McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-01-22
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, January 5.-The Interstate
commerce bill came up and Mr.. Wilson ad-
dressed the senate. He said that no act OF
congress would remedy all the difficulties Of
the transportation business, still wise, just
and conservative start could be made toward
putting that business on proper footing in It's
relation to the government and people. The
bill before the senate was not. perhaps, per-
feet, but it was beginning. We had already
crossed the line at which the railroad cOmpa-
MES had tenaciously contended that the gov
eminent must stop. The railroad companies
had not been content to manage their own al
fairs, but had intermeddled with almost every
industry of the country.
message was received from the president
| transmitting the report of the secretary OF the
| interior, recommending that some provision be
made for disarmfng the Indians, when such
action is found necessary Tor their ADVANCE
nlent in civilized pursuits, the Indian to be
compensated for the 1rms taken.
HOUSE.
Hiscock moved to suspend the rules and pass
the bill abOl, >hing the internal revenue tax on
tobacco cigars, snuff, cigarettes and cheroots,
| the special tax on dealers in tobacco, and the
tax on liquors distilled from fruit. Lost, ~
to 1873
Keifer moved to suspend the rules and take
from the speakers table the Mexican pension
| bill, and concur in all the senate amendments
| thereto. Lost SIS to 129.
| Collins moved to suspend the rules an
adopt the resolution taking up the senate bill
| to establish a uniform system OF bankruptcy,
continuing the special order for Thursday,
January 22d. Lost
King introduced bin appropriating 81, Co.,
| 0O0 for the Improvement OF the MISSISSIPPI!
river, In accordance with the plans and essi-
mates of the Mississippi river commission.
Referred.
| WASHINGTON, January 10.-Randall moved
| to dispense with the morning hour for the pur-
pose of pressing the navy appropriation bill to
a passage. Lost, yeas 135, nays 50.
| Clardy, from the committee on commerce,
reported the bill authorizing experiments as to
| the practicablity of lighting the navigable
waters of the United States by electricity.
A bill was reported from the committee on
public buildings increasing to $780, 900 the
limit of the appropriation for public building
at Marquette, Michigan.
| The house then went into executive commit
| tee of the whole, Wilson, of low in the chair,
on the consular and diplomatic appropriation
| bill.
| WASHINGTON, January 12-Van Wyck, re-
ported favorably, with amendment, the house
bill to prevent the unlawful occupancy OF pub
lie lands.
Among petitions presented in the senate
| was one from Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood pray
| ing that congress see that the votes cast Tor
| counted.
The chair laid before the senate resolu-
| ton, heretofore offered by Hawley, calling
| upon the president for a copy of the historical
| statement concerning the public policy OF the
| executive department of the confederate
| states, filed at the war department by zen.
| Sherman.
A long discussion followed, when the matter
! went over.
/ The interstate commerce bill was consid-
f,ro
| jOurnment.
HOUSE.
The bill passed appropriating $4,000 for the
erection of a building for the use OF the ap-
praiser at Chicago.
The senate bill passed authorizing the Chi
cago, st. Paul IL st. Louis railway company to
construct bridges across the Mississippi, one
within Minnesota and one between Minnesota
| and Wisconsin.
The house went into committee of the
whole (Wilson, of Iowa, in the chair on the
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill.
There being no quorum present, the house
adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, January 13-Dolph, from the
committee on public lands, reported favorahly
the house bill ,pealing the pre- emption, tim
Der culture and desert land acts and modify
ing the homestead act.
The Sherman-DaviS resolution was taken up
and passed-52 to 10.
Van Wyck introduced bill to make rail-
road corporations, organized by acts OF con-
gress, subject to control and legislation OF the
states and territories in which the roads are
constructed.
Consideration of the interstate commerce
bill was resumed, but no final action was
taken.
HOUSE.
The following bills were passed: Limiting
the time for the presentation of bounty and
back paw claims to three years from the pass
age of this act, and of all other claims, except
pensions, to six years, and providing that
claims hereafter arising must be presented
within six years from the time they originated
To extend the laws of the United States over
certain unOrganlZed territory south OF the
state of Kansas.
Brown lind }, arising, said: II perform the
sad duty of announcing to the house the death
of Schuyler Colfax, at one time speaker OF this
house, and late vice president OF the United
States. A telegram was received through the
associated press this afternoon announcing
said event"
The house, as an expression of sorrow, i'm
mediately adjourned.
WASHINGTON, January 15.-The Edmunds'
bill to place General Grant on the retired list
with full rank and pay OF general, passed after
short debate, yeas 49, nays 8. Edmunds
spoke strongly and 1eellnglV IN favor OF Lue
bill. Among the democrats Maxey, voorhees,,
George Gibson and Jonas spoke in its favor.
The senators who voted nay were Beck, Cock
rell, Coke, Harris, Pendleton, Salisbury,
Slater, Vance and Walker.
The chair laid before the senate the inter-
state commerce bill. Senator Slater offered an
amendment prohibiting the charging of higher
rates of compensation for transporting the
same kind and amount of property shorter
than for longer distance. Senator Slater de
scribed the operation of the principal OF dis
eliminating against "short bauls," and the
suffering of western communities in conse-
quence.
Culom said the adoption of Slater's amend
ment would not only seriously injure the pro-
ducers of the west but the consumers of the
east 1t would injure hundreds of thousands
of people.
Van WICK said he had often heard the
statement made, but had seen no proof OF it.
The people of Nebraska as well as Iowa, Hi
nois and other states, were suffering from the
extortions of railroads. He would like to
know how a community could be benefited by
railroads charging, as they did in an instance
cited by him, $500 for carload delivered 600
miles east of San Francisco, and charging $500
for carload delivered in San Francisco, COO
miles beyond.
Harrison called the attention of the senate
to the death of the Hon. Schuyler COlfax, who
had been the presiding officer of the senate and
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