The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-04-04
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-.
Senate.

ScnatCs
Mr.. Harris moved to make the bill to ad-
init Dakota into the Union as a State made a
special order for the following Thursday. Mr.
Vest, of Missouri, said the friends of the bill
spoke of Dakota as an elysium, but he would
be able to show that it nothing of the
sort, and that the conditions did not exist
which would warrant its admission into
the Union Several Senators said they
understood that the question of adj
uniting Dakota was regarded as a political
one. Mr.. Hanisons motion was lost 49,. The
rest of the day was given to debate on the
bill to increase the salaries of district judges
TO $4,000 a year and on the education bill.
Mr.. Coke opposed the education bill, regarding
1t as Capitalization in its most concentrated
form Messls. Vance. Riddleberger and
Others spoke in favor of it.
a bill was reported favorably for the read
justment of compensation for the transporta-
tian of mails on railroads. A bill was intro
duced for the adjudication of pension claims
The bill fixing at s., 900 year the salar-
les of United States district Judges was passed
IA JOINT resolution was passed providing
for the payment of laborers in government
employ the same wages for holidays as for
other days.
The Senate passed the bill reported from
the committee ON Indian affairs for the allOt
ment of land in severalty to Indians on the
reservations to extend the laws of the States
and Territories over tine Indians. Bills were
introduced to establish bureau of fine arts
III the Smithsonian institution; to regulate
the forms of bills of ladng. and the duties
and liabilities of ship-owncrs and others, and
to provide for the sanitary inspection in
Egypt of rags to be shipped to the United
States.
The Senate passed Mr. Hawley's bill offer
ng $4,000 reward for the recovery of the
Greely party. with an amendment exempting
the United States from any responsibility for
the party undertaking the task Mr. Brown
introduced bill to require the payment Of
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Georgia for expenditures made for the COM
mon defense in IN. Mr.. Palmer, from the
committee ON woman suffrage, reported fav-
orably resolution proposing an amendment
to the Constitution giving women the right to
vote
MIR Ellis asked and was refused consent to
introduce joint resolution approprating
$500, 900 to be Immediately available to be
expended to prevent the overflow of the city
OF New Orleans Several members opposed
the resolution on constitutional grounds. The
resolution was lost by % to 10, but by unan-
lmous consent it was remtroduced by Mr..
Ellis and referred TO the committee on appro-
priations. Bills We're introduced to promote
the efficiency of the revenue marine service:
providing uniform rating for invalid pen
slons; to secure cheaper correspondence by
telegraph; to regulate the carriage of pas
oenSers by sea; for the revision of the pat
ent laws.
A billsreported back and passed. making it
a felony for person falsely and fraudulently
TO assume to be an officer or employed of the
United States. The House passed a Senate
bill authorizing the State of Colorado to take
lands in lien Of the sixteenth and thirty-sixth
sections, found to be mineral lands, and to
secure to that state thes benefit of the act
donating public lands to the several States
and Territories which may provide colleges
for the benefit of agriculture
MR.. DOWD spoke in favor of his bill prO-
Nldlng for the retirement and recoinagc of
the trade dollars. Tho bill provides that I'M
til June ], 1856. trade dollars shall be re
celved at their face value in payment of
all dues to the United States, and
shall not be again paid out. Holders
of trade dollars on the presentation of
the coin to any treasurer or assistant treas
urer Will receive in exchange dollar for dollar,
standard silver dollars of the United States
The trade dollars received in any national
depository are to be rccoincd into stand
ard dollars. The trade dollars are to
be regarded and treated, when received at
the mint, as silver bullion. and their bullion
value shall he deducted from the amount of
bullion required to be purchased and coined
by the act of February %, 1873 The bill was
unanimously reported by the committee
Mr.. Miller, of California, reported favor
ably from the committee on naval affairs.
with an amendment, the joint resolution
authorizing the secretary of the navy to offer !
Il reward of SD, 900 for reScuing or ascertain
ing the fate of the Greedy expedition. &c..
A memorial was presented from the legisla- |
1--WE assembly of Otah. protesting against leg |
lSlatlon by Congress without full investiga- |
ton. and making accusations against Cover |
nor Murray. -. The Blair educational bill was .
debated, Mr.. Hampton making an extended |
address in its support.
Mr.. Anderson offered a resolution provid- |
ing that Congress should djouln on the I'd |
OF June 1t was referred to the ways and |
means committee. AT its evening SEES