Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1886-02-18
xllxTH CONGRESS,

| IN the Senate on the sth more petitions OF
| Knights of Labor for the opening OF Okla
| homa were presented. Several measures
| were reported favorably from committees,
among them bill changing the time of the
| meeting of Congress. Resolutions for consid-
| GRAFTON of appointments in open session were
| reported adversely. Mr.. Eustis offered a res.
olution instructing the finance committee
| to obtain certain Information the
matter of receiving silver dollars by the as :
sistant treasurer at New Orleans. This pro
voked a discussion, in which Senator Sher-
man was conspicuous asserting that the
| on any subject called for by the Senate Sen.
ators salisbury and Pugh also took part in
the debate. In the House, under the call
duced measure to create a com mission to
inquire into and report on the material and
inteIlectual progress OF the negroes. Mr..
tee u resolution giving each Congressman
| clerk. Mr. O'Neill reported from com :
mittee a resolution asking the Postma ster
General if letter carriers come under the
provisions of the Eight Hour law.
IN the Senate on the eth the bill was passed
authorizing the Omaha Bank to increase its
capital. Mr.. Beck's bill for the issue of coin
certificates was reported favorably. fseveral
bills for public buildings were passed. The
building at San Francisco prov oked
considerable discussion, .....: In the House
a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury
was laid before the House, in which he says
he will, as soon as possible. reply to the
ance and circulation. After reports of com
mttees, under which order nothing of spec ial
Importance was brought forward, the House
went into committee of the VIII ole on the
half gallon tax bill.
In the Senate on the 10th a bill was favora-
bly, reported authorizing an expedition to
observe the total eclipse of the August
%. 1886. resolution passed directing the
committee on public buildings to inform the
Senate as to the aggregate amount
of money recommended for public build
fngs this season. Senator Hoar offer ed
resolution directing the com nit
tee on library to report on the expedite ncy
of erecting a monument to General la n
cock. and it was agreed to. The educational
bill was discussed and laid over, and an
amendment to the Sherman silver bill was
passed. In che House resolutions of re-
Spect to the memory of General Hancock
were adopted, and the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th MIR. Mitchell (Ore.)
introduced bill for the repeal of all treaties
permitting Cinnamon to come to this coun-
try. After several private measures had
been disposed of. the bill regulating promo
os bs IT MAS
bill passed, and now goes to the President.
There was lengthy debata on the Educa-
tional bill. but without disposing of it the
Senate adjourned to the 18th ....I n the
House Mr.. Beach IN. V objected and thus
prevented the introduction of a bill for a
pension to the widow of General Hancock.
The Indian Appropriation bill was Veferre
to the committee of the whole. several
placed on the calendar, and the bill to en-
able National banks to increase their CAPT.
tai passed The House went into committee
OF the whole on the Fitz John Porter bill,
debate On which occupied the remainder of
the session.
THE Senate was not in session on the 18th
......In the House, after the reference of a
large number of Senate bills to the appro-
pirate C committees the Speaker proceed
ed to call committees for reports of a prf-
vate nature. At thes conclusion of the call
the House went into committee of the
whole, Mr.: Hammond, OF Georgia. in the
chair, on the private Gale dar. At its even
in2 session the House passed a hundred
pension bills, and adjourned.