Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-06-06
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PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
In the House on the 2Jd Mr.. Blair yielded
70 Mr.. Logan. who asked and obtained unani
nous consent to take up and dispose of the
annual Pension Appropriation bill, which was
thcn taken up and In n few minutes passed a
reported by The senate committee. The Labor
bureau bill was then taken up and MIR Blaii
nlthdrcW number OF amendments. leaving
the bill as IL came from the House. Mr.
Aldrich moved substitute. which was agreed
70; yeas. % nays, IS; and. the bill, as amended
tnen passed; yeas, 30: nays, .: the nays being
Colquitt and salisbury. Adjourned 10 Monday
lin the House Mr. kellogg offered a rcsolu.
ION stating that i'm the Investigation of the star
houte cases before the Committee on Expen
ditures in the Department OF Justice, evidence
mao been taken rejecting on HIS character
aud inStructing that committee 20 investigate
MS alleged connection with the Star Route
service. The matter was laid on the table
Ihe house At Its evening session passed forty.
slx pension bills, including one for ffty dol
and adjourned.
The Senate was not in session on the
s4th.....In the House. Mr.. Hatch. of Missouri
presented conference report on the bill "a
establish n bureau OF animal industry. The
1,spOrt was agreed To. On special order of the
rouse thc DAY was assigned members called
~ the Committee on Naval Affairs. The first
oill called up was the Senate bill granting per.
mission To l.. X. Reynolds Of the United States
Navy, To account for the decoration of the
royal and imperial order OF Francis Joseph
from the Government OF Austria. for gallantry
IN saving the lives OF eleven Austrian
sailors. Mr. Robinson. OF New York. OPP
navy are continually asking permission 10 r.
ceive decorations" The bill passed without
y alvislon, Mr: Robinson being unable 20 mus
Ter a SUFFICIENT follOwit.s to call for the yeas
anp nays. The next hill restoring alfred
Hopkins To the rank of captain i'm the navy,
gave rise 70 a long debate. Hopkins Is the
omcer who left Pensacola without leave when
inc yellow fever prevailed there and was dis
missed from the service. The bill was laid
the committee rose the bill passed.
Is the Senate, ON the 26.h. Mr..
Logan reported from the judiciary Com
mittce bill. heretofore passed by the
senate. extending until December 81. 1885,. the
duration OF the Court of Alabama Claims.
win rccommcndatio on that the Senate non
concur IN the House amendment extending
the time one year longer. On the vote to
concur, Mr.. Bayard called the yeas and nays
which resulted: Yeas, ~: NAYS 10 so the
senate concurrcd In the amendment of the
House extending the term of the court to De
ccmbcr -, lss5. Mr.. Plumb. from the Com.
mittce on Public Lands reported favornbly a
bill 20 forfeit the unearncd land grants OF the
Atlantic a Pacific Railroad and restore the
same TO settlement. The Utah hill was plnced
before the senate. and Mr.. Hoar proceeded TO
speak IN ~ favor. After speaking few min
utcs Mr.. Hoar yielded to enable the Mexican
pension bill TO b. taken M. II was dis
cusscd ut great length. but without action
In the House Mr.. Morcy introduced a bill
granting pensions to all honornbly discharged
soldiers OF the rebellion who have reached the
are OF fOrty-nvc. The contested election case
OF Wallace W. Mckinley was taken up. The
majority report unseats Mckinley and de-
clarcs Wallace entitled to the seat The minor
ity confirms the right Of Wallace Pending
debate the matter went over for the present
W. ~. beiiora lntrOduced bill appropriating
t1pluO Tor the erection Of home for disabled
soldiers of the Confederate Army, nt Fred
cricksburg. Va. Referred.
In the Senh'e on the 27th, Mr.. ingalls,
introduced q bill 10 provide for the sale of
lands belonging 10 the prairie band of Potta-
watomie Indians. The senate took up the
Dill To grant the Cinnnbar 4 Clark's Fork Rail-
road Company the right OF way through "A por-
ton OF the Yellowstone Park. After debate
inc matter went over. and the Utah bill was
was made, 20 which Mr.. Hoar objected. and
the vote being tic-twenty-seven yeas To
twcnty-sovCn nuys-the motion failed A
motion was immediately made to 20 into eN-
ccutvc session, resulting I'm another ii vote
twenty nine yeas To- twenty-ninc INV. Mr.
HOar said he would no; insist on Ike ping the
senate. but expressed the hope that next day
there would be long sitting In order to press
the bill through. Adjourned In the House
the speaker appointed Mcssrs. Dihrell.
Williams and White, of Minnesota, TO confer
with the senate on the Agricultural bill Mr.
Ellis called up the joint resolution apprO-
prtating n further sum of 10000 for the re-
hef OF sufferers by the overflow OF the MiSsis-
sippi and its tributaries. The resolution
passed by yeas 10, nays ~ Tho House then
resumed consideration of the Wallace-Mc-
kinlcy contested election case. After debate
the House proceeded To- vote upon the minor
ity resolution. declaring Mckinley entitled TO
the seat. 10 was lost yeas To-. nays l5s. The
majority resolution seating Wallace was
adopted without division. and that gentleman
appeared and took the oath OF Office. Ad-
tOurncd.
In the senate, on the 2Sth, the bill was
reported favorably to reimburse the several
states for interest paid on war loans The
Mexican Pension bill was then taken Tn.
various amendments were made and pending
further debate the Senate adjourned In the
House Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana. from the Com
mtttCo ON Public Lands. RI ported n hill 90 for
teit uncarned land granted the Atlantic A
iucihc Railroad Company. Placed on the
House calendar. The morning hour was nj :
pcnsed with and the House went into Commit
tco OF the Whole, Mr.. Cox in the chair on the
Legislative bill. IL reduces the number of
internal revenue collection districts from
eghty-tour TO siNty-three AMI increases the
force In the Pension Office After completing
the consideration OF thirteen of nincty-six
pages OF the bill the committee arose MIR
DibTcn submitted n conference report on the
Agricultural Appropriation bill. Adopted.
AZ the evening session the House went into
Committee OF the whole. aud resumed congid.
Grafton of the Legislative bill until adjourn.
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