Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
THE WORLDS D0lNGS.
PROCEEDINGS OF CoNcRRss.

The Senate was not in session the 93d.
LIN the House Mr.. Foran, from the Com
mittee on Labor. reported the bill 10 prohibit
importation and immigration OF foreigners
under contract 10 perform labor I'm the United
states. The House went into Committee of
the Whole ON the pieurO-pneumonia ILL. Dir.
OibsOn, OF West Virginia, opposed the bill be
cause II proposes TO take out OF the hands of
the owners OF cattle the control OF their stock
and put Il In the hands of Federal officers
M; springer supported the bill The power
which could quarantine q shin in any harbor
OF the United States could certainly prevent
diseased Texas steers from being shipped
from one statc 90 another. The Constitution
was always n refuge OF thosc who had a poor
argument against n necessary measure Of
legislation. After further debate the bill was
referrcd 10 Committee Of the Whole. and the
IL the Senate, on the 25sh, Mr.. Logan,
from the Committee on Judiciary. reported
the original resOlutions which were agreed
TO, relating 20 railroad lands one calling on
the SECRETARY Of the Interior To inform the
Toned in The aet OF May : ISIS. had failed 70
comply with the act, In what respects they
had failed. aud whether they subsequently
complied. aud, further, whether said com
panies had paid dividends. and 70 what
amounts ani what steps. n any. have
been taken To enforce the provisions
and passed ly vote of ~ 20 Il. A bill was
introduced 30 authorize the construction of
additional steel vessels for the navy In the
York, n resolution was adopted directing
the Judiciary Committee TO inquire whether
the act OF the legislature Of Dakota
property of railroad companies does not con
Net with the organic act establishing that
Territory. A resolution was introduced 10y
stitutional amendment providing that no state
shall 10 prccluded. by the grant OF any charter
~ so Io,stlon. from taxing the capital
ness, the Plcuro- pneumonia bin was taken up
In Committee Of the Whole. The btu was read
by sections and amendments were. oHered,
when the committee arose and the House adj
journcd.
In the Senate, on the 70 b. Mr.. Sewell re-:
ported favorably the House bill for the relief
OF Fitz John Porter. Mr.. Wilson reported
fnvorubly a bill TO prohibit mailing news
papers containing lottery advertisements.
calling on the Secretary OF the Navy 20 hirn-
ish ne senate information respecting the
sshlp Sanhi ~ the lsthmus OF Panama
authorize the construction OF additional steel
vessels Tor the Navy. The House went into
COMMITTEES OF the whole ON the Plouro-pneu-
poni0 bill. Mr.. Hopkins Offered an amend
mont providing that the appointment OF ex-
sininer shall be with tho consent of the state
Lcgislature. Rejected. resolution from
the Senate was submitted thanking Great
Britain Tor the Arctic steamer Alert.
In the Senate, on the 9Th, Mr.. Dawes.
from tho Committee on Indian Affairs, re-
Portc'l favOrnbly the bill for the allotment
81 lands IA sevcralty 10 the Indians on the
Imatilln Reservation in Oregon. Mr.. Van
Wyck offered resolution for an inquiry as
10 whether the Western Union had formed
combination with the baltimore & Ohio
Telegraph Company. SIR, Blair introduced n
bill extending the time for tho completion of
railroads west OF the Mississippi River
90 which grants OF public lands have
been made, which I'm good faith are
Prosecuting tho work OF consi ruction,
without forfeiture OF such grants. The SEN
ate resumed consideration OF tho bill 20 pro.
vide new cruisers for the Navy, and after de-
bate adjourned. In the House a resolution
was adopted inqulring OF the Secretary of the
Treasury rs 20 the extent OF the funds i'm the
Treasury. The HOuse went Into committee of
the whole, Mr.. Cox. OF New York. In the chair.
on the IleuropneumOnla bill. The debate
continued al the afternoon and was rather
dreary. Consideration Of the hill being con
Guided, the committee rose and reported II to
the House