The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-06-15
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MONDAY, JUNE 6.

CONGRESSIONAL
r.. ExoxDAY, JuxE5
SESArE.-Thc vice-president pro tenn, q,
the senate was in his accustomed seat, wear.
ing bntton-holc 'boqaet, and apparently
livelier for the few days Of vacation. When
the journal had been read he submitted al
apology for designating successor last
Thursday and as he'appeared really contrite
it was decided to let the committee on rules
settle the matter, that committee being
instructed to examine and report upon
the question of the power Of the president
pro TEN. to appoint a senator to perform the
duties ofthc chair during his absence. Mr..
Beck offered resolution authorizing the
proper committee to report necessary apprO.
l,riation bills to provide for the s,ipport of
the g"verninent, tl': house having neglected
to pass these important measures. The
army hlll was discussed and an amend.
mcr.t liking the az. nf officers subject To
compulsory retirement at sixty four instead
Of siNty-two years, rs in the bill, was a,lopt-
cd. Resolutions were Introduced inuuriny
into the alleged lcvyinS of political assess
niclltS upon government cmplOycS Mr.
Mcmillan introduced Il bill for an agree
nent with the Sioux Of Dakota for the c,..
sion Of a part Of the great Sioux reservation,
HousE.-A tltnccurrc,lb between Mr.. White
ofkentucky and Mr.. Kelley regarding the
bonded period bill. the former charging tn,
latter with having made Il bargain with the
liquor men, which the latter denied. A mo.
ton by Mr.. Kelley I" suspend the rules and
passing bill s,i>lc''in, an error il, the re.
Vlseu statutes relating {" he duty on wearing
apparel, failed for want ofthe necessary two
thirds in the affirmative. Mr.. Henderson
moved to make the Hcnnepin canal bill a
special order for June lj. l,st-1o7 to So
An analysis Of the vote shows that the states
of Connecticut, Delaware, Iowa, Louisiana
Maryland, Michigan Minnesota, New
Hampshire, Nebraska, Oregon and Vermont
were solid|y for the canal; all of the dele
gates from Illinois, Kansas and West Vir-
ginia lacked u single vote Of being solid, and
Wisconsin and Indiana lacked two.
\ bill was intr"'ucci hy Mr.. Wasl,burn
authorizing the construction of a dam across
tho Mississippi opposite st. Cloud. The bill
provides that the dam shall be provided
with suitable lusway> nr chute for the pas-
sage of logs and RATS 'fIos> and lumber.
Mr. Strait offered IL joint resolution au-
thorizing the sccrctar! rf war to turn over to
the governor OF Mi,'r>nta such terts, POLES,
pins and camp ~lui, i,llcntS as he may re-
qlirc for the ''>r OF the militia aud vo;lun-
teer organizations IF t!.,. state at their SUM-
nler and fall c,,calu,,;,c,,t>
Mr.. Humphreys ut Wisconsin introduced
bill in the house providing for the cree
ton Of public building at La Crosse
TUESDAY, JU>EG.
SESArE.-Mr Slater Of Oregon. introduced
bill prohibiting and making misdemean
or the solicitation by any executive officer,
clerk or enployc of the United States, not
the head of a department, of money, proper
ty or other thing of value, or giving or re-
ceiving the same. for political purposes or
party interests. The penalty imposed is
tinc Of $50 and deposition Of the offender
f.o,n Office. Referred to the committee on
civil service.
Mr.. Dayis(W Va) offered a resolution
and it was adopted, requesting the commit
tee Oh post offices to report upon the pro.
priety of reducing the postage on letters to {
cents.
The debate continued on the army retire.
ment clause. A motion by Maxcy to except
Gen. Sherman from the operation ofthc clause
was amended OH motion Of Hale by adding
Gems Sheridau-29 to 2; The motion as
amended was neA;ativcd 10 to g; The whole
subject was finally tabled and the bill passed.
The age is fixed at 81 instead e.
HoUsE-Thc deficiency appropriation
bill was taken up, and everything moved
smoothly until the item was reached appro-
priating 49,, - for dcfraying the expense
oftllc Yorktown commission. As had beer
anticipated, the subject raised an exciting
discussion; !, l., Mr.: Springer of Illinois could
scores, and distinctly charged the
members Of the commission with rum
ming Il free bar. He called attention. to the
fact that among the items by which the dc.
ticicncy was created were $1,000 for cham.
laSnc and 500 for whisky. He was pro-
ceeding to say that the small amount ex-
pended for the latter article showed
the boat, when the cspcaker declared that his
time had expired and uncercmo1iously cut
short his remarks The house, however,
clt off from the dispute by granting the
amount asked for.
Mr.. kaSson offered resolution declaring
that congress, in connection with the lco.
pic OF the United States, has received Will,
death of the Italian patriot, Gen. Gariballi,
expressing high appreciation of his loyalty
and unseltish patriotism, his love of human
rights and his devotion TO principle, avow-
ing sympathy Of the United States for the
foreign nation which has thus been be-
reaved, and requesting the president to
cause copy of these resolutions to be COM
municated to the government of Italy.
Adopted unanimously.
WEDNESDAY JUMP.
SESA1E.-The president sent the following
The tariff commission: VIM. A. Wheeler OF
New York, chairman; John l.. Hayes of
Massachusetts,, Henry W. Oliver, Jr., of
Pennsylvania. Austin NJ. Garland of Illinois,
Jacob Amber Of Ohio, John S. PHELPS of
Missouri Pohorf u parfor <l,o rs
Columbia, John w. H. Underwood of Gcor-
Sia and Duncan +. kenner of Louisiana
The senate passed three bills for public
buildings at Lynchburg, Va, Clarksburg.
W. Va, and Camden, N. J., respectively.
A resolution from the committee on priv
''egcs ana elections TO pay tho adn,1nlstra-
trix of John Z. Underwood 5000 for time
scat III the senate from Virginia, met with
considerable opposition. Cockrell and
salisbury disputed the assertion in the COM
'uittee's report that Underwood was regular
Iv elected, and Cockrell added "that at the
time Of the pretended election, Underwood
WAS judge of tho United States court, receiv-
ing salary as such"
Mr.: Sherman Of the committee recom-
,nending the bill, said he had not been aware
Of that fact and intimated that he regarded
it as fatal to the claim. The bill was then
laideaside.a"'as-. -.
HousE.--Anotlier raid on the treasury was
inausurated in the house, as soon as the
journal had been read, by Mr.. Scranton Of
Pennsylvania, who secured the passage of a
hill appropriating $4,000 for public build
ing at Scranton. Emboldened by his SUCCESS,
Mr. Manning of Mississippi endcavored to
secure. similar action for Oxford, Miss. but
when he stated the town only had 5000 in
habitantS and Maid hit $SO nor annunf for tho
rent Of q. building for public purposes, the
house rejected the bill, which asked for
O,OOO~building.
Mr.: Sparks rose to apologize to Sunset
Cox for calling him "a little scamp during
the debate yesterday OH the deficiency bili
The gentleman from New York kindly for
gave the allusion.
The general deficiency appropriation bill
was considered, and all interesting discussion