The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1883-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
Mo,zsl0u. December 10


Monday, December 10.
SENATE Mr.. Cameron OF Wisconsin in.
troduced bill regulating elections for
members of congress.
A resolution of Mr.. Voorhees, was agreed
to authorizing the committee ON military
affairs to inquire into the expsdiency OF
purchasing encampment grou DIS occupied
by the revolutionary army at Valley Forge
for q rational park. He also offered the
following which he asked to hays printed;
Resolved, That in the judgment of the
senate, the public debt is not d public
blessing. and any measure of financial pol
icy looking to the perpetuation Of the pres
ent interest bearing national debt for pur-
poses of national bank ng or any other &C.
count meets the disapproval OF this body,
and should be viewed with alarm by tax.
payers Of the United States.
HoUsE.-An immense number Of bills was
introduced, the following being the princi-
pal ones: Repeating the presumption and
timber culture laws: amending the home
stead law: preventing undue discrimination
in railway transportation; declaring forfeit
ed lard grants to the Northern Pacific,
HoughtOn & OntonagUn, North Wisconsin,
ST. Vincent extension and Brainerd branch,
Hastings, & Dakota and other railroad com.
panies; approphating Sc ooo, 600 for
N ssissippi river improvements. es'
on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific
railways; abolishing the psstag OF second
class matter and redu cing drop letter p)s.-
age TO one cent; putting salt aud agricultur-
al implements on the free list; regarding the
presidential succession; for civil rights
amendment to the constitution; appropria-
ting sos 100000 annually tor common
schools, for a postal telegraph; prohibi
ting special legislation; prohibition
amendment to the constitution; re-
lieying the merchant marine;
repeating internal revenue laws; limiting
the disposal of public agricultural lands
to actual Settlers granting women suffrage;
repeating the silver dollar coinage act; re-
moving taxes on national banK circulation
and fixing the amount of such circulation.
The call ofstates WAS not finished. A reso.
luton was adopted calling the attention of
the president 70 the case OF Patrick O'Don-
mel.
Something of breeze was raised just be-
fore adjournment. when MIR. Hewitt OF New
York asked unanimous consent to offer a
resolution asking the president to request
the Z 1glish government to delay tie execa.
ion of O'Donnell's sentence until
The facts in relation to his trial
could be inquired into, and 1t could be as
certaiRed whether or not ODonnel was an
American citizen, and whether ne had been
tried in acc jrdance with English ana inter-
national law. The resolution was passed
without discussion and without dissent.
Tuesday, December III.
SENATE Senator Anthony was present
and teok the oath. Bills were introduced
promoting commercial relations between
the United States and Mexico and Central
and South America, and determining pres
idential disability.
Senator Mcmillan introduced a bill for
public buildings at Winona and Duluth.
s snator Cameron OF Wisconsin intrOd uced
bill to provide for places of deposit and
distribution OF pubic documents.
The president sent q large numb7r oil
nominations to the senate mostly recess
appointments. Among them were
Walter Evans, commissioner of internal
revenue; Benj amin BuIterworth, commits
sioner of patents; Albert q. Wyman, treas.
urer of the United States; Martin 8
Chandler, surveyor general, Minnesota
Collectors of internal revenue; James Fl
Stone, first district of Michigan; John W.
Bur cite, fourth district of Iowa; William
w. Carter seve th district OF Indiana. Jscot
Wheeler, eighth district of Illinois; Edwin
Farley, second district Of Kentucky.
The senate confirmed Walter @. Gresham,
postmaster general.
The president has nominated William
Livingston, Jr., to be collector OF customs
at Detroit, Mich.
HousE.-Bills and resolutions were in
troduced for postal savings deposit branch
of the postof1iee department; enlarging thu
powers and duties of the agricultural de-
partment; establishing bureau of ANNA
industry and preventing the spread of cat
tie diseases; making sugar free OF duty; call
ing on members of the cabinet for intorma
ton concerning our relations witt
Great Britain; abrogating the Clay
tom Bulwer treaty; authorizing tn
cancel and IL per cent. bonds instead o
calling in IS; establishing board Of inter.
State commerce as q bureau of the interior
department.; putting lumber for house
fence aud ship building on the free list; re
organizing the legislative power of alb; 10
general amnesty; for the relief OF FiiZ j OH
Porter; fixing the postage an first cias
matter at Two cents per ounce; estah
fishing the Territory of North Dakota; o
the admission of Utah and AROMA int
the Union: regarding the duty on wool; re-
firing trade dollars; ii.liting the cainaye
silver dollars; repeating iaternal reveDH
laws civil rights amendments to the con
stitatlon. surprising polygsmv; iDcreasi s
pensions OF one-armeI ana one-legged sol
aiers; Furnishing violation of the election
laws; regulating interstate commerce
transferring the Indian bureau to the wa
department, for the election of Territorial
governors.
Delegate Raymond introduced bill
to establish tine territory OF North Dakot'
by dividing the recent territory On III
forty. sixth parallel. He also introduced {
bill TO provide xo additional judgs OF tn
another ter the south part of the territory
also, bill to vacate the Fort Randall an
Fort Rice military reservations.
Wednesday, December 1e.
SENArE.-A long discussion took place
the sinki.g fund, participated in by Messrs
Beck, Sherman and Plumo. Mr.. Wilson;
proposed civil rights amendment was de
sated by the author and Mr.. Garland.
The following Romir cations were made b,
the president:
ROYAL A. johnson, New York. surveyo
general of Arizona; Lawrence Weldon. Hi
nois, Judge Of the court of claims; John r
Tanner, United States marshal for the South
Q district of Illinois.
Confirmations-Seth Ledyard Phelps, en-
vey extraordinary aud minister plen1poten
tiary to Peru; William w. Tnom IS, Jr.,
mnister resident to Sweden and Norway
Henry White, second secretary of lega ion
L ,ndon; Ed win Farley, collector OF inter
nal revenue second dis riot of Kentucky.
House Not in session.
Thursday, December 10.
sENATE Bills were introduced for the ad
mission of Washington Territory and pol
ton ct Idaho as the state of Washington
| and for commission on the LIQUOR traffic