Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-09
CoNGREssInNAL

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate the ed consideration of the
| Naval Appropriation bill was resumed. The
appropriation for the bureau, yards and docks
was increased S64 600 The District of Column
Allison submitfed tha TaoIt 81 fbpp Co+o,,tl r
| OF Conference on the Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill. Agreedto. TbeSenate re
| eumed consideration OF the Utah bill. Mr.
Ingalls, moved TO amend section of the bin so
rs 10 prohioit voting by women IN any Terri
! tory of the United States. A long discussion
] followed when II was discovered that the Sem
ate wne without quorum. After consuming
mucn uIne in roll-calls, the Senate adjourned.
i ......In the House the senate amendments to
the Army Appropriation and Fertilization APP
i preparation bills were not concurred in and
conferences committees were appointed. The
! on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill The
\ clause relating TO the Yellowstone Park having
been reached, an amendment was agreed 10
| prohibitingthe Secretary of the Interior from
| leasing the Park to any parties for any purpose
Whatever, and declaring nulland void any lease
heretofore made. Mr.. Cox of North Carolina
$1,000 for the support of the Botanic Garden
at washington, and in advocacy of his motion
! rldieued the bouquet garden, and suggested
that IL would not contribute to the peace of the
members families if it were known where
many OF these bouquets went. The motion
was lost. Two additional clauses were added
! apprOpriating 5000 TO the legal representa-
| tives of Andrew Heron. of Louisiana lnte
nember-elect to the Forty-eighth Congress,
and SLUT 70 the widow of the late GodlOve :.
| Orth. The amendment was adopted granting
amonth extra salary to the employees of the
House. The committee then rose and reported
! the bill to the House. Without passing the
! bill the House adjourned.
After short executive session, the. Senate.
the 2ith. took up the Legislative, Executive
! and Judicial Appropriation hill. Upon the
| provision increasing the salary Of the Public
| Printer TO $1,000, discussion arose "a to the
Fh1fiueuce of tho Printers Union upon the
managenent OF the Government Printing
4 Office, which was continued at great length.
The % after number of amendments, was
/ passed.. In the House, Mr. Randall under
instrpetions from the tommittee on Ways and
Means, called up the hill to prevent the i'm
! pOrfHtton of adulterated or spurious tea. and
/ II was passed The report of the Judiciary
! Committee in the matter of Thomas J.~Aiajors'
4 Nebraska was presented 1t says the commit-
tee had been imposed upon by false testimony
| and that Majors was responsible for the mis-
i information Tho bill passed for admission,
| free OF duty, of articles intended for the In
| dustrial Exhibitions to be held at Louisville
and Denver. The House then proceeded to the
! consideration of the Sundry Civil Appropria-
| ton tdlL Mr.. Sherman then demanded the
previous question on his Education bill pend
ing which the House adjourned.
! The Senate the 2dth passed a bill to punish
false personation of officers and employees of
the United States by fine of not more than
| S1,oO0, or imprisonment not longer than a year,
or both, in the discretion of the court; also
/ the House bill to prevent the impoFtation- of
\ adulterated or spurious teas. Mr.. Vest called
i up his resolution for the appointment of a
committee of five Senators TO examine into
the condition of the Yellowstone National
i Park. Pending the discussion the morning
4 hour expired, when number of private bills
| passed and the Increase of Pensions bill
] WAS tnken up. pending the consideration of
which the Senate adjourned. In the House
the Senate amendments to the District of Co
| lunbia Appropriation bill and to the Legisla-
| tive bill were non-concurred in, and a confer
encc committee appointed. The House then
rngr1 nrf fheaD .,ct
| Office Appropriation bill Mr.. Reed called up
his resolution to change the rules This led to
4 a long wrAngle and roll calls, which was kept
\ UP until the House, by vote of 81. 10 SO, adj
journed.
In the Senate the 9th Mr.. Morrill,, from the
Committee on Finance, reported favorably a
joint resolution TO provide for terminating tho
Hawaiian Reciprocity Treaty. The resolution
was adopted requesting the Secretary Of the
items audited by the First Auditor of the
| Treasury on account of expenses incurred 10y
the Department of Justice since January 1,
lSS2. with the names OF special or assistant at
torneys, and 10 state by what authority of law
he audited the accounts of such attorneys
After executive session the bill to give in
creased pensions To one-armed and one-leg2ed
soldiers was taken up. A message was re-
ceivcd announcing non-concurrence of the
House i'm the action OF the senate on the In
tcrnal Revenue and Tariff bill. and asking con-
ference. The Senate insisted its amend
| ments and a Conference Committee WAS an
luton changing the rules, after which n
lengthy debate ensued on points of order and
questions of privilege. MIR. Kelley's motion to
suspend the rules and take from the Speakers
table the Internal Revenue bill with Senate
amendments, TO non-cOnciIr in those amend
mcnts and appoint Conference Committee,
WAS agreed to. After "a short parliamentary
wTanRlc. the House went into Committee of
the Whole on the River and Harbor bill
In the Senate the 2Sth Mr.. Edmunds. from
the Committee on Judiciary, reported adverse
ly on the House bill to provide for the restora-
ton 10 citizenship of such citizens of the
Unite States as have become naturalized cit,-
zens of Great Britain. The bill to increase the
pension of one-armed and one-legged soldiers
was then taken up and after discussion
passed The Sundry Civil bill was reported
and the Senate adjourned. The House went
into Committee of the Whole and after brief
contest in regard to the. respective claims for
precedence of the Deficiency and River and
Harbor bills. consideration of the latter
measure was resumed, which was considereda al
some length. " hen the committee rose, and the
bill aDprOpriatiBg $l00eo0for public buildings
Mt jefferson City, Mo-, passed. The River and
HarbOr bill was again taken up and discussed
I'm committed until adjournment.
ADDITIONAL DISRATCHR&
In The Senate March 1st after falling o
secure members on the Tariff ConferenC C
| Committee bacause Of ref,rsal - 70