Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-04-03
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
CONGRESSIONAL.

The senate March 25) passed a bill increas-
ing the salaries Of judges Of district courts 10
5000, with proviso that no Judge shall ap-
point to a position in his court any relative
within the degree Of first cousin. A joint reso-
luton was passed that government laborers
shall he paid their full wages for holidays.
When the education bill came up, Mr. Brown
argued that its provisions were demanded by
the enfranchiscment Of the negroes, and Mr..
sherman showed that the states were left prac-
ucally without restriction in eTpcndug the
money appropriated. The house passed the
senate bill authorizing the state Of Colorado to
take lands in lieu Of the sixteenth and thirty
sixth sections, found 20 he mineral lands and
to secure to that state the benefit Of the act do
mating public lands To several states and terri
tories which may provide colleges for the bene-
III Of agriculture, also the bill making II Il
felony for person to falsely and fraudulcntly
assume TO be an officer or cmployc acting un-
der the authority Of the United States, or any
department thereof
The senate March 9GJ passed bill for the
allotment Of lands in seyerality to Indians on
the various reservations anl extending to the
red men the protection Of the laws Of their
statc- or territories, The joint resolution Civ
ing a balance Of $4,000 to the Mississippi
sufferer, was passed denomination Of Aaron
\. Sargent nov minister at Berlin, TO he min
i,tcr at St Petersburg wa. promptly confirmed.
The house passed a Joint resolution pro-
vding for the distribution In the Oycrilowed
district NJ the Mississippi river and It's tribu.
tarcS Of $4,000 of the unexpcnded appro.
prtatiun for the relief Of the destitute In the
Ohio valley, \ bill was introduced for the
erection NJ q pedestal for the statue Oi the late
President Garfield at Washington.
The senate March 20 passed bill appru
printing Si.joO 10 pay the claims Of eleven per,
'ou' forlcprdaiion, hy the Utcs at the time Of
The massacre at White River agency \ me
mortal was presented from the legislative as
scmblyul Utah, protesting against the passage
oi measures affecting the territory without
full Investigation bya congressional committee
A favorable report was made on the iOint rcso
luton 10 pay $25,OOO reward for the rescue oI
the members Of the Grccly expedition. The
house dispensed with the morning hour and
went into committee Of the whole ON the bond
cd whisky extension bill. Mr. Randall de
nouuccd the measure as tending to give per
mancucy Ia the internal revenue system Mr.
blackburn made the closing appeal for the bill
\ motion To strike out the cnaCting clause wa
agreed 90, and the house confirmed the actor
Of the committee hy lN5 TO S3
Iu the senate March 2SD majority rcpor
wa, made in favor Of proposing a constitution
al amendment that the right Of citizens Of tn
United States to vote shall not be denied o
abridged by the general or state government
on account NJ sex. resolution was agrcct
~ calling on the secretary Of the trcrsury fo
information a. 10 what amount Of the war la
ot lNGl J., unpaid, and whether the genera
government has withheld money due 10 an
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