Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, the 18th. Mr.. ingalls, intro
duced a bill providing for determining the re
moval or inability of the President of the
UnitedStates to discharge the powers or duties
OF his once. Ii provides that whenever two
heads OF departments shall state in writ n.y. to
the Chief Justice of the Supreme COui of the
I'm ted states, that the President is unable to
discharge his duties, the Chief Just &c shall lay
! the matter before the Court, where the ques-
ton is TO he dec ded: and If inability is found
TO exist the Vice President shall be notified to
assume the duties of President. The Senate
then considered in Executive Session the
treaty with Mexico. The House, after the
morning hour, resumed consideration of the
Shipping, bill, which was discussed at length
and hnally passed, and the House soon after
| adjourned.
| In the Senate the 18th, Mr.. ingalls, intro
duccd a bill providing for the appointment Of
Il committee to consider the subject of railroad
| transportation. II provides for the appoint
| lnent 10y the President of seven Commissioners
! from VII life to consider and INV eStigate the
whole subject and report to COngre the first
/ Monday IN December, 1888. The second section
/ nXe5 the compen. alton of the commissioners
| at $40 per day and travel ng expenses. Nc
further business of importance was transacted
| by the Senate I he House went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Pension Appro
/ pr aton BILL II appropriates Sel.57j, 900, Of
which SSU,AO,OOJ is for army pensiOns g % o.
! OOO for navy PENSIONS $4,000 for fees and ex.
penses OF examining surgeons, 81 0,uOI for pay
ana allowance of pension agents. and $4,000
! Tor con ingences. The appropriation for army
pensions was increased to- SSj,UO000L The
committee rose and the bill passed. The For
tlhcat1On bill also passed. A bill also passed
increasing the p'nSions of persons who had
become wholly or in part blind or deaf in the
service-to those wholly blind $50 and those
partly blind SO per month.
In the Senate the 15t !, number of petitions
were presented in regard TO tariff duties. Mr.
Frye introduced a Joint Resolution directing
the President of the United States to give NO
I ce in July next of our intent. on to terminate
0r1CtpS Is TO IN and article z pf rho Of
Washington tie ating tn fisheries. The Senate
resumed consideration of the Tariff bill which
was discussed unit adjournment. In the
House Mr.. Bragg CndeavOred TO have the Fitz
John Porter bll considered, but objections
were raised. The bill era lting pensions to the
soldiers of the Mexican war was made the
sp al order for February lst. Many bills and
rCsO utions were offered. Gen. Wheeler was
sworn in as member f. ON the Eighth District
of Alabama To til the vacancy created by the
death of Mr.. Lowe Adjourned.
IN the Senate Il C 10Th, Ar. Hill, from the
Postoifice Committee, reported favorably
the House bill to modify the postal money order
system. The Senate then resumed considera-
on of the Tariff bill. The deb tie cont nued
until adJ Ournm mt. Among the measures
IL trOduced in the House was bill by Mr. Has
kel for the rtli of the Kansas City. Fort
Scott md Gulf Railroad Company Joseph T.
Taylor was sworn as representative from the
Sixteenth istIf of 81 o, To succeed Mr.. Up
degrah, deceased Mr.. Carpenter, of Iowa sub
mtted the Conference Report on the Agricu-
tural Appropriation bill. Agreed to- Tho bill
IA agreed to appropriates $3.50 more than as
! IL passed the House, the total amount Appro-
I pridted eing $40 ,r40. The bill for the re-
mOval of causes from the State to the Fe leral
Courts then pas ed Mr.. Hammon of Georgia,
! from the Committee on judiciary, submitted q
r pot ON the matter OF the contingentmember
| from Nebraska. The report states that Thos
J. Mejors, the cont ngent member, il RESPONSE
bic for the misnformation which induced the
! Committee to make rep rt april lst, 1852, in
his favor. Ii charges that he was aided therein
| by j. s. Alexander, Secretary of State of Ne
braska; Pat o. Halves, contingent member to
! the Orty-fOurth ongI ess: DIR. p. Schwenck
and George II. Roberts, ATTORNEY General of
Nebraska, and the testimony of w. X. Slavis
! Majors Private Secretary, IL false. The report
exOnerates Representative Valentine, of Ne
braska, from any knowledge or completely in
! the fraud.
in the Senate the 18th, the conference re-
port on the Agricultural Appropriation bill
agreed TO. The POstofHce Appropriation
bill was Lnen considered, after which the Tarinf
bill was taken up and the debate continued
/ until adjournment. In the House, Charles
| Il. DoXey was sworn in to succeed the late Mr.
| Orh from the Ninth Indiana District. The
! Committee on Elections reported favorably
up the n mission of j. IT. Craine as Delegate
ON Utah, aud he was sworn. Mr.. Rice OF
Massachusetts, called up the special order.
/ being Joint Resolution providing for a new
Mixed Commission IN accordance with the
| treaty Of April p, 1906. with Venezuela. After
long debate the Joint Resolution passed.