Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-21

/ consideration of the House bin repealing
the prs-smpton and timber culture laws
Pending debate the Senate adjourned.
In the House Feb. 10, that body went in
to committee OF the whole on the Post Of
! hcer Appropriation Bill.
Mr.. Bingham criticised the action Of the
committee IN cutting down below the es-
Inmates the appropriations for the letter car
rier service.
Mr.. Dingley advocated more liberal pol
icy IN compensation to American steam
ships for carrying mails.
Messrs. Clay and Keller were appointed
es tellers on the part of the House during
/ the counting Of the electoral votes.
Further consideration of the Postofhee
bill was resumed, but pending debate the
committee arose.
| Senator Phelps, from the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, reported back the resoIu-
/ ton requesting OF the President copies Of
all correspondence in the hands of the
/ Government relating to the case of @. A.
Van Becken, an American citizen, impris-
oned 1t Port al Prince, Hayti. Adopted.
In the Senate February II, Senator
MandersOn presented, as amemOrial, Joint
resolution of the Legislature of Nebraska
urging Congress to pass a bill for the relief
Of settlers on the st. Joseph & Denver City
railway lands. Referred.
The army appropriation bill was placed
on the calendar.
Senator Garland introduced a bill to reg
ulate the Hot Springs (Ark.) reservation
and memorial Of the citizens Of Hot Springs
relating thereto. Referred.
The Senate passed the bill providing for
permanent reservations for the Indians of
Northern Montana.
The chair laid before the Senate a bill to
quiet the title of settlers on the Des MOines
river lands, and the reading of reports was
proceeded with.
The bill to sell the Sac and Fox Reserva-
ton passed. 1t is provided in the bill that
the lands shall be sold to the highest bidder
and for not less than So per acre. Provision
is also made that actual settlers are to have
these lands in quantities not to exceed 100
acres. There are residing on the ReserVa- /
ton at present seVenty-fVe Indians only.
At u o'clock the Senators proceeded TO !
the House where the two bodies sat in
joint convention to count the electoral
vote.
At 1880 p. N. the Senators returned to /
their chambers when the electoral count |
was reported.
After much debate Senator Ingalls, offered |
the following resolution, which went over
until tomorrow.
Resolved, That the Senate does not as
sent to the concluding declaration of the /
President of the Senate in the announce /
ment of the vote for President and Vice /
President Of the United States, made in the !
presence of the two Houses of Congress this |
day.
The Senate resumed consideration of the /
bill to repeal the presumption and timber 1
culture laws. Several amendments to the /
Rerblage Bill were made, and others reIat- 4
ing to the various general features of the /
land laws not before affected by the bill /
were proposed. The bill was reported to |
the Senate and some of the amendments |
were rejected. In committee Of the whole |
it was offered again, and pending discussion |
the Senate went into executive session and |
soon after adjourned.
In the House Feb. Il, Mr.. Keller offered |
a resolution recording the result of the con
VentiOn of the two houses, and declaring
it the sense Of the House that the cOnstiu-
ton and laws had been duly executed and |
no further declaration of these facts was
necessary. After long debate the resOlU-
ton was tabled.
The House then went into Committee of
the Whole, Springer in the chair, on the
POstOtiCe Appropriation bill. Mr.. HOar
offered an amendment, increasing from
81, 100, 600 to 81, 535 900 the appropriation
for letter carrier system. Agreed to.
In the Senate Feb. u, the Chair laid be-
fore that body a House concurrent resOlu-
ton providing for a Joint committee of three
members of the House and two Senators to
notify Governor Cleveland of his election
as President of the United States from the
4th OF March next, and to notify 7. A.
Hendricks of his election as Vice President
from the same date. Referred to Committee
on Privileges and Elections.
The Senate passed the original joint reso-
luton authorizing the President to return
to the government of Great Britain the
steamer Alert, with the thanks Of the United
States.
A resolution was agreed to, authorizing
the President elect Of the Senate to appoint
a committee of three Senators to make nee
essary arrangements for the Inauguration Of
the President elect.
The Chair announced as q committee to
make the necessary arrangements for the
coming inauguration, Senators Sherman,
HaWley and Cameron.
At 1 O'Clock the Des Moines River Title
bill was displaced by the bill to repeal the
presumption and timber culture laws. After
much discussion the bill Wss temporarily
laid aside, and the Army Appropriation
bill taken up, slightly amended and passed
The Chair then laid before the Senate the
unfinished business, being a bill for the re-
peal Of the presumption and timber culture
laws. The bill was amended and passed.
The Chair then laid before the Senate the
bill which was this morning restored to the /
list Of special orders, namely, bill to per
feet the Texas Pacific land grant.
Senator Blair attempted to bring up the
Anti-FOreign Contract Labor Bill, but on
learning that this would displace the For
fixture Bill, Senator Van Wyck declined to
yield. II
The Senate then went into executive ses-
sion and adjourned.
In the House Feb. u, the Senate amend
ments to the consular and diplomatic aud
pension appropriation bills were nOn-con-
Cured in, and a conference committee ap-