The Osceola times., 1885-03-07
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
News from Everywhere.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.


CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate on the cath a memorial
from the Wisconsin Legislature, urging thu
placing OF General Grant on the retired list
was presented. Also memorial from tn,
Illinois Legislature urging an early settle
ment of the Oklahoma quest on. After debate
the bill to authorize the President 10 negoti
ate for the Oklahoma Janus was passed
The bill to provide for the settlement oi
claims OF officers and enlisted men OF the
army for the loss OF private property de,
states was passed, the time for the presenta.
zion OF claims being limited to two
years: :......In the House Mr.. Weller
lof Iowa. attacked az, sae Cor National nlensl
dence the river and harbor bill vanquishei
the Appropr ations Committee, and the
former b Il was considered in committee OF
the whole. The speaker ruling that the
be stiicken out was sustained by vote
Of l09 to IS. A number OF amendments as 10
how and where money appropriated for the
souri Rivers were offered and adopted amid
Q good deal OF confusion, The committee
rose and reported the bill 10 the House, and
adjournment followed.
In the Senate on the 25th the army APP
preparation bill was reported. the conferees
having agreed upon all differences except
that relating to courts martial In time OF
matter finally went over after
stormy debate. .........In the
House, after the passage of several
bills under the special rules; the river and
OF the committee OF the whale .e S.s.sS out
the clause relative to the Improvement OF
the Mississippi from the head passes TO the
Ohio River. with Captain Eads as advisory
engineer, was not sustained, and after vote
the effect was to put this clause back
in the bill. Mr.. White (of kentucky
n some random remarks, reflected on the
President elect In a manner which caused
Mr.. Gibson (of West virginia. TO use lam
guage 30 severe against the kentuckian that
. vote OF censure was moved, but the motion
was tabled after some further debate.
In the Senate on the 26th the regular
annual naval appropriation bill was re
ported. Mr.. Hoar introduced Pacific
Railroad funding bill, but said that he did
not expect action at this session and his
motive was to get the views OF the pubic.
The proposition to Increase the number OF
annual clerks to senate committees was
voted down. The silver bill was reached
Mr.. Sherman, In referring both ~ the stand.
ard silver dollar and 10 gold, contented
that Il was to the interests OF all classes
TO maintain a circulation of both metals,
but this must be done on n basis according
a. nearly as possible with their relative
market values. After remarSs by Messrs.
Beck, Hill and Coke sustaining the coinage
system, the debate closed. In the House
= further conference ON the army appropri-
alton bill was ordered. motion To take
the House bill with Senate amendments re
pealing the pre- emption, timber culture and
desert lan4s laws from the Speakers table,
was lost The sundry civil appropriat on
Dill was taken up and there was IA long de-
bate on the clause providing for further aid
20 the New Orleans Exposition, some mem
oers who spoke favoring, and others oppos-
Ing the. Appropriation. The matter went
over.
In the Senate on the 9th the naval ap.
preparation bill was amended In one i'm
portant particular and passed. A number
Of private pension bills were passed. The
Dill IN the interest OF a niece of the late
President Tyler was unfavorably acted upon.
The special river and harbor blu passed by
the House was only read the first time on
s9couns OF oDleeton,.....,..,l In the House
the inter state commerce bill from the
Speakers table, for the purpose OF non.
concurring in the Senate amendments, but
fahed- The sundry civil appropriation bill
was passed, the New Orleans Exposition
appropriation being amended so that
claims outside OF Louisianl would be paid
nrst. Under a suspension OF the rules a bill
ating S5,ooo.0Oo to be expended for the con.
tnuation and completion OF works
designated In the last river and harbor b,li
Ine rost, once appropriation bill was re.
ported with senate amendments but the
republicans In an endeavor to prevent nc.
sion on contested election case demand.
ca separate votes, thus consum ny time
until p. m, when the House adjourned un.
I'll 9 y. m. to consider the pension bills.
In the Senate on the 18th the conference
committees report on the agricultural bill
was agreed to. The substitute river and har.
Dor bill was read the second time. MIR.
Mitchell offered a preamble and resolution
instructing the Committee on Finance to
report proper bill to provide for
Immediate suspension OF the coinage
OF standard silver dollars. The Iowa land
forfeiture bill was discussed, aud num-
Der OF bills passed to err ct public build
ings........ln the House the ost office ap.
preparation bill as amended BY the sena e,
cept the amendment relative TO compen
sation TO American steamships for carrying
the mail, and a new conference committee
was appointed. In committee of the whole
the Notifications bill was considered,
but the debate digressed and members
spoke upon Mr. Cleveland's letter on
the silver dollar question. Mr. ilorr
letter full of sense. Mr. Eorshe mer dis.
cussed the matter, and ma ntaincd that
the silver question was an economic one and
not political the fort tfications bill was
finally passed with amendments. The con.
ference report on the army appropriation
Dill was agreed to.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
On. ROGERS, of Ann Arbor, Mich,
brother Of Randolph Rogers, the sculptor,
now In Rome, has received notice that Mr..
Rogers recently made a will bequeathing
his entire collection Of casts, models, ETC.,
TO the University of Michigan.
SECRETARY McCuLLocH sent COM
munication to the House on the 25th rec
ommending the appropriation of s25, 900 for
the revenue marine service to protect the
seal fisheries in Alaska.
OK the 26th Representative Logan (Re-
publican) of the Illinois Legislature died
sudd enlv of heart disease in the capitol