The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-12-15
DOINGS or CONGRESS.
Both houses Of Congress went into ses

| with less interest or excitement, the attendano
ere on any ordinary day in the middle
OF sessi n. esident pro TEN Davis
cal ed the Senate TO order. and sftev
minor importance the annual MESSAGE o
President Arthur was received aud read Then
| Mr. row., of Georgia, announced tie death of
Senator Hill, and offered a resolution OF resret,
VIII Oh was unanimously agreed 10, whereupon,
AZ token OF rosl ect In the dec ased, the Sc ate
adjourrcd for tho day Speaker Keller called
mel %embeTs y The report Of the TariS Com n
s were 1
by ar. Herbert, of ) ALBANIA, prohibiting pol IT,
Mr. Ka son, OF Iowa, for The better regulation of
the civil service; b Mr. Anderson. of Kansas, To
create an Agricultural Commission; and by MIR.
Randall, of Pennsylvania, abolishing the offices
Of Assistant Secretary of War and the
ssistant Secre airy OF the Navy. Mr. Cox,
Of New York. offered a resolution calling on the
! S cretary ~ War for information TO the
amounts Of appropria ions under the River and
| Harb Jr bills Of IL and l'S2, withheld and un-
der what provision of law Mr.. Kssson offered
a res tuition granting the Committee on tivil
Service Reform leave o report at any time Mr..
Cox favored the re oution: asked what quick
ened the C nscence OF h friends: made
some jocular remarks as to his can idacy for
nper keI 18Th y, nd yielded To Mr. Spr niger who
Iwit'e his friends on the other side upon he
failure Of the assessment poicv. The death of
| Mr. Lowe, Of Alabama and of Mr.. Updcg sff Of
Ohio, we're announced rcspe lively by Messrs.
| Herl crt ana SaylOr. the PRESIDENTS message
was read, and the House adjourned
Mr. Beck offered a long resolution in the
Senate on the 5th nst., recting the fact that the
National Republican Committee levied assess-
ment for political purposes and ordering the
COMMITTEES on Judiciary to investigate. Mr..
! Harrow was sworn in as Senator from
Georgia, TO till the unexpired term Of Benz. III.
| HILL deceased. Mr. Platt introduced a resUlu-
| ton calling for information an to the number Of
pens orers on the rolls, amount OF pensions,
number OF pending applications. etc
| long debate took place on the prop sition TO
change the hour OF NICE ing OF the senate rom
noon to IL clock A bill to amend ,ection 1850
| OF the Il vised statutes, so a. not 10 exclude e.
tired army officers from holding civil offices in
the Tie RI cries passed In the House the Com
mittee on Ways and Means reported tavora-
blv on Mr. Kelloggs bill to abolish inte' nal reve-
nue. taxes on tobacco snuff cigars and Cigarettes.
The bill provides fer the un, additional repeal Of
| all internal taxes on all kinds OF manufactured
and raw obacco Eleven members of the COM
mitte &c ere present hen the vote was taken for
the reported bill, six voting for and hive AGAINST
resolution to print 1000 col les Il the rules
of the House, remarking that the new
members of the next Congress would
need them to study up in preparing for the ses
sion. Mr.. Holman objected and the resolution
was lost. The House took up and passed the
| bill pertaining to the discharge of American sea-
men abr DAD. 1t repeats the law which requires
the payment Of three months wages on such dis
charge and simply requires shipowners TO furnish
pay their passage home.
There was little business transacted In
Congress on the 9th inst. the sessions Of both
houses being exceedingly brief. In the Senate
pet lions we're presented from citizens Of Ohio
! AID Kansas for an incr ase OF pensions to
those who lost an arm or leg IN the
war. The Commissioner or Pensions was
instructed to furnish a list OF such sufferers.
Mr.. Anthony introduced a bill to p ohibit the
use OF the Capitol for other than its legitimate
a.Hd FH.Nff a N ARI ~ Nj
ton or public puildi at Pueblo Col Mr..
ingalls, explained the provisions OF the bill TO IS
tabsh uniform system OF bankruptcy In the
House, Mr.. Willis offered res luton
for inquiry into the assessment OF
Government employees for politi, al nur-
p Sos. Mr.. Caswell offered resol, ton,
which adopted, authorizing clause
in the Pcstotce bill, reducing letter postage TO
cents hi was passed 10 refund 10 the
State of eorgia $4,000 expended by the state
for the common defense in III. bill to au-
thorize the extension Of the Chesareake and
Ohio road over military lands at Fortress Monroe
referred. Mr. Kasson and others made
minor ty report against the abolition OF the
tobacco tsx, on the ground OF uncertainty as TO
the amount OF money required Tor pen
sions The President sent TO the Senate,
in executive session, quite a batch of appoint
ments, including the following: George Il.
Waring, Jr of Rhode Island, to be member
OF the National Board of Health; Henry H. Nor
gan, of Louisiana, to be Secretary of the Lega-
on Of the United States TO Mexico: Vac Ran
Ola, of Nebraska, to be Receiver of Public Moneys
at Niobrara; James p. Luse, of Indiana,
to be Register of the Land OH, at Deadwood.
Indian A ents William . Connell, of OHIO, at
Umatilla agency Oregon; ID. NJ Mordan OF A l.
iona, ut tie Nav 10 agency, New Mexico; John
Clark, OF Michigan, ut the Colorado River
a ency Arizona: A. III. Jackson, o. Nebraska
at Pima agency, Ariz ma; Big Gen; John
Pope tn lie Major General: Col. II. 5. Mac
bcnZie OF the Fourth cavalry TO be Br1gadier Cen
eral; Maj. William A. Rucker, Paynaster to be
Lieutenant Colonel and Depu Paymas er
General NJ ]. George II Elliott, Of the c.rps Of
engineer, to he Ii. utenant Colonel OF En-
gineeIs Commodo C Earl Eng'ith to lie Chic or
the Bureau Of Equipn ent and Recruit ing, De-
par mcnt OF the Navy; also large number OF
army promotions.
Seven men bers presented petitions in the
Senate, on the 7th inst, for an increase of PEN
sions to one-armed and one-le ged soldiers
The bankruptcy bill was discussed and amend
cd Mr.. Beck called up his resolution refer
ence to political assessments during the late
campaign. and Mr. Hale offered substitute
calling or an investigation into levies upon
r rT4si Committee he House passed
n joi1t 'esolu'i n to print 20,bJO cop es OF
the Tariff COMMISSIONS rep rt passed he In
dian Arpr piiaton bill, which sets aside sh,2 g.
800; killed the bill auf horiz NJ the building OF
hom fer INDECENT sailors and sol hers 20 Erie,
Pa, n adjourned The President nominated
To- the enate, in executive session, Edmund Il.
Calhoun Ia be II mr. Admit nj in he Navy, to-
gether with long list Of minor Postmasters.
Several petit ons were present ed in the
Senate, at its session the sth inst. asking
action on the tobacco tax and urging the
passage OF bill 10 increase the pensions Of
soldiers who have suffered the loss of an arm or
a lev. bill was passed to establish title to
the site OF the military post at FL Paso. J here
wes prolon ed debate on the resolution as
to political assessments and on the Bankruptcy
bill. An attempt TO strike from the bill all pro-
vision for involuntary bankruptcy was defeated,
bu Mr.. M ryan secured an amendment To iu-
Il dc option trading IN vt ks, grain, tc.. IN
acts Of BANKRUPTCY. On motion 4 Mr.. Morrill,,
the internal revenue bill, with its pending
amendments, was recommitted to the
Committee ON Finance. In the H use.
Mr Burrows reported the ap
propriatio which aside 81, IS, SO In COM
II ee OF the whole, the bill for the re ief OF he
officers and men of tie moni or y hich fouR t
t G Merrimac defeated Mr. Bingham re-
por ed "A bill to reduce letter postage TO cents.
Mr. Pcndeton gave notice 10 the Senate, at
the ssion OF the 9th inst, that after the Bank
ruptcy bill was disposed of ho would move TO
take up the Civil Service bill Mr.. Vance Sc
cured the passaye of resolution directing the
Secretary the Treasury o. furnis detailed
atemcnt Of the cost of collecting internal rev.
cnue each III trict. Mr.. Haw ev intoduced
bill to prevent Office of the I'm ted States from
col Getting sut sCriptions or assessments from
each ,thcr. brief executive session
was held. Petitions from tobacco
3D. "a "a XNe - preapntsd r n rebate eoual Al any