Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-05-01


mittee on Library, an amendment TO the
| sundry civil appropriation bill, proposing
an appropriation. of Sic, 600 for the purchase
of Mrs. Fassett' painting, Electoral Com
! mission
In the House, on April 18th, bill passed
authorizing the construction of a bridge
over the Missouri river at Sibley, Mo.
A bill limiting to two years the time with.
| in which prosecutions may be instituted
against persons charged with violating the
| internal revenue law was taken uu
for consideration, and White, of Ken
lucky, proceeded to criticize the Springer
Committee for not continuing the investi-
| CATION, of Gov Murray. Miller. at length
called him to order, and the Speaker thought
| the remarks of the gentleman irrelevant to
! the bill. White said the difference between
| tn espeaker and himself was while he had
been endeaVoring to defend the rights of the
poorest people in his State the speaker had
! been endeaVoring to get bills through Con
gress for the biggest whisky monopolies in
! the State OF Kentucky. The speaker said
/ he desired that the words should not be
taken down, add that no notice be taken OF
! them and was applauded on both sides OF
the Chamber. When White had concluded,
! the bill passed.
In Committee of the Whole, bill to re-
move the charge of desertion from the rec
| ords of volunteers in all cases where it
! shall appear that they served faithfully I'M
| till the expiration of their term or until
| May 1st, 1865, but were absent from their
| command when it was mustered out, and
! failed to receive honorable discharge. 1t
! also applies to cases where soldiers charged
| with desertiOn subsequently enlisted IN an
other regiment and were hOnorably dis
charged. The bill was favOrably recon-
mended.
The bill for the relief of Myra Clark Gaines
was considered but not disposed Of
At the evening session twenty-six pen
sion bills passed.
The House Committee on Postoficesand
POstroads adopted resolution declaring it
expedient to adopt the contract system of
postal telegraphy and at its next meeting
will formulate bill.
The House Committee on Public Lands
| instructed favorable report on the bill
making it unlawful to enclose more than
| $40 acres of land in any State or Territory,
unless the parties have titles to it.
The House Committee on Territories
adopted a substitute bill providing for the
appointment by the President of a Com
mission to govern Utah. It provides for
| legal single marriages and against polyg-
| amy.
There was no session of the Senate on
April 18th.
In the House, on April 10Th, a resolution
was adopted, looking to the payment of the
awards of the late Venezuelan Mixed Com
mission.
A message was received from the Pres
! ident recommending the appropriation of
! $625,526 to pay the claims of French cit
| liens against the United States; also the
appropriation Of $25, 600 to pay the ex-
penses of a special embassy from Spain,
soon to visit this country.
The House then went into Committee .of
! the Whole on the bills reported from the
| Committee on Labor, one being that which
provides for the establishing and maintain
| ing of Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bland
moved to place the Bureau in charge of the
| President of the Knights of Labor, which
was lost. The salary of the Commissioner
| of Labor Statistics was fixed at SIS, 500, and
| he shall hire employees to assist him at no
| greater expense than $4,000 per year.
The bill at length passed: yeas, 1872, nays,
! 10.
The House Committee on Public Lands
appointed subcommittee to prepare bill
to repeal the Presumption and Timber Gull
ture laws, to prevent fraudulent entries.
Rosecrans has prepared bill providing
that paymasters of the army be detailed to
act as pension agents.
The Committee on Reform of the Civil
| Service ordered untavOrable reports on bills
for repeal of Civil Service laws also on the
| bill to reduce the salaries of President, Cab
met officers, Judges of the Supreme Court,
and congressman.
In the Senate, on April 21st, among the
bills introduced were the following: TOpro-
vide for an Industrial and Cotton EXPOSE
ton, to be held in New Orleans; by ingalls,,
to amend the revenue laws so as to prohibit
collectors of Internal Revenue from charging
or deriving any special tax tor the sale of
intoxicating liquors in Prohibition States.
The Bankruptcy bill was then taken up,
and Ingalls, said that he had no doubt that
under the plan Of allowing extra oOmpensa-
ton to officers for the administration of
bankruptcy matters, the same would in
VOlVe $1,00O,000 annually. The bill was
somewhat amended, and at length passed
yeas 81, nays 10.
The Pleuro-PneumOnia bill was laid be-
fore the Senate by the President, but the
Senate adjourned without action.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections has decided not to call any more
witnesses in the Danville and Copiah cases,
and to lay the evidence taken before the
Senate.
In the House on April 21st, the bill to
I
President in the event OF the removal of
the President and Vice-President, was
reported.
A resolution was adopted, fixing the hour
for the daily meeting at IL o'clock.
Among bills introduced were the follow
ing: For Silk Culture Bureau and to es-
tabhsh silk culture stations; to promote
and encourage education in States and Ter
tories to reduce the Internal Revenue
N x on brandy distilled from apples, peach
aIoand sorghum to ten cents per gallon; to
yr,ti6it free of duty articles intended for ex-
eli LtiOn at the Louisville Exposition in
60 granting a pension to Emma belong;
uoreCc the manufacture and sale and to reg
The expectation of oleomargarine to
or on publishers of newspapers to send
d 9th SCOPES of their papers at second
i and FB
de. Pluom the Committee on Civil
or on moved to suspend the r0Ies