Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-03-06
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
FEBRUARY 25-SENATE-Mr. Logan of Him
OILS, from the committee on the judiciary, re-
ported two original resolutions, which were
agreed To, relating TO railroad lands; one call
ing on the secretary of the interior TO inform
the Senate whether any railroad companies
mentioned IN the act of May z 1873, had failed
To comply with the requirements OF said act
and when and in what respect they failed, and
whether they subsequently complied; and
whether said companies had paid dividends
and TO what amounts, and what steps IL any.
had been taken TO enforce the provisions of
said acts. The second resolution called ON at
tOrneys to furnish similar information. Mr..
Voorhees, OF Indiana offered q preamble and
resolution which was referred TO the committee
on the judiciary, instructing that committee to
inquire concerning leases OF lands la Indian
territorydor cattle grazing, how much money
had been paid into the treasury for such leases,
and whether the lessees had surveyed the lands,
etc. Mr.. Ransom of North Carolina offered a
joint resolution to appropriate $1,000 for the
relief OF sufferers by the recent great wind
storm In the southern states. He said over
500 people were killed and many thousands
wounded and the suffering resulting from the
storm was awful The resolution was referred
and the Senate resumed consideration of the
currency bill which was finally passed by
vote Of 43 to II.
HoUsE.-Uuder call Of states the following
bills, etc, were introduced and referred. Mr..
Oates OF Alabama to prohibit aliens and for.
eigners from acquiring or owning land W ithin
the United States. Mr.. Rosocrans of Califor-
MIA, TO authorize the coinage Of silver dollars
and fractions thereof under the metric system;
also for the coinage Of the gold metric dollar,
two dollar and fraction of dollar and double
eagle, eagle, and half eagle; and for the coinage
of the "stela;n also TO establish system of
pOp Oa nf UOd and eiIVnr md IN Obtain q
unity Of value between them. Mr.. Bedford of
California a resolution calling on the secretary
of state for Information touching the alleged
subsection OF nsturaliZed German American
citizens TO military duty while temporarily re-
siding in Germany. Mr.. Finerty of Illinois
joint resolution declaring that Congress
laments the death Of Wendell Phillips as a
national bereavement, which at once deprives
the American rostrum OF a superb intellect
and human freedom of a devoted friend Mr..
McComas OF Maryland, proposal for a con-
stitntional amendment providing that no state
shall DC precluded by the grant of any charter
of incorporation from taxing the capital stock
OF such corporation. Mr.. Stephens Of N. Y,
to establish an interstate railway
transportation bureau for the regu
lation Of commerce with foreign nations, and
among the states and with the Indian tribes
G. ID. VIE OF Virginia, for the completion of
the monument to the mother Of Washington at
Fredericksburg. Mr.. Dunn OF Arkansas,
appropriating $500, 900 for the relief OF persons
rendered destitute by overflow of the Missis-
sippi river and tributaries. Mr.. Crisp (Dem.,
Ga. }, from the committee on Pacific railroads,
reported bill requiring Pacific railroad com.
panies to pay the cost of surveying their lands.
Calendar. Mr.. Evans (Dem., 8. CO.. from the
committee on territories, reported q bill pro
viding civil government for Alaska. Com
mittee of the whole. Also requiring governors
of territories to be residents of such territories
hn dQfA nf int
ment. House calendar. Mr.. Willis (bem.,
Ky.), from the committee on education, re.
ported a bill to aid temporarily In the support
OF common schools Committee of the whole.
Resolutions we're adopted asking for informa
ton as to when the rebates on tobacco tax
should be paid to claimants, and whether the
act Of the legislature Of Dakota levying a tax
on the property If railroad companies is not
In conflict with the act establishing that terri.
tory. The pleuro-pneumoDia bill formed the sub.
j, ct Of discussion In committee of the whole,
but no action was taken when the committee
rose, and the House soon after adjourned.
FEBRUARY 26-SENATE-The bill prohibiting
the mailing Of papers containing lottery adj
vertisements was favorably reported, and
placed on the calendar. The oil for the relief
OF Fitz John Porter was favorably reported
and made the special order for March IL. A
resolution was adopted asking for information
as to the progress of the work on the Panama
snip Cduhl. MT. ndTTlsOn, from Jne committee
on Military Affairs, reported adversely bill to
abolish the military reservation at Fort Rice
ID. T. Indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Maxey
from the Committee on Military Affairs, re-
ported favorably, with some amendments, a
bill ITO consolidate the Bureaus of Military,
Advocate of na the corps Army cae s%Sse
Mr.. Plumb Of Kansas offered resolution which
was agreed TO, calling upon the Commissioner
OF Agricult re TO furnish information as TO the
annual amount of wheat, rye, corn and cotton
produced In this country during the five years
preceding 1882; the amount used at home for
food, fodder, seed and other purposes; the
amount exported, and the surplus, II any, at
the end OF said group of years; similar infor-
nation for the years 1882 and 1888 separately,
and the estimate as to the wear 1884. Also, wheth
er, In his Judgment. the speculation 10y sop
tions" or Futures" In those productions, where
no actual transfer takes place tends To affect
the market value Of the commodity to the In
jury Of the consumer or producer, Hoar's
polygamv hill was called up, but was laid over
again, OWING to that gentleman's absence in
New Orleans A bill was passed authorizing
the state OF California To select other lands I'm
place OF the ones returned as mineral. A Joint
resolution was introduced aud passed without
debate, Thanking the British government for
the steamer Alert 10 be used in the contem
plated expedition for the relief OF Lieut. Gree
ley. The bill authorizing the construction OF
"ueittohaa rtttt tiutotFb lOT the navy was OiS-
cussed without G., ction, when the Senate adj
journed.
HoUsE.-1n committee of the whole, the
pl' uropneumonia bill was discussed. The
committee rose Informally to receive a message
from the Senate, and Mr., Cox OF New York
asked for the immediate passage OF the Senate
Joint resolution expressing the appreciation of
Congress ard the people OF the United States
for the generous act OF her Britannia Majesty's
government In presenting 10 the United States |