McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-04-03
A Bill Making Provision for the
Rigid inspection of Meat
Products.
A Series of Examinations in the
Western States by the Civil
Service Commission.
Proceedings in the Senate and House
of Observation-Disclosures.
neous Washington Matters.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

SENATE.
SENATE.-Monday, March 24.-The
senate to-day was presided over by Senator
Sherman designated under the rule by the
vice president for that purpose. Vance
presented the views of the minority of the
committee on foreign relations relative to
the action and report Of the committee on
the subject of exclusion of American meats
from foreign countries.
The senate took up the bill to increase
the salaries of United States district judges
to S. ZOO. Van Wyck's motion to make
the figures 81 900 was rejected.
During the course Of debate a message
was received from the house announcing
agreement to the reports of its conference
committee on the senate Joint resolution to
appropriate $40, 900 for the contingent fund
Of the senate, and further announcing nom
concurrence in the senate amendments to
the urgency deficiency bill.
HOUSE.
The joint Mississippi river relief
resolution was lost, yeas 95, nays lis, but
by unanimous consent it was reintroduced
by Ellis and referred to the committee on
appropriations.
Randall submitted the conference report
on the senate resolution for an addition of
$40, 200 to the senate contingent fund.
Agreed to. The house recedes from its
amendment which confines the expenditure
of this sum to investigations previously or
dered and agrees to an amendment which
confines the expenditures to the payment
of current expenses of special and select
commissioners. Adjourned.
SENATE
TUESDAY, March 25.-Hoar called up
the bill increasing salaries of United States
district court judges to S., 200. After de-
bate the bill passed; yeas AZ, nays 10.
Bills were reported favorably and placed
on the calendar, by ingalls,, from the COM
mittee on Indian affairs, to provide for the
sale of Iowa Indian reservation in Nebraska
and Kansas, and issuance of a patent for
Iowa tribes in Indian territory; by Palmer,
from the committee on postofices and post.
roads, for readjustmelt of compensation
for the transportation of mails on railroad
routes.
Bills establishing bureau of statistics of
labor, and to protect employees and SER
wants engaged in foreign and Interstate
commerce, went over.
Mr.. Call's joint resolution providing that
payment of laborers in government employ
shall be the same for holidays as for other
days. was passed without debate.
The senate then considered the educa-
tional bill, but without definite action adj
journed.
hOO66s
On motion of Mr.. Bedford, the senate
bill was passed authorizing the state of
Colorado TO take lands in lieu of the six
teenth and thirty-sixth sections, found to
be mineral lands, and secure to that state
the benefit of the act donating public lands
to the several states and territories which
may provide colleges for the benefit of ag-
riculture.
Browne, of Indiana, from the committee
on judiciary, reported back the bill making
it felony for person to falsely and fraud
acting under the authority of the United
States or any department thereof.
The house then considered the bonded
extension bill. Speeches were made on
both sides of the question, but without
definite action the house adjourned.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, March 26.-The SEN
ate took up the bill providing for the pur-
chase of the reservations of various tribes
Of Indians and allotting lands to the In
dians in severalty. After minor amend
ments the bill passed.
The education bill was then taken up and
discussed by Messrs. Vance, Dolph and
Hoar.
Mr.. Butler opposed the bill. He could
find no authority in the constitution for the
proposed measure.
Debate on the educational bill was inter-
rupted by Jones calling bp the house joint
sufferers Of the Mississippi floods the $125,
600 not expended for the relief of the suf-
ferers by floods in Ohio. The resolution
was passed.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Ellis reported joint resolution pro-
viding $125, 200 of unexpended appropria-
ton for the relief of the destitute in the dis
f,.io f yorfnyuoH nv tho Micciccirvi frih
utaries. Adopted.
Mr.. Keller introduced bill for the erec-
ton of pedestal for statue Of Garfield in
Washington. Referred.
The house went into committee of the
whole on the whisky kill. Messrs. Pussy,
Mccormick, J. D. Taylor, Brown, Warren
(Ohio) and Cox IN. Y. opposed the meas
ure.
Mr.. Dunn made the point that by some
peculiar method the bill had been brought
before the house when only three members
of the ways and means committee favored
it. He ridiculed the idea of Morrison and
Hurd, the champions Of tariff reform and
free trade, bringing IN a measure for the
protection Of still another set of people.
The democratic party, by solemn COM
pact entered into last night, proposed to
reduce the revenue $13, 1000, 900. It pro-
posed to sweep out the tobacco tax, $685.
000, ZOO more. It proposed in this bill to
give away $i5,UOO,OUO. 1t proposed to pen.
sion the Mexican veterans, and that would
take So, 600, 900 more than had been esti-
mated. In short, if the programme was
carried out. it would be reduction OF
$1s9, 000, ZOO in the face Of an estimated sur
plus of only $50, 00O, 200.
SENATE.
FRIDAY, March 27.-Mr. Miller re-
ported favorably from the committee on ma
val affairs, with amendment, the joint res.
olution authorizing the secretary of the
navy to offer reward Of $25, 600 for rescu-
ing or ascertaining the fate of the Greedy
expedition.
A number of private claims were passed,
among them were the following: For re-
imbursing Mrs. Meeker and Miss jose
phine Meeker, the latter lady now
dead, and others, tor losses by the depreda.
the White River agency in 1879; to pay
s., 800 each to the Representatives of Mrs.
Martha Vaughn and Mrs. Louisa Jackman,
for patriotic services and information to the
Union army in Kentucky in 1868: to repay