The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-22

DEGREES of courts in such state A number OF
minor bills we're passed, and the house ad.
lourned IL respect to the memory of Hon.
Schuyler Colfax
sENATE.-The senate, with only nine dissent
ing votes, passed the bill presented by Senator
Edmunds, providing, for HE t,te::::ss 81 Gen,
Grant on ira t.ssd list of =, ..e army, with the
.aiiA held BY E..a whom elected president of the
lied States. Senators Maxey of Texas Jones
anu Gibson of Louisiana, Georg- of Mis-
slsslnpi, and Jones of Florida spoke briefly
IN favor Of the bill. and paid neat trib.
utes to the character and public ser
Noes OF Gen Grant The remarks Of
states that nave actively participated in the
sebeliion, made a very favorable itnpressi8ii
Senator Voorhees, also hlada az; earnest and
feeling speech III favor of the bill The bill
was sent to the house during the afternoon
ana laid upon the speakers table. 1t will be
1t up for consideration in advance of the meas
ures which prccede it on the table, and, as
me he ls believed to be some opposition to the
bill, it is not likely to obtain such consent.
Ihe bill passed the Senate-yeas AZ, nays 9
The nays were Messrs Beck, Cockreil. Coke.
Harris, Pendleton, Salisbury, Slater. Vance
and Walker
The bill repeating the pre- emption and des-
ert land acts, etc ,favorably reported to the SEN
ate is the house bill amended by the senate COM
mlttee. 1t awaits action BY the senate, and, il
passed, goes back to the house The stateriiett
that 1t passed was mistake 1t was only Re-
ported favoflbly from the committee On public
lands
The naval appropriation bill passed. The
interstate commerce bill was debated, Eulo-
gies upon the late Hon. Schuyler Colfax were
spoken, and the senate adjourned in respect to
his memory.
HoUsE-Mr Randall sent to the clerks
desk and had read letter received from the
secretary of state informing the house that one
of the certificates of the electoral vote of Ore
gon and one of the certificates of the electoral
vote of Iowa, not having been received by the
presden. pro tenn of the senate, it became in
cumbent on him to send special messenger to
each OF these states, as required by law. The
secretary requests that an appropriation be
made to pay the expenses and compensations
of these messengers.
The speaker laid before the house message
from the president on the same subject The
missing certificates are the duplicates required
to be sent by mail Their non-receipt will not
affect the counting of the electoral vote, as cor
tlficates have already been received from Or
egon and Iowa by messenger, but the law UNI
der which tho secretary of state has acted is
mandatory.
Both houses passed bill making an appro-
prlatlon for the payment OF messengers to be
sent for the electoral votes of Iowa and Oregon,
those which the law requires to be sent by mail
not having been received
bill was introduced to refund the bounded
debt of the United States at 211a per cent inter-
est est and for other purposes The senate
French spoiation claim bill passed, as did also
the Chinese indemnity fund bill
sENArE-Mr Miller (Cal) introduced bill
to increase the pension of the widow of Gen.
H. Thomas, $500, to 81, 600 a year, the same as
the pension already granteds the widow of Ad-
miral Farragut. Referred.
In executive session the following nomina-
tons were sent in by the President: William
A. Richardson, judge of the court of claims
to be chief justice OF the court of claims; John
Davies, District of Columbus to be Judge of
the court of claims. Mr.. Davies is present
assistant secretary of state. Richardson takes
the place of Chief Justice Drake, retired
Confirmations-A. w. Hall, collector of Gus
toms, Milwaukee. Postmaster; J. J. Cutter,
Parker Oak
Senator Morgan made speech in executive
session in favor of the Nicaraguan treaty.
There were no other speeches. An amend
,ment was offered by Sherman looking to nego-
tiations with Great Britain for the abrogation
or amendment of the Clayton Bulwer treaty
before the Nicara guam treaty shall take effect
MCPHERSON bill, providing for the issue Of
circulating notes to national banks to the par
value of bonds deposited by the banks with
the treasurer of the United States for security
An earnest discussion of three hours followed,
the principal opponents to the measure being
Potter and Hewitt of New York and Yaple OF
Michigan.
Mr.. Potter had carefully drawn bill which
he desired to have substituted for the McPher-
son bill, and had the support Of Mr.. Hewitt
1t provided among other things for the
exchange A and ~ per cent bonds,
for bonds bearing 2L per cent, pay
able at the pleasure OF the government at
BILE and in like manner The failure to pass the
bill to-day may be regarded as fatal, as the
chances to getit before the house for consid-
GRAFTON are very slim @
sENATE-Mr. Sabin introduced bill for
the relief of settlers under the homestead law.
Senator Sabin's bill, provides that settlers on
public lands under the homestead laws shall
be entitled to one year from date
of entry of lands within which to es-
taLlish actual residence upon the lands.
Mr.. Hoar offered q resolution, which was
agreed to, directing the architect of the capitol
10 ! lace in the room of the senate wing in
which Vice President Henry Wilson died, .
marble tablet recording the fact and date of his
dealt. ne conmluee on pensions reported
adversely the bill to grant . pension of $50 per
NORTH TO Emma belong widow Of the late
Commander belong, of Jeanette fame.
Tie iitel safe commerce bill was debated
and Mr.. Van Wyck spoke with his accustomed
vjgor in support of the principle of Legislative
control If railroads
HOUSE, "A conference. disagreement was re-
ported to the senate (Morgan) amendment to
he Atlantic 4 Pacific land grant forfeiture
bill, and q motion that the house recede from
its disae reement was lost The senate amend