The Penn's Grove record., 1886-01-16
F0RTY-NINTH CONGRESS

my lcdSOu, lot Ills acts.
F0RTY-NINTH CONGRESS
SENATE.
In the Senate on the It'll Mr.. Voor.
hees offered a substitute for Mr.. Har-
rison's recent resolution regarding the
administration of the Pension Office.
The substitute enlarges the scope of
the investigation provided by Mr.. Har-
rison's resolution. Mr.. Logan sugges-
ted an amendment, which was accepted,
covering removals from the bureau.
fhe resolution then went over. The
o3gh bill came up, and Mr.. Morgan
4ffeTed by sqHRI1n9ft pr9fvding'rqePdm2nt
disposal of the property OF the Mormo'e
Church according to the rules and
principles of the common law, as IN
.ase Of the dissolution of a ~Coporation,"
After discussion by Messrs. Edmunds,
1ullom and Teller, Mr.. Morgan's
| :mendment was lost. Pending con
liberation Of the bill the Senate ad-
0uIuul,
In The Senate en- the ste Mr. Eu isl
louisiana, introduced q concur ?
/ es1t. son declaring tha' Gin thef
Congress, thf nds
millions doll RS. payabl5 ~ h
/ ebruaiy 3 e thnuid be paid ID Silver
dollars, such payment Icing in str}
compliance with exIstin =-Sie
AID of the financial polist he 4 maga-
Ythe legislation of Cor; Il must lead
E1stis desired the resoll aud II rn,,
to the Committee on Fin ;,is,,
pTeSed a hope that it ~ 'N'eIISsi'
por4d at an early day. 1t
rheYtah bill was resumttr MIN
debat, passed by a vote oil nAh
Gays keing Messrs. Blair, - ""'
Hampton, Hoar, Morgamumber from
Mr.. Hoar explained t~haticjpatea
sgainst The bill because or
DISTINGUISHING women. /
adjournea uatIl tile l1th. 'Lha
In the Senate on the IIfhi No.
called mp MI. Beck's sllvefs fo on
and spoke in support of 1t. vii I~ilus-
lad finished he yielded to w.
70 into executive session.
ioOrs were reOpened the Sen
ed.
In the Senate on the III
passed appropriating S450S AT FIVE
purchase and alteration of Ill s. per
luce Exchange Building, il c,h..r
city, for army purposes. M. .
mitted a substitute for Mo VEe -
yer resolution, and it wa.
the Committee on Finance
concluded his speech begun on Monday
IN support of silver, and Mr., Vance fol-
lowed at length in a similar vein. The
Senate then went into executive session.
HOUSE
The Chairmen of the principal House
committees, announced by Speaker
Carlisle, are as follows Appropria-
lions, Randall, of Pennsylvania /; Ways
md Means, Morrison, of Illlnois ES~-
-ign Affairs, Belmont, OF New York
Naval Affairs, Herbert, of Alabama
Military Affairs, Bragg, or Wisconsin
Coinage, Bland, 0i Missouri Banking
md Currency, Curtin, QT P~epnsvlYa-
ia Rivers and Harbors, wins, OF
Kentucky ; Labor, O'Neil, OF Missouri;
Commerce, Reagan, of Texas Judici-
Try, Tucker, Of Virginia Post-ofices,
Blount, of Georgia. Indian Affairs,
Wellborn, of Texas Pensions, Ell
Iredge, of Michigan Pacific Railways,
Fhrockmorton, of Texas, Claims,
Springer, of Illinois; Education, Aiken,
VI South Carolina; Pubic Lands, Cobb,
INDIANA !; Mississippi River, King,
If Nortn Gcrnlina; American Ship
building, Dunn, of Arkansas ; Patents,
Mitchell, of Connecticut.
In the House on the It'll, the call of
States for bills and resolutions was con.
cluded. Amongst the bills introduced
were the following: by Mr.. Golf, of
West Virginia, to repeal the tax on
tobacco; by Mr.. Caswell, of Wisconsin,
10 tax oleOmargaTine; by Mr.. Guenther.
IF Wisconsin, to prohibit the importa-
ton of articles of foreign manufacture
bearing a stamp, mark or imprint con-
yeying the impression that they are of
American manufacture; by Mr.. VoOr-
hees, OF Washington Territory, for the
admission of the State Of Washington
and TO forfeit the unearned Northern
Pacific land grant; by Mr.. Hatch, of
Missouri, for the free importation of
salt; by Mr.. Durham, of Illinois, to es.
tablish a Department of Commerce,
and by Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas, to es-
a postal telegraph system and
TO reduce the postage on drop letters to
one cent AT the conclusion of the call
the Speaker announced the committees.
and the House adjourned until the 18th,
In the House on the 18th under the
call of States $50 bills were introduced,
swelling to nearly 1000 the number now
awaiting action by the committees.
The committees were then called for
The judiciary Committee re-
two or three private bills and the
House adjourned.
In the House on the 18th Mr..
Randall from the Appropriations Com
reported a resolution authOrIz.
ing that committee to have printed
such documents bearing on the subject
Of appropriations as it may deem
The resolution was referred
to the Committee of the Whole. Mr..
Caldwell, of Tennessee, from the Com
mittee on the Laws Regulating the
Election of President and Vice Presi-
dent, reported back, without amend
ment, the HOar Presidential Succession
bill, and it was placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Cooper, of Ohio, gave notice that
he would file a minority report. The
House then went into Committee of
the Whole on the Presidents message,
aud Mr.. Reagan, of Texas, delivered a
on the silver question. When
be had finished the House adjourned.