The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-30
IN cONcR ESS.
Senate.

Mr.. Plumb of Kan introduced apii' ~ ~
forfeiture of the unearned lands granteo 10 u''
Atlantic and Pacific railroad company
The chair laid before the Senate the resoiu-
ton offered by Mr.. Morgan OF Ala directing
the committee on finance TO examine mo
causes of the recent failures of national banks,
and whether such failures are due 10 vloia'io'9
and evasion of law on the part of the officers OF
director, ofthe binks. AT er some debate 'he
resolution was finally and with nut oplecuoh os
Mr.. Morgan, referred TO the co'hfiit'eo o'
finance. II,
Mr. Van Wycl of Neb., offered preambie
and resolution relating to the land grant OF the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Nicks-'
burg, or New Orleans Pacihc railroad COM
pany, which were hid ove".
A message from the House was read, an
nounci z concurrence IN me oehato
amendments to the Indian appropriation oi'i;
The Senate insisted on its amendments, ana
agreed TO the anpointment of committee oil
conferen; e. The chair having announced thc
+, gulnr order to be the Utah bill, MI Bar oil
N H. tried to first secure consideration ol tne
bill for the creation of bureau OF iaoor statis-
tics. Mr. Hoar of Mass. conten'ed that the
Utah bill had precedence, but consented 10 ieD
it go over Temporarily. Pending debate ue'
Senate went into executive session.
The chair laid bef re the Senate the resoiu
ton offered Yesterday by Mr.. Van Wyck OF
Neb., relating to the land grant OF the New,
Orleans, Bate Rouge and Vickshnrg Imiroad'
COMPANY, and without objection by van NycH,
1t was referred to the committee on paoilo'
lands for its opinion and report as to the pro-
priety of the proposed inquiry.
Mr.. Blair OF N H.. offered concurrent
resolution for reference 10 the educatoh anu
labor committee, providing for the printing Oh
100 900 copies of the report of that committee
on the relations between Labor and capital
Mr. Slater of Or, offered resolution when
lies over one day under the rule, requesting
the president to inform the SENATE oy "ha.;
authority commissioners h3d been appoih'eo'
from time to time to examine anu report on
sections of the Northern Pacific railroad whieh'
were con struced and completed subsequent 10
the time in which, by law; the Toi'a was ie-
quired tohe completed.
The bill extending to August. 1886, the tme'
to begin laying the cable authorized by the acb
of Augn t s, 1882, was passed. In reply to an
inquiry by Mr.. Ingalls, Of Kan, as to who the
parties interested in thA bill were Mr. Lapham
ON. Y, said they were mainly citizens oil New
York and Philadelphia. Mir. Lapnam'
added that this would be the htst
cable constructed under q law of Con-
gress and amenable to the law, none
of the existing ocean cables being under the
control or direction of the law. The new COM
pany expected to 81 nd eight or ten mess ses'
simultant ously ovor the same wlre
The agricultural appropriation bill was taken
mn and ,eod by sectians One of the amend
n ents added to the bill by the Senate commit
tee appropria;es S20,0 900 for continuing the 10
cation and sinking of nrtesinn wells on the
plains, with ayew to reclaining aid and
waste public lands. Considerable discussion
arose on this amendment by a suggestion OF
NJ. Coclre |, of Mo-. that the arproprl ton be
limited to one wfll. Mr.. Hale moved to make
the limit two wells, and this was agreed TO,
yeas, IS; nays, %. Another addition made 10
the bill by the Senate committee was sslo,uuV
for the encoul agcmeEt OF the silk culture. Inc
only changes of importance made by the Senate
are the foregoing and an increase IN the amount
of appropriation for the laboratory from Slo,-
00l to $50 900.
The chair appointed h1cssis. Sherman OF o.,
Morrill, of Vt, Allison of Ia, Bayard OF Dell,
and Lamar of Miss, memhers on the part OF
the Senate, OF the commission to supervise the
drdcation ceremonies in connection with the
Washington monument.
Bills were passed providing for public buildA
ings as follows Jacksonville, Fla. to cost
Sl75OO0 at Vicksburg, Miss, Sl00,000; ut
Chattanooga, Tenn, 100000; at Opelousas,
La, $50 coo; at Troy, n. y, $4,000; at
Portland, Or, $3.50, 900; at Sacramento, Cal,
800 900; at Ashevlle, N. c., 500 600; at
Saratoga Springs, n. Y, 100000; at Dayton,
O., $50, 900; at Springfield, O., $4,000 Tho
foregoing SIMS mcludc full cost Of site and
buildings.
The chair laid the Utah bill before the SEN
ate, but Mr.. Hoar Of Mass, who has charge of
that bill, gave way in order to permit Of the
ill. her consideration of the bill to establish q
bureau of labor statistics.
Pend ng action upon this bill Mr.. Var Wyck
of Neb, obtained unanimous consent torut the
following bills upon their passage and they
were read a third time and passed: Permitting
the erection of bridge across the Missouri
river at White Cloud Donphan county, Kan;
another across the same river near the town OF
Rulo Richardson county, Kan; another across
the Mississippi riveI between st. Paul, MINI,
and Natchez, Miss. and another across the IL
linois river between its mouth and Peoria, H.;
also bill authorizing the Beliingham Bay
railway and navigation company 70 build
bridges in the territory Of Washington.
The Senate went into executive session, and
alter ward took up the bill to prohibit mailing
of new spapers and ether publications contgin-
ing lottery advertisements. Mr. Vest. oi Mo-,
obiccte to its further consideration, and dcci-
dcd not to proceed with the bill 1T present. 1t
therefore goes TO the foot of the calen ar.
A bill was pa sed appropriating 1000 10
compensate the officers and memo the govern
ment steamer, J. Don Cameron, for losses in
CURED by the sinking of thnt steamer in 1877,
The Utah bill was then laid before the Sem
ate, but on motion of Mr.. Blair, Of n. H, was
again temporarily laid aside in order TO resume
consi ieration of the bill providing for the es-
tablishment of bureau oflabor statistics.
The Van Wyck amendment providing that
the chief ofthe bureau shall b4tidentifel with
the laboring classes, was read, and after debate
Mr.. Allison, of Ia, raj ed the point that tho
provision authorizing the chief OF the bureau to
appoint clerk was unconstitutional. Mr. Sher-
man, of o. suggested the substilutionof the word
.4~l
the suggestion and moved to make the title OF
the bill bill to establish a department Of Ia
borp
Pend ng debate the Senate adjourned.
Mr.. Ellis of La. from the appropriations CONF
mittce. asked leave to report a Joint resolution
making an additional appropriation of 500 0e0
for the relief Of the Mississippi flood sufferers
but Mr.. Connolly Of Pa. objected.
The Senate amendm' nts to the Dingley ship.
p;rg bill were concnrred and the House pro-
ceeded to the consideration Of the Ind ana con-
tested election case Of English against Peelle.
The majority resolution declares William L.
English to have been elected member of the
4Sth Congress. Pendi' 6 agreement th House
adjourned.
The House resume tn. consideration of the
Engli h-Peelle contested election case, and
Messrs. Browne of Ind, Long ,f NJ ss., Hurd
and Converse of Ohio Springfield Of | l., and
Henley of Cal, took part in the deba' e. BY q
te vote proposition to table the motion to ie-
consider was beaten, and the motion was agreed
10, yeas 1873, nays $50 Mr.. Browne of Ind.
moved to recommit the case to the committee
ON Gle tions with instructions to that committee
to make n recount of The ballots cast forcont' s.
tant and contestee in all the several voting pre-
cincts in the county of Marion, Ind, and make
report Of the result; lost Mr.. Horr of Mich
then 70 to qestion Of privilege, and charged
William ii. English with violating the privileges
OF an ex-member by lo' bving in the interests
ofhis son, the contestant in this case. Mr..
English was vigorously defended by Mr. Rem
dali OF Pa and Mr. Cox Of n. Y, and no action
was taken. The resolution seating Mr. English
was then adopted by vote of l30 to l27 and
MIR. English YVES swomin.
The House then took up the bii foriehins
the Oregon land grant and pending debate sd
journed.
The term "keystone State" was Civ
en- to Pennsylvania on account of her
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