Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-20
THE WORLDS DOlNGS
A Summary or the Daily News.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
The Senate was not in session on the
9Th. After minor business the House pro-
ceedcd 20 the consideration OF the bill forfeit
ing the uncarned Atlantic & Pacific grant.
After brief explanation by Mr.. Cobb. OF In
Pennsylvania. from The Committee ON Appro-
priations, reported the General Deficiency
OIL and 4 vas referred 20 Committee of the
Whole. Mr.. Cobb then called up the bill re-
pcaIing tho pre-cmptlon aud timber culture
laws and amending the homestead law.
smeud MS@an xhSs indiana ssoD; offered nss
ina the act providing for the sale OF
dcssrt lands in certain States and Territories.
On notion OF Mr.. Nelson, Of Minnesota, an
per~ons who have heretofore in good faith
fnare settlements on public lands under pre-
emf ION laws shall DO permitted 20 make anal
dred and sixty acres A long discussion fol-
lloWei, confined Principally 20 declarations of
actual settlers. Upon an amendment offered
~ NJ. Herbert, no quorum voted. and the
House adjourned.
Tbs Senate, on the 9th, insisted upon its
nrncRdments to the Labor Statistics bill and
appointed a Committee of Conference. Mr.
Vance submitted tho views Of the minority Of
the Committee ON Privileges and Elections re-
gardir the Dunville invest! cation. Tho Mex
lean eOldiers Pension bill was taken up and
me pending amendment was laid on the table
amendment TO strike out the phrase for the
suppression OF the rebellion" from Mr.. Hoar's
who fought in the late war for the sup
precision OF the rebellion. Mr.. Williams
moved tOlaY Mr.. Hoar's amendment on the
erSi amendments xerc offered ana laid on the
table and further consideration OF the bill
went over. The House went into Committee
OF the whole ON the River and Harbor bill.
without action the committee rose and the
hoor was accorded the Committee on the Dis
trict OF Columbia. At the evening session of
the House numerous amendments increasing
appropriations for various improvements OF
rivers and harbors we're offered and voted
down. After completing consideration of six
OF the fOrty-Scven pages of the bill. the COM
mittce rose and the House adjourned.
liz the senate, on the 1Otn, large num-
Der OF petitions were presented opposing a
Governmental telegraph. Mr.. Beck withdrew
bis resolution concCrpiDR the removal of po-
litical disabilities. ard the Senate resumed
The amendment offered bv Mr.. Harrison. in
tended 70 limit the benefcinries of the hill TO
those who had seen service. was laid on the
table: yeas, Is; nays ~ The Consular and Di-
piOmatic Appropriation bill was taken mp and
the senate went into secret session on the pOr-
ton reatlng to the enforcement OF the Neu-
trality act. In tho House. Mr.. Morrison,
Chairman OF tho Committee ON Ways and
Means, reported n concurrent resolution pro-
yidinR for hnal adiournment of Congress
Monday. the 10th of June, at three H. m.
Adopted without division Mr. Payson. from
the &C mmittee on Public Lands. reported a
bill torfeitinR part OF certain lands granted by
Iowa TO aid In the construction OF railroads In
that state. The House. at its evening session,
took up the bill directing the Secretary of the
Interior TO obtain from the Rcd Lake Chippe-
wa Indians REIMBURSEMENT of their title TO
the He'd Lake Reservation of Minnesota. After
long debate and without action the House
adjourned.
The senate, on the 18th, went into secret
legislative session on the item in the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill approprl-
ating t2JO.O00 20 cover the necessary expenses
attendant upon the execution of the Neu-
traltty act. Nothing definite was accom-
pltshed, as when the doors wcrc rcOIened a
quorum was not present.. The House went
into Committee Of the Whole on the
River and Harbor bill The clause for
the construction of the Hcnnepin Gu.
nal having been reached. Mr.. Jones, of
wisconsin, raised against u the point of order
that the Committee on Rivers and Harbors had
no jurisdiction over the subject and that q
dill with substantially the same provision was
pending in the House. The Chair overruled
the point OF order and was sustained on an
appeal by lO3 TO Gj. Mr.. Holman then moved
70 strikc out IN" Henncpin canal clause Mr.
Potter supTO ted the motion. mt IL was lost by
n vote of n. to 90. Mr.. CosarUvc.moved to IN,
crease from $4,000 TO $50 900 the appropria.
ton for the Improvement of the Missouri from
It's mouth To sioux City. Lost. After con
Guiding the appropriation portion of the bill
the committee rose and the House adjourned