The Mineral argus., 1884-03-06
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
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SENATE-SOOn after the senate met this
morning. Pendloton Of Ohio arose to perform
the saddest and one of the most heroic acts of
his life, ana that was to present the credentials
of bis successor, Henry b. Payne, recently
elected to Mr. Pendleton's seat by the Ohio leg
~islature. He did it without fniching.
Bills we're introduced for a survey Of passes
between the ailments of the upper Mississippi
and Columbia rivers to ascertain the distance
between the navigable waters Of those rivers;
authorizing a foot and carriage or railroad
bridge across the river at st. Paul CMr. McMil-
LAM; authorizing the Mississippi river commits
sion TO appropriate land and material required
for its work. The bin passed securing to Amer
lean inventors tho full term Of seventeen years
for their patents in cases where foreign patents
expire before that time. The senate voted TO
recede from its amendment TO the Greedy relief
expedition bill. Tn resolution for the relief
of flood sufferers, mentioned in the house pro-
ceedings, was adopted.
The bill reported in the senate fixing the sal
aries of judges OF district courts fixed the sal
aries OF judges OF the districts of Minnesota.
Kansas and Western Arkansas from July ],
1881, at $4,000 and the judges Of the following
districts.
The Senate confirmed: Henry D. Lyman,
Ohio, second assistant postmaster general;
William Christy Wilson, La, assayer of the
mint, New Orleans: Thomas b. Knapp, post
master, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Register of Land Ofices-MyrOn III. McCord,
Wausau, Wis. Henry Esperson, La Crosse,
Wis. B. n. Johnson, Fergus Falls, MINI.
Henry w. Lord, Creolsburg, Oak.
Carrie g. Bell, receiver of public moneys, Bay
field, Wis.
Nominations Henry ID. Lawson, Texas,
agent Quspaw agency, Indian Territory; Dan
iel i. Dyer, Kan, agent Cheyenne band, Ara
pahOe agency, Indian Territory. James II.
Stewart, postmaster, Charleton, Iowa.
oUsE-Bills and resolutions were intro
duced facilitating the settlement of private
land claims; restoring those dropped from the
pension rolls for dislOyalty; providing for the
election of president and abolishing the electo-
raj college; encouraging Indian education in
geon general of the army: for
the construction of bridges across
the Mississippi atSt. Paul CMr. W~ashburn); re-
the import duty on books in foreign
languages milo White; for the preservation
OF forests at the sources of nayigable rivers; J
amending the Pacific railroad act so as to re- s
qulre a company to build a railroad and tele- Z
graph line from Sioux City, Iowa, west to the :
Union Pacific via the Niobrara valley Milo I
White) requiring the secretary of the treasury :
pay 100000 GOO in 3 per cent. bonds. The l
military academy appropriation bill was re- l
ported, also a joint resolution appropriating I
10000 for the relief of the flood sufferers. 3.
After a long debate the resolution passed 4
'33 to 10 ,
Mr.. WashbuTn introduced in the house to- u
lay a bill 10 authorize the construction of one u
n more carriage or railroad bridges across the u
Mississippi river at st. Paul. It is a substitute u
or a similar bill introduced by him some tim n
go. n
A bill was introduced in the house to-day by B
D. b. Henderson of Iowa to provide for ?
ne issue of circulating notes to national bank q
ssociations. n