The Red Cloud chief., 1884-06-20
WORLDS DOINGS
A Summary OF the Daily News.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.

PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
The Senate, on the 9th. insisted upon its
amendments to the Labor Statistics bill and
appointed Il Committee of Conference. Mr..
Vance submitted the views of the minority of
the Committee on Privileges and Elections re-
garding the Danv1ile investigation. Tn Mex
lean Soldiers Pension bill WIS taken UP and
the pending amendment was laid on the table.
The amendment was Mr.. Riddlctarger's
amendment to strike ont the phrase for the
suppression OF the rebellion" from Mr.. Hoar's
amendment, providing pensions for soldiers
who fought in the late war for the sup
preston of the rebellion. Mr.. Williams
moved TO Law Mr.. Hoar's amendment on the
table. Carried. Ayes, 20: nays. Is. Sew
eral amendments were offered and laid on the
table and further consideration of the hill
went over. The House went into Committee
of the Whole on the River and Harbor bill.
floor was accorded the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia At the evening session of
the House numerous amendments increasing
appropriations for various improvements of
rivers and harbOrS were offered and voted
down. After completing consideration of Fix
of the fOrty-scvcn pages of the bill. the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, a large num-
Der of petitions were presented opposing a
Governmental telegraph. Mr. Beck withdrew
his resolution concerning the removal of pO-
litical disabilities, and the Senate resumed
cons d ration of the Mexican Pension bill.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Harrison, in
tended TO limit the bcnefciaries Of the bill to
those who han seen service, was laid on the
table,: yeas, -; nays, u. The Consular and Di-
PiOmatic Appropriation bill was taken up and
the Senate ven into secret session on the pOr-
ton relating To the enforcement of the Neu-
trality act. In the House. Mr.. Morrison,
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported u concurrent resolution pro-
viding for final adjournment of Congress
Monday, the 5Oth of June, at three y. m.
anrfa yrrf x,f ,,c,A =" G..-
the Committee on Public Lands. reported u
bill FORGETTING part of certain lands granted by
Iowa To aid in the construction of railroads in
that State. The House. 1T its evening session,
took up the bill directing the Secretary of the
lNteriOr to obtain from the Red Lake ChipI.e-
wa Indians Il REIMBURSEMENT of their title to
the Red Lake Reservation of Minnesota. After
n long debate and without action the House
adjourned.
THE Senate, or the 18th, went into secret
legislative session on the item in the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill %appropri-
ating s2J0.0H to cover the necessary expenses
attendant upon the execution of the Neu-
trality act. Nothing definite WIS accom-
plished. rs when the doors were %reoPened II
quorum was not prcstnt.-..The House went
into Committee of the Whole on the
River and HarbOr bill. The clause for
the construction of the Hennepin Ca
hal having been reached. Mr.. Jones. of
Wisconsin. raised against It the point of order
that the Committee on Rivers and Harbors had
no jurisdiction over the subject and that a
bill with substantially the same provision was
pending in the House. The Chair Ovcrrulcd
the point of order and was sustained on an
appeal by lE5 To IL. MIR. Holman then moved
10 strike ont the Henncpin canal clause. Mr..
Potter sUppOI ted the motion, hut il was lost by
Il vote of q. I'd ~. Mr.. CoSgrove.Inoved 70 in
crease from SJs.N0 TO Ss50.W1 the ]appropr;a-
ton for the Improvement OF the Missouri. from
its mouth 10 sioux City. Lost. After con-
Guiding the appropriation portion of the bill
the committee rose and the House adjourned.
THE Senate, on the l2-h. took II final vote
on the Consular and Diplomatic 'Appropria-
ton bill, and the bill was passed 10y thirty
eight yeas and two nays Vance and Van
Wyckl. The bill az passed is almost precisely
as reported from the Senate on
Appropriations. making an addition of $780,
On to the till as reported from the House.
The Mexican Pensions bill WAS taken up.
After debate. the Senate. without reaching Il
conclusion on the bill, went into executive
session. and when the doors opened. All
journed THE House met in continuance of
Wednesdays session. and went into Commit-
tee of the Whole. on the River and
Harbor:. Appropriation bill. The appro-
Muskingum River was increased from So
40 TO SSl.OU. The committee arose and re-
ported the bill To the House. Mr.. Oates
moved to strike out the Honnepin canal
clause. The motion To strike out was agreed
to: yeas. l46: nays. H.. Mr.. Murphy then
moved To lay the hill and pending amend
fleniS on the tADtt- Inc mOtCl WIS lOSt:
yeas. %: nays. LID. The bill WAS then passed
10y a vote oil yeas, l5.; nays. In. The Speaker
announced that the vote on the motion to
strike out the Hcnncpin canal clause had not
been correctly stated; that the actual vote
was: yeas. L6: nays. lG.. Mr.. Eaton then
called up the Senate hill regulating
the electoral count. After some dis
cussiOn. the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Brown OBJ
tanned unanimous consent TO take up the bill
10 require the payment in cash to the State of
Georgia of $S,5S. appropriated for that State
by act of Congress, passed March I'd. TO re-
fund to Georgia certain moneys expended for
the common defense in I.... Mr.. Doiph
moved an amendment to include S25.11 for
oregon and S495 for California to refund
moneys expended by those States i'm the sup
preston of the NOdoc hOsfiiities. After a
long discussion. Mr.. Ingalls, moved TO recon-
NIT the bill To the mmitt IN Claims. Ii
wss then discovered that no quorum was
present and the Senate adjourned until the
10Th III the House the Senate amendments
to theCotsular and Diplomatic ana Revenue
Appropriation bills were non-concIrrcd in.
Mr.. Pryor then took the nOOr on the Electoral
bill. At the conclusion of Mr.. Pryor's speech
Mr.. TownsiIend, of Illinois. submitted a CON
ference report on the PoSt-oricc Appropri-
alton bill. He said that the items upon
which no agreement hsd been reached
We're. first. increasing the appropriation
creasing by SI.O00.0U the appropriation for
mail transportion on railroad routes; third,
striking out the clause regulating the COM
penSation TO land grant roads; fourth. appro-
NTH. increasing by sS0.tf0 the Appropriation
for railway post-ofiice clerks. The conference
WAS adopted "a far rs the items are
concerned upon which the agreement had
been arrived At. The House ut its evening
session passed seventy-Six pension bills and
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