Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-02-25
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Educational Bill EnGrosses the
Attention Of the Senate.


SENATE.
wismiSaroN, Feb 10. The greater portion
Of the session was taken up with the education
bill Remarks were made by jackson, Maxey,
Pugh, Blair and Coke. No definite action was
taken and the debate closed, Adjourned
HOUSE.
In the House James, from the committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures, reported az.
versely on BANDS bill for the free coinage Of
silver, and 1t was placed on the calendar
Bland obtained leave to file minority report,
and stated that the House would be asked to
consider the bill at the earlist opportunity. A
number Of committees reported. after which
the House went Into committee of the whole
on the Fitz John Porter bill After a debate
the committee rose aud the House took re-
cess until o'clock in the evening, the session
to be for the further consideration of the Fitz
John Porter bill. At the evening session of
the House, the Fitz John Porter bill was taken
up. Brown, Rowell, Perkins aud Peters op-
posed the bill. The committee then rose and
the House adjourned.
snSATE. 49,
WASHINGTON, Feb. l7.-Among the bills In.
PRODUCED was one by Morrell In aid of educa-
appropriate sl5O,O0o for the erection of mon
ament to Grant at Washington. At the sug-
gestion Of Logan the amount was increased to
b250,000, and the bill referred. The bill for
Allotment Of lands In seyeralty to the Indians
was taken up, but went over, and the educa-
ton bill resumed Pending consideration of
The bill the senate went into executive session,
and soon after adjourned. -..-.-....a.-.-.--.
HOUSE.
The house passed the bill reducing from to
cents the charge for money orders not ex-
,eeding IS; also the bill to protect homestead.
FRS within railway limits. The house went
into committee of the whole on the Fitz John
Porter bill After some discussion and pending
the debate, the committee rose and the house
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s.-Among the petitions
presented in the Senate and appropriately re-
ferred was one by Hoar from citizens of the
United States, whose names, Hoar said, seemed
to indicate that they were foreign born, pray
ing for submission by Congress to the several
states Of the proposed constitutional amend
ment abolishing the Presidency. The educa-
ton bill was taken up. Plumb offered an
amendment to 1t providing that as to terri
tory, not the Secretary of the Interior, but the
legislature of the several territories shall have
administration Of the money agreed to. Coke
addressed the Senate in opposition to the bill.
He entered an earnest protest against It's pas
sage, declaring 1t TO be the most pernicious
measure introduced into the House Of Congress
since the war. He prophesied that as prece-
dent IL would be destructive Of the limitations
imposed on Congress by the Constitution. The
bill, he said, was a measure of despotism. 1t
would result, he said in stirring up an end
less strife between the north and south. ESarts
took the floor. He remfr'lel that he was
heartily In favor of the bill but would not
speak on 1t If the Senate desired to come to q
vote. Blair said that If Evarts was going to
make speech somebody would be sure to
move an adjournment. This remark was greet
ed with loud laughter, In which Eyarts himself
heartily joined, and the Senate went into ex-
ecudve session, and soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the morning the house resumed consider
alton of the bill FORGETTING the Atlantic and
Pacific land grant, The bill was discussed
without any result being reached until the ex-
piration of the morning hour, and the house
went into committee Of the whole, Springer in
the chair, on the Fitz John Porter bill. Bragg
closed the debate in favor of the bill. Everhart
moved to commit the bill with instructions to
strike out the words "prior to his appointment
under this act" so as TO make the provso read,
"Said Fitz John Porter shall receive no pay,
compensation or allowance whatsoever" Reed
suggesting that this gave an opportunity for
indicating Porter from any question Of mon
ey, demanded the yeas and nays. The motion
to recommit was lost--yeas liz, nays 173, A
long debate ensued, after which the bill asssd,
yeas, III nays, 49, Adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l9-Edmunds intro
duced bill relating to the eight hour law,
which was appropriately referred. He said
the bill related to letter carriers, whose hours
of labor were beyond human endurance. A
resolution by Allison, was adopted, inquiring
of the secretary of the treasury what amount
of United States notes had been redeemed
under the redemption act from July 1, 1872 to
June 80, 1886 Eustis called up his resolution
of inquiry as to the refusal of the sub treasurer
at New Orleans to receive silver dollars. An
amendment by Teller, extending the inquiry
so as to cover IN alleged defalcation In the
same Office, was agreed to and the resolution
passed. Dawes bill to alot lands In severalty
to Indians, was then discussed, during which
Mr.. Chace made his ''malden speech" in sup
port of the bill. He made a strong plea for
justice and equal rights to the Indians.
The educational bill came up and was dis
cussed at length. Edmunds, from the COM
mittee on judiciary, reported favorably bills to
remove the political disabilities of Alexander
p. Stewart, of Mississippi; Thomas L. Rosser,
OF Virginia; and Edward G. w. Butler, Of
Missouri The bills were at once passed.
HOUSE.
The House went into committee Of the whole
on the private calendar. The evening session
was devoted to the consideration Of pension
bills. Twenty four pension bills were passed.