Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1882-03-02
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
SATURDAY, FEB. 1S.

DOlNUS OE COINOhLOO.
SATURDAY, FEB. 1S.
SENATE-The senate was not in session to-
day having adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE The bill to promote the efficiency
or the Gfe-saving service was reported, and the
house went into committee Of the whole on the
immediate I'm deficiency bill, which appropriates
The item Of deficiency for public printing gave
rise to debate. during whith Atkins stated that
the great cost of public printing was in great
measure due to the extravaganza of the COM
mittee on printing of the last congress.
Over the clause in the immediate deficiency
bill appropriating $75, 900 for the construction
OF vaults in the treasury and sub-reasuries
quite an interesting discussion arose upon the
silver dollar question, one side stacking and the
mittee rose and reported it to the house, and
It was passed-yeas 155; nays, 26. Ad-
iourned
MONDAY, FEB. 20.
- SENATE The discussion in the senate by
Logan and Vest OF the claims OF Grant to re.
tirement in the army vita the rank and pay of
general, was listened to with interest by full
| senate and crowded galleries. The text of the
| discussion was Logan's old bill, in which, de-
spite his fervid and somewhat tinged panegyric
| OF day, he is believed to tske a less hvid in
| terest than of yore, with Bayard's amendment
restoring Grant to the army, but
| not to the retired list, Vests speech, care
| fully prepared, flashed forth like q Damascus
| blade. Logan's consisted in a rehash Of wi at
| he has SAID before, freshened by forceful
contrast between John POI ter and Grant. Dur
ing the latter Vest somewhat Disconnected him
by quoting Grant on Porter. 'Oh WE'LL" said
Logan somewhat pettishly, "Grant can have
| just such opinions as he has mind too.
| should hold my own if stood alone" No vote
WAS taken.
The pension arrears resolution was taken up,
and Mcpherson offered and advocated snb
stitute declaring that the senate adhered to the
| principle that pensions shall be computed from
the time Of disability, and directing the pen
siL n committee to bring in bill by Which the
| business of the pension bureau may be expe-
dited and frauds detected and punished.
Senator McMiilian's bill for new land Office
in Dakota provides that the same shall be To-
| Gated at jamestown and that q receiver and eg
lister shall be appointed to serve for the same
| compensation as other like officers for the same
| territory
The nomination of Henry R. Denny for mar
shall Of Minnesota was confirmed by the SEN
| ate.
Mr.. Window offered bill in the senate pro-
| providing for public building at Duluth
The senate confirmed United States Mar
shals-Thos. Boles, western district of Arkan-
sas; Henry II. Denny, Minnesota. Register of
Land Office-D. 8. Hall. at Benson, Minnesota
Postmaster-James Cogswell, Titusville.
Jas: H. Connolly, Pleasant Pile, Pa :; J. Han
non, Kankakee, Ill Jacob Hammond, Rush
vile. Ill.
William H. Tucker, Senator Logan's son-1n.
aw, was nominated for major and paymaster
| in the army.
House A resolution authoriziag the secre-
ary OF war to grant INN eiiate Q ef by issuing
rations to destitute citizens of Arkansas and
Louisiana, in the Red River valley, was re-
| Eerrsl
bill to establish district United States
and southern judicial districts of Gesrgia, was
sS1 eed to.
A bill to promote the efficiency of the life
saving service and encourage saving life from
| shipTrecks, passed.
The bill authorizing the payment of the
Japanese indemnity fund, $1,770,340, to the
Japanese government, with the exception of
1854, 900, which shall be paid to the officers
and crew Of the Unite States ship Wyoming,
Vsssed amid applause.
TUESDAY, FEB. 81.
SENATE The senate to-day passed the bill
hgreed upon by The house with scarcely any
ming that could be digni6ed by the name Of a
debate.
The resolution introduced several weeks ago
by Mr.. Ingalls, of Kansas, setting forth that the
srrears Of pensions act ought to be repealed,
after tormenting the gentlemen of both politi-
cal parties, received its quietus by the adop-
ton of a motion to lay the subject on the table,
the vote being 26 yeas to % nays.
In the executive session, which was precip-
tated by Mr. Voorhees,, the nomination of p.
B. y. Pinchback to be surveyor of customs at
New Orleans, although only sent in ty the
president to-day, was taken up and confirmed
after a few minutes discussion.
The president has nominated the following
cousuls: Joseph a. SworGs, District of Co.
lumbia, st:Cadiz; A A. Ford, Virginia, at
Sagua; W. 81. Joleys, New Y ork, at San Juan
HoUsE-Mr. Pond, from the committee on
public lands, reported resolution calling on
the secretary Of the interior to report the
annual gross earnings of the Central Pacific,
Kansas Pacific, Union Pacific and Central
branch of the Union Pacific railroads, from th.
commencement Of operations until the presen.
time. Adopted. The house then went into
committee f the whole and passed the appro-
priahon bill House adjourned to Thursday
FRIDAY, FEB. "a.
SENATE.-Mr. Bayard offered resolution
instr ucting the foreign relations committee 10
investigate the South American scandal MIR.
Van Wyck spoke upon the alleged frauds in
the township survey system. Mr.. Van
Wyck said general surveyors and other gov
erDment land officers had combined to make
surveys of worthless lands and then use the
scrip they would get in return for deposites
for surveys to purchase the most valuable
SOVGruLu6eG ltuuS OF tuo W0SG. luS uGpOslbSS
amounted last year to about So, 1000, 600, but
most of the surveys we're valueless to the gov
ernment because Of the worthlessness of the
lands surveyed
Mr.. Beck objected to the $40, 600 item for
mileage to army officers, and claimed that GER
tain trips by amy officers had been taken for
purely personal reasons, and sometimes for
purposes not entirely proper. He protested
against the payment Of mi eage;to numerous Of
ficers now en- route to the capital 10 attend the
Garfield memorial ON Monday. The bill finally
passed.
The senate confirmed the following:
Consuls-Bruno Tzchuch, Nebraska, at Vera
Cruz; Thomas Wilson, District of Columbia,
at Nantez; Geo. Clifford, Maine, at La Rochelle.
Theodore D. Wilson, New York, chief of the
bureau of construction and repair of the navy
senate adjourned to Monday.
HoUsE-A resolution similar to that Of SEN
tor Bayard referred to, offered by Mr.. Kasson,
was adopted, and the house passed several bills
on the private calendar.