Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-03-30
.FORTY.SEvENTH CONGRESS.
MR.. GARLAND'S bill for the Improvement

MR.. GARLAND's bill for the improvement
! of the Mississippi came up in the Senate, on
| the 18th, and was referred to Committee on
| Mississippi and Tributaries. The bill directs
| be constructed or repaired and heDt in order
| such levees along the banks of the Mississip pi
! porance to the preservation of the river
channel, the prevention of devastation from
tai service, under the rules OF the War De-
partment. An appropriation of $50O0,0O0 is
made for this purpose. Any expenditure or
| liability beyond this sum is prohibited. and
no money is to be paid for levee work until
the same is approved by the secretary
of War. The Post-office appropriation
bill gave rise to protracted discussion, was
amended, and went over as unfinished bust
ness. The tariff commission bill was reached
and Mr.. Alison submitted the report of the
Committee on Appropriations, with testimo-
ny taken in what is known as the Treasury
contingent fund investigation. Report and
testimony tabled temporarily......In the
House, a bin passed approPriating Ss9l 600; to
quiring into the legality of sergt. Mason's
conviction was referred. The flood relief bill
passed, appropriatng SI5O,O00 The Chinese
bill was taken up and the remainder of the
session was mainly occupied with personal
alteration between the Chair and Mr. Money,
of Mississippi.
The House amendment to the flood relief
resolution, increasing the appropriation $780,
600, was agreed to by the Senate, March 18th,
but the amendment directing the use of mon
ey for hire of laborers on the levees was not
cOncurreu The Logan Dill to devote TO
educational purposes the entire proceeds of
the liquor tax was referred. Consideration of
the Post office appropriatiOnb bill was resumed
and various items were adopted: an amend
ment reviving the old franking privilege car
ried by "a vote of 40 to l5......In the House the
parliamentary wrangle over Speaker Refers
sumed Mr. Mciane took the floor
with view to pressing the point that the
He had a brush with the Speaker and then
yielded to Mr.. kenna, who offered resolu-
ton that the Speaker had no right to repri
mand a member and that the attempt to ex
ercise such power was Il breach of the priv,
leges of the House. Mr.. Keifer replied tina
he had used the word reprimand only in TIL.
sense to ''rcpreSs" a member who was out
order. The Chinese bin was taken up ant'
Mr.. Taylor of Ohio, spoke against it. reso
luton by Mr. Belmont, directing Shipherd to
show all his correspondence bearing on the
Peruvian claims, was agreed to.
THE bill appropriating 100000 for work
the Davis Island dam, in the Ohio River
and the Post office appropriation bill passed
the Senate on the Eth. The tariff commits
sion bill was then taken up and Mr.. Pendleton
briefly discussed the subject. He Spoke'of the
vastness of the interest with which our tariff
laws have to deal and the difficulty of so ad
justing them to do no injustice to ourmuti-
tudinous interests. Without entering into de
tau he would say ne resardea 1t as vea-
ferred not to specify the change he thought
ought to be made until the bill on the subject
came up. Adjourned until the GOTH. 49,. In
the House, bills were passed authorizing a
bridge across the Missouri within five miles of
st. Charles and extending the northern boun-
Diary of Nebraska. The amendatory liquor
tax bill reported, with recommendation
that the section reducing the tax be stricken
out The Chinese bill went over for one day.
THE Chinese bill occupied the whole SEES
sion of the House of Representatives, March
Is. Mr.. Moore, of Tennessee, made q strong
speech in opposition to the measure, and Mr..
Brumm claimed that every Chinaman in the
country kept out an honest German or Irish
man.
THE tariff commission bill was discussed
in the Senate, March 20, Mr.. Beck replying to
Morrill, and going literally into the labor fea-
lures of the present tariff effects. The bill was
laid over. protest against the passage of
any free leaf tobacco bill was preSentcd......
In the House IL message from the President
was received and referred announcing that
troops were sent to Omaha
thority of the Governors application in order
to protect the state from domestic violence.
The Senate bill making further apprOpria-
lions tor flood relief was reported with rec
concentration that the House recede from
amendment authorizing the of part of the
money to strengthen ieveeS: agreed to. In
the evening there was Il resultlesS struggle to
set day for consideration of the Geneva
award bill a small minority refused to vote,
thus breaking the quorum.