McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-03-12
roRrY-ErGHrn CONGRESS.
SENATE.


IN the senate on the I'D u message from the
house announced disagreement with the SEN
ate on the sundry civil bill. conference
committee was appointed.
Hale called up the general deficiency bill
and its reading was proceeded with. The
house provision abolishing the Office of the
tenth census was stricken out By the senate.
Amendments were adopted appropriatiDg
$4,000 to continue the Mississippi river COM
mission and increasing the appropriation for
the compensation of postmasters. whose saia-
ries have been readjusted under the act Of
1888, to S27S, 4S1, an increase of Sl37,9 A
few unimportant amendments were adopted
and the bill passed.
The river and harbor bill was then taken up.
AS passed by the house it appropriates %, co.,
600 In gross As proposed by the senate COM
mittee to be amended it appropriates $1,000
600.
Pending debate on the bill, Pendleton offer
ed the following resolution, for which he asked
immediate attention:
Resolved, That the thanks Of the senate are
due and are hereby rendered to George +. Ed
munds for the courteous, impartial and able
manner in which he has presided over its de-
alterations and fulfilled the duties Of president
pro tempore. Adopted.
The house provision in the Indian bill con-
corning the Oklahoma lands, which the senate
finally agreed to, provides for negotiations
looking to the abandonment OF the title.
After various Intellectual attempts to have
bills taken up by unanimous consent, and 1t
being plainly impossible to transact any busi-
ness, the house adjourned until II O'Clock.
When the house reconvened Valentine i'm
mediately moved for a recess until 10 o'clock
at night, the object being to prevent the con-
sderation of the contested election case OF
Frederick VS.. Wilson, of Iowa. The republic
cans refrained from voting and left the house
without quorum. A recess was then taken
till I'D. m.
On reassembling, Townshend presented the
conference report on the postoffice appropria-
ton bill. The report announced continued
disagreement, the point of difference still being
the clause providing for ocean mail transpor-
tation. The house adopted the conference re-
port on the fertilization appropriation bill.
The postoffice bill was under consideration at
a. m. the hour of adjournment
SENATE
In the senate on the 4th message from the
house announced agreement on the postoffice
appropriation bill on every point of difference
except that relating to ten cent postal stamps
for letters requiring special expenditures in
delivering.
Plumb moved that the senate recede on this
and it was agreed to.
The river and harbor bill was laid on the ia
ble-2S to 20.
On motion of Morrill,, the chair appointed
committee of two senators to act with such
the president that congress, having finished Its
business, was now ready to adjourn.
At II :35 message from the house an
nounced the passage of the bill authorizing
the president of the United States to appoint
one person on the retired list of the army.
Edmunds then read to the senate a commu-
nication from President Arthur nominating
Ulysses S. Grant to be general on the retired
list of the army, with the full pay OF such
rank.
The senate confirmed the nomination unani
mously.
Edmunds then turned to thefront, regretted
that 1t was necessary that the business of the
senate should have been transacted so hastily
towards the close, and spoke feelingly of the
resolution passed by the senate thanking him
for the able and impartial manner in which he
had administered the office and declared the
senate adjourned without day.
The extra session was Immediately called to
order, and after the swearing in of the new
members the senate took a recess to witness
the Inauguration exercises.
After participating in the inaugural ceremo-
mics the senators returned to the chamber and
the senate adjourned.
Randall submitted tine conference report on
the naval appropriation bill, announcing dis
agreement
. Keifer offered the following resolution:
Resolyed, That the thanks of congress be
GcuucISu " tuC SpcdhCE lOI Gut COulG CSy Will
which he treated all members and for the
ability and fairness with which he presided
over the deliberations of the house during the
Forty-eighth congress.
A vote was taken standing, amid loud and
continued applause.
The speaker pro tenn (Hatch) declared the
resolution adopted unanimously by 325 rep
resentatives of the Forty-eighth congress.
On motion of Poland similar resolution
was unanimously adopted rendering the
thanks of the house to Blackburn, speaker
pro TEN.
At ten minutes past IL O'clock Springer,
chairman of the committee appointed to wait
on the president, announced that the commit
tee had performed its duty and that the presi-
dent had nothing to communicate.
Speaker Carlise then arose and in few well
chosen words, thanked the house for the reso-
luton referring to him passed by the house
this morning.
The house adjourned sine die at IL m.