St. Landry democrat., 1884-03-08
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

In the House of Representatives on the
SD bill to prohibit contract importation OF
aaborers was placed on the calendar. Also the
bill to enable the ostmaster-Generalto inter
sept registered letters for lottery companies:
THE pleuro-pneumnnia bill was taken up ana
discussed without action. The Morrison bond
pd whisky bill was reported and referred 10
committee OF the whole ........ Senate not IN
Vession.
In the Senate on the 25th resolutions call
ing for information as to the manner in which
certain railroad companies had complied with
the act of May Z, 1878, were agreed to. A res
o1ution to appropriate SI00.000 to the sufferers
by the recent tornadoes was referred. The
currency b i was taken up. Senator vest
amendment was rejected and the Dill WIS
passed rs modified by Morrill, -. IN the
House Mr. Ellis asked for an investigation OF
certain charges that had been maze agdlus1
him The usual Monday allowance or new
bills were introduced The pleuro-pneumonla
bill was read by sections Tor amendments anu
some notifications adopted.
In the Senate on the 26th the Fitz John
Porter bill was reported and made a special
order for March Il. The bill to prohibit mail
ing newspapers containing lottery advertise
unents was placed on the calendar resolu-
ton was adopted calling on the Navy Depart-
unent for information kegarding the Panama
Canal, A joint resolution of thanks 10 the
British Government for the gift of the Arctic.
steamer Alert was adopted without debate.
The bill to consolidate the Bureau OF Military
Justice and the corps of Judge ADVOCATES
of the army was placed on the calendar. a
resolution was adopted inquiring as to tae ex-
port of grain and cotton and the effect dealing
in futures may have had upon it. The bill to
construct additional steel cruisers was taken
up and discussed at some length. In the
House the pleuro-pneumonla bill was taken
mp and discussion of the second section was
concluded The Senate resolution of thanks
for the gift of the Alert was presented aud
unanimous consent asked for ATS lmrned4aUe
consideration, but MI. Robinson objected
In the Senate on the 9th the bill for al
iotment Of lands In severalty to the Umatilla
Indians was reported favorably. A resolution
was offered and referred for an inquiry
whether the officers Of the Western Union and
Bal more " Ohio Telegraph Companies had at
any me entered into 9 n agrfemsnt for con-
Eoldacion. The bill for construction OF st eel
cruisers was taken up and the debate developed
considerable warmth. In the HoHse q resolu-
ton was adopted calling for information row
much money ia the Treasury is available 10
pay that part of the pub G debt now payable.
The Forei. n Affairs Comm ttee reported. ask
ing to he eX FUSED from further consideration
of the Hewltt-Nf 81 reso'ut on renting TO the
O'Donnell matter. Agreed to. The bill to
prohibit the use of the mails to advertise nOX-
fous medicines etc, was laid on the table.
Discussion of the pleuro pneumonia Dill was
resumed and several amendments adopted
IN the Senate on the 18th, Mr.. ingalls, in-
reduced bill TO remove the injunction of Sc
erecy from the members Of the court-martial
/, which tried Fitz John Porter. Consideration
of the bill to construct steel vessels was re
sumed Mr.. Miller advocating the construction
of powerful navy. Mr.. Bayard criticised the
Chandler regime. Mr.. Hale offered an amend
ment to provide safeguards against eXtrava-
gance, which was aSreed to. Mr.. SeWen of
fered substitute providing that the vessels
be built at Government navy yards. Pending
debate an executive session was declared
in the House, Mr.. Deuster presented the reso.
luton adopted by the executive committee of
the Liberal Union of the German Parliament
expressing its appreciation of the action OF
After some speech-making the resolution was
referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee.
The pleuro-pneumona bill passed, 155 to III
Eulogies on the late Representative Haskell
were pronounced.