McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-06-05
The Bill Approprlatlng 100000
for the Relief of Flood Sufferers
in Mississippi.
Report of the Senate Election Commit
tee on the Danyille RiOt--.Mi,.
cellaneOus Notes.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

Mr.. Logan reported from the Judiciary COM
mittee the bill heretofore passed by the
senate extending until December, 81, 1884,
the duration of the court of Alabama
claims, with recommendation that the
senate non-concur in the house amend
ment extending the time one year longer.
Mr.. Brown offered the following amend
ment to the Utah bill: 'That voluntary
sexual intercourse of a married person with
one of the opposite sex, not the husband
or wife of such married person, shall be
cause, and the only cause, for absolute di-
vorce from the bond Of marriage in the
District of Columbia or the territories of
| the United States, but the courts may, in
proper cases, as in common law, grant d.
vorces from bed and board in said district
and territories or other places subject to the
| exclusive Jurisdiction of the United States.''
HOUSE.
BY Jordan, to develope the resources of
Alaska and open overland communication
| Herewith.
| By Morey, granting pensions to all hon.
orably discharged soldiers of the rebellion
when they reach the age of As.
BY Hewitt IN. W. Furnishing by fine and
imprisonment any official of national bank
who shall obtain from the bank with which
he is connected any loan for his own benefit
or for the benefit of any company of which
he is member, by which loss shall occur
| to the bank.
The contested election case of Wallace
VS.. Mckinley was then taken up. The ma
jority report unseats Mckinley and de-
| clares Wallace entitled to the seat. The
minority resolution confirms the right of the
sitting member.
Mr.. Belford introduced bill appropriate
| ing $50, 000 for the erection of home for
disabled soldiers of the confederate army at
Fredericksburg, Va. Referred.
| SENATE.
TUESDAY, May 27.-Mr. Slater, from
the committee on public lands reported
favorably the bill to forfeit the grant along
the uncompleted portion of the Northern
Pacific Railway.
Mr.. Hill submitted report from the
committee on postoffice and postroads on
| the subject of the postal telegraph.
| Mr.. Lapham submitted report from the
| committee on privileges and elections on
| the Danville investigation.
| Mr.. Vance is preparing minority report.
| Mr.. Salisbury submitted a minority re-
port of the Copiah county investigation.
The senate took up the bill to grant the
Cinnabar & Clark's. Fork Railroad Com
| pany the right of way through portion of
the Yellowstone Park, but without definite
action the senate adjourned. a kAfT
HOUSE. 20.
Consideration of the Wallace-Mc-
Kinley contested election case was resumed.
After E. B: Taylor CO.,, Hurd, Follett,
| Mills and Mckinley himself had spoken,
| Hepburn closed with thorough analysis
of the evidence in the case and an able re-
view of the facts and law alleged on each
| side. From this analysis and review ne
| deduced the conclusion that Mckinley was
fairly and honestly elected.
A vote upon the minority resolution, de-
| claring Mckinley entitled to the seat, was
| lost-yeas, 10S; nays, 1853.
The resolution seating Wallace was adopt
| ed. That gentleman appeared at the bar
| and took the OATH.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY, May 2S.-The Mexican
pension bill was considered. The amend
ment restricting pensions to those depend
ent on their labor in whole or part, or on
the assistance Of others, was laid on the
table-yeas 40, nays 20. One clause of the
bill, as it came from the house, repeats the
| section of the revised statutes that prOhib-
| its pensions to soldiers who engaged in the
rebellion against the United States, but
limits the repeal to cases coming under the
act. The senate committee recommended
striking out the limitation, but the senate,
by vote of 35 to %, laid the amendment
| on the table.
Hoar moved an amendment extending
the provisions of the bill so as to include
all soldiers of the union who served in the
war of the rebellion. Without action the
senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The house went into committee of
| the whole Cox in the chair) on the legisla-
tive bill. 1t reduces the number Of inter-
nal revenue collection districts from "a to
63 and increases the force in the pension
| Office.
After considerable discussion concerning
the present system of collecting internal
| revenue, Mr.. Thompson gave notice of an
amendment, which, at the proper time, he
| would offer to the pending bill, consoidat-
| ing customs and internal revenue districts
and establishing one tax collection district
in each state and territory. After consid-
| ering ninety-six pages of the bill the COM
| mittee rose.
Mr.. Dibrell submitted the conference re-
port on the agricultural appropriation bill.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, May 29.-Mr. Allison re.
ported the bill from the general ap.
| preparation committee appropriating $780,
600 for the relief of sufferers by the over
| flow of the Mississippi river and tributa
ries. The senate committee do not favor
the appropriation in the form presented.
They recommend appropriations of the I'M
expended balance of the appropriation
made for the Ohio river sufferers, which is
about $40, 900. The committees recon-
mendation was agreed to-yeas 80, nays 10.
The conference report on the agricultural
appropriation bill was agreed to.
| The District of Columbia appropriation
| bill was passed.
HOUSE.
Bills were reported:
Regulating the expectation of imitation
| butter and cheese.
A joint resolution proposing the following
as article 16 to the constitution: "The right
of citizens of the United States to vote shall
not be abridged by the United States, or by
any state, on account Of nativity
The house then went into committee OF
the whole (Cox, of New York, in the chair)
on the legislative bill.
The amendment reducing the number OF
| internal revenue agents to i've was agreed
to.
On motion of Mr.. Bland an amendment
was adopted prohibiting any government
| clerk or employee from performing any pri-
vate service for any senator, member, head
of department or campaign committee.
The committee reported the bill to the
house and the previous question was order.
ed, but without action the house adjourned
until Saturday.