Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-02-14
The Aurkrille Gnqllirer.
YORKVILLE. 5. G.
THURSDAY MORNING, FEB. II, 1884
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.


PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the House, on the 4th, Mr.. Houk, of
Tennessee, offered a resolution directing the
committee on education to inquire into the
working and management of the Agricultu-
raj colleges in aid of which lands have been
granted to several States and Territories,
and to recommend such measures as will
secure to the industrial classes the benefits
intended by the Act of Congress donating
those lands Referred. Under the call of
the States a large number of bills were in
troduced and referred. Among them one
by Mr.. Eaton, of Connecticut, for the pun
ishment of officers of the United States for
the illegal use of money or other things of
value in elections. BY Mr.. Weller, of Iowa,
for the relief of the Lady Franklin Bay eX-
pedition. 1t authorizes the President to
pay reward of 100000 to any vessel that
may within the year 1884 rescue Lieut.
Greedy and his party, the reward to be paid
in standard silver dollars. BY Mr.. Dibble,
of South Carolina bill authorizing the
payment to South Carolina of S60,375.99,
one e-fourth of the proceeds of leases and
sales made by the direct tax commissioners.
In the Senate, Senator Malone, from the
Committee on Public Buildings, reported
favorably, and had placed on the calendar,
bills authorizing the erection fpublic build
ings at Greenville,S S. c., and Key West Fla.
Senator Wilson, Of Iowa, introduced bill
to prevent the publication of lottery adver-
tisements in the Territories and the District
of Columbia.
In the House, on the 9TH, Mr.. Broadhead,
from the Judiciary Committee, reported ad-
versely the joint resolution proposing a
constitutional amendment for the election
of postmaster, revenue collectors and United
States district attorneys. Laid on the table.
Mr.. Hardeman, of Georgia, from the
Committee on Territories, reported adverse
ly the bill for the election of Territorial
Governors and Secretaries by the people Of
the Territories. Laid on the table. The
House discussed, in Committee of the
Whole, the bill establishing a Bureau of
Animal Industry, the object of the bureau
being to control the transportation of dis
ased cattle from one State to another.
In the Senate, the Fitz John Porter re-
lief bill was received from the House and
referred to the Senate Committee on Mill
tary Affairs. Sherman called up the bill re-
Gently introduced by him to suspend for
five years the operation of the section of the
Revised Statutes relating to guano islands.
Debate followed, participated in by Sher-
man and Ransom in favor of the bill and
Salisbury, Mcpherson and Conger against
it. The opponents of the bill grounded
their opposition upon the need OF aftordlng
the farmers of the United States the advan-
tages of cheap guanos, those in favor OF 1T
contending that these guanos by themselves
were not adapted for our lands. Senator
Hampton, from the Committee on Military
Affairs, reported favorably 4 bill authoriz-
ing the Secretary of the Treasury to settle
the claim of the State of Florida on account
of expenditures made in suppressing Indi-
an hostilities. The same Senator introduced
a bill to authorize the Secretary of War to
audit the claims of the State OfSOuth Carolina
for arms, and for the rent of the Citadel at
Charleston.
The session of the House, on the 9Th was
devoted, almost entirely to a discussion,
without further action, of the bill relating
to the transportation of diseased cattle from
one State to another.
In the Senate, number of bills on the
calendar were discussed, and a lengthy de-
bate ensued on the bill relating to land
grants to certain railroads.
On the 7th, the proceedings of neither
House were of general Importance.
In the House on the Sth, reports were
received, in number of contested cases,
from the Committee on Elections. Bayne,
of Pennsylvania, introduced bill repeating
all internal tax on domestic tobacco. The
remainder of the session was devoted to
the consideration of the report of the Com
mittee on rules for governing the House,
and after debate, the House adjourned
until Monday.
The Senate was occupied for most of the
session in debate on the bill for the relief of
the Greedy exploring party. Adjourned
until Monday.