The true northerner., 1886-05-06
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho Wogk a the Senate and House
q Representatives

TO the Senate on the 2Dtn Oh Apfi. washington
C. whitthorns (Tenn.l. the successor OF Judge
Jackson was sworn and took his seat. Senator
Van Wyck (Neb.) addressed the Senate In sup
port of the interstate commerce Dill. his
speech consisted mainly OF an arraignment
OF Jay Gould and c. +: Hnnti1s.on, wno mad, S ne
on State Legislatures. the courts and Congress,
unblushingiy purchasing. judges and legislators,
Senator Blair (N H. addressed the Senate in
eupport of his proposed constitutional amend
ment prohibiting the manufacture or sale OF al
coholic liquors as beverages. In tho course OF
his speech he said that il was less possible for
the Republican party TO remain permanently
three-fourths for prohibition and one-fourth
against il than 1t once was for the nation 70
half free. w. Il. Dowdall was nominated to
the Senate for Postmaster at Peoria, Illinois.
In the House Of Representatives., Mr.. Springer
introduced bill 10 establish a department. OF
labor with a commissioner and two assistants,
the expense not TO exceed 100000 per annum.
The Committee on Pacific Railroads reported TO
the House the bill formulated by the sub-com-
mittee providing for an extension OF seventy
years Of the bonded debt OF the Pacihc Railroads
to the Government The bill makes provision
for the payments OF the indebtedness OF
the Pacific Railroads TO the Govern
ment after the following plan: To
the present debt is added the interest that
would accrue during the lifetime leleven years.
OF the existing bonds, assuming that no further
payments are made by the companies and the
total divided into 40 equal payments, which
are represented by a series OF bonds falling due
semi-annually, the last bond maturing seventy
years after issue The average annual pay
ments by the companies would reach nearly
81, 600 900, which, it is estimated, would amount
to n sum greater than the principal OF the debt
before the existing bonds would mature.
TIE Chair laid before the Senate, on the 9th
nit. a communication from the Clerk Of the
House Of Representatives of the State OF Ohio,
transmitting a transcript Of testimony taken by
a committee of that House. and the report OF
the same committee on the subject OF charges
against the official integrity OF certain members
Of that House in connection with the election OF
the HOH Henry PSyne gs .Eiie4 & SsstfS Pm . sS, e.
Senate and entered n most emphatic denial OF
charges AMI invited the most exhaustive scrutiny
OF all his acts and Of his private correspondence.
The whole thing, he said was an attempt TO
circulate baseless gossip and scandal, every
thing substantial in the way OF charges having
been discredited and disproyed by tho testi-
mony He was willing to leave the matter with
the Committee on Privileges and elections OF
the Senate, TO which committee il was referred.
The Senate passed bills allotting ands in sever
atty TO the Indians Of the Round Valley Reser-
vation, California appropr.atng $500, 900 for tho
extension of the White House and authorizing
the building of railroad bridges across the ST.
water, Mimi. and across the Missouri River at
or near Kansas City, Mo, mt or near Council
Bluffs Iowa. on the line OF railroad between
either Clay Jackson County Missouri, and
the county Of Wyandotte, Kansas, near Atchi-
son, Kansas, at or near Saline City,
Joseph. Mo, and near Chamberlain, ID. T.
The Senate has confirmed the nomination OF G.
w. West as Governor OF Utah. In the House OF
Representatives Mr. Breckenridge introduced
bill TO reduce the number of internal revenue
officers and TO amend the internal revenue
laws The House Judiciary Committee reported
adversely bill to prohibit aliens from ncquir-
ing title or owning lands within the United
States.
THE postofIice appropriation bill was dis
cussed in the Senate on the 2sth ult., the bono
OF contention being the amendment appropriate
ing $500 600 for carrying South and Central
American Chinese, ana Australian mails and
authorizing the Postmaster General To make,
after due advertisement, contracts for five
years with American steamships. The House
OF Representatives debated the river ana har-
Dor bill, and passed the bill providing that
hereafter no alien who has not declared his in
tention TO become a citizen Of the United States
shall be granted license rs pilot, engineer,
mate, captain, other officer any steam
vessel carrying the flag OF the United States
Mr.. BECK (ky) spoke for three hours and q
half in the Senate OH the 29th ult. in opposition
to the subsidy clause OF the postoflice appropri-
alton bill. Mr. Hale Me- addressed the Sem
ate in favor of the subsidy anne ondment The
Senate passed the 4th of July claims ILL., with
IN item OF $4,000 for the heirs of Ayres
Il. Merrill, Of Mississippi, for supplies
furnished the Union army during the war.
In the House the amendment OF Mr.. Hepburn,
of Iowa, TO the river and harDOr bill, that the
appropriation for the Missouri River shall be
expended under the direction of the Secretary
OF war WITHOUT tnc intervention Oh luc Mis-
souri, River Commission, was defeated. bill
reported TO tho House providing
for the reception of trade dollars at
their face value in all payments TO the Govern
ment, for exchange ut the b-Treasury
for standard dollars to he transmitted to the
mints ~ bullion Mr.. Hall iowa gave notice
that he would call up the CampbellW Weaver
contested election case Maya. The Committee
on Public Lands reported bill TO grant the
right OF way through tho public lands TO any
canal or ditch company formed for the purpose
Of irrigation.
THE postoiice appropriation bill occupied the
attention OF the Senate on the 30th ult.. and Mr..
Hale, OF Maine, finished his speech in support
Of the subsidy amendment. Mr.. Brown, Of
Georgia. also spoke in favor OF it. The bill to
make ON aha a port of entry was vetoed by the
President for the reason that ut that place the
Government does not have the necessary ofli-
GERS for the appraisement of merchan-
disc and the collection OF duties. The
President sent the following nominations
Of Postmnsters to the Senate At Brooklyn, N.
Y, Joseph G. Hendrix; at Baltimore, Nd,
Frank Brown. vice l. Parker Vesey,
signed ut shippensburg, Pa, j. A. Q.
McCune; at Washington, Kansas, James s.
Nedder. In the House OF Representatives the
Committee on Indian Affairs reported favor
ably bill giving the Chicago, Kansas and
Nebraska Railroad the right OF way
through the Indian Territory. The House
rejected an amendment to the river and harbor
bill offered by Mr.. Warner Ohio, providing that
the appropriation for the improvement of the
direction Of the Secretary of War instead OF the
Mississippi River Commission and providing
for Congressional committee to investigate
the work of the Mississippi River Commission.
The House refused by vote Of 80 to 129, to
strike out the levee clause.