Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-02-09
CONGRESS.
FRIDAY. JAN. 81.

option of the government was agreed to-26 to
26. An amendment making the bonds
redeemable after three years was l0st-25 to
&c.
Following is the text of the amendment of
the funding bill offered by Davis Of West Vir-
ginia, and adopted:
That the bonds herein authorized shall not
be called in and paid so long as any bonds of
the United States heretofore issued, bearing a
higher rate of interest than per centum, and
which may be redeemed at the pleasure of the
United States, shall be outstanding The last
of said bonds issued under this act shall be
followed until it shall have been paid.
HoUsE--No business Of importance was
done, the day being chiefly devoted to the pri-
vate calendar.
Both houses adjourned until Monday.
MONDAY, JAN. 80.
sENArE-A bill was introduced for a water
route to facilitate transportation between Lakes
Michigan and Erie. The funding bill was de-
bated but no action was taken.
BoUsE Bills we're introduced regulating
railroad affairs, making the president of the
United States ineligible for second term and
making cabinet officers ineligible to the presi-
dency; repeating laws making land grants to
the Northern Pacific and other railroads: de-
| ining the powers and duties of the Mississippi
river commission and appropriating land and
material for the Improvement of that river; for
| the admission of Arizona and Idaho as states
| The resolution calling on the secretary Of the
| interior for copy of decisions regarding the
Northern Pacific land grant was reported back
and adopted.
TUESDAY, JAN. 81.
| SENATE After discu ssion, Vests amend
| ment to the Sherman funding bill, being iden-
teal with the compulsory feature of he fnnd-
| ing bill vetoed last session, Was rejectea-22
| to 81 Plumb's amendment, directing the
secretary of the treasury to use all the funds
now in the treasury tor the redemption of
United States notes in excess Of $500, 600, 900.
| in the redemption of bonds of the United States
etc., was adopted 80 to 20.
During the debate on the 3per cent funding
| bill, Senators Sherman and Ingalls, had pass
age at arms that one time promised to become
| an exciting one. Sherman maintained that
there WAS no fund kept at the tire sury for Q
| specific purpose OF redeeming outsun ing
legal tender notes. Ingalls, replied that $685.
500, 600 worth of bonds had been sold to alse
fund for this very purpose, and yet the SER
| ator from Ohio, who was secretary of the
| treasury when the sale was made, stood up and
told the country that there was not dollar O;
| tie fund in the treasury.
The president sent the following nominations
! to the senate:
Postmasters- s. Moss, Franklin.
Tenn. Perry M. Moore, Arsola, Ill; Chas F.
| Martin, Sycamore, ILL.,. FenWick Y Hedley,
Bunker Hill, ILL.,; Alfred Dickey, Crawfords-
vile, Ind. Edward Brown, Mount Vernon,
| i. H.: L,
| G. Davis, Galore, o.
The senate confirmed tue following: Leo
pold Larkbriet, aesis tant United States treasurer
at Cincinnati; VIM. b. Taft collector of in
ternal revenue, first district Of Ohio; w. J.
Pollock, collector Of internal revenue, first dis
trlct of Pennsy lvania; S. A. WhitflI, postmaster
| ~ CINCINNATI 0.
! HOUsE.-Mr Robson withdrew his resolu
| ton declaring forfeited certain railroad land
grants, and introduced one in it's stead includ-
ing all railroads except the Pacific roads en-
braced in va ious bills heretofore introduced in
| the house. The resolution was referred to the
judiciary committee. The annual post route
| ,Dl passed.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 1.
SENATE Mr.. Morgan spoke in favor of his
resolution calling for information regarding
tests of heavy ordnance He charged that a
favored some inventors to the prejudice of
others. An amendment by Mr.. Morgan to the
funding bill ratifying the action of Secretary
Window in continuing bonds at lower rate of
interest was adopted without dissent.
The senate concurred in the
fixing the 9th Of February as the day. The
president sent the following nom1nstions to the
senate:
VIM. II. Armstrong Of Pennsylvania, ex-
member of congress from the Williamsport
district, commissioner of Plciic railroads
|
trict Of Iowa; Marsdea c. Burch, district Of
Michigan: Hugh J. Campbell, territory of
| Dakota.
Receivers OF Public Moneys-Wm 3. Mitchell
St. Cloud, MINI. John L Wilson, Indiana;
| A. T. Colfex, Washington territory
HoUsE.-A resolut on fixing Monday, Feb
ruary 27, for the Garfield memorial services
, was adopted. A bill for the erection of pub
, lie building at Minneapolis was introduced.
The postoffice appropriation bill, ($49. $780,,
300 was considered in committee of the
whole.
THURSDAY, FEB. 3
! SENATE ID ,pa Q was resumed on the fund
! ing bill, and Mr., Plumbs amendment applying
surplus revenues above 500, 600, 600 to the
reduction of the public debt was rejected-25
| to 27. During the discussion Mr.. Wlndon1's
action in continuing the 5s aud Is at lower
| rates of interest was severely criticised by
| Messrs. Vest and Ingalls,, between whom and
Mr.. Window a prolonged fusilade of spirited
remarks was kept up. An amendment by Mr..
| HaWlev declaring the continued bonds valid Was
adopted-43 to TO-
The president sent the following nomiua-
tons to the senate George E. Bryant, post
! master at Madison, Wis. George Fisher, sur
veyer of customs at Cairo Ill
HOUSE After some important routine
business, the postofice appropriation bill was
| considered in committee OF the whole without
action.
Gen. Henderson, from the house committee
on military affairs, reported general bill in
the nature of a substitute for some military
private bills referred to that committee, author
| izng tho secretary of war to muster and pay
volunteer officers so as to cover the whole
period during which they were regu-
larly commanded and actually per
formed the duties to which they were so COM
manded, but who, through no fault of theirs,
failed of such muster except where their COM
mands we're below the minimum. This covers
large number of cases which appeal strongly
in equity and justice for relief, and will relieve
congress from the consideration of considera
BILE class of private bills if it should become
law. He was also instructed to report favora-