The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
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CONGRESSIONAL


On the 4th, the Chair laid before the SEN
ate resolution from the Legislature of Ohio,
transmitted by the Governor. favorinR a
tariff for revenue, limited to the necessities ~
the Government, economically administered,
and so adjusted as to encourage industries
and not to create or foster :nonopo-
lies. Petitions from ex-soldiers of the Union
army, praying for the enactment of various
laws for the benefit of soldiers OF the late
war, were presented By several Senators.
Mr.. yanwyck offered a resolution, which was
agreed to, requesting the Secretary of the
the Union Pacific Company has is
sued any new stock. or made any
mortgage, pledge, lease, running arrange
ment, or other traffic contract, since March 3,
1873. -. In the House the Speaker announced
several changes in Standing Committees at the
request of members interested. Upon the call
of States many bills were introduced. Mr..
sent to the clerks desk memorial
of Richard W. Webb, of New Mexico, present
ing charges against Chief Justice Samuel B.
and resolutions directing the Committee on
Judiciary to inquire into and ascertain
whether the allegations contained in the
memorial are true. Referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary.
In the Senate, the 9Th, Mr.. Coke pre-
scented as a memorial a joint resolution from
the Legislature of Texas, instructing Senators
and Representatives from that State to en-
deavor to secure legislation TO reopen
the Western trail through the
Indian Territory, leased for grazing pur--
poses. The Senate resumed consideration OF
unfinished business, the question being the
method provided by the bill reported from the
Committee on Private Land Claims for the
settling of incomplete titles to lands &C.
quired by the United States from Mexico. :.
In the House Standing Committees reported:
among others, Mr.. Perkins, from the Com
mite on Indian Affairs reported bill grant
TO the Southern Kansas Railway Company.
The House went into Committee of the Whole
on the bill establishing Bureau of Animal
Industries. Adjourned.
In the Senate, the 9Th, the bill passed ap-
propriating s777,5s0 for the completion of the
Capitol terrace and stairways connected
Herewith. In the course of the debate on the
bill Mr.. Ingalls, expressed the hope that
the funeral pile at the entrance to the main
approach to the Capitol on Pennsylvania
airy should be removed to some adjacent
cemetery. 1t was was wholly out Of place, he
said, in the position in which it now stood
People do not go into public places TO tow weep,
Mexican Land-Grant Title bill came up as I'M
finished business and was debated until adj
journment.. In the House, Mr.. Belmont,
from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, re-
ported a resolution which was adopted, re-
Qesting tie President to transmit to the
House complete copies Of all correspondence
respecting the extradition of alleged fugitives
from justice that has taken place since the
date of the Presidents special message to
Congress, December y, v'6, The House then
Pleuro-Pneumonia bill, which was debated I'M
til adjournment.
In the Senate, the 7th, Mr.. Van Wyck,
from the Committee on Public Lands, re-
ported favorably a bill to relieve the purchas-
ers and settlers on the Denver & st. Joseph
Railroad lands. Mr.. Hills bill relating to lands
iieved to form a part Of the Ute Reservation.
am anne tb by MI cockrei, providing ir that
public domain, the bill passed. The debate on
the Mexican Land-Grant Title bill was then re-
sumed. After the introduction of bills and
report of committees, the House proceeded to
the consideration of the resolution making
the rules of the Forty-si1th Congress-. as
amended by this House, the rules of the Forty
eighth Congress until further orders of the
House. During consideration of the rules an
amendment offered bys Mr.. Anderson, of
Kansas, restricting the privileges of the floor,
now granted to ex-members of Congress- was
Lost by vote OF lla yeas to 100 nays: At this
quorum.
In the Senate, the Sth, Mr.. Frye reported
a new shipping bill already agreed upon by
the Committee Of Commerce In explaining
the bill Mr. Frye remarked that it would en-
able America to take steps to advance any
thing done in its shipping interestsin the last
Two years. He hoped the burden and barna-
eles placed on these important inter-
ests by our own laws would be re-
moved and something done to enable us to
recover our former supremacy on the ocean.
Mr.. Vest, in behalf of the minority, said, al
though they acquiesced in the bill reported,
they did not believe the bill touched the main
difficulty, which struck down our commerce.
Other countries permitted citizens to buy their
ships wherever they could buy them the
cheapest, and he wanted our own people TO
have the same privilege. The Senate then took
up and passed the Mexican Land-Grant Title
bill 49, The House resumed consideration of the
report of the Committee on Rules, which re-
port was finally adopted. After some time
spent in consideration of the private calendar
the House adjourned until Monday.