Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-06-05
CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL.
In the Senate on May 23d, the House bill
to provide for a quartermaster and to pay
certain officers and enlisted men and volun-
teer forces passed. B.Gs Sos
The annual pension appropriation bill was
then passed.
The Labor Bureau bill was taken up for
consideration, and the substitute offered as
an amendment by Aldrich agreed to- The
bill was then passed as amended. It pro-
vides for the establishment of a Bureau of
Labor in the Interior Department, under
the charge of a. Commissioner of Labor to
be appointed by The President. He shall
hold Office for four years and shall receive
S., 900 per year; the Commissioner shall col
lectinformationu upon the subject of labor, its
relations to capital, the hours OF labor and
earnings of labOring men and women, and
the means of pro noting their material, So
cial, intellectual and moral prosperity.
The Commissioner shall annually make
report to the Secretary of the Interior of an
information collected and cOllated by him,
and containing such recommendation as
he may deem calculated to promote the eff
ficiency of the Bureau. The expenses of
the commission are not to exceed $25, 900
annually.
A favorable report will be made of the
bill dividing the Judicial District of Kans as
into two divisions, to be known as the
Northern. and Southern Divisions of the
District of Kansas.
In the House on May 23d Weller, of Iowa.
denied the allegation that he had in any
way been influenced by Unfair means in the
contest case of English VS.. Peale, and chal-
lenged an investigation.
Kellogg of Louisiana, offered resolution
directing that the committee investigate
the subject of his alleged connection with
the Star Route Service, and whether he
received money for services rendered in the
matter pending before one OF the Depart
mentS of the Government, or whether he
paid money to anv officer on account of, or
in connection with said service. Referred
to the Committee on Judiciary.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole and after rising, reported the follow
ing bills One for the retirement of Major
General Hunt; the bill for the payment of
Quartermaster claims, apprOpriating $780,
600, about One-half of which goes to citizens
of Tennessee. ....t
1t has been agreed to report favorabIy the
bill lranting the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Gulf Railway the right. of way through the
Indian Territory.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
have agreed to report the bills FORGETTING
the land grants Of the Northern Pacific and
Atlantic q Pacific. It is thought by this
that the n. P. will lose 13, 600, 900 acres and
the A. q P. 36,O00,O00.
In the House on May oath bill passed
granting permission to L. X. Reynolds, U.
S. N, 20 accept decoration of the Royal
and Imperial Order of Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria.
In the Senate on May Goth bills were re-
ported favorably and placed on the calendar
as follows: One to provide for two addition
al Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
in Dakota and one to authorize the appoint
ment OF a commission by the President to
run and mark a bOundry line between q
portion of the Indian Territory and the
State of Texas; also one extending the
duration of the Court Of Claims of Alabama
to December 31st, 1885. The Committee on
Public Lands reported favorably the bill to
forfeit the unearned land grants of the
Atlantic & Pacific railroad, and to restore
the same to settlement.
The resolution requesting the President
to communicate to the Senate any informa-
ton possessed by him or the Executive De-
partment concerning the appointment OF
commissioners since July 4th, 1877, in re-
spect to the examining of sections of the
Northern Pacific railway, was also placed
Oh the calendar.
The Utah bill was then taken up, pending
the discussion of which the Senate adj
jOurned. .ll. s.1 .a ..-. u
1t has been decided to report favorably on
a substitute offered by ingalls, for the joint
resolution offered by Jackson. The amend
ment to the Constitution as provided for by
Ingalls,, reads: Article 2. The executive
power shall be vested in the President OF
the TTrited States of America. The Presi-
dent and Vice President hereafter elected
shall hold their offices for a term of six
years, but the President shall not be eligible,
nor shall the Vice President be eligible to
the Office of President, if he shall exercise
the powers of the same in case of vacancy
therein. t t. .--
In the House on May 26th, the Senate
amendments to the Agricultural bill were
nOn-concurred in.
Bills were introduced as follows: Abol.
ishing the license tax on dealers in tobacco
also, one providing for Furnishing by fine
! and imprisonment any officer of q National
| Bank who shall obtain money from the
bank with which he is connected, and loan
/ it for his own benefit or the benefit of any
/ company of which he is a member, by
| which a loss shall occur to the bank; also
! one granting pensions to all hOnOrabIy dis
charged from the rebellion, when they
reach the age of forty-fve; also, one to de
velOp the resources of Alaska and to epeT
an overland communication Herewith
and one appropriating $500,0O9 for the cree
ton of home for disabled soldiers OF tn,
Confederate army at Fredericksburg, Va.
The House then adjourned, e
"a In the Senate on May 9th petitions wer
presented opposing the Governmental as
sumption OF the telegraph. sa
The Committee on Public Lands reportet
fav0Tably on the bill to forfeit the gran
along the uncomPleted portion of tn
Northern Pacific railroad.
Reports were received from the Commit
tee of Postoffices and Post Roads on tn
subject of postal telegraph, and from tn
Committee on Privileges and Elections Oh
the Danville investigation.
Senator Ingalls, introduced bill, to pro
vide for the sale of lands belonging to tn
prairie band of the PottawatOmie Indians
The Senate took up the bill to grant t
/ the Cinnabsr & Clark's Fork Railway Com