Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-05-13
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CONGRESSIONAL.
II the Senate sn the Sd Mr.: ingalls, joint
resolution was reported favorably from com
| mittee proposing constitutional amend
| inent substituting April 80 for March 4, as
President. Mf. D6lph reported fatofabIy Z
| pre-empt'on OF public lands. and allowing
| entries for timber Culture and other pur;
poses The Post office AAppropriat!ot' biz
iournment.. =. In The Hotise the Conference
report on the Indian Appropriation bin was
agreed to; On motion Of NJ: Anderson. Of
IL sI wt re- sHgp Sd
| land gratis made BY Congress to aid in the
construction of railroads in Kansas, and for
the forfeiture Of uncafnen lands: seyeral
under o suspension Of the rules. Adjourned.
AFTER the passage Of several private
bills, the Senate on the lth proceeded with the
Post-ofice Appropriation bill which was dis
eussed at length. The section providing for
tho transportation Of the South American
mails in AMER can vessels ard approptatitg
$soOoO for the same was the main point OF
debate II was finally adopted, and the pill
passed, there being bhly ten fegatiys votes
Adjourned. In the House the Campbell
Weaver contest from Iowa, was decided in
favor of Weaver. At the evening session a
number of bills passed, among them the Sem
ate Dill to remove the charge OF desertiOn
against any soldier by reason OF his enlistihg
in any regiment before receiving discharge
from another regiment. Adjourned.
IN the Senate Oh the 5th after the trans
action of considerable urimportant business
the Interstate Commerce bill was taken up
and discussed. After executive session the
Senate adjourned. In the House business
was considered that had been reported from
the Committee on Military Affairs. The first
bill that came up was the one providing for
pay and bounty of the veterans who had
been scharged to receive promotions and
commissions as officers. and which had been
withheld from them. No final action was
reached, The House was in session until
past midnight.
In the Senate on the 9th the Interstate
Commerce bill again came up, and its con-
sideration occupied most of the day. After
an executive session the Senate adjourned.
LIN the House the Committee on Jud ciary
reported adversely joint resolution pro.
amendment. The River and HarbOr bill was
then taken up in Committee of the Whole,
and after being further discussed and
am zen finally passed by vote Of lab yeas
business the House ad iOurned.
THE Senate was not in session on the eth.
AFTER routine business in the House the
private calendar was taken up in Committee
of the Whole. The bill which gave rise to
the most interesting discussion was one pay
ing 300 to +. w. Haldeman. The report
states that during the war Haldeman, then a
boy of twelve years of age, desired to join
an Ohio regiment but was refused a muster
on account of his age and size. He, how
regiment year, acting as bugler and per.
forming scout duty. Mr.. Bragg, of WiscOn-
s.n. in a sarcastic speech opposed the bill,
which brought on debate of similar tenor.
without action the committee rose. Fifty
five pension bills were passed at the evening
session.