Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-02-14

tee on Commerce reported the shipping bill,
TO which several amendments were offered,
and minority report was also made. Hill
introduced a bill providing for the readjust-
ment of compensation for the transportation
of mails on railroad routes. A little breeze
occurred when Hale called up the conference
report on the Greedy relief expedition, which /
was in possession of the House and could /
only be considered by unanimous consent, /
which was asked by Hale on account OF the |
emergency. ingalls, remarked that much had
been said abont the emergency, when In |
fact no expedition could leave before May.
He severely criticised the conduct of the |
Secretary of the Navy in 'lmpertlnently
attempting to interfere with the leglslanon
of Congress by sending communications TO
the members of one house on the subject
of legislation while that subject was under
consideration by the other house, with
view to preventing an agreement between
the two houses" He also SAID that ne was
informed by the press that ship had al
ready been bought. Hale replied that OF g
had been bargained for but not purchased.
The matter was finally dropped and the
Mexican land grant titles bill taken up
when the Senate adjourned until Monday
Senator Hubbard made an argument be-
fore the Committee on POstOfices and Post
Roads upon the subject of the Postal Tele-
| graph bill, in which he argued the greed
mess of the Western Union Telegraph Com
| D1lly dUO uES0U t1dG IL I44AAO III SOAAAO PSAO
| lie relief.
In the House on Feb. 8th Belmont offer
| ed a resolution directing the Committee on
| Judiciary to report whether Congress had
| the power to regulate commerce between the
| United st ties and foreign Nations by inspec
ton laws, taxes, etc. The Secretary OF war
was authorized to furnish tents for the Chi
cago reunion of soldiers and sailors. A res
Olution of respect to the memory Wendell
Phillips. chasing him with Patrick Henry
and Daniel Webster was introduced by Fin
erty, and objected by to Eaton. BOyne intro
duced a bill repeating all International tax
es on domestic tobacco. The Conference
!; Committees report on the Greeley relief
bill was agreed to. The Committee on
Elections submitted report on the Chal-
mers-Manning contest case, dlscharg!ng
the committee from further consideration
of the prima facie case and awarding the
seat to neither claimant. Ordered printed.
The same committee offered a resolution
in the GarrisOn-Mayo case, declaring
that Mayo has the prima facie right to the
seat Ordered printed. The report OF the
| Committee on Rules was then considered
and Cox's amendment creating a select
committee on the Tenth Census, was agreed
to. Ex-SenatOrS were refused admls-
sion to the floor. Reeds amendment
fixing the order of business was lost, the
debate pointing out that no business OF i'm
portance except the passage of apprOpria
was then adopted. Wells introduced a bill
providing for the support ofcommon schools
It provides for an annual appropriation o.
from $40, OOO, 600 to $15, 100000 for the mex
ten years, the appropriation to be reduced 6qcet
mittee of the Whole, the bill authorizing
the Secretary of War to correct muster roll
of volunteer forces so that the muster roll
of officers and enlisted men shall cove
l the whole period during which the!
regularly commissioned and actual,
s performed the duties to which
9 commissioned, or were prevented from
! ! performing their duties by reason o
: commended and when the Committee arose
/ the bill passed. The Speaker announce,
j the appointment of Hopkins, Ward, AID
n ans md Poland and Wilson Qa.) as
|, committee to investigate the charges agains
: H. V. Boynton, the Washington CORE
/ sponednt of the Cincinnati Commercial
e Gazette. Mr.. Golf introduced joint reso
: luton appropriating 100000 for the relic
n of the sufferers by the overflow ofthe Obi
} river and it's tributaries. Adjourned unit
2, Monday.