Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-03-31
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CONGRESSIONAL.

TIE Senate passed bill granting pension Of
%, 700 Per year to the widow OF Gen. Hancock,
March %. The Chair laid before the Senate Mr..
Logans bill 10 promote the efficiency Of tho
Army, and Mr. Manderson spoke In favor Of the
section increasing the force to 10000 enlisted
ters written by Gems. Schofeld, Pope aud Others
to show the inadeqnacy Of the present force On
motion Of Mr. Van Wyck, the Senate took up and
passed the bill 10 confirm entries heretofore made
on public lands in accordance with the rulings
of the Land Office in force ut the time the entries
were made. The House OF Representatives.
passed the Fourth g Of July claims bill. The
important bills were introduced. Mr.. Burnes,
Of Missouri, submitted the conference report on
the urgent deficiency bill and it was agreed to.
In tho Senate March "a the army bill went
over and the resolutions reported from the Judi.
ciary Committee wers taken un Mr. Morgan
addressed ths Senate in opposition TO the major.
NY report. Considerable cross-nring occurred In
the debate between Senators Hoar, Gray, Ed.
munds Butler and Harris, and without action on
the resolutions the Senate adjourned The
House OF Representatives after debate upon an
amendment offered and rejected, passed the In
dian appropriation bill-yeas 226, nays S. The
House went into COMMITTEES Of the Whole on the
postofiice appropriation bill. Mr.. Blount, Chair
man Of the Committee on Postof,ices and Post
roads, briefly explained the provisions Of the
bill. 1t appropriated, he said. e54, ,326 53S a.
against an estimate Of s54. $3.50, l68, and appro
II.
Burrows called the attention OF the committee to
the fact that the estimate for the pay Of railway
postal clerks was too low, and spoke at consider.
erable length on the general question The com.
mittee then rose and the House adjourned
THE Senate Committee on Commerce reported
the bill to provide for the encouragement Of
American shipping, and to promote commercial
Is. Mr.. Frye briefly explained tho provisions Of
the bill and it was placed on the calendar. The
Chair laid before the Senate u letter from the
Postmaster General, transmitting. IN compli-
nnce with the recent Senate resolution, tabu-
lated statement OF fourth-class postmasters
moved since March !, 1885. The statement
showed that the total number Of removals OF
fourth class postmasters from March 4, 1895, to
March 3, 1886, was s,545. Mr.. voorhees, addressed
the Senate in opposition to the majority report
ON the Edmunds resolutions, and was followed
by MIR. Evaits, who spoke in favor Of the ma, a,or-
ity report Messrs. Call and ingalls, also joined
In the debate. The postofice appropriation bill
was taken up in Committee Of the Whole by the
House OF Representatives, and MIR. Guenther of
Wisconsin, spoke in defense of the Postmaster
General . action in connection with the foreign
mail service. The evening session was devoted
to consideration of resolutions expressive OF the
sorrow Of that body at the death of Joseph Ran
hin late Representative from Wisconsin.
The debate upon the Edmnnds resolutions was
resumed in the Senate March rs. Messrs. III
gals, Logan Harrison, Edmunds, Van Wyck
and others joined in the discussion. The resolu.
tions were then put to VOTE and resulted in their
adoption by the following vote The first resou-
tion, adopting the report OF the Committee on
Judiciary-ycas 81, nays 2S the second resolu-
tion, condemning the refusal OF the Attorney
General to send copies OF papers called for by the
Senate-yeas 81 nays Is the third resolution
declaring it to be the duty Of the Senate to refuse
its advice and consent to the proposed removals
OF officers, documents in reference TO the sup
posed misconduct Of whom are wi,hheld-yeas
80 nays %; the fourth resolution condeInning
the discharge OF ex-Union soldiers and the put
ting in their places of men who had rendered no
military service for the Goyerninent-yeas So
NAYS l. In the House OF Representatives on
motion OF Mr., Springer, the vote by which the
House few days since defeated the Senate bill
granting pension OF $50 per month to the widow
the bill was passed-yeas lls, nays s.. At its
evening session the House passed forty pension
bills.
The Senate was not in session March o. The
silver bill came mp in the House of Representa-.
tives and the debate was opened by Mr. CuIbert-
son. He was a friend Of silver, and In favor OF
placing it on plane with gold. He would make
the coinage of silver free, and he would pass n
law compelling the Treasury Department to pay
the surplus on the public debt. Mr. Long fol
lowed, and remarked that in tho interest OF bi-
metalism-in the interest of silver itself-it was
time to cast an anchor and take bearings TO sus-
pend, or at least fix time for the suspension of
silver coinage and then to see il some interna-
tional arrangement with other great commercial
nations could not be made. MIR. Dargan made a
strong plea for the establishment of single gold
standard, and advocated the suspension Of coin
age under the Bland act, declaring that the So
called debt-payiug dollar was in reality a debit
scaling dollar nothing but 50 cents worth o.
bullion with falsehood stamped upon it, Brief
speeches in favor OF unrestricted silver coinage
were made by Messrs. Halsell and TAYLOR after
which the House adjourned.