The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-02-27
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THE Post-ofiice Appropriation bill wal
laid before the Senate on the 18th. The Des
Moinez bill was temporarily laid aside and
consideration of the Indian Appropriation
bill proceeded with. After lengthy debate
the bill was finally reported to the Senate and
passed. Senator Sawyer, from the Commit
tee on Post-ofices and Post-roads, reported
favorably without amendment, what is known
as the subsidy clause" proposed by Mr..
Executive session. The house met in con-
tinuation of Fridays session and immedi-
ately went into Committee of the Whole on
BILE progress was made. When the committee
rose, the House adjourned, and the session
of Monday began. The Senate amendments
CURED in and a conference committee ap-
pointed. Mr.. Slocum, under instructions
from the Military Committee, moved to sus-
the eI re tg Of Gen General Grant This is
the first bill passed by the Senate, and specl-
fed the names of the officers to be retired
a vote of is yeas to IOs nays-not the neces-
sary two-thirds TO suspend the rules. The
bill to regulate the letting of mail contracts
and the Dill approprian9g S;ISn Tor FOR t the
library of the Medical Department of the
United States Army passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th the conference
report on the District of Columbia bill was
agreed to, and the bill authorizing the sale of
b-aska passed. The bill quieting title of set
lers to Des Moines River lands was further
discussed, when the Anti-Foreign Contract
Labor bill was laid before the Senate, The
debate on this bill continued until adjourn
ment In the House resolution was adopt
ed calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for
information in relation to the range and
ranch traffic of the Western States and Terri
tories. A bill was passed for the erection of
a public building at Wichita, Kan, to cost
$4,000. The Naval Appropriation bill was re-
ported and the Senate amendments to the
Indian Appropriation bill non-concurred in.
The Committee on Public Health reported
resolution recommending an Appro-
ntaoSneto on tse United s1ates te of
Asiatic cholera. The House then went into
committee on the Legislative Appropria-
ton bill. The bill was finally reported to the
House and passed, and the House took q re-
cess until next morning.
!. In the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Davis,
from the Committee on Indian Affairs, re-
ported the original bill tc enable the Presi-
dent to negotiate for the purchase from the
Creek, Seminole and Cherokee Nations of
called Oklahoma lands Mr. Van wyck in
PRODUCED bill appropriating $4,000 for the
Improvement of the Missouri river
efgn Contract Labor bill was then further
considered and finally passed. After
executive session, adjourned :. The House
met in continuation of Wednesdays session
the District of Columbia bill, and the Com
mittee of the Whole further debated the
River and Harbor bill, pending which adj
The Committee on Elections in the Missouri
contested case of Mclean against Broad
head reported resolution confirming the
went into Committee of the Whole on the
River and Harbor bill, and the debate con-
tinued until adjournment.
THE Post-office Appropriation bill was
reported to the Senate on the 18th. A
joint resolution appropriating $4,000 to de-
fray the expenses of the inaugural cere-
ton of the Des Moines River Land bill the
Texas Pacific Land Forfeiture bill was taken
up and after further debate finally read
s T5h VOTES in
of Galveston Harbor was laid before the Sem
ate before adjournment The House met
In continuation of Wednesdays session and
went into Committee of the Whole on the
River and Harbor bill, which was considered
Tor some time, when an adjournment was
carried and Thursdays session commenced.
In the Iowa contested case of Fredericks vs..
Wilson the committee reported in favor of
Fredericks. The River and Harbor bill again
came up and numerous amendments were
offered and voted down. Speaker Carlisle
fwho had been i'll for several weeks) took the
chair and was received with hearty applause
by both sides of the House and galleries.
The Naval Appropriation bill was then taken
mp and discussed until adjournment.
In the Senate on the Goth the House bill,
with amendment, for the protection of for
ests was reported favorably from the Com
mittee on Agriculture. A resolution was
agreed to calling on the Secretary of the In
terror for Information whether the subsidized
Pacific Railways have constructed and are
maintaining and operating their own lines of
telegraph, and whether messages are trans
mltted for all persons without discrimina-
ton. The Agricultural Appropriation bill
was taken up and passed, and the Senate
took up the Post-offce bill. The clause in
the House bill making letter postage two
cents for one ounce instead of half an ounce
was retained after considerable debate.
Executive session.. In continuation of
Thursdays session the House took up the
River and Harbor bill. Fridays session COM
menced and the House agreed to the con-
ference report on the Consular and Diplo-
matte bill. After passing several special ap-
preparation bills the House in Committee of
the Whole took up the Naval Appropriation
bill, and the debate continued until ad-
1ournment. At the evening session fifty PEN
sion bills passed.