Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-12
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

sErArE.-The opening session Of tho senat
was preceded by q lively half-hour of hand.
shaking and gossip between senators and their
friends. Precisely at noon the president of thu
senate called the body to order and prayer was
offered On motion Of Mr.. Logan the secreta>
~ was instructed to inform the house that TIT
senate was ready to proceed to bus:
mess Messrs. Sherman and Garland
were appointed a committee to inform the
president that the senate vas ready to receive
any communication he might be pleased tc
make. The secretary read the credentials OF
William P. Sheffield, appointed to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Senator Anthony
when the reading was concluded Mr. Aldrich,
in few feeling remarks, made formal an
nouncement of the death Of Senator Anthony,
and the senate adjourned
HoUsE.-Promptly at noon the speakers
gayel called the house to order After prayer
The roll call disclosed the presence Of 2:S2 mem
bers, and the clerk was directed to inform the
senate that the house was ready to proceed to
business. The speaker appointed Messrs. Ran
dali and Cox On. W committee to wait upon
the president in conjunction with a similar
co1nml from the senate, and inform him
that congress was ready to receive any coin
munication he might be pleased to make
The message was referred to the committee
Of the whole on the state of the Union, and,
with accompanying documents, ordered printed
SENATE. Mr.. Sheffield was sworn in as SEN
ator from Rhode Island. A resolution was
offered for Oh investigation Of all leases Of
land in the Indian Territory, and debated at
considerable length.
HoUsE--Mr. Follett of Ohio as question of
privilege, presented the following preamble
and resolution
do impeach Lot Wright, United States mar
half t,;c A. - ,srrb
crimes and misdemeanors. I charge him with
usurpation OF power and violation of law, in
that he appointed large number Of general
and special deputy marshals to serve atseveral
voting precincts in Cincinnati, at the election
for members of congress, on the 14th of Octob
er, 1884, and armed the said deputy marshals
with pistols, and other deadly weapons, said to
have been furnished by the war department.
Resolved That the committee on expendi-
lures Of the department of justice be required
and directed, as soon as the same can reason
able be done, to investigate such charges and
report to the house.
An exciting debate followed, participated in
by Messrs. Follett and Converse, Of Ohio;
Cox of New York; Reagan Of Texas; Barksdale
of Missouri, and others on the Democratic sido,
while Messrs. Kiefer and Jud Taylor, Of Ohio;
Hiscock of New York, and Reid of Maine pre-
scented the Republican view Of the case None
of the latter opposed the resolutions or the in
vestigation contemplated by it The resolution
was adopted
SENArE-The resolution for an investiga-
ton of land leases in the Indian TIE rritory was
amended 80 as to include leases in Indian res
duced a bill to suspend silver coinage. Bills
passed authorizing the construction Of a rail-
way bridge across the St. Croix between Still
water and Taylor's Falls, and authorizing the
secretary Of war to adjust and settle the account
for arms, etc. between Montana and the United
States
Senator Mills of New York introduced bill,
authorizing the president to place Brvt Maj.
Gen. William W. Averill on the retired list Of
the army with the rank and pay Of '.con6den-
tial cruisers" in the act re-establishing the
court of commissions of Alabama claims shall
be construed and held to include for all pur-
poses of said act any and all vessels, officers
and crew of vessels Of organized ex-
petitions acting as such by authority of
the late so-callod confederate government, or
any Of its officers, by which vessels or car
goes of loyal citizens Of the United States were
captured or destroyed on the high seas; and
that act be construed to include any waters
within the admiralty jurisdiction Of the United
States
The senate passed the mouse bill for the re-
lief of Francis B. Van Haesen. 1t authorizes
REIMBURSEMENT by the governor of Minnesota
to 100 acres Of land near Alexandria, and con-
fines Van Haesen's bounty warrant title to it,
HoUsE.-A bill passed authorizing the con-
struction Of bridge across the St Croix river
between Saltwater and Taylor's Falls.
On motion of Mr.. Cobb, the senate amend
ments to the house bill oerfccting the unearned
land of the Atlantic g. Pacific Railroad compa-
ny were non concurred in.
On motion of Mr.. Randall the house went
into committee of the whole mr. Cox of New
York in the chair) on the bill making tempor-
airy provision for the naval service. No amend
ments were offered to the bill, and no discus
sion was had, Mr.. Randall merely making
brief statement that the total appropriation for
the support of the navy for the current fiscal
year was $15,636, 166, reduction OF s25S, 26S
fro from the app oprati,on Of the previous year
SENATE. The following bills were intro
duced and referred: By Mr.. Mitchell, grant
ing pension to Gen. Grant: by Mr. Gibson, for
the erection Of public building at New Or
leans to cost one million dollars
Mr.. Cameron (Pa.) submitted the following,
" hich he desired to lie over and be printed:
Whereas, The shipping trade in American
vessels is depressed and export trade in Amer
lean produce is languishing for want of q
market that might be reached if the shipping
trade was in the hands of citizens of the United
States: therefore be it
and is hereby directed to inquire whether it be
expedient to expend the surplus revenue Of the
United States any portion thereof, for the pur-
pose Of reviving the shipping and export trade
by allowing rebate from tslI11 duties on Tor
eign goods imported in ships built and owned
in the United States, and by also allowing a
premium on American grown products and
articles of American manufacture exported in
American vessels, and report by bill or other
wise.
Messrs. Ingalls, and Cameron will call UP the
resolution at an early day.
MI. Hill offered resolution declaring
against the suspension of the coinage of silver
dollars or the issue of silver certificates. Ad-
journed till Monday.
HOUSE. -Following is the text Of Repre-
sentative Morrison's bill, introduced: fBe it
enacted that the secretary of the treasury be
and is hereby authorized and directed to ap-
ply the surplus revenues, ct any I'M TINE nn@
not otherwise appropriated to the retention
Of United States bonds; and when any of said
bonds are redeemable at the pleasure OF the
government 1t shall not be lawful to apply
any portion of said surplus to the purchase Of
bonds at premium"
The interstate commerce bill was discussed,
and the House adjourned to Monday.
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