The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-04-28
D0ISGs OF CONGRESS.

/ bid to permit the investment of the funds of
/ the Iowa Agricultural College. There was con-
/ siderable discussion on the bill providing
| for the sale of part of the reservation of the
/ Omaha tribe. Mr.. Sherman presented petit
1 ton by the Governor and Legislators of Ohio
/ for liberal appropriations for the education Of
/ freedmen. Mr.. Taylor, Chairman Of the COM
I mittee to audit the expenses, illness and death
I OF President Garfield, submitted bill and re-
! port Among the claims passed and allow
arces made are the following Mrs. Garfield.
$50, 00Q 0ess the amotnt paid the late President
] On account Of his salary DR.. Bliss, S25, 900:
DR.. Agnew, SIS, goo; Dr.. Hamilton. $4,000 !:
DR.. Reyburn, $4,000; DR.. Boynton, 810,-
600; DR.. Susan Edison, $4,000; Will
lam j. Crump. steward, $1,000, R. s.
| Jennings, for cooling apparatus, 81, 900; Navy
Department, expenses Of fitting up cooling APP
| paratus and expenses of the Marine Blnd.
$2.7S2; William R. Speare, undertaken, 81, 835;
| @. A. Benedict coffin, etc., 1887; Independent
Ice Company, s., SIG /; H. L. Crawford, street
carriages. etc., Elberon, $1,092; G. I.
Schmidt, so centS H. W. Atwood, rs cents.
The employees of the Executive Mansion during
the illness of President Garfield (thirty-nine in
Lumber) are allowed additional pay ranging
from 1876 to 1920 EACH Communicable men
ton is also made of Gen. Swain, Cols Rockwell.
J. Stanley Brown and G. O. Rockwell, who. the
the Presidents illness to his comfort and SER
vice. The committee concludes by urging the
passage OF the bill agreed upon by the majority.
Messrs. Blackburn, Springer and Lefevre sub
mlted minority report, in which they state that
they oppose the bill on the ground that the al
! lowances to physicians and others are excess
sive. Debate on the Utah Standardization
case ensued. when the previous question was
ordered An hour was accorded to George @.
EianT10n xNho aha
| tiefrauded him of his rights, and proceeded to
defend the Institution of polygamy. resolli-
ton that neither Cannon nor Campbell is enti-
tied to the seat was adopted without DIVISION
The Senate, at its session on April 20, passed
bills for the sale of property belonging to tho
Soldiers Home at Harrodsburg, KY, of the
/ post reservation of the Omaha Indians in
Nebraska and of the Kickapoo lands in Kansas
The Senate also passed the joint resolution APP
propriatnS $l60, 600 to make up the deficiency
in the funds available for carrying on the
Government Printing Office. In response
to an inquiry by Mr.. Beck as to the cause
of this large deficiency 900 having
previously been appropriated for the same pur-
pose-Mr. Anthony made an explanation which
disclosed the enormous extravaganza commit
ted by Congress in its orders for the printing
OF public documents, large portion of which
paper stock. The President nominated Al
phonso Taft, of Ohio, to be. Minister to Aus
tria William L. Dayton, of New Jersey, to the
Netherlands, and Nicholas Fish, of New York.
TO Belgium. John III. Francis of New
York, was named for Charge d'Afaires
to Portugal and Adam Badeau to be Consul
General to Havana. The House passed the bill
appropriating 100000 for public building at
Frankfort; KY. The Mississippi coutested-elec-
nm off 10
resolution was adopted, deferring action until
the return of Mr.. Anterior, who represents
the minority. On the Tariff Commission bin
speeches were made by Messrs. Turner
Townshend and Mckenzie. Mr.. King in
PRODUCED bill appropriating $6,0O0,000
for the improvement or construction of Missis-
sippi leyees. The President transmitted TO
Congress letter from the Mexican Minister
proposing the definition of the boundary line
from the Rio Grande to the Pacific by the erec-
ton of durable monuments. The chief magis-
| trate suggests that in accepting the proposal
suitable provision be made for an adequate
military force on the frontier to protect sur
veying parties.
Mr.. Garland made favorable report to the
Senate. April 81, on the bill to permit retired
army officers to hold civil positions in the Ter
ritor1es, Mr.. Beck offered q resolution of in
quiry into the character and cost of publication
Ly the Census Bureau. bill was passed for
the manufacture of salt in Indian TERRITORY
When the Mississippi River Improvement
Dlil came up, arguments were made by
Messrs. Vest, Harrison and Morgan. The
persstency of Mr.. Hoar caused Chair
man Davis Clll.) to call him to order in de-
cided manner. A resolution was adopted for
the appointment of three Senators to investi-
gate the charges against the internal-revenue
officers III the Sixth district Of North Carolina.
Mr.. Blair reported back the bill to aid in the
estab jSiment and temporary support of conf
mon schools. Mr.. Butler reported sub
sti ute for the Alaska BILL providing
civil government for that purchase
The House passed bill fixing the second Tues
day in October for the election of Congressman
in West Virginia, For the bill to afford relief
to Congress and the executive department in
the investigation of claims against the Govern
ment, MI. House offered substitute by which
claimants may file petitions in the Court of
Claims, and that tribunal shall report
the facts to either house. An evening
session was held to consider pension bills.
twenty Of which were passed. Measures were
adopted to give thirty condemned cannon for a
monument to Gen. John Fulton REYNOLDS
twelve to commemorate the services of Oliver
T. Morton, at indianapolis and to give to the
Saratoga ASSOCIATION eight guns captured from
| Gen. Burgoyne.
A resolution was adopted by the House. at
| its session on April %, requesting the Commits
sioner of Agriculture to report whether any
portion of the country is adapted to the growth
OF the cinchona tree. On the bill for the judi
/ cial entertainment of private claims speeches
were made by Messrs Springer Bragg and Ste
| phens, and several amendments were defeated.
A vote on the proposition to recommit the bill
showed that no quorum was present. There
was no session of the Senate.
| A bill was passed by the Senate at its session
| on April "a, to allot lands in severalty to Indi-
/ ans on various reservations, and extend the
| protection of the laws of States and Terrific
! ries. Mr.. Cockrell introduced bill to facili-
| tate the negotiation of bills of lading and to
i punish fraud therein. Mr.. Morgan presented
| a measure to encourage . closer COM
mcrcial relations with South Ameri-
! ca. including railway to Chill
| The kill for public building at Quincy, Ill,
| was favorably reported. Mr.. George intro
| duced measure for distributing among the
| cotton States to support common schools, the
! proceeds of the cotton tax now III the treasury.
| Mr. CockTel presented resolution for the
! appointment of q special commission to pro-
! mote commercial intercourse with Cen
| trail and South America. The House
! passed bill appropriating $4,000 for the re-
| movsl of distinctions from He'll Gate, lew
| York. Mr.. Buckner presented resolution
| Gaining lOf ulIOfI0aL1O0 III regard TO the MOlle-
/ tary Conference and NTr. Cox a similar inquiry
respecting the Congress of American Nations.
| Mr.. Dezendorf introduced bill approprlating
! S1,G0D0C0 to erect Presidential mansion. Mr..
! Ford, by request, presented scheme to issue
| Si5,Oj0,OOO IN treasury notes and expend it IN
improving the Mississippi Missouri and Ohio
rivers. A bill for uniform system of bank
! ruptcy was reported by Mr.. Humphrey. A hot
debate occurred on the measure to appoint 100
additional policemen for the District of Column
bia, but the bill passed by Iii to 66.
A joint resolution was adoTte by the Senate,
April Is, granting the use of tents for the
soldiers reunion at Belle PLANE, Iowa. Mr..
Voorhees, offered resolution of inquiry
! whether legislation is necessary to secure an
| impartial determination of cases triable in the
/ Federal courts, more particularly In the South.
! A lii was passed to permit the grind ng of
grain brought over By Canadian farmers.
TIE River Improvement bill, giving
/ S5,000,000 for the Mississippi and ST.
100000 for the Missouri was passed
without objection. The Anti-Chinese bill then
came up The fourteenth section, prohibiting
the naturalization of Celestials was retained
/ by vote of 50 to 26. The fifteenth section,
relating to skilled laborers, was stricken out.
! The President sent to the Senate the following
nominations John c. Montgomery Surveyor
OF Customs at Denver, COL; Benjamin T.