Little Falls transcript., 1886-01-15

an nterstates commerce commission; to
tax he manufacture and sale OF oleomar-s
garine;; to abolish internal revenue taxa
ti,,n, ton, The stitutional amendment
Jersey provides that residential cleo
tors shall be elected lin every state
| on the third Tuesday in October, and
that no other officers than representatives
| in congress shall Be elected on the same
day. Mr.. McAdoo also introduced q bill
depriving 1.-The right OF suffrage all polyga-
mists or persons who are members OF or
gtnizations that encourage other persons
to commit bigamy S g.. r. r. ~ !
I SENArE..-A communication from the
| postmaster general, in reference to the
| charge that postotlices in Maine had been
bought and sold, was laid before the sem
| ate. 4 long political debate ensued, after
which the communication was referred to
the. committee on civil" service re-
form, Messrs. Gray and Mcpherson spoke
against silver, replying to Mr.. Beck. The
| Utah bin was debated, and an amendment
| to strike out the section disfranchisng the
| women OF Utah WIS rejected-elevon to
| thirty seven. ..4 Bills We're. introduced pro-
| v'dlng for the meeting OF congress in Octo-
| Der; to prevent contraction in the currency
and increase silver certificate circulation:5 !
| to increase pensions. .5,,. j.. ..;I 5,.,.
! The pension bill OF Senator Mitchell Of
| Pennsylvania extends the benefit Of the
act OF March 80, 1885, to all pensioners
| whose disabilities are caused by ampu-
| tation OF the arm or leg above the point OF
! articulation, when the remaining stump is
in such condition as to prevent the use OF
an artificial arm Or leg, and increasing the
rate OF pension for such disabilities to $50
per month from March 3, 1879; provided
that when such rateis allowed the recipient
shall receive no artificial limb or commuta-
tion therefor. ..s..l
Senator Manderson's bill confers brevet
promotion on officers of the army below
| the grade OF brigadier general who have dis
tinguished themselves by heroic action
against hostile Indians. Eon-comn,ission-
ed officers and privates who may dis
tinguish themselves by extraordinary
bravery in Indian battles shah be entitled
to the highest pay OF their respective grades,
and also, after passing successful exa min
alton, to the right OF promotion as com
! missicned officers next after West Point
cadets. t-, .,.
HousE.-Bills were introduced both to
restrict and facilitate silver coinage; to re-
peal the civil service act; to provide for ma
tional bank circulation; to restore the duty
on wool; for a postal telegraph syst en, Tor
1.-The retirement of the trade dollar; for the
relief OF the merchant marine; to regulate
| Interstate commerce; to prevent contrac-
ton OF the currency: to establish a nation
al livestock highway; authorizing a retired
list Tor privates and dnOn-cOmmisSiOned ar.
my officers.
| SENATE.-After some preliminary busi-
ness, the debate on the Utah bill was re-
sumed. bill was introduced increasing the
| pension for total disability of ex-solsiers.
| Mr.. Voorhees, offered as a substitute for q
resolution recently offered by his colleague
one reciting in it's preamble:
, The commissioner OF pensions in his an
! nual report has stated that at one time
the pension bureau was all but avowedlya
| ing adherents Of single organization
/ (meaning the Republican parity, and that
/ claimants were often required to sup
I port the Republican pnrty as Il condi.
! tlOn upon which pensions should ISSUE
The resolution instructs the committee on
expenditures of public money to inquire
into the truth OF these allegations, and
confers power tc send for persons and
papers. r,.,.>e.,, i -. s...9 =. r.,
I HousE.-Bills were introduced for the
erection OF public buildings at the follow
Huntington, w. Va; Oshkosh, Milwaukee,
Superior and Eau Claire, Wis, Las Vegas
and Albuquerque. N. NJ; Helena, Mont;
Colo; Fremont, Neb., and Kalamazoo.
Mich.
Bills were introduced to repeal the
| tobacco tax; to tax oleomargarine; for
! the admission of Dakota and Washington
territories as states; for the unlimited coin
age OF silver dollars; for the construction
| Of the Hennepin canal; to establish de-
.axkyS% Rrfr
discrimina tion by railroads, and to- sub.
jectathem to the CONTROL of states; sfor a
i postal telegraph: to reduce. drop letter
4 postage TO one cent. ii e 2 8,,43ss s 81
i d Speaker Carlisle am onnced5 the na 1, a,espi
q men, berB of5committces, most 81 the old
members shedding their former places. The
chairmen OF the respective committees are
as follows: Election, Turner OF Georgia; ap-
propriations, Randall Of Pennsylvania;
affairs, Herbert Of Alabama; military
affairs, Bragg OF Wisconsin; foreign
affairs, Belmont OF New York; banking and
currency, Burtin of Pennsylvania; coinage,
weightsand measures, Bland OF Missouri;r ;riv-
ers and harbors, Willis of Kentucky; labor,
! O'Neill OF Misson i;patents itchell ofC Conn.
4 Pacific railways, Throckmorton OF Texas;
q commerce, Reagan Of Texas; public lands,
Cobb of Indiana; Judiciary, Tucker Of
4 as; postofHces and postroads, Bount
/ Of Georgia; claims, Springer OF Illinsis;
accounts, spriggs OF New York; in.
j valid pensions, Mattsnn Of Indiana;
miiitin, Muller ci New York; war
7 claims, Geddes, 81 Ohio; Mississippi river,
King, Of Louisiana; education, Aiken, oi
South Carolina; pensions, Eldridge, ol
4 Michigan; private land claims, SaleBel, ol
kentucky; District 81 Columbia, Barbour,
OF Virginia; reform in civil service, Cox, oi
4 North Carolina; American ship building,
4 Dunn, 81 Arkansas. ::
SENATE. The senate passed the Utal
bill substantially as reported from th
4 committee, md Was published in tn,
morning papers of Dec 22. Th,
only change of consequences is the addi
n hon u r section PR oviding that marriagl
NbstW2enpefsoHsw within the lourtli (leQree 8
eonsanguinity-- hut not Including that de
q gree shall b deemed incest, and pnnisbei
q as such. The only nays were Blair. Hamp
ton. Vance, Call, Hoar, Gibson, Morgan.
Mr. Hoar ofetl aeainAt the Bill only be
Il Gauss the ton disfranchising women
u l,ut ayei uitI that section ii he would
Il neeeseary ts, secure its passage. ss
The Golnnab bin river bill of Senator Mitch
q eilssot Ton Appruf,ria To- 81, ,I3O, 900 ia
q BE imJnediateiy availA BE and be expended
u est ,assag ot A and Jpn,
1667, cont tinuir,e tss q s.
II gat the mouth Of tho Columbia river. Ore
Il gon and Washington TERRITORY.
Senator Plnsnb' 3 bill directs the secreta,
q a of the tteaaury to pay TO the Delaware
81 Indians $86, 800, in con,pensa ton foI
II tssat thrssseeti ione of land, Tor which, IS