The Mineral argus., 1884-07-03
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.

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the measure The bill provides that
il shall be unlawful for any person or cor
poration to contract with foreigners or aliens
10 perform labor or service of any kind In the
United States, or to prepay transportation, or
assist in the importation offOreigners or aliens
into this country; that such contracts, If made,
shall be void and of no effect For any viola
! ton of these provisions a fine of Sl,OOO Is Inn
posed The master of any vessel VINO shall
| bring into this country any foreigner or alien
| with whom an agreement as indicated has pre-
| viously been made, shall be deemed guilty of a
| misdemeanor and fined not less than $500, or
| Imprisonment for term not exceeding six
months.
In the senate, on Thursday, the 10TH Mr.
| ingalls, submitted modification of the arrears
| of pension provision, the modification provid-
| ing that so far arrearages are concerned
| there shall be no discrimination between the
rate allowed to a private soldier and an ofiioer
| After some preliminary discussion as to the
| probable addition to the annual cost of the
! pension list by the adoption and amendments
| proposed to the bill, Mr.. Beck said the commits
| sioner of pensions had estimated the amount
at about S246, 600, 600. 1t seemed to be tacling
on about $246, 100000 TO a bill that originally
| called for S5, 100000 He presumed the inten-
| ton in making this addition was to kill
| the bill No vote was taken
In executive session the senate confirmed
Patrick B. Sinnott, Oregon agent of Indians at
Grand Rande agency; Theodore f. Willsley,
California agent of Indians at Round Valley
agency; Gala. H. W. Rothert, Iowa, register of
the land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The congressional business of Friday was
very light The senate discussed the Mexican
pension bill In the house the following bills
were passed: Reducing from 50 and % to 10
cents clearance fees levied upon vessels en-
gagged in domestic commerce The senate bill
authorizing the construction of bridges across
the river at St Paul. Several amendments were
adopted which necessitate the return of the hill
flNn n La,
grant to the Sioux City & St Paul railroad
Mr.. Cook, committee on elections, reported
resolution declaring j. r. Chalmers elected
to congress from the Second Mississippi dis
tr1ct Laid over The house resumed consid-
GRAFTON of the Campbell- Morey contested ele-
ton case. The majority resolution SEE -.
Campbell was agreed to, and that ger lung
appeared at the bar of the house an t +Si.al .9l
oath of Office II TOOK the
In the senate the bill to ame~ a, -,
or Pacific railroad act W. al the thurman
committee on iudiciar" - e. Ielelrea 10 tae ne
which Mr.. VanWyck az after q depate .p = IN
TSe TPaa companies comp srdcaariy the Union Pacific
conferer -Ppr0P Gaticn bill passed, and the
..,,o,,,, j-Sc repOrs on the shipping bill was
The honse refused to consider the public
building, internal revenue or land law amend
meht iit,t 1alls, and took up the electoral count
plIls, which were debated at length. A con-
Iere I ace report on the shipping bill was pre-
IN.
81 lndry civil bill was reported
In the senate on Monday, the 23d, the pend
ing question was on the amendment of Ingalls,,
dating the pensions of Union soldiers from the
date of discharge or disability, and extending
to October l. 1884 the limitation of time to file
applications for arrears. Mr. Sherman very
much regretted to be obliged to oppose any
proposition favored by Union soldiers, but he
knew the soldiers themselves were divided
about this proposition. His heart and his
yVprn al wit IL
ciated the value of their services to the coun-
try for generations yet unborn The'proposition
however, affected the interests of all the people
of the United States, not only soldiers, but
citizens The committee on pensions had not
recommended it. The house of representatives
had not recommended il 1t was based on the
motion of q single senator. The commissioner
of pensions had estimated that this proposition
would involve the payment of S246 0O00O0
He asked senators whether this was a time to
so greatly enlarge the demands upon the trea-
sury. When the act of 1879 was passed it was
time of great plenty, after specie payment
had been resumed and when the surplus in the
treasury was fast accumulating, and the trea-
sury overtowing. That time was not this time
Our revenues were now rapidly falling off
Sherman put himself on the broad ground
that the doidier has for twenty years waived
his right to pension, either because he did
not desire 1t or was too proud to claim it. had
no legal or even moral or equitable right now
to embarass his government He believed the
adoption of this amendment would be an en-
barrassing thing for the people of the United
States. 1t would break down restrictions on
all sorts of claims The amendme was ad-
vocated by Congor and Ingalls,, bu was rejected
% to 81 Aldrich of r. L, Edmunds of Vt,
Hanley of Conn Merrill of Vt Sewell of X 7
Sherman of O., and RIddleburger Of Va, vot-
ing with democrats
On Monday the house considered and passed
the sundry civil appropriations bill.
which ordinarily occupies two or three days.
Nubf oh To off lo1 n, -
apparently free from any schemes to rob the
government and contains no features likely
10 provoke discussion. Only one Important
amendment was adopted, and that was in the
nature of section making appropriations
for the United States courts. 1t was offered by
Mr.. Springer, and very carefully drawn. The
bill provides for the usual fees and balances to
United States Inarshals and other persons con-
nected with the United States courts. The sub
sutute abolishes the fees system, so far as it
applies to United States marshals, and pays
them fixed salaries. Under the bill as amend
ed
The United States marshals shall receive an
nually for their services the following salaries
payable monthly: Southern district of New
York, $4,000; Northern New York, Massachu
settes, l - nsylvania, District of Columbia
Southern Ohio and California $1,000 each:
Maryland, Eastern Missouri Kentuckev. North
ern Ohio Northern and Southern Illinois East
ern Louisiana, Kansas and Eastern Texas. s4-
OOO each; New Hampshire, Vermont Rhode
Island, Deleware, Nevada, Southern Florida,
Connecticut Northern Mississippi, s., 600 each.
and all other marshals shall be paid salary
of 81, 600 year
In the appropriation bill that passed the
House on Monday Mr. Randall then offered an
amendment directing the secretary of war to
sell at public auction the following arsenals:
Allegheny arsenal, Pa, Agusta arsenal. GA
Indianapolis arsenal, Ind Kennebec arsenal
Maine, and WateTtown arsenal, Mass. Adopt,
ed Also, granting a months extra nav to
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