The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-07
CONGRESSIONAL sUmnARr.
sERATE.

Senate.
WASHINGTON. Jan 30-A petition was
presented signed by 1900 citizens of |
the District Of Columbia, and other petd-
tons signed by large number of citi.
zens Of the territories of Washington.
DekotA end Idaho, all prayinp for the
enactment of q law prohibiting the man
utacture or sale Of alcoholic LIQUORS in
the district and territories.
Hale called up the report of the COM
mseaee CT conference of both houses re-
Isting to the Greeley relief expedition:
The report recommends the senate to re-
ceoe from its amendment requiring that
only persons who ara volunteers shall
be detailed for the expedition.
Pending the discussion of this meas
ure the chair informed the senate that
the hour had arrived for the senators to
attend the funeral ceremonies of the late
representative Mackey, and the senators
tnereupon went In body to the house
On their return the senate adjourned.
HOUSE
At the hour of / o'clock public
business was suspended and arrange
menta were made for the funeral ceTe-
monies Of the late E W. MackeY, of
South Carolina. At :05 the senate was
announced. As the members of that
body Med down the main aisle to the
seats assigned them, the members of the
house remained standing as mark of
respect.
The funeral procession did not reach
the capitol until 2:15 Preceded by the
pail bearers and the jaint committee of
arrangements, followed by the mary sor-
rowing relatives and friends, the casket
containing the remains was borne into
the chamber, and placed upon support
in front of the speakers desk. Selec-
tons from the Bible were read by Rev.
DR.. e. D. HUntly. After the bepedic-
rion by the chaplain of the house, the
funeral procession left the chamber, and
the members of the senate having retired
the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga fcod of
petitions we're presented from dozen OF
! more states. pray ing for prohibitory
liquor laws in the District of Columbia
AMI territories. Referred
Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred were these:
By Blair, to pay employees of the gov
ernment the wages withheld for viola.
ton of the eight hour law.
Coke presented as a memorial the
| joint resolution Of the Legislature of
Texas requesting the senators and rep
resentatiYes from that state in cen gress
| 10 urge the passage OF an act for the i'm
| provoment Of the Galveston harbor, on
| the basis of the pending propC 81 ion oil
| Captain Eads.
The resolution of, red by Plat was
then taken up, and agreed to, directing
| Investigations by the senate COMMITTEES
on postoffices and postToads into the
| cost of telegraphic correspondence and
| such accounts as have been affected by
contracts between the Western Union
| and other companies, and by large stock
dividends.
HOUSE.
Anderson, from the committee on pub
lie lands, reported a rs Ilution which
was adopted, calling on the secI et4ry o
the interior 10 explain by what authority
1886, 600 acres of land was certified to tbs
state of Kansas for the benefit of the A
T. & 8. F. railway.
At the conclusion of the morning hour
the house proceeded TO the consideration
of the calendar.
Prefer ence was gjve1 to the bills re
ported from the COMMITTEES on public
lands. The first bill was that declaring
forfeited certain grants of Land made t.
certain states TO aid in the c1nstructIor
ofrailways.
Il forfelts all lands granite to Missis
sippi under the act approved August II
1856, except the grant in aid of The rail
road from Jackson to the state line q
Alabama; also the land granted to Ala
bama, under acts of June 3. 1856 anC
March 3, 1857, to aid in the CONSTRUCTOR
1 @c ESutnn n h., t.
river, Memphis s. Charleston rnaI, anC
Savannah 6 Albany road alsp the lands
granted to Louisiana to aid In the con
stIuction of a road from New Orleans
to the state line; also the lands granted
to Arkansas to aid in the construction o
q road from point where the lror
Mountain railroad intersects the south
ern boundary to point near Helena.
Cobb made a brief explanation of thu
provisions of the bill, stating that thu
lands which it proposed to forfeit haC
not been earned by the various compln
les, and declaring himself in favor o
forfeiting every acre granted 10 railroad
companies which had not been earned
in strict accordance to law None of the
lands affected by the bill were patented
either to states or companies, and in it,
second section the bill fully protected
the settlers who had entered upon the
lands The bill passed.
The next bill on the calendar was that
declaring q forfeiture of lands granted Il
the Texas Pacific Railroad company
under the act of congress, approved
March 8. 1871, aud acts supplemental
thereto. The report accompanying the
bill being very long, 1t was ordered
| printed in the Record and without de
bate the bill passed: Yeas. 259; pays,
Barr, OF Pennsylvania
On motion of Hatch, of Missouri, 6
resolution was adopted making the bill
providing for the establishment of 6
bureau of animal industry, etc , a special
| order for February 5.
The speaker laid before the house q
message from the president transmitting
the report of the secretary of state and
accompanying papers relative TO the re-
striction of the importation of American
hog products into Germany and France
Immediately clash for Jurisdiction
arose as to which committee was entitled
to the report of the secretary of state
Townshend favorinG the committee on
commerce, Hatch, of Missouri. the com
mittee on agriculture, and Curtin The
committee on foreign affairs. Finally
matters were compromised to the
mutual satisfaction of all parties bI
ordering it. printed and laying it OF
the table.