Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-12-16
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CONGRESS-.

CONGRESS.
In the Senate on the eth Mr.. Cheney
appeared ard took the oath Of oif1ce as sue
cessor to the late Senator Pike, of New
Hampshire. Mr.. Beck introduced bill to
provide for the retirement of legal tender
and national bank bills of small denOmiDa-
tons and the issue OF coin certificates, and
Mir. Van Wyck introduced a bill to exempt
from duty imported sugars and molnsses and
imported bonrds. lumber and timber. Mr..
Morrill, introduced a resOlut on in effect that
1t is incxpedient for the present Congress to
attempt any revis OH OF the tariff, which was
laid over. Mr.. Dawes introduced resulu-
ton requiring the Finance Committee to In.
quire and report what specific reductions
can be made in the customs duties, etc. A
message was received from the House an
nounc.n ny the deceose dur ng recess or hep
resentatives Prce, of Visions II, and Beach
and Arnot, of New York, and the Senate ad-
iourned. =. In the House several bills were
Introduced. among them one by Mr.. Peters,
of Kansas. for the deposit of gold or silver
coin or bullion RS seciir ty for national bank
circulation The House passed the Senate
bill for the rel ef Of graduates of the Nj Ii
tary Academy and then Mr.. bragg called up
the bill GpprOpriating S2OO.Ol0 for the estab-
lIshmcnt at Fort Riley. Kan OF permanent
school of instruction for cavalry and light ar
tillery and making q further appropriation
of $l75.tWU for barracks and quarters ut Fort
d. A. Russell, Wyoming and Fort Robinson,
Nebraska. IT was passed. The House then
decided to consider the Senate Electoral
count D;il that the power TO count Lne NOte
did not reside in the Pres dent of the Senate,
but in the two Houses of Congress. which
should count and decide the legality of the
votes cast. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the Sth Mr. Plumb in
PRODUCED a bill to authorize the Secretary of
the Interior to certify lands for agricultural
purposes TO the State of Kansas and also to
provide Cor the sale of certain portions of
the Fort Lcavenworth litary reservation.
After speech by Senator Blair on woman
suffrage and the receipt of a message from
the President, the Senate went into eXccu-
bus ness, the Electoral Count bill was taken
up and after some debate went over. Adj
jOurncd.
The Senate on the 9th had under con-
sideration Senator MorrilI's resolution de-
clar ng it ineXpedicnt at the present session
to attempt any revision OF the tariff, and q
debate was sprung which Occup ed the whole
day. without reaching vote the Senate
adjourned until Monday :. After the eXpira.
ton of the morning hour i'm the House the
Oh extending the postal free delivery sys-
tenn was taken up, amended and passed.
Consideration OF the Electoral Count bill
was then resumed. which was finally am end
ed and passed. AMI the House went into
Committee of the Whole on the bill creating
the Department of Ayr culture. Whe the
comm ttee rose the Sundrr Civil bill was re-
ported and tho House adjourned.
The Senate was not in session on the
10th .. In the House, after the reading of the
journal, the death of Representative DOwd-
passing the customary resolutions the House
nd ion rup1