The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-01-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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CONGRESS.

In the Senate on the 10Th a petition was
presented from Belva Lockwood praying
Congress to see that the votes cast for her in
the late Presidential election be counted. A
bill was reported favorably from committee
authorizing the President to use civil and
military force to remove and destroy Illegal
fences on public lands. A long debate was
brought on by Mr.. Hawley's resolution
calling on the President for certain
tory of the Executive Department
of the Confederate States. being papers
bearing on the Sherman-Davis controversy
The matter finally went over. Adjourned.
In the House several local bills passed. and
bills were introduced, when the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill, the de-
bate on which continued until adjournment.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Dolph,
from the Committee on Public Lands, re-
ported favorsbly the House bill repeating
the Presumption. Timber Culture and Desert
Land acts. Mr.. Edmunds introduced a bill
authorizing the President to appoint and
place on the retired list any ten persons
from among those who had been Generals
commanding the armies of the United States
or General-in-Chief in said army. The Sem
ate took up and discussed the Sherman
Davis resolution which finally passed. Con-
sideration of the Interstate Commerce bill
was then resumed and the debate
continued until executive session..
The Speaker laid before the House a mes
sage from the President, transmitting the re-
port of the Government Directors of the
Union Pacific Railroad Also a communities
ton from the Secretary of the Navy, as to the
cause of the death of Naval Cadet Strang.
The communication stated that there is no
reason to believe he died from cruelty. A
number of bills passed, one being an act TO
extend the laws of the United States over
certain unorganiZed territory south of the
State line of Kansas. Mr.. Brown, of Indiana.
announced the sudden death of Schuyler Col
fax. formerly Speaker of the House, and in
PRODUCED appropriate resolutions, which the
House passed and then adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Allison,
from the Committee on Appropriations re-
ported a bill which passed providing for the
compensation and expenses of special elect
Oral messengers to be sent to Iowa and Ore
gon for the returns of the late Presidential
election in those States. Senator Edmunds'
bill TO place General Grant on the retired list.
with full rank and pay of General, passed
after a-short debate; yeas ~. nays 3. Several
Democrats spoke in favor of the bill. The
Naval Appropriation bill also passed. De-
bate was then resumed on the Interstate
BILL when the death of Mr.. ColfaX was an
nounced, and the Senate adjourned. =. In the
House bin passed appropriating $500 to
send special messenger to Iowa and Oregon
for the electoral votes of those States. I'm
der special orders the House proceeded to
the consideration of business reported from
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the
French Spoilation bill and Chinese Indemnity
bill passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Miller,
of California, introduced bill to increase
the pension of the widow of General George
III. Thomas from $3.50 to $1,000 a year. The
Senate then proceeded to the considera-
ton of bills on the calendar and then went
into executive session, and Senator Sher-
man spoke in favor of the Nicaragua treaty.
The House. under special order. pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the McPher-
son Funding bill. Before reaching a vote on
the bill the House adjourned. which it is said
is a practical defeat of the bill.
In the Senate on the 10th petitions were
presented from cigar-makers protesting
against the ratification of the Spanish treaty.
The Interstate Commerce bill was then
taken up and the debate continued until ad-
journment.-....l the House Mr.. Cobb re-
ported the conference disagreement on the
bill to forfeit the amended Atlantic & Pacific
land grant. Mr.. Cobb stated that the differ
ence between the two Houses grew out of an
amendment placed upon the bill by the SEN
ate. The House refused to recede and an
other committee was appointed. The Senate
amendments to the Oregon Central Land
Grant bill were concurred in. The House
then went into Committee of the Whole on
ttN private calendar. The committee re-
manned in session several hours considering
war claim bills, but no final action was
reached. An evening session was held for
the consideration of pension bills.