Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-05-27
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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cONGRESSiONAf..

CONGRESSIONAL.
IL the Senate on the 18th the ki1l &c re
taliate Oh foreign Countries for seizure OF
American vessels was passed. Tn bill is
intended to retaliate OH Canadian fishing
ISr 1hs as he mt.
ecutivt session. after which the Senate ad;
1Ourned :. Under the call OF States several
bills were introduced IN the House, afid then
the House went into rf,nimt,et Of LIE THols
on the Urgent Deficiency bill, which was re-
.,ur,et to the House and passed The Sen:
ate bill providing for the study in the publc
schools OF The TER tories Of the stleft pf ~
cOhol. etc, on the ssste;a sassGd. Alter
lengthy dei,a;e on a resolution to set apart
June aud subsequent DAYS for the con
sidcration OF business presented by the LABOR
also discussed. tts shct.firi PREVAILED, ana The
HOase ah ibufned.
IL the Senate on the 18th several COM
mupications from the Secretary OF the
Treasury were received Transmitting infSr
nation called tot, eettrnl bis Of d local
patutt passed. At two O'Clock the Pension
bill was placed before the Senate. but was
temporarily laid aside to permit Senator
Coke TO address the Senate on the Labor Ar
bitratOn b II, when it was again taker hp
and pend ng censidefat Of ths Senatc went
into executive Session and then adjourned.
80. IN The House several stand ng committees
reported. Among b lis reported was the post
office Apprtpriatpn bill, with Ihe SENATE
amendments. being that khowi: as the sSh,oo
subs DIV TO Amer can vessels. The House went
into Committee of the Whole upon the bill.
and dur ng the debate which followed the
clause. VIII ch was the subject of contention.
consin. as gift to the Pacific Mail monopoly.
without reaching final action the Hons" I'd
iOureed,
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
the 10Th, the Pens on bin was taken up and
after several amendments had been offered
and the one making pensions not l9ss than
a per NORTH and al airrI;diiieit Ina king the
serv &c three instead OF months were
adopted, the b II finally passed by vote Of
"a to IA. The Bankruptcy bill was then laid
before the Senate Adjourned. In the
House the Comm ttce on Laws Regulating the
Elect on of President reported Il 10 ut reso
hut on proposing c'ihstittti5nai a,nen'if,ient
GREAT .g The Office o! Second Nicc-frcS DENT.
The House then went into Committee OF ;hP
Whole on the Senate amendment to the Post
Office Appropriation hill. After general de
bate the committee rose and the House adj
iOurned,
TIT Senate on the Goth passed the bill to
authorize the Chey cnne & Northern railway
to build road across the Fort Russell and
Fort Laramie rescr-atbsis, The Stitch Island
Br dye LII Tus then discussed until two
O'Clock. when the Bankruptcy bill was Ia q
before the Senate. bat temporarily la Il aside
to continue debate on the Bridge b IL. The
bill WAS firall, passed. This is II bill giving
tue BalI more N DNlO FOau ct'ftH III is,tM
facl ties az New York. The fGnk rhptty b II
was then further discussed until adjourn
ment, =. In the House the Senate amendment
10 the Post-otlce Appropriation bill was
taken up i'm Committee of the Wholt. and the
SSp0OOO subsidy TO Amer can vessels el cited
Il long debate. The amendment was finally
defeated by the dec sivc vote of rs to 50,
after which the House ad iOurned.
AFTER the usual routine business in the
Senate on the 2ist. the bill providing for clos
ing the business of the Court of Claims was
taken up and finally passed. The Urgency
Deficiency bill was passed without debate.
The Senate insisted on its amendments to the
Post office ApprOpr etinn bill aid cbifef-
encc COMMITTEES was appointed. The House
bill establishing certain addit DUAL | fe saving
stat ons was passed. Several pension bills
| were then passed. and pending the cOnsidera-
ton of others debate was sprung on the
pract &c OF passing private henson bills
W thout proper consideration. The Senate
then adjourned until Monday. In the House
the bill passed prohibit ng the Importation of
mackerel during the spawning season.
Among the bills pissed was one removing
the chrrge of deSertion from the record of
Franklin Thomas Secleyc. This is the case
of a woman who for two wears SERVED in
Michigan reg ment as soldier without d s.
closing her identity. Thirty pension bills
passed at the evening sess on.