The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-21
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
M0,rd0y, Feb7.,sa7aN II.

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sENATE-Soon after the senate met this
morning, Pendleton of Ohio arose to perform
the saddest and one of the most heroic acts of
his life, and that was to present the credentials
of his successor, Henry B. Payne, recently
elected to Mr.. Pendleton's seat by the Ohio leg
islature He did it without f1niching.
Bills were introduced for q survey of passes
between the aff1uents Of the upper Mfssfssfppt
and Columbia rivers to ascertain the distance
between the navigable waters of those rivers;
bridge across the river at St. Paul (Mr. McMil-
lan); authorizing the Mississippi river commits
sion to appropriate land and material required
for it's work. The bill passed securing to Amer
lean inventors the full term of seventeen years
for their patents in cases whore foreign patents
expire before that time. The senate voted to
recede from its amendment to the Greedy relief
expedition bib. The resolution for the relief
Of food sufferers, mentioned in the house pro-
ceedings, was adopted
aries Of judges of district courts fixed the sal
aries of judges Of the districts of Minnesota,
Kansas and Western Arkansas from July l,
1884, at $4,000 and the judges of the following
districts
The Senate confirmed; Henry D. Lyman,
Ohio, second assistant postmaster general;
William Christy Wilson, La, assaycr of the
mint, New Orleans; Thomas B. Knapp, post
master, Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Register of Land Ofiiccs-Myron Fl McCord.:
Wausau, Wis. Henry Esperson,. La Crosse
Wis; B. n. Johnson, Fergus Falls, Mimi;
Henry w. Lord Creelsburg, Oak.
Carrie G. Bell, receiver of public moneys, Bay
field, Wis.
Nominations. NJ Lawson, Texas,
agent Quapaw agency, Indian Territory; Dan
iel 3. Dyer, Kan, agent Cheyenne band, Ara
pahoe agency, Indian Territory. james H.
Stewart, postmaster, Charleton, Iowa.
HOUSEHOLDS and resolutions were intro
dnced facilitating the settlement of private
land claims: restoring those dropped from the
election of president and abolishing the clecto-
raj college; encouraging Indian education in
Dakota; abolishing the Office of assistant sur
a fhe co gssla of brdges across oe
the Mississippi at ST Paul (Mr. Washburn); re-
pealing the import duty on books in foreign
languages (ilo White; for the preservation
of forests at the sources of navigable rivers:
amending the Pacific railroad act SO as to re-
graph line from Sioux City, Iowa, west to tho
Union Pacific via the Niobrara valley (Atilo
White) requiring the secretary of the treasury
to pay 800, 600 600 in 3 per cent bonds. The
military academy appropriation bill was re-
ported also a joint resolution approprlatlnS
$500, 600 for the relief of the food sufferers.
After long debate the resolution passed
::.,3}3 to II.
Mr.. Washburn introduced i'll the house to-
day bill to authorize the construction OF one
or more carriage railroad bridges across tho
Mississippi river at st. Paul. 1t is substitute
for similar bill introduced by him some tim
ago
A bill was introduced in the house day by
Hon D. 3. Henderson of Iowa to provide for
the issue Of circulating notes to national bank
associations.