McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1884-05-01
The Bill to Establish a Bureau
of Labor Statistics Favor
ably Reported.
The Pleuro.Pneumonia Bill Soon to
be Disposed OF In the
Senate.
The Tariff Question-..MlssIssipp River
ImpYovement...O Washing.
ton Matters.
CONGRES
SENATE.

CONGhESSlONAL.
SENATE.
MONDAY, April 21.-The senate took
up the bankruptcy bill.
Mr.. Van Wyck said the principal differ
ence he saw between the present bill and
the old bankruptcy bill, against which all
classes had risen up and protested, was
that under the old law the expenses in
CURED for officers compensation came
from the bankrupt's estate, and in this bill
it was to come from the United States treas
ury.
Mr.. Hoar replied that out of the bank
rupt's estate a certain percentage was paid
into the treasury of the United States.
George, Sherman, Hoar, ingalls,, Ed
munds, Morgan and Van Wyck. The bill,
as amended, was reported from the COM
mittee of the whole and passed-yeas 81,
nays Is.
Mr.. Dingley, from the shipping
committee, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill creating bureau of naviga-
ton in the treasury department. Agreed
to. The bill WIS passed-yeas, ITO; nays,
Al.
Mr.. Warner from the committee on pen
sions, bounty and back pay, moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill providing
that every person specified in the several
classes enumerated in the pension laws of
the United States who served in the field in
military or naval service in any war in which
the United States has been engaged for q
period Of two months or more and has an
honorable discharge, and Is not receiving
pension or a greater pension than that
provided for herein, but who, by reason of
any wound, injury or disease which there Is
probably cause to believe originated in
service in the line Of duty, and not the re-
suit of his own misconduct or bad habits,
service, and Is now disabled, or In part,
for procuring his subsistence by manual
labor, shall, upon making due proof of the
facts, under such regulation as may be pre-
scribed by proper authority not inconsis-
tent with the provisions of this act. be
placed on the list of pensi oners of the Uni
ted States and be entitled to receive a PEN
sion during the continuance Of such disa
bility at rate proportionate to the degree
thereof.
The motion was agreed to, and the bill
passed-yeas, 1855; nays, 81.
SENATE.
TUESDAY, April 22.-Mr. Blair, from
the committee on education and labor, re-
ported favorably the bill to create COM
mission to inquire into and report upon the
material, industrial and intellectual pro-
gress made by the colored people of the
United States since 1865.
The senate took up and passed the bill to
accept and ratify certain agreements made
with the Sioux Indians, and grant the right
of way to the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul Railway company through the Sioux
reservation in Dakota. Also similar bill
to accept and ratify certain agreements
made with the Sioux Indians and grant the
right of way to the Dakota Central Railway
company through the Sioux reservation.
HOUSE.
The tariff bill was discussed without
action. An order was made to provide
that the evening session, until further no
tice, be for general debate on the tariff bill.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the pension appropriation bill,
the pending amendment being that offered
by Rosecrans, transferring the duties of
pension agent to the pay department of the
army. The amendment was lost.
On motion of Rogers an amendment was
adopted providing that no agent, attorney
or other person shall demand or receive a
fee for his services in cases of pension or
bounty land claims until the allowance of
the claim.
The committee then rose and reported the
pension bill to the house, when it was
passed.
WEDNESDAY, April 23.-The chair
laid before the senate message from the
president, transmitting the report of the
secretary of state, giving information con-
corning the average production, consump-
ton, expectation and importation Of wheat,
rye, corn and cotton in foreign countries.
Mr.. Hill reported favorably the bill
granting thirty days. leave Of absence to
letter carriers. Placed on the calendar.
The chair laid before the senate the
special order, being the bill to establish
bureau of animal Industry, to prevent the
expectation of diseased cattle, and provide
for the eXtirpation of pleuro- pneumonia
and other contagious diseases among do
nestle animals.
The house bill was substituted for the
senate bill, and, after discussion, without
final action, the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Payson, from the committee on
public lands, reported the bill to prevent
the unlawful occupancy OF public lands.
Placed on the calendar.
Mr. Randall, from the committee on ap-
pr OPERATIONS, reported back the naval ap.
preparation bill with the senate amend
ments and moved Inconvenience in
these amendments.
Mr.. Kasson raised the point of order that
the amendments must first be considered
in committee of the whole. The bill was
important, affecting as it did the construc-
ton Of new naval cruisers, and he did not
think the house should pro forma express
nom concurrence in the amendments.
The speaker sustained the point of order,
and the bill, with the amendments, was re.
ported to the committee of the whole.
SENATE.
THURSDAY, April 24.-The chair laid
before the sengte communication from the
attorney general requesting that an i'm
mediate provision be made by Joint resolu-
ton of congress for the payment of jurors
and witnesses for the United States courts.
The sum recommended is $50, 600.
A hill was nassed nroNidinp for the dis.