The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-02-09
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
The Flood in the Ohio VAL
ley at It's Highest.
Damage Footed Up $4,000
900 or More.
Congress Working Its Way
Through 10000 Bills.

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| CONGRESSIONAL
WASHINGTON, Fet. THE Com:
mittee on Military Affairs reported
: pllI making provision for removing
the remains of the late Captain Wal
ter Clifford, from Wyoming to Micbl
9an. Parsed.
springer asked leave to Offer q res
oluiion directing the Postmaster
General, in res p0nding In connec-
ton with the Star route mail service,
to withhold papers whose publica-
ton would prove detrimental to the
public service. Ro<ers objected.
Hill. from the Committee on For
eivn Affairs, reported q bill suspend.
Ing for five years the operation OF the
Revised Sta,u In relation to the
guano islands.
Dlnglev, from the Committee ON
Shipping interests, reported q bill tn
constitute q buleau of navigation In
the Treasury Department The
House then proceeded to the con-
sjderation of q resolution making the
rules of the 48th Congress the rules
of the present Congress. Referring
to the remarks made by Weller, up n
tn. difficulty of u ment.er under
standing the bill upon which action
Was asked, Bedford raised laughter
nv asserting that that gentleman had
not sense enough to comprehend the
bill and he wanted to help him by
giving HIM a clerk who would
illuminate him. AS for the Senate,
so of its members were millipnairee.
capable of hiring their own clerk; 20
of them were poor devils, who had
ont to the Seuate on their own merits
fLoud laughter.1 Ifthose 80 Senators
u-ed the public treasury to employ
clerks, why not the poor member,
who had to study how tn make ends
meet at the end Of the month? Mem
bers were nothing but pack-horses
and pack slaves and it would oe the
duty of the house t, initiate the ex-
ample of the Senate and procure
clerks for them. He vas not afraid
of his constituents because they
were big, broad-hearted, generous
fellows
York offered an amendment to the
amendment providing that when a
member wants q clerk he scall pay
Tor him out of his own pocket.
An amendment offered by White.
of Kentucky. providing for q woman
suffraxe cOmeittee, was lost by ~ to
lO2, almost a party vote. The DEM
Ocrats voted in the negative.
An amendment, offered by Ander-
son., restricting the privileges OF the
floor now granted to x.members Of
Congress, was lost by III yeas to
100 nays.
On an amendmenC by Cox of New
York for the creation If a commit
tee on census. the vote stDOd lO5 tn
a. Tne point of no quorum beibg
raised, the House adjourned.
The following bills were reported
favorably from committees aud
placed on the Calendar:
BY Dolph, from the Committee on
Commerce, a bill to amend the Re
vised Statutes, so a. to authorize the
unloading Of coal, salt. ETC.. in bulk,
within q collection district under the
superintendence of the custom Of
lic-rs at the expense OF parties in
terested.
By Van Wyck, from the committee
on puoIic lands, abill to relieve pur-
chasers and settlers on the Denver 4
St. Joe railroad land. This sam
till was introduced ny Van w yck
and passed the Senate at the last
session. except that the present bill
fixes the price per acre at IS cents.
~ Conger. from the committee on
commerce, a bill to amend the R.
vised Statutes in reference to the i'm
mediate transportation of dutiable
Cullom introduced a hill for the
relief of persons to whom lands
had been confirmed by the Govern
ment In the old Northwest and In
,iian Territories. and whose lands 20
confirmed were afterwards sold by
the United States.
Beck offered a resolution which
went over until Tomorrow, direct
ing the committee on civil service tn
enquire into the removal Of John
Dudley, cOlored porter heretofore on
the rolls Of the Senate, and directing
the committee tn reduce to writing |
the evidence thai it NAV take on the |
and lay such evidence before |
the Senate
Hills bill, relating to lands occu-
pied by certain settlers, and formerly |
believed to form part Of the Ute 1
was taken up, and after an !
by C0ckrell providing !
that the lands referred "a be returned |
% the public domain, the bill
=.
The Senate then took up Platt's
'ill reported from the Committee on |
Patents, amending sections of revised
statutes relating to the terms fer which
patents should be good In the United
states after their expiration in
countries. The morning
TOUR expiring, the bill went over,
md the Chair, (Hawley), laid before
he Senate the unfinished business, !
'eing the Mexican Land Grant Titles
Jill. It was debated during the re-
nainder Of the day, several amend
nents being proposed aud rejected.
was about to address the Sem
to on his pending amendment, when
.djournment was agreed to.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.-Finnerty
'fered the following preamble aud
WHEREAS, The death of Wen
ell Phillips has deprived America
t Al orator worthy to rank with the
reatest, from Patrick Henry of
Virginia, to Daniel Webster of
massachusetts,; and,
WHEREAS, His life was an inces-
ant and unselish struggle for the
of mankind, irrespective of
ace and creed, country or condition.;
e it
Resolved, BY the House of Repre-.
3~ntariv-s, that it laments the death
/ Wendell Phillips a. q national
which at once deprives
ae American rOstrum Of q superb
ltellect and human freedom of q
evOted friend. Eaton objected.