The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-02-18
ECHOES FROM THE CAPITAL.


WASHINGTON CITY, Feb Wednesday
Morrill, introduced bill in the senate in aid
OF education il the states, which was, at his
request laid on the table for the present
Hoar introduced bill providing for the
erection of suitable monument, at Wash,
ington City, TO Gen Z. s Grant. The bill
appropriates $4,000 for the purpose, and
provides for commission of three men,
bers of each house to contract for the same
Logan suggested the amount be increased to
s250, 900, which was agreed to, and the'bill
was referred TO the library committee.
A bill was passed providing punishment
for trespassers on Indian lands or boom
ers, by fine of not more than 500 or i'm
prisonment not exceeding one year, Or both
A bill was passed authorizing the Citizens
National bank, of Louisville, Ky, to in
crease its capital stock to sum not exceed
ing 100000
The educational bill then came up AMI
the senate agreed to the amendment strik.
ing out the special appropriation for schoo
buildings On motion of Teller an amend
ment was agreed to providing that more of
the money appropriated by the bill shall te
paid to state until its legislature accepts
the provision OF the bill
An amendment by Plumb providing that
the legislature of state should be the de-
termining authority as to the application of
that portion of each states quota, which the
bill requires to be applied to the education
teachers was, after slight modification,
agreed 10.
Butler moved to strike out clause which
he maintained compelled the states to keep
the schools up to certain standard after
the operations of tire bill had ceased, and it
was so ordered.
Jones of Texas, from the committee on
postoftices and postroads, reported to the
house the bill granting the Thanking privi-
lege to the widow of Gen. Grant Murphy
of Iowa, from railways and canals com
mittee, reported bill providing for the ac-
ceptanee by the United States of the pro
posed grant of the Illinois and Michig an
canal for the construction of the ! linois and
Mississippi river canal
Conger of Iowa from the committee on
invalid pensions, reported n bill increasing
pensions for deafness The bill reducing
from to q cents the rate for money orders
not exceeding s., was passed. The house
also passed the bill t. protect homestead set
ssco IN
that settlers restricted to less than 10 acres
may make additional entry AMI have the
same patented without further proof of set
Element and culuvation.l
Cobb of Indiana, on behalf of the public
lands committee, called up the bill forfeiting
the Atlantic & Pacific land grant The bill
forfeits only the land adjacent to the I'M
completed portions of the road; but McRae
of Arkansas, offered as substitute the bill
of the minority of the committee, forfeiting
the entire grant
Pending discussion the morning hour ex-
pired and the house went into committee of
the whole springer of Illinois in the chair,
on the Fitz John Porter bill
Laird Of Nebraska made carefully pre-
pared argument in support of the bill He
maintained that Porter was innocent of any
disioyalty lit Ier to Gen. Pope or TO his
county, and said in regard to the
references made to Gen. Grant
that an argument which depended
on ghost for its validity was already I'M
done. He concluded by saying that when
the roll should DO called he trusted he would
be found still following the lead of his old
commander, and seeking to do what if liv-
ing Grant would do-voting for the restora-
ton Of Fitz John Porter
Kelly of Pennsylvania opposed the BILL
characterizing Porter as great soldier who,
forgetting country and patriotism, had sunk
himself in infamy by regarding offiee and
military duty as a mere personal trust for
himself and his clique
Kelly quoted from the evidence of Will
lam Blair Lord, in which Lord stated tina.
Porter had declard: Al was not loyal to
Pope; there is no denying that