Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-05-15
r XLVIIITH CONGRESS.

IN the Senate on the 81 the agricultural
APPROXIMATION bill was favorably reported;
also the House bin to adopt international
regulations for preventing collisions at sea:
also the bill granting pension in the %aaow OF
driced and referred: Toprevent the ACC uisifao on
OF real estate by aliens; to restrict aliens
and foreign corporatiouS in the ownership or
| land; 10 grant the Cuff, Colorado & Santa Fe
! Air Line Railroad the right 10 construct
bridges over nayigable wateTcourses:, me
shipping hill was taken up and occupied at
tention until executive session: In the
| House the Nirg MIA contested election case of
SPeEFa DEBATE sna was c aote Mas taken
on, the minority report declaring o. Ferrall not
entitled to his seat, which was lost-yeas, 81 ;
nays 40. A resolution seating fO,terrali was
then adopted. Mr. Laird introduced a bill
granting patents of lands to any Pacific Rail
road which shall complete its road within n,i
tariff bill was considered IN the evening seS
sion.. s,i .,lfVlt. $50 -. i" u
h In the Senate on the 9th Senator Vest re
ported favorably the bill for the erection Of
public building at Detroit, Memorials
favoring the, suspension of the coinage of
the silver dollar were presenter by Senator
Bayard and others. A bill was intro
duced by Senator Cockrell t. facilitate the
commercial instruments. The free bridge
bill across the Potomac River was then
taken upon q. substitute for the orig
vance S eet tse Senate ih Of
Vest amendment providing for free ships.
ense ede With and the tar bili taken up il COM
mittee of the whole. Speeches were made by
Messrs. Brown of Pennsylyapia, Townshend.
Gibson, Randall, Blackburn, Eaton and 9th.
ers. the debate being closed by Mr.. Morrison.
There was an excited scene when Mr.. Con-
verse moved TO strike out the enactlng clause.
The motion prevailed-159 to l55. I .f
3 In the Senate on the It'll a bill to place
General Grant upon the retired list of the
army was introduced by Senator Edmunds
and referred Bills were also introduced to
create the Ouiilinette land DISTRICT in
f o s 2s
the eight-hourf law Mr.. Hill addressed
the Senate on the bin 70 declare
Baton Rouge " Vicksburg Railroad Tom
pany. The shipping bill was taken up. In
the House number OF bills reported from
ate amendment to the bill repealing the iron.
clad oath was concurrsd in. The bill for the
amendments, was considered and. the amend.
ments were non-concnrred in. The Senate
amendments were non-concurred in in iha
bill establishing bureau of animal industry.
The bill passed donating a part of the aba1-
doned military Eeseryati0n IT Fort sm ith to
the city OF Fort Smith, Ark, for the benefit OF
In the Senate ON the sth messages wer,
received from the House announcing nom
concurrence in the pleuro-pneumonia bill
and the Fitz-John Porter bill and committees
of Conference were appointed, The bill grant
ing pensions to soldiers of the Mexican war was
reported favorabiy II omthe Pensions Commit.
tee and plsc d on the calendar, The shipping
bill was then AIKEN up. Mr.McPhersons amend
nent cutting or compensation for the return
trip of ships that may take out the United
States mail was rejected. A motion to strike
out the section providing for. foreign
mail pay was lost. The House bin
as amended. then passed, .......In the
House bills were reported TO enable Ma
tional banks to change their location and
mime and to increase their capital stock; atI-
thorizing the appointment of q Missouri River
Commissions; to amend the patent laws. The
the state of the Union. The bill appropriat-
ing 81 900 for the Worlds Fair at New Or
leans was taken up and passed. i
az In the Senate ON the 9Th the Indian ap.
preparation bill was taken up. The Scnnte
amendments increase the appropriation $.57.-
49, making the total sum to be appropriated
Sc 2l3. SG2. Pending debate on the bill fhe
Senate went into executive session. In the
House a demonstrates from the Louisville
Board of Trade was presented against the en-.
| actment of a bankrupe law. The bill passed
granting the widow OF General Frank P. Blair
an additional pension. 81