The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-02

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In his lifetime to consult this valuable col
lection of briefs.
FEB. 26.--Thc senate passed the bill to
prevent the importation OF spurious teas.
A resolution was adopted requesting the
president to give any information in regard
TO the agreement of European ministers at
Lima To make an effort toward peace. PEN
widows of Rear Admiral Beaumont and
General Warren, and an allowance to the
idiotic daughter 1T soldier was continued
beyond her sixteenth year.
FEBY. o!.-David Davis read a notice OF
his intention TO resign the presidency pro
cd house bill to make st. Vincent, Minne-
sofa, q port Of entry. A resolution was
| adopted directing the secretary OF the treas
ury to report the sums paid to special or
assistant attorneys by the department OF
| justice last year. A message was received
| announcing the Inconvenience of the
house In the action of the senate on the in
| ternal revenue and tariff bill, and com
mittec of conference was appointed, COM
prising Messrs. Morrill,, Sherman Aldrich,
Ddyaru, anu DECK.
HOUSE.
FEB. 2l.-In the house the senate amend
ments to the pension appropriation bills
were concurred In. Mr.. Betzhoover made
an attack upon the administration of the
signal service under Gen. Hazen. He be-
lieved this bureau purely civil institution,
be transferred to some civil department OF
the government, and especially that II
should be placed under charge of a head
who had some scientific knowledge and some
scientists of the country. Mr.. Butterworth
earnestly defended Gen. Hazen's character
for honesty and bravery, and suggested that
the gentleman from Pennsylvania had put
himself In an unenviable light before the
country in attacking that officer without
formulating his charges and asking for an
investigation.
FEB. 22.-The bill creating three addition
al land districts in Dakota was passed. Mr..
Pound offered an amendment to the sundry
civil bill repeating the presumption laws, to-
gether with all laws authorizing the filing
of declaratory statements for the entry of
public lands by an agent or attorney. Mr..
Washburn advocated the amendment, con-
tending that the presumption laws should be
repealed. The manner in which public
lands were taken up under those laws was
a perfect scandal. No honest man could
file a legitimate claim without being prose-
cuted by adventures and land sharks. Now
was the time to have this matter stopped
The public lands had been dedicated to ac-
tual settlers, and they should be guarded for
this army of harpies and Adventures, who
went out west In order to sap the life-bloOd
of that developing country. The amend
ment was adopted.
FEB. 23.-The house in dealing with the
sundry civil appropriation, adopted an
amendment prohibiting the secretary Of the
interior from leasing any portion of the Vel
pany, or corporation for any purpose what
ever; declaring of no force or effect any
lease, agreement, exclusive privilege, or
monopoly already granted or entered into,
and authorizing the secretary OF war to
make the necessary details Of troops to pre-
vent trespassers or intruders entering upon
the park with the object OF destroying game
therein, or any other purpose prohibited by
law.
FEB. 4.-The House took up and discus
sed this afternoon the Sherwin Education
bill, which provides that Sl0,000,000 a year
shall be appropriated for five years from
the United States Treasury to be distribut-
ed among the several States to aid them in
maintaining common schools, the distrlbu-
ton to be made on the basis of illiteracy.
Owing to the lateness of the session it is
hardly probable thst the bill will become q
whisky tax to purposes of education, of
which so much was heard early in this Con-
gress. seems to have been abandoned. 1t
is quite possible that more votes could be
obtained to reduce or abolish the whisky
tax than to devote any portion OF IL to edu-
cational purposes. After very short dis
cussion, the House, without q division,
passed the bill to prohibit the importation
and sale of spurious tea. This bill is mod
eled upon the English law on the subject,
ioI.@ To tiua nd
the makers of bogus tea, shut out OF the En-
glish markets, have begun to unload their
vile stuff in the United States. So profit
able is the retail business in this article
that every city has its half dozen of tea
companies which give away cheap chrOmoS
and cheaper articles of alleged silver plated
ware, etc, with every pound of tea sold.
Beach, of New York, spoke against the
bill, not because he was opposed to keeping
out spurious tea, but on the ground that 1t
was special and hasty legislation. lie de-
sired that stringent law on the subject
should be enacted to shut out all adulterat-
ed articles of food, including tea.
FEB. 26.-Ninety-four measures were in
troduced in the house of representatives to.
day. Mr.. Rosecrans proposed the retire
ment of George w. Getty with the rank and
nav of major general. Mr.. Townsend intro
portation Of deeterious wines from Ger
many. Mr.. Robinson presented joint re-
solution to secure the cession of Ireland to
the United States by purchase or otherwise.
The report of the conference committee on
the postoffice appropriation bill was dis
agreed to. After q prolonged struggle, a
resolution by Mr.. Reed was adopted, by
which the house can proceed with the tar
if bill without debate.
FEB. ga resolution by Mr. Reed, pro-
viding that majority may take the senate
tariff bill from the speakers table and send
it to q committee Of conference, was agreed
TO by 100 to g. The speaker appointed as
such committee Messrs. Kelley, Mckinley,
HASKELL and Carlisle