The vote upon pro-
ceeding with the bill was: Yeas 80, nays 24,-a
party vote,-Davis Qll.) voting nay with the
republicans. A long struggle ensued for pre-
cedence in the regular business, but finally
motion by Bayard to take up the bonded spirits
bill prevailed-yeas Sc, nays 81. After debate
on the liquor bill the senate went into executive
session and soon after adjourned.
THURSDAY, June 15.-The bill relating to the
bonded period upon distilled spirits was again
up for consideration. After debate aud rejec-
ton of various amendments, on motion of Nc
MILAN, the bill and the substitute of the senate
committee were indefinitely p"stponed-yeas
az. nays 20. ....AdjOurned. 1sesas a.s..- -. :
FRIDAY, June 16.-HOar introduced bill to
provide for the performance of the duties Of
the Office Of President in case of removal, resig-
nation, inability or death, both of the Presi-
dent and vice president. It vests the success
sion to the Presidency in the members of the
cabinet in the order in which they were named
in the Washington cabinet, beginning with the
secretary of state and concluding with the
secretary of the interior, and excludes cabinet
officers not previously confirmed by the senate.
%. Blair introduced bill for statue in
Washington of Benjamin Franklin. Miller
(Cal. introduced bill to authorize the South
ern Pacific Railroad and other railroad COM
panies to unite and consolidate SO as to form a
continuous rail line between the tidal waters OF
the Atlantic and Pacific identical with bill re-
Gently introduced by Representative Bosworth
in the house. Blair introduced a bill to per
NIT freedmen to enter certain lands in the In
dian Territory. This bill declares that land
lying IN the Indian Territory owned by the
United States, aud not now occupied by Indians
be open to entry and settlement by the freed.
men of the United States; and provides for the
allotment of 16O acres to the head Of each fam.
lily locating thereon; it also sets aside for school
purposes every sixth section of lands granted
in the bill. After o short executive session
the senate adjourned until Monday.
House.
MONDAY, June 12.-Butterworth, from the
committee on appropriation reported back the
army appropriation. with senate amendments
recommending concurrence in some and non
concurrence in others. Among the amendments
in which non-concurrence was recommended
was that making army retirement compulsory
at the age of GA instead of 62, as provided In
the bill as it passed the house. After debate
the senate amendment was agreed to-yeas
1O1, nays IS. The other recommendations o1
the committee on appropriations was agreed tt
without division. >. Townsend, of Ohio, from
the committee on commerce. reported bill
creating a board of commissioners of inter
partment. Humphrey, from the committee
on judiciary, reported a bill to establish uni
form system Of bankruptcy. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, June ia joint resolution
passed, authorizing the secretary Of war Il
erect, at cost of $4,000, a memorial column
at Washington's headquarters, at Newburgh
N. Y; appropriating $15, 900 to aid in defray'nt
the expenses of q celebration to be held there il
1883, on the centennial anniversary of the de
laration of peace, and providing for the ap-
pointment Of a select committee of five senator
and eight representatives to make arrangement
for that celebration. The house went intt
committee Of the whole on the legislative, ex
ecutive and judicial appropriation bill. mum
ber of amendments were passed upon but tn
committee rose without final action and tn
house adjourned.
committee on the legislative executive an
| judicial appropriation BILL The session in com
mittee was marked by quarrel between Whit
| (Ky.) and Kelley. In the course of his ren1arke
| the former stated that Miller, of the whisk
ASSOCIATION, had said, under oath, that Kelle
| had made q bargain with the whisky people, b
which the tariff and whisky poople had poole
their interests on legislation. Kelley, who ha
| been greatly disturbed by these inslnuatlons, q
once arose, and with great passion. denounce
the statement as the ranting of lunatic or
deliberate liar. Resolutions Of censnre wer
Immediately presented but apologies from bot
parties were offered and accepted and the resc
Mtions were withdrawn. When the committe
rose the bill was passed-yeas 126, nays 45.. Z:
Millerreported . resolution, which wss adopted
recommending the committee on appropriation
non, Of Utah, his salary and mileage up I
April 10, 1882, the day when bis seat was dc
clsred vacant. !. .O'Nein from the committee o
appropriations reported the invalid pension
appropriation bill. Referred to the committe
Of the whole. The total amount appropriate
is $1OO, ,0O0, 900. ;. Adjourned. s.t.:,s..s--
THURSDAY, June 15.-The house spent th
day in committee on the river and harbor al
preparation bill. 80 =:
FRIDAY, June 16.-The house went into con
mittee on the river and harbor bill. After .
ton on number Of amendments the commi
tee rose. Hiscock On, ~ chairman Of Il
committee on appropriations, reported joii
resolution, which was passed, approprlataI
/ 438, 900 to continue the work of scientific o.
i servation and exploration, near the shores !!
Lady Franklin Bay, and at Fort Barrow, Alasl
:, Tho house at the evening session pass>
/ seventeen pension bills Gncluding one granti1
Z pension Of $50 per month to Betty Tayl
Danhidge, daughter OF Zachariah Taylor), q
then adjourned. s
SATURDAY, June 1.-THE house went in
committee Of the whole on the river and barb
bin. An attempt on the part Of Springer
4 strike ont the clause appropriating e3O0, 200
b the construction of reservoir ct the he
& waters Of the Mississippi WAS defeated-A
q 1Ok. An amendment BY Holman ~ the natu
Of substitute for the whole bill appropriate
$1,000, 900 for the impro oyement Of rivers =
Il barbns W1s also rejected. When the comm
!. tee rose the bin Wss passed yeas ll8, pays
II AdiOuxped,