The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-25
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-.
Senate.

senate.
The Senate proceeded to the election of a
president pro TEN. and Mr.. Sherman moved
that Senator Anthony be elected to that of
flee MIR. Pendleton presented the name of
Senator Bayard for the office, but Mr. An
thony was elected. When invited to come
forward and be sworn in, however, the SEN
ator in few feeling words declined the honor
owing to the precarious state of his health.
The question then arose as to whether
the decinaton of Mr.. Anthony re-
tanned Mr.. Edmunds in that position with
out further action, and after some varying
expressions of opinion it was decided to avoid
doubt by new election and Mr.. Ednuuds
was reelected and took the oath of office.
Before a vote had been taken Mr.. Bayarl
presented the name of Senator Pendle, on.
The vote resulted, yeas, "a; nays, 30, Mr..
Malone voting with the Republicans. Mr..
liains, of Kentucky, did not vote. Mr..
Hill delivered long speech in
support of the postal telegraph
bill introduced by him. He sketched the
origin and progress of the postal-telegraph
system of the civilized world and described
the benefits which hal resulted to the people
of this and other countries from every effort
to cheaper and improve the means of inter
communication. &C.. Mr.. Call introduced a
bill to repeal all laws and parts of laws pro
hibting pensions to wounded soldiers of the
United States without proof of loyalty
Mr. Logan spoke on Mr.. Anthony's reso-
luton instructing the committee on foreign
affairs to inquire into the expediency of,
and report to the Senate such, legislation
as shall enable the executive to protect Amer
lean interests against those governments
which have prohibited or restrained the i'm
portation of healthful meats from the United
States. He expressed himself as in favor of
retaliatory measures The discussion
of the question at the present. time was CON
sidered premature by Mr.. Miller, of
\gts ttrlnn bod haF Ia n
might properly be referred to the committee
on agriculture. The report of the commit.
tee on Mississippi river improvement was
presented.
Mr.. Miller, of New York, presented u
bill for the extirpaton of pleuro-pneumonia.
A bill was reported and passed restoring to
the public domain lands granted in aid of
the Iron Mountain railrCad The joint
rules were adopted Mr.. Hoar's cleo
toral count bill was passed, being the same
measure that was passed by the Senate Of the
Forty-seventh Congress
A memorial was read from William r.
Kellogg denying the charges made by j. j
Newell that he kellogg and other Sena-
tors had entered into an arrangement to
secure the passage of the act incorporat-
ing the Texas Pacific Railroad company ...
Mr.. Van Wyck introduced bill to secure
reasonable rates of transportation to the
people over railroads aided by the issue of
United States bonds and pubic lands. A bill
introduced by Mr.. w lSOn PROVIDES 1Or une
establishment of a board of Interstate
commerce. consisting of five commissioners
appointed by the President for a term of ten
years, to investigate all questions relating to
commerce between the States, or between
the United States and foreign countries.
The bill prohibits discrimination against
shippers by transportation companies under
penalty of not less than $1,000 for each
onense Several memorials from temper
ance societies We're presented, asking for q
prohbitory amendment to the Constitution.
Mr.. Miller, of California, from the com
mittee on foreign relations, reported back
favorably the bill relating to the execution
of the supplemental commercial treaty OF
November, 1850, between the United States
and China concerning the opium traffic
THE bill prohibits the importation of opium
into the United States from China and it
expectation from the United States to China
1t was read and placed on the calendar
The Mexican treaty was rejected by vot'
of 20 to IS.