The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-12
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
A Summary Of the Daily News.
CONGRESSIONAL.

| AFTER transacting routine business, the
Senate on February took up the Pacific
Railroad bill, but after brief consideration
| it was laid aside and debate on the Inter
| State Commerce bill resumed. The discussion
| continued until adjournment. In the House
| several resolutions were adopted calling on
| the Secretary of State for Information Al
| this point fight commenced on the effort to
| take up the Bankruptcy bill and the -hllibus-
tering was kept up until after two CLOCK
next morning before an adjournment was
had.
The Senate upon meeting on the Sd i'm
mediately took up the Interstate Commerce
| bill and the debate continued at length. The
| Senate bill was finally substituted for the
! House (Reagan) bill by vote of 35 TO Is, but
] the Senate did not reach vote on its hnal
passage. In the House a resolution was
adopted calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for information whether the clear
ing House of New York any National
Bank refused to receive silver dollars or
certificates in the settlement of their bal
anceS and other information in regard to
discrimination against silver, if any, and
what amount of the receipts of the Govern
ment have been received in silver or certih-
Gates since the LIST of January, 1879. The
Senate amendments to the House con-
current resolution making arrangements for
counting the electoral vote were agreed to.
The House then went into Committee of the
Whole on the River and Harbor bill. Ad-
journed.
ate the Presidents message relating to Mrs.
Grants offer to the Government of the
swords and other military and civil testimo-
mails lately belonging TO General Grant, and
recommending Congress to pass a bill to en-
able the President to place General Grant on
the retired list After adopting several
resolutions calling on Departments for infor-
nation, the Senate resumed consideration of
the Interstate Commerce bill. After much
talk the bill Senate bill substituted for House
NJ q a II
the retirement and recOinage OF the trade
dollar was then taken up This bill as
amended provides for the suspension of the
coinage of silver dollars. Mr.. ingalls, moved
TO strike out the section for suspension of
coinage of the silver dollar, when Senator
Morrill, addressed the Senate. The de-
bate continued until executive session..
In the House Mr.. Mutchler, from the Com
mittee on Civil Service Reform reported adj
versely the bill prohibiting the removal of
Union soldiers, or their dependent relatives,
in the civil service except for cause
Mr.. Willard obtained permission to
file a minority report hereafter. Mr..
Money, from the Committee on Post-ofhces
and Post-rOads, reported bill to reduce
postage on mailable matter OF the second
class. 1t provides that postage on publica-
tons of the second-clasS, when sent by
publisher to bona fide subscribers, shall be
one cent per pound or fraction thereof. The
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the River and Harbor bill, and no other
business was transacted, although an even
ing session was held.
In the Senate on the 9Th Mr.. Van Wyck
offered resolution, which was agreed to,
calling upon the Secretary of the Interior to
furnish a statement showing what amounts
were due the United States December 81,
1882, from the Union Pacific Railroad; also
what amounts have become due from that
date until December 81, 1884, according to the
rules laid down in the decision lately made
between the United States and said road, in
the Court of Claims; also whether the annual
flfaYr,. Lftar
vided in the Thurman act. The bill for the
redemption of the trade dollar and the sus-
pension of the standard dollar was taken up
and discussed until adjournment. In the
House the resolution calling on the PreSi-
dent for copies of all communications re-
specting the Congo Conference was adopted.
of the River and Harbor bill
was resumed, after which the Legislative,
Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill
was reported and the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 9th Senator Palmer
delivered a lengthy address favoring the
resolution to submit to the States the prop |
osition to amend the constitution so as to |
permit women to vote. The bin to regulate !
the fees of pension agents and attorneys was |
then taken up and passed. 1t provides that |
no fee greater than SO shall be received by |
pension claim agents except that under |
special circumstances, a contract NAV be |
made between the applicants and claim |
agents for a fee not exceeding S25. The bill |
forbidS the collection by claim agents of |
more than Sl0 Tor claims hled between June |
20 1873 and July 4, 1884. The Consular and |
Diplomatic bill was then called up and |
passed. The Chair laid before the Senate |
the Anti-Silver Coinage bill. and the Senate |
went into executive session. The House, |
n Committee of the Whole resumed consid- |
Grafton of the River and Harbor BILL being |
of Thursdays session. The |
committee soon rose and the House adj |
Ourned and was Immediately called to
order for the new legislative day. After
'outine business the River and Harbor bill
vas again taken up and debated until recess.
At the evening session twenty-six pension
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