The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-05-02
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
Senate.


In the Senate Mr. Jonas. of louisiana, intro
duced a bill to appropriate 81, 90, 600 in aid OF
.he worlds fair at New Dreams. A similar
bill was introduced in the House Mr..
Logan, from the judi iary committee, re-
ported favorably on the bill to amend the Con-
stitution so as TO empower the President to
veto one or more items of an appropriation
bill while approving the remainder of the bill.
&c.. The bill to provide a uniform system Of
bankruptcy was amended and passed.
The bill was passed providing for the gov
eminent and control of the Sainte Marie
Falls canal, which was given to the United
States by the State of Michigan, and also the
bill protecting Indian reservations from the
unlawful cutting of timber. The House bill
providing for the establishment of bureau
of animal industry and the extirpation of
pleuro pneumonia among cattle was substi
tuted for the Senate bill Mr. Coke severely
criticised the department of agriculture for
spreading false reports of the nature of the
disease among American cattle.
a bill was reported favorably for the adj
mission of Tacoma as state of the Union;
also the bill authorizing bridges across the
Kill Won Kull. a bill was passed providing
for the disposal of abandoned m litary reser-
vations The bill was passed amen ling the
revised statutes relating to trespassers on In
dim Ian S. 1t ad Is Imprisonment to the fine
already provided for. e. The SENATE continued
the debate on the bill to provide for bureau
of annual industry and to suppress cattle dis
cases.
The Senate agreed TO a resolution proyid-
ing for the deposit in the Smithsonian Insti-
tute of the silk flag presented TO the Senate
by Mr.. Joseph Newman, of California, being
tie first American flag made OF American
silk The House bill to establish and
maintain bureau of labor statistics was
reporte favorably: also Mr.. Blair's
bill to urovida for the study of physiology and
the eff cts OF intox ating, narcotic and Iois-
ono HJhs,ances on life h alth a d welfare
among the eople of the Territories and the
Ii tri t of Columbia. The Senate voted to
insi upon its amendments to the naval ap-
preparation bill Mr. Wilson spo';e on his
joint resolution re ating to Interstate COM
merce.
Mr. Mutchler moved to pass billrepealing
the sections OF the revised statutes restricting
the terms Of certain Presidential appontees
to four years. The appointees referred to are
district attorneys, territorial judges, survey
ors-general, registers and receivers, collectors
and surveyors Of Gust ms, and presidential
postmasters. The motion, after considerable
debate, was lost. a bill Yves passel Great
ing a bureau of navigation in the treasury
department. A bill was passed providing
that all persons who have served three
months or. more. in the military or
naval service of the United States
in any war, and who, by reason of injuries
or disease originating in that service, are UNI
able, i'll whole or i'll part, to earn a living by
manual labor, shall b. entitled to a pension.
Bills were INTRODUCED for tho creation of
n silk Gu ture bureau: to reduce thu tax on
brandy distilled from fruits; granting pen
sion to the widow of Commander DeLong-
to tax the manufacture and sale OF oleomar-
garine; to promote education by carrying all
newspapers free OF postage.
The naval appropriation bill and the post
office appropriation bill, with Senate amend
ments, were reported back from the commit
tee on appropriations: inconvenience was
moved in ca II case and objected to, and
both bills were referred to the committee of
the whole. -. The Kansas contested ele ton
case of W God against Peters was decided in
favor of Peters, the sitting member.
-Four reports were submitted on the pro-
posed womans suffrage constil utional amend
ment the majority report being adverse. e.
The House concurred in the Senate ordnance
amendments t. tn naval appropriation bill
and refused to con ur in other Senate amend
ments The Senate amendments to the
postoftice appropriation bill We're non-con-
CURED in.
In his prayer the chaplain of the House in
vokei divine protection fo' The Greedy relief
expedition, and divine aid for sue cessful
terminal on of its miss ON. The b II for the
relief of Myri C. ark Gaines was after debate
in committee of the VIII l., Ii | a,i!e with a
favorable recomn endati N. Tie House
a agreed to the )nfere ice report On the little
deficiency bill -. At the evening session sew
eral pension bills were passed