The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-17
CONGRESS.

MIR. FRYE introduced q joint resolution
In the Senate on the 10th, providing for the
termination of the fisheries articles of treaty
between the United States and Great Britain.
concluded at Washington May 8, 1871, and
Foreign Relations He he was very
promptly in the matter. He thought
these articles ought not TO be allowed to con-
inn ue nrHs IN % anSIner aay 1ecsmse sasns .ne
were very valuable. The Tariff bill was then
taken up for consideration. The section au-
thorizing the President, whenever in his tudg-
ment the importation of meat cattle and hides
may be made without danger of introducing
contagious or infec ious disease to declare In
operative the section prohibiting such inn
portation was struck out. The bill was dis
eussed until the hour of adjournment.
In the House the motion OF Mr.. Peelle. OF In
diana, to adopt the Senate bill authorizing the
PUBLIC Printer to pay for extra work was
ton calling on the Attorney General for In
formation as to persons employed as attorneys
ana others IN the OF the star route ute
amount Of the entire cost of the prosecu-
templates instiruting; referred. Mr. Crapo
offered resolution directing the Judiciary
sary to establish a low, uniform and equitable
teleRraphic rate between the States of the
Union and foreign countries; referred. Mr..
blanchard Introduced a Joint resolution ex-
pressive OF regret and sympathy at the death
of Gambetta, which was referred. Mr.. Aldrich.
that whenever owner of distilled
spirits desiring to export the same. and he
ton thereof under the provisions of the act of
June Q. 1874, he may proceed to export with
paragraph i'm section one, 3,sSO revised statutes
In the same act The Senate amendments to
the Agricultural and Indian Appropriation
ton OF the Shipping bin resumed. Adjourned.
In the Senate ON the 11th Mr.. Cam
eron, of Pa, presented a memorial of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce against any
reduction in the tariff on bituminous coal: also
a petition to increase the duty on Sumatra
tobacco. Mr.. Edmunds; from the Judiciary
amending the Revised statutes in refer,
carly consideration. At the close of the MORN
ing business, according to agreement, the bill
fore the Senate and the amendment re-
ported from the Committee on Military
Affairs providing that the party shall
his reinstatement in the army was
agreed to. The bill was then put on IT'S pass
journed 80. In the House the consideration Of
the Shipping bill was resumed. the section un-
der discussion being the drawback" section.
amount of tonnage collected, but the House ad-
journed without coming to vote on the
measure.
Mr. PLUME introduced a bill in the
Senate on the 18th for the relief of the settlers
on the Usage Indian lands of Southern Kansas;
referred. Mr.. Ingalls, introduced q bill pro-
viding for the determining OF the existence
and removal or the inability OF the Presi-
powers and duties of his ofice; referred.
II provides that whenever two heads
of the Departments shall state in writing
to the Chief Justice of the supreme Court
of the United States that the President
is unable $ to Siscsarge is the duties the Chief
where the question shall be decided, and, IL
inability be found to exist, the Vice President
President The Senate went into executive
session to consider the Mexican treaty pro-
posed by the Grant commission, and
the doors opened and it adjourned.
In the House a bin was reported authorizing
the Southern Pacific and other railroad conn
panies TO unite snd form q continuous line OF
road between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts;
the fees OF the Star route witnesses coming
from the west of the Mississippi River
was passed. The bin to prevent the
was referred to the Committee of the Whole.
The resolution calling on the Secretary of the
| grant to railroads complied with the laws OF
Congress respecting the construction and
f1@'"fsa for ihe use vi Of % the % Government and
| the public. was adopted Tho House thon
resnmed S t s1 eonsloerat1on s,,o % eie ne Sn1pplhs
Committees substitute as amended for
| the eighteenth section, which was passed
| yeas, nays. No. Inc SUBSTITUTE, IN DrieI.
1 limits the amount of drawback on tonnage tax
collected in any one year. and provides for free
ships and free materials The bill was then
passed as amended.
A BILL was introduced in the Senate
on the 18th for the appointment Of q com
mission to consider the subject of railroad
4 transportation. 1t provides for the appoint
| meut by the President of seven commissioner
| from civil life to consider and report to Con
/ gress next session. The bill to exclude pub
] lie lands of Alabama from the operation oi
| laws relating to mineral lands was taken uI
/ up and discussed until a late hour. Adjourned
| until the 18th. The House Immediately
| after the reading of the journal went int
| Committee OF the Whole, Mr.. Reed, of Maine
| in the chair, on the Pension Appropriation bill
II appropriates 900, of which $S0, 0,00o00
| Is for army pensions; Sl,00a0O0 for navy pen
| sions; $275,000 for fees and expenses of exam
| lining surgeons; S2s0OO0 for pay and allowance
| of pension agents and $4,000 for contingen
cies, which was passed. Adjourned until 18th