The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1882-03-28
AT WASHINGTON.
Proceedings in Congress of Yester-
days Session.
Haggling over the Garfield Memorial
Hospital Incorporation.
CONGRESSIONAL

the widows of Presidents Garfield, Ty-
Ter and Polk.
The tariff commission bill coming up
Van Wyck and Anthony advocated tho
commission of congressman, while Mr..
Brown favored the bill or civilian COM
mission.
The agricultural appropriation bill
with amendments was reported back.
The amendments reduce the amounts
for experiments in sorghum and beet
sugar. For extirpation of locusts and
for agricultural data a few items are
slightly increased.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Williams, wis.,, offered a resolution
requesting the president to inform the
house whether any protocol has been
signed by Scott or any other diplomatic
representative for United States, set
ing forth the terms for ending the war in
South America, and il 80, to furnish the
house with a copy of the same and also
with copies of correspondence relating
thereto not already communicated to
one of the houses of congress. Adop-
ted.
Cas- we'll reported back the postofice
appropriation bill to the committee of
the whole.
Petitions were presented asking for
the passage of the Lowell bankruptcy
bill.
Bills introduced: By Haskell, Au-
thorizing the department of justice to
audit the claims of medical experts at
the Guiteau trial, allowing not yer 1926
per day for each. Referred.
By King, For a joint committee of
five senators and ten representatives to
investigate as to the floods in the Mis-
siasippi valley and to report what pre-
ventation measures are necessary.
By Phelps, To establish a depart
ment of industry, the chief of whom
shall be a cabinet officer. 1t provides
for bureaus of agriculture, fishery
mining, manufactures, commerce, sta
tistics and education. The head Of
each bureau to be known by thetitls
Of commissioner" and appointed by
the president. by and with the consent
Of the senate.
By Thomas, Appropriating $685.
600 for the improvement Of the Missis-
sippi river, and continuing the work al
ready begun in accordance with the re-
concentrations of the Mississippi river
commission.
By Harris, To provide for an assist
ant secretary Of the navy to be selected
from the officers ofsths navy under the
rank of rear admiral, and to receive the
highest rate of pay of his grade, and to
perform the duties of the secretary Of
IKE navy in the absence of that officer.
BY McCook, To restore and fix the
inspector generals department of the
army.
The secretary of the interior sent a
response to the resolution calling for an
estimate of the amount required to pay
the pensions of the survivors Of the
Mexican and Indian wars prior to 1916.
1t is estimated that s65, $50, 4s0 will be
required to pay the Mexican war PEN
sions, and $2s, 201 ,632 to pay pensions
Of Indian war;. Aggregate. 500, $780,
112.
Some bills relating to the District of
Columbia were passed, and that incor-
porating the Garfield memorial hospital
was taken up.
Neal of Ohio, explained that the pur-
pose of the bill was to make the corpor-
alton perpetual.
Cobb Of Indiana, predicted that II
the bill should pass the government OF
the United States would be called upon
to erect the building and maintain the
institution.
Humphrey, Of Wis, thought the in
co~rporators should have recourse to the
general incorporation law, for the &C
com%plishment of their purpose.
Blount, of Georgia, said that som
incorporators under cover Of the name
Garfield, aud pretending to seek tc
erect a memorial to him, came here
asking to accomplish by that mean
what they had failed to accomplish
heretofore upon its merits. 1t wa!
mockery Of the name Garfield for then
to come in here with this old measure
and be trusted to the house, which
repudiate the spirit which had beer
shown.
Wilson, of W. Va, offered an amend
ment providing that whenever the cor
poration shall apply to congress for aid
any appropriation made for that pur
puse shall operate as repeal of this act
The pending action Of the bill ant
amendment were on motion of Hol
man, and recommitted with instruc
lions to committee to report the amend
ment to general corporation law o
the District Of Columbia, by means o
which the hospital can be incorporated
and be perpetual. Under the presen
law no association can be incorporated
for a longer period than twenty years
Bayne, Pa, introduced a joint reso
luton requesting the president 20 TAX
such steps as are necessary to secur'
the negotiation of additional treaty