The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-05-21
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-
Senate.

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Mr. Vnn Wyck gercl resolution, which
! wa agreed to, calling on the secretary OF thc
| in crirr lor in ormutiun as 10 what action, II
any, had been taken in rcgarl 10 entries of
| publ landS by the | stcr iGrt company, or
| laniZcd Under tho laws of Great Bri ain and
! dol Y business in Colo 10 and made in tho
interest Of the Earl OF Dunrayon and other
tnglishmen aId which said entries
are ALLEGED t. be raldulont
| M Van " ych slid hi, ID Get In oiieri x til!
TcsOl .tion wls Ot only TO have action TAX n
| ly Congress to poo the public man,
! but to have such I on tikcl very Sp o lily.
| lie n so wished thr nc ion taken in order: !at
| it may serve a, oti - tu innO ent perso IS in
| iorcig countries who invest mo ioy III II! ds,
| t'e title t. which tho slpro.c TO have bo IN
| properly q1irc Gee. Discuss on on tho ship
| Elg bill was nlinupd.
! IDo ngr cultural appropriation bill WIS
| reported back to tho Senate Tho Senate
committee la, increased tEo Appropriation
| for sorghum experiments from $1,000 20
| $4,000, aud has ad lie provision for AZ
tcslan wells 10 reclaim ari lais, 10000,
and ono for encouraging 'ilk lltnc, $la,0 ,0W
| mn iumb introdu ed II bill 81 prev, mt
the acquisition Of rea csato hy alion,.
| IL pro ,ideS that alicrS who have not declared
| I. CIR intention t. become citizens shall not
ac luirc title TO real estate in any OF tho Terrific.
rics or in tho DiStr I OF Columbia. IL pro.
| vdes that no foreign corporation, more tnan
| ten PER cent of tire StO * OF Whi.h Il is held by
nlicns, shall acquire tile to any lands IN tho
| Territories or III tho Distrctoi Columbia and
tlnt no corpo' alton, native o. forci N, except
| railroads shnll acqlli u moro than 800 acres
Mr. Van Wycl al o in rOduccd a bill to
rcstric' tho owners MP b. aliens and foreign
| corporations and companies Of public land
and OF any land in ic TER. tlricS
After final sp'cchCs by Mo oSrs. Randall
mi Kas- on n nst and by Mo,iis Morr son
ald Blar,bu II in favor of tho tari bill, u
| motion to liiO ont IL N ctms la s.,
whi n pa Il alIy k | the bill, was ca 'rcd,
M id II uch cxcitomclt b. lj9 Nol, 10 l5j
nays forty ono lemocratS voting in tho
n iir.natvo and four Republican in the ncsa.
We
Mr. Edmunds introd lced bill in the
Senate pla !ng Gene, n Gr mt on tEo T. tired
list Of he army with tho full pay o. Il cen.
eral He comp med tho int odIrtiOn " tn
re rark, in viii h hooyIr'So! the hope that
the committee on mllitarj q a'rs would
! TO- obvious reasons, give ths mat er
| IrOmpt attention Tho reasons ro.errcd 10,
were Gcncl nj Grants financial los, ,cs Incurred
by the failure of the New York firm, of which
he was member The bill would secure 20
| General Grant the pay of gen raj, Sl4, 900,
AMI tn, emolumCnts att,chel thcro'o,
amounting inall t. 1me Sl9O0O. The ship.
ping bill was further ,nsdcred
House.
Tho Tariff debate was continued IN tho
| House, brief speeches being mado by Mes'rs
Eaton, Belmont, Cox, Vance, Hoblitzell and
Others. An evening session was held for
| tho consideration of pension bills
| Tho House decided in tho Virginia con-
tested election case Of O'Ferrall against Paul
that O'Ferrall was entitled TO the scat. 10
at once took tho oath OF office. At the
evening session speecho; were made by
Mes'rs. Young, Holman, Woodward. Nor
gan, Sumner, Breckenridge and Oates in favor
OF, and Messrs. Ferr Il, Connolly, Davis
James Skinner, Sprggs and Taylor against
| the tariff bill
The report Of tho committee Oh privileges
| aud elections in relation TO the Copiah co in
| ~ Mis-, election troubles was lail before
| tho Senate -, Tho bill to provide for free
| lridge ross tho Potomac rivor was passed
80. Tho shipping bill was further debated.
The river and harbor bill vas Ioportt to
the House. Tho total Of tho a propriations
is Sl?,6l9, 100. The largest anpropriation i,
for tho Mississippi river from it mouth to its
source, amounting to $500 01J, and not in
Guiding tho 100000 appropra' cd hereto
fore. Fit on nd litional great rivers
| OF the country receive S3,4O5, ,t0).
Tho total amount recommended Tor 1856
rivers and twelve channels is SS07I,0 Tho
appropriation for harbors, leo hnrbors AMI
br5akwater is $40 s, 100. .Senlts amend
ment TO the House bill rcpealing tho iron
clal oath, was conc urrcd in Senate amond-
ments to the Fitz john Porter bill wcro non
concurred in.