The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-12-13
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
A General Summary Of Events ut Home
and Abroad.
Compiled from Daily Reports up to the
Hour OF Going to Press.
CONGRESS-.

Mr.. ANTHONY introduced a bill in the
Senate on the 6th to prohibit the use of the
Capitol or any portion thereof, other than for
the accommodation OF the two Houses of Con-
Rress and Supreme Court purposes. for which
L was designed. The bill, however, gives the
President power to authorize its use for ublic
funerals during recess. Mr.. Groome introduced
bill to adjust the rank of certain officers of the
navy. II requires that all engineer officers
graduated from the Naval Academy shall take
rank with all line officers graduating in the
same way, according to their final standing in
Sewell gnve notice that he would call up at an
carly day a bill for the relief Of Fftz-
to establish bankruptcy, and after some dis
cussion the bill went over and the Senate
adjourned. In the House Mr.. Willis, of KY,
presented a resolution authorizing the Com
mittee of Civil Service Reform to inquire into
the collection OF election funds from Gov
same, whether collected under threats of dis
missal, ETC.; referred. Mr.. Coswell, of the
Appropriation Committee, offered q resolution
authorizing thar committee 90 add q clause to
the Appropriation bill reducing letter postage
to two cents, which was adopted without dis
sent Adjourned
INthe Senate on the 9TH Messrs. Voor-
hees. Sherman, McDill, Ingalls,, Chilcott and
Miller, of N. Y, presented petitions for the
passage of the bill to increase the pension OF
one-nrmed and one-legged soldiers; referred
Mr.. Brown introduced a bill to repeal the In
ternal revenue act of 1854. and all laws
ns oP aT refeere6 Se Ssns
ruptcy bill was taken up and discussed until
adjournment; In the House, Mr.. Kelley,
Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee,
offered concurrent resolution for the print
ing of 10000 copies of the Tariff Commission's 9
Wednesday. the 18th, for the considerstio%n % of
bills on the calendar previously reported from
& the &eommittee;, adopted; Mr.; Haskell pre-
pie of Utah which was referred. The House
then went into Committee OF the Whole on tho
Indian Appropriation bill. The total amount
of the appropriations provided for in the
bill is S5,s0S9S9, being S274200 less than
appropriations of the current year and
sas, who has charge of the bill explained that
the reductions were principally in appropria-
GoTsrnmsnt re obtsin ,,te 70 nartaIn nds nde
in Erie. Pa, and establish Home for INDECENT
soldiers and sailors was discussed and laid
over. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the Sth petitions were
presented by Messrs. Logan, Sherman, Jones
and Hoar from tobacco dealers asking that in
the case of the reduction of the tax on tobacco
a corresponding rebate be allowed. On motion
of Mr.. morrill, the Internal Revenue bill with
the funding amendments was recomitted
to the Committee on Finance. The Bankruptcy
an amendment making IL an act in bank
ruptcy to deal in futures" in certain arti-
sues SUGAR OF cstle rce ete saso Ss corn
After the morning hour the House went into
Committee on the Whole on the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill. This bill appro-
PIRATES S1,256.255, which Is $132, 800 less than
the estimate. The Committee ON Post-ofices
and Post Roads reported a bill reducing
letter postage to two cents. The report Is ex-
haustive. covering the entire history of postal
legislation, and accedes that the reduction will
cause a deficit in the postal revenues, but
claims that IL will only be temporary, and soon
recover. Adjourned.
SENATOR JONES introduced bill in
the Senate on the 9th to promote and eucour
age telegraphic communication between Eu
rope and America; referred Mr.. Vance
OF the Treasury for detailed statement
showing the cost of collecting the interna
revenues: laid over. The Political As
sessment bill was taken up, and after a lengthy
address by Mr.. Voorhees, IL was laid over and
the Bankruptcy bill came up as unfinished
business and discussed when the
Senate adjourned. until the llth
In the House resolution was reported by the
Committee on Commerce calling on the Secre
tary of War to report to Congress wha
amount of the money appropriated by the las
River and Harbor bill had been used and viii
be used by the end of the fiscal year, and what
portion. IL any, had been used for any purpose
other than the improvement of navigation and
commerce.. The resolution was adopted and
consideration of the Consular and DIPLOMAT
Appropriation bill was taken up and passed
Adjourned until the 11th.