Connecticut western news., 1884-01-16
UNITED STATES CONGRESS-
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The Senate in Comulttce or mo " nole, re sumed consideration of the new rnlfs and qd pted all except those on appropriations and sta ding commi tees, which were reserved.
 Several bills and resolutions weIe intr ducee ny Senators from SouihCln StatoS, calling fol appropriations for the improvement of rivers anI har bors.
 Petitions were presented by Senator Miller, of Now York, asking for the reduct on of city postage to one cent, and for the passage of a uational bankIuptcy law
 Petitions were presented hy Mir. Vest and MT. Layard f.om merchants and manufacturers asking confirmation ot tLe treaty with AI, Xico
 Mir. awes intr, duo d biI to provide for the transmission Of correspondence by tclO- glaph l. he tIll provides for lhe creation or a United States postal te.c3 alh mpany, under the direction of the Post flee i'epartm, nt the creation of thu office of Fourth ssstant Postmaster Gtnrral, tI,is official to be presi- dent of the board of directors of the c.rmpaur, and for tlo establish ent of JOS al telegraph offices at post offices throughout The United States and the tranSmis sion of correspondence from such postal telegraph oftiC,s.
 Mir. Cullom, of Illinois, addressed the Senate on his bill to reo-ganize the legislative power f U ah. MT. B:Uwn, of GcorSla, III crposod cunsti uDinnat objections to the modsur
 5 nator Edmunds introduced bill, ap. proved by the Secretary of the Treasury for Inc relief of the urvivors of the Jeannette.
 The Senate passed bill app, oplilting s1.. GOO, coo to con inue the improVrm nts already begun by the Mississippi River Improvement Comn ission. with the provision that the money be used for no other pur yesa. HoUsE.
 Mir. Bucknor i trcductd his bill to prevent un ue cout.ac ion of pap I circu aiinn.
 Mr. w, Her, If Iowa, introduced lin whi h provides for the isSu. of $50 010,000 in reas- my nutt s, with wl ich to pay to s,ldiers and f. i'm money paid 10 them and go q, together will tight per cent. interest thereon. Mir. homas, who is a republican from :llnois, introduced bill granting pensions to all United tates sod and sailors Ill the late war who served thirty days or more in any CD. gagement therein, and to the widows of ] sJ.di, IS dec, aSed
 Mr. Townshend, of Illinois, offered Q resnlu. ton which was adopted, requesting the lIcs d. mt o ful nish the House with infol nation re. Iating to the exclusion If Amolican hos pro ducts frc m Gerlnany and France.
 mong the bulls introduced was the txpeoted Whi ky bill, which was intr0dured hT Repre- s, ntat We Will s. of Kentucky, and which pro- id that the LcndCd peliCd sal Le extenGed two years.
 Mir. Beach CN. Y.) introduced bill making he following amend uents to the Con tuition: !. Uniform laws OH thr subjt ct of maria and drvulce; /. Giving the Pr sId nt power to veto | Creating statnte of limitations to ell claim against tho United Statesj 4 The credit, money and pfol erty of he United 5 atcs not to be loaned or be Givsn to private cnrpora- tions; 5. Prohibiting the gr'ntng of exclusive pr vileges and furblddlng lesislation on appro- pliat on bIs.
 Mir. Robinson (N. Y.) introduced resolution calling on the Sec ctaIy of $ ate for iuforma. ton as 10 whether our Ministers obey the law If March 27, 1e67, whi Il forblls them from appearing ill pub ic in court dress aud requires them to wear the ordinary apparel oI an American citizen.
 Mir. Bagley, Of New York, introduced bill appropriatins S130, ,0oO for the statue of Lib erty Enlightenin4 tho World, to be erected in N CIV York har6or
 MT Slocun. of New York, from the Com mitt' e on Shipbuilding and Ship Owning in- ierests, reported the Dinsley Shipping bill as unanimously agreed to by the committee.
 Gen. Slocum reported favnraby the bill for the relief of Fitz John Porter; a 1t is the first l,il on the prlvata calendar, 1t wilt be con- sidered soon. There is a minority report against the bill, but number of Repub jeans say they will speak for it.
 The Tension bill. as prepared by the Sub Committee and presented to the House, ap- propria es S8n, eco, 900. Amendments gre made 10 inc existing law regarding fees Of physl- rians and agents.