Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-02
CONGRESSIONAL.


on the Japanese Indemnity bill was presented
and, after discussion, agreed to. The Tariff
bill was then discussed until adjournment
The House in Committee of the Whole con-
Mt CSnnon ,,nder instr,,, a , Dill
preparation Committee, offered an amendment
requesting all clerks and other employees in the
Executive Department to work from a. m to
p. IN. from the first of October TO the first of
April and from q. m. TO p. m. from the first
of April tothe first of October. Agreed to; 20
to b2. Inc number of internal revenue dis
trtcts was reduced to 81 The bill was then
passed. The remainder of the DAYS session
was devoted to the Tariff. Atthe evening SEES
anee OF certain claims known AZ Fourth Of
July claims reported by the accounting Of
appropriates $2es,OOO- The bill passed
In the Senate the 18th, Mr.. Vest offered
resolution for a committee of five Senators to
investigate the whole subject of the Yellow.
stone Park case, and requested the Secretary.
of the Interior TO take no action i'm the matter
till the committee reports at the next session.
Consideration of the Tariff bill was then re-
sumed and continued until the official announce
meut of the death of Representative Shackel-
ford, when the Senate adjourned 49, The House
resumed consideration OF the Tariff bill I'm
Committee of the Whole. The pendinRamend-
ments were those offered by Bayne and Kas-
son for reducing the duty on sugars. A mo-
ton that the committee rise was agreed to. IL
was then moved that all debate on the pending
and succeeding schedules of the bill be closed
III MUIR MI. NdTllSle TdSeU the point tnAf
the motion was out of order, which brought
out u long and exciting discussion ThediscIs-
sion ON the point of order was cut of by the
special order, eulogies on the late Representa-
tive ShackelfOrd.
In the Senate the 18th bill was reported
favorably granting pension to the widow of
the late Major General Warren. After brief
executive session the Tariff bill was taken up
the pending question being on the amendment
offered 10y Mr. Sherman. in relation TO the duty
an srfn al mt AL =
adopted and pending further discussion the
Senate adjourned. In the House the Sundry
Civil bill was reported and referred TO the
Committee of the Whole. After the introduce
ton of bills the Speaker then az a regular
order, proceeded TO call the committees for
the motions to suspend the rules Mr. Kelley
from the Committee on Ways and Means
| moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill
| to reduce the internal revenue taxation Mr.
! Morrison demanded a second. This led to a
long debate. when the motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill was lost. yeas i63 nays
~, not the necessary twOthirds. The House
then adjourned.
On the Goth the Senate passed the House
bill for extending the time of filing Alabama
claims, with amendments. The Senate then
| took up the Tariff bill, when Mr.. Sherman
offered an amendment increasing the duty on
wool. This brought out lengthy discussion
| and the amendment was rejected. After
| further debate the Tariff portion of the bill
/ which was technically an amendment to the
! original to reduce internal revenue taxation
/ was Inen agreed 10 Dy n vote OF u The
bill was then passed, ayes ~, nays lg The
] House went into Committee of the Whole on
| the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill. General
| debate Was dispensed with and the bill was
read by paragraphs for amendment. num-
| Der of amendments were offered and voted
| down. Mr.. McCook offered an amendment
! providing that all lands reserved for military
| purposes, which in the opinion of the Presi-
| dent may be no longer desirable for such pur-
poses, shall be placed under the control of the
| Secretary of the Interior. to be by him sold to
the highest bidder for cash. Pending action
the Committee rose and the House adjourned.
On the 21st the Senate passed a bill appro-
! priating E., 900 for the erection of monument
at. WashingtOn's headquarters, Ne%burg, N.
| Y. After an executive session the Senate pro-
| ceeded TO tho consideration of the Army Ap-
preparation bill. After various amendments
4 the bill was reported to the Senate. The amend.
ments were agreed to and the bill passed. The
| Fortffcations Appropriation bill was called mp
| The amendments reported by the committee
were agreed to and the bill passed. Mr.. Ed
| munds called up the joint resolution to provide
for the termination of the articles of the treaty
| of Washington relating to fisheries, and il was
passed. The Utah bill was then taken up
pending consideration OF which the Senate
| adjourned. In the House the Senate amend.
ments to the Pension Appropriation bill were
concurred I'm, and the House then went into Com.
1 mittee of the Whole on the Sundry Civil bill
| During the consideration of this bill an ami
mated discussion sprung up in regard TO Gener
| al Hazen and the Signal Service. Psuding CON
sideratiOn the House adjourned ~