The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-11
PReCEBbNGS OF CONGRESS-.

y sENATE-The opening session Of tho senate
was preceded by : lively half-hour of hand
shaking and gossip between senators and their
: frlehds Precisely 1T noon the president Of tho
J senate called the body to order and prayer was
offered. On motion Of Mr.. Logan the secreta-
mesa Messrs. Sherman and Garland
wateAppoint1d . committee to inform. the
president that the senate was ready to receive
any Communication he might be pleased to
% The sSssa read the 5 Ss Of
canoy caused By the death Of Senator Anthony,
= The Presidents message was received and
when the reading was concluded, Mr. Adrich,
In . few feeling remarks, made formal an
nouncenient Of the death Of Senator Anthony,
and the senate adjourned.
HousE-Promptly at noon the speakers
gavel called the house to order. After prayer
the speaker directed the clerk to call the roll
Ihe roll call disclosed the presence Of 222 men,
bers, and the clerk vas directed to inform the
business. The speaker appointed Messrs Ran:
aan and Cox IN. w. q committee to wait upon
the president in conjunction with similar
committed from the senate, and inform him
that congress was ready to receive any corn
m4nication he might be pleased to make.
The message was referred to the committee
OF the whole on the state of the Union, and,
with accompanying documents, ordered printed.
sENArE-Mr. Sheffield was sworn in as SON
offered for an investigation of all leases Of
land in tho Indian Territory, and debated at
considerable length
HoUsE-Mr Follett Of Ohio as question Of
privilege, presented the following preamble
and resolution:
> I do impeach Lot Wright, United States mar
shal for the southern district OF Ohio, Of high
crimes and misdemeanors charge him with
usurpation of power and violation Of law, in
that he appointed large number of general
and special deputy marshals to serve at several
voting precincts in Cincinnati, at the election
FOR members of congress, on the 18th of Octob-
or, 1884, and armed the, said deputy ntarshals
have been furnished by the war department
Resolved, That the committee on expendi-
lures Of the department of justice be required
and directed, as soon as the same can reason.
able be done, to investigate such charges and
report to the house.
An exciting debate followed, participated in
by Messrs. Follott and Converse, Of Ohio;
Cox of New York; Reagan of Texas; Barksdale
of Missouri, and others on the Democratic side,
while Messrs. Kieter and Jud Taylor, of Ohio;
Hiscock of New York. and Reid Of Maine pre-
sented tho Republican view of the case. None
of the latter opposed the resolutions or the in
vestgation contemplated by it The resolution
was adopted. / :,
SENATE-The resolution for an investig.-
ton Of land leases in tie Indian Territory was
amended so as to inofu1e leases in Indian reS-
ervations and adopted Mr.. Mcpherson intro
duced bill .to.suspeif silver coinage. Bills
passed authorizing thl construction Of rail-
way bridge across thePt Croix between Still
water and Taylor's Falls, and authorizing the
secretary of war to adjust and settle the account
for arms, ETC., between Montana and the United
States
t:y,
authorizing the presidht to place Brvt Maj.
Gen. William W. AvGAl on the retired list OF
the army with the rank and pay Of "confden-
tial cruisers in the act re-establishing the
court of commissions Of Alabama claims shall
be construed and htd to include for all pur-
and crew Of vssels of organized ex-
petitions acting 10 such by authority of
the late so-called confederate government, or
any of itS ofic e. by which, vessels or car
capturetor destroyed on the high seas; and
that act e construed to include any waters
within to admiralty Jurisdiction of the United
States.
Tho mate passed the house bill for the re-
lief of rancis B. Van Haesen It authorizes
reliplishment by the governor Of Minnesota
to 16Ocres OF land near Alexandria, and con-
fines an Haesen's bounty warrant title to it.
Ho'E.-A bill passed authorizing the con-
strucon Of bridge across the St. Croix river
OeCWu OtllWaCer ana laylOr'S Fails
emotion of Mr.. Cobb, the senate amend
J., mer to the house bill perfectng the uneacned
lanof the Atlantic & Pacific: Railroad compa-
ny ere non concurredin. -
motion of Mr. Randall, the house went
int committee of the whole (Mr Cox of Now
Yd in the chair) on the bill making tempor-
arprovislon for the naval service. No amend
mts were offered to the bill, and no discus
81, was had, MIR. Randall merely making
brf statement that the total appropriation for
tn support of the navy for the current fiscal
ye was SIS, 636, l66, reduction of $25S, :o6S
I'm the apr opriation of the previous year.
II committee rose, the bill passed.
;ENATE-Tho following bills were intro
tted and referred: By Mr.. Mitchell, grant
pension to Gen. Grant; by Mr.. Gibson, for
t, erection of a public building at New Or.
lns to cost one million dollars.
Mr.. Cameron (Pa) submitted the following,
'hich he desired to lie over and be printed:
Whereas, The shipping trade in American
'esses is depressed and export trade in Amer
- can produce is languishing for want of a
market that might be reached if the shipping
trade was in the hands of citizens of the United
States: therefore be it
Resolved, That the committee on finance be
and is hereby directed to inquire whether it be
expedient to expend the surplus revenue of the
United States any portion thereof, for the rur-
pose Of reviving the shipping and export trade
by allowing rebate from tariff duties on for
eign goods imported in ships built and owned
IN the United States, and by also allowing q
! premium on American-grown products. and
articles of American manufacture exported in
american vessels, and report by bill or other
wise.
Messrs. Ingalls, and Cameron will call up the
resolution at an early day. -
Mr. Hill. offered a resolution declaring
against tho suspension Of the coinage of silver
dollars or the issue of silver certificates. Ad-
n6oVr
= HousE-Following is the text of Repre-
sentative Morrison's bill, introduced: s'Be it
enacted, that the secretary of the treasury be
and is hereby authorized and directed to ap-
ply the surplus revenues at any time
in the treasury in excess Of $4,000 900,
not otherwise appropriated to tho redomtion
Of United States bonds; and when any of said
bonds are redeemable at tho pleasure Of the
government, 1t shall not be lawful to. apply
any portion Of said surplus to the, purchase Of
bonds at premium"
The Interstate commerce bill was discussed,
and the House;adjourhed to Monday
SENATE. Mr.: Blair introduced bin to ap-
propriate $4,000 to promote the proposed
worlds exposition to be held in Chicago next
September by the colored people Mr. Blair
Is ono of the most interchangeable workers in
, congress-, and it would not be- surprising if he
succeeded i'll securing the passage of his
IL
to dlsburse the appropriation are Joseph E.
Thomas of Illinois, Daniel johnson of Missis-
sippi, Philip Josephs of Alabama, W. W. Hand
of Illinois, Joseph M. Moore of Tennessee and
Thomas T. Fortune of New York. The CON-
mssioners are required to give bond in the
sum of s20O, OCO!
Mr.. Mitchell withdrew his bill granting
pension to Gen. Grant, this being in accord
anco with the expressed wishes of the general
himself The bill for the incorporation of the
Spokane Falls 4 Cour dAlene Railroad COM
pany was considered and arpendments adopted
forbidding the companys Consolidation with
other railroad companies or to build branches.
The letter from Gen. Grant, read in the SEN
ate, declining, under any circumstances, to &C
cept q pension from the United States is CON-
mended by all his friends. The latter, as well
as the general himself, feel that he is Justly en-
titled to be placed on the retired list with the
rank of general, which he bore at the time he
resigned his commission to accept the presi-
dency:
HousE.-Two more bills were presented in
relation to the currency One, by MI. Warner,
provides that whenever the national bank cur
rency falls below $4,000, 600, United States
notes shall be issued in sufficient amount to
maintain it's volume of paper currency, in
Guiding the greenbacks now outstanding at
$650OO0OO0 The object aimed at nv this hill