The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1885-01-22

|. PROCEEDINGS or UONGRRNS.
SENATORS Wilson and A..eas!l i1srcdueed el'ls
20 increase the persfonA ri *ldvwa ~ minor
nhildre9 Of deceased Soldlers aud sailors Of
re United stasca in the .ara war, from $S to
~ Per month ane bill of Senator Mitchell
ALSO provies that the fact that soldier or sail
or was regularly mustered into the service shall
be prime facie evidence Of his soundness at
that time
SxMArA-The bill to repeal tho pre- emption,
desert lands and timber culture laws, and to
amend the homestead law, passed the senate
The first section provides for the repeal Of the
pre- emption law, this repeal, however, not to
affect the rights of any person which are
aecr1lng ON the passage Of the act
ssn fu with s,sp r0y p nsr tsss any Per
benefit Of the prescription law, and who
has failed from any cause to perfect the title
on land heretofore entered by him under the
home stead laws may make secopd home
iese winch .., repealed. seotion 3 repeats
80 unlher culture law, with the proviso that
Il shall not interfere with existin~ .,xuts.
Second 8 amends the revised statutes so
that persons who have availed themselves of
the homestead laws may pay minimum
price for lands, after eighteen months from
date OF entry, provided they file prelimi-
nary notice six months before Section 4
repeats the desert land act, except az to
claims which exist at the date Of the pnssage
OF the act Section provides that no public
lands except abandoned military or other res
ervations mineral lands and other lands, the
sale (which has been authorized by q special
act of congress, shall be sold at public auc-
ton, or by special or private entry; all offered
public lands are Withdrawn fro, market, and
shall be disposed of rs unoffered public lahds
| Mr.. Edmunds introduced bill AUTHORIZING
the president to appoint and place on the re-
tlred list of the army one person from among
those who had been generals commanding the
armies OF the United States. or q genaral-in=
cine. of said army Mr.. Edmunds expressed
| the nope that unanlmous copaent Mdnld BIZ
| given for immediaee consideration Of the bill
| 1t would aathorie the president Is appoint
Gen. Grant to the retired fist In its form it
obviated the difficulty observed in the Fitz
John Porter case,
HcusE--The following bills passed: Great
ing United States judicial district in South
ern California; limiting tho time for presenta-
ton OF bounty and back pay claims to three
years from the passage of tn act, aid all 9TH
er claims except pensions to six years,
and providing claims hereafter arising must
time they originated; authorizing the SER
Nce of civil and criminal processes issued
by territorial courts within military and Indian
reservations and the Yellowstone Park amend
ing session 1884, revised statutes, so rs to pro.
hlblt territorial legislatures from granting pri-
vate charters; regulating appeals from the su-
preme court Of the District of Columbia and su-
pres.e courts of territories 1t provides that
no appeal or writ of error shall hereafter be al
lowed from any Judgment or decree in any suit
W nr in W no ff,f Tim
District of Columbia or in the supreme court |
In any of the territories of the United Statcs |
unless the matter in dispute, exclusive of costs
exceed 5000; to extend the laws Of the United |
States over certain uncrGaniZed territory south |
of the State of Kansas; repeating so much CT |
section 1918 revised statutes, as PROHIBITS the /
promotion to the position of commissioned or |
non-oommissioned officers in the regular army
OF any private soldier who has served two years
since September, 1866 to regulate the effect |
of judgments and DEGREES of United States |
courts in any state by providing they shall take
effect by way of lien or otherwise to the same |
extent and in like manner as judgments and |
DEGREES of courts in such state. number of |
minor bills were passed, and the house ad-
lourned in respect to the memory of Hon.
Schuyler Colfax.
SENATE.-The senate with only nine dissent
ing votes passed the bill presented by Senator
Edmunds, providing, for The t,ac::::::ss ii Gen,
Grant 90 the t.!tsSodd list of -, o,n,v WITH tha
rahh held by la! LA when elected president of the
I'D States. Senators Maxey of Texas, Jones
s snu oiDson OF louisiana, ,Georg, of Mis-
IN favor of the bill. and paid neat trib-
ntes to tho character and public ser
Vices of Gen. Grant The remarks Of
these gentlemen; as being Senators from
states that have actively participated id the
rebellion, made very favorable itnpressian
Senator Voorhees, als5 h,hda al earnest and
feeling speech ii favor of the bill The bill
was sent to the house during the afternoon
and laid upon the speakers table. 1t will be
necessary to obtain unanimous consent to take
1t up for consideration in advance of the meas
ufes which prccede it on the table, and as
there is believed to be some opposition to the
bill, it is not likely to obtain such consent
Inc In Dill passed the Senate-yeas 49, nays
The nays were Messrs. Beck, Cockreil. Coke.
Harris, Pendleton, Salisbury, Slater, Vance,
and Walker.
The bill repeating the pre- emption and des-
err land acts, etc favorably reported to the SEN
mittee 1t awaits action by the senate, and, il
passed. goes back to the house. The stateriieht
that 1t passed was a mistake 1t was only re-
ported favoflbly from the committee on public
lands.
The naval appropriation bill passed. The
interstate commerce bill was debated Eulo-
gles upon the late Hon. Schuyler Colfax were
spoken, and the senate adjourned in respect to
his memory.
HoUsE-Mr Randall sent to the clerks
desk and had read letter received from the
secretary of state informing the house that one
of the certificates of the electoral vote of Ore
gon and one of the certificates of the electoral
vote of Iowa, not having been received by the
president pro tenn of the senate it became in
cumbent on him to send special messenger to
each of these states, as required by law The
secretary requests that an appropriation be
made to pay the expenses and compensations
of these messengers.
The speaker laid before the house MESSAGE
from the president on the same subject The
missing certificates are the duplicates required
70 De sent by mail Their receipt will not
affect the counting of the electoral vote, as GER
tlficates have already been received from Or
egon and Iowa by messenger, but the law un-
der which tho secretary Of state has acted is
Both houses passed bill making an appro-
priation for the payment of messengers to be
sent for the electoral votes of Iowa and Oregon.
those which the law requires to be sent by mail
not having been received.
A bill was introduced to refund the bounded
debt OF the United States at PA per cent inter-
est and for other purposes The senate
French spoliation claim bill passed, as did also
the Chinese indemnity fund bill
sENArE-Mr. Miller (Cal) introduced q bill
to increase the pension of the widow Of Gen.
H. Thomas, $780, to 81, 600 year, the same as
the pension already granteds the widow of Ad-
miral Farragut Referred.
In executive session the following nomna-
tons were sent in by the President: William
A. Richardson, judge Of the court of claims
to be chief justice of the court of claims; John
Davies, District of Columbia, to be judge of
the court of claims. Mr.. Davies is present
assistant secretary of state. Richardson takes
the place of Chief Justice Drake, retired.
Confirmations-A. W. Hall, collector of Gus
toms, Milwaukee. Postmaster; ]. J. Cutter,
Parker, Oak. =
Senator Morgan made speech in executive
session in favor of the Nicaraguan treaty. |
There we're no other speeches An amend
ment was offered by Sherman looking to nego-
tiatons with Great Britain for the abrogation.