Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-12-15
CONGRESSIONAL.

The House assembled at eleven O'Clock on
the 4th. The desk occupied during the last
session by Mr. Updegraff, Of Ohio, lately de-
ceased, was dressed in black and oruamented
with q basket of flowers. After notifying the
President that the House was ready for bust
ness. the Speaker presented the report of the
Tariff Committee, which, on motion of Mr..
Kelley, was referred to the Ways AMI Means
Committee. A number of bills were intro
duced among them one by Mr.. Anderson of
Kansas, to create an Agricultural Commission.
Also by Mr.. Valentine of Nebraska to compel
the payment by the Union Pacific Company of
the cost OF surveying, selecting and conveying
lands granted TO 1t. BY Mr.. Randall Of Penn
sylvania, abolishng the offices of Assistant
Secretaries of War and the Navy. BY Mr.. Lee
fevre OF Ohio, resolution calling upon the
Secretary of the Interior for information as to
whether 1t had been attempted to consolidate
the Union Pacific with any other road. and if
so by what authority the action was attempted.
After the reading OF the message, Mr.: Herbert,
of Alabama, announced the death of Mr.. Lowe,
Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, announced the death of
Mr.. Updegraff, and the House, out of respect
for the memory of the deceased, adjourned.
THE Senate assembled at noon, President
pro tenn. Davis in the chair. Mr. Harris, of
Tennessee, presented memorial from the
Board of Health of Memphis, approving the
action of the National Board of Health, and
asking adequate appropriations TO sustain the
same. A bill was introduced by Mr.. Hill, of
Colorado. prohibiting coinage at the Denver
mint; also by Mr.. Voorhees,, granting q PEN
sion of $50 per month to the widow of Rear
Admiral Scott. At the afternoon session the
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Brown, of Georgia, announced the death of
Mr.. Hill, and offered a resolution of respect,
which was unanimously agreed to. Then, as
token of respect, the Senate adjourned.
In the House, on the 5th, Mr.. Kelley, from
the Ways and Means Committee, reported a
bill to abolish the internal revenue tax on to-
bacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes. Referred
to the Committee of the Whole, and minority
granted leave to file their views on the subject.
The bill to amend the revised statutes so as not
IN mr. ircd hnl
civil Offices in Territories, gave rise to some
discussion, but finally went over. In the
Senate Mr.. Saunders presented memorial in
relation to the admission of Dakota, and gave
notice that he would call up the bill for its adj
mission soon, as he thought all doubts as to the
Territory having the requisite population had
been removed by the number of votes cast at
the recent election. Mr.. Beck offered resO-
luton setting forth a law against levying of
political assessments, and instructing the Jul
dietary Committee to investigate how much
money was collected during the recent cleo
ton, how ii was spent, and whether there is
any surplus; also to ascertain the number of
persons dismissed from the public service since
May, and how many of them failed to con-
tribute.
In the House, on the 9th, the bill refunding
to the State of Georgia $50 600 expended by the
State for the common defense in l777, passed
Mr.. Kasson presented the views of the minority
of the Committee on Ways and Means on the
Internal Revenue bill, signed by Messrs. Kas-
son, Dunnell, Mckinley, Haskell, Morrison and
Russell. They say they are not prepared to
recommend the abolition of the tax nor risk
reducing the revenue of the Government
below the amounts which will evidently be re-
Quired to meet the arrearages of pension, in
addition to other current expenses of the Gov
eminent by an extravagantreduction in either
source of the public revenue. 1t is much
more agreeable duty and much more feasible
to reduce taxes from time TO time as the I'M
known extent of the revenues shall be devel-
oped, than to re-impOse them to meet the i'm
perative obligations of the Government. For
a reduction which ii now appears safe to make
they believe IL should be effected rather by the
abolition of taxes more closely related to the
use and convenience of our people. Messrs
Dunnell and Haskell filed a supplemental mi
nOrity report, in which they favor the abolition
of all internal revenue taxes except on malt
and spirituOus liquors, tobacco, snuff and
cigars, and on these if it becomes apparent the
Government does not require the amount
III In the Senate, Mr.. Sherman presented q
petition from citizens of Ohio for the passage
of the bill to increase the pensions to those
who had lost an arm or leg in service. Mr.
ingalls, presented q similar petition from Kan
sas. Mr.. Plat called up his resolution
asking the Commissioner of Pensions
to furnish information in reference to the PEN
sion roll, which, after discussion was amend
ed so as to direct the Commissioner to furnish
complete list of persons on the roll, and
adopted. The Senate took up the bill to estab-
lish uniform system of bankruptcy, which
was discussed, and finally went over as unfln-
shed business.