Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-03-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Is the Senate on the 23rd Mr.. Van Wyck
| reported favorably from committee the bill
| to confirm entries on the public lands. The
bill passed appropriating $50, 900 TO erect a
Grant monument at Wash ugton The Edu-
cation bill then came up and Senator's Gray
and Plumb addressed the Senate in OppOsi-
ton and Senator Cali in its favor. After q
short executive session the Senate adjourned.
49,. In the House Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois,
from the Committee on Ways and Means. re-
ported a joint rcsolut on directing the pay
ment of the surplus in the Treasury on the
public debt. Mr.. Elisherry. of oh q. from the
Committee on Invalid Pensions. reported II
bill granting pensions to all invalid sold CrS
or widows or children who are dependent
upon their daily labor for support The bill
fOrfeitinG the unearned land grants of the
Atlantic 4 Pacific Ra lroad Company was
taken nIDand an amendment adopted provid-
ing that forte ted lands shall be subject to
entry under the homestead law only. The
bill then passed. Adjourned.
IN the Senate on the oath the bill passed
for the relief of settlers and purchasers of
land on the public domain in Kansas and
Nebraska. The Educational bill came up as
unfin shed business and was discussed until
the Senate went into executive sess ON. In
the House the bill passed to annex the north
ern part of the Territory to Idaho to Wash
ington Territory. The Hennepin Canal bll
then came up and after some debate the
House. in committee. took up thu naturalization
Tax bill and the debate continued. The bill
finally passed and the House adjourned
In the Senate on the 25th among the bills
introduced was one by Senator Edmunds
providing for the inspection of meats for
exploration and prohibiting the importation
of adulterated articles of food. drink etc.
The Educational bill came up and was de-
bated at length. The Senate then resumed
consideration of the bill to provide allot-
ments of land in severalty to the ND ans.
The bill finally passed and the Senate ad-
journed. In the House the debate on the
Hennepin Canal bill came up in regular Cr-
der. and several members spoke. Then the
Pension Appropr. alton bill was taken up in
Committee of the Whole and lively debate
followed. Mr.. Morgan reported the biz to
incorporate the Atlantic Il Pacific Ship rail-
way. Mr.. Wheeler reported the Military
Academy Appropriation bill The estimate
for 1887 is $4l2.015. Mr.. Blount reported the
Post-oftice Appropriation bill. Adjourned.
IN the Senate on the Goth Mr.. Mitchell
spoke in favor of his bill abrogatng all
treaties permitting the immigration of
was resumed on the Education bill and con-
tinued until adjournment In the House
Mr. Morrison reported substitute for the
Hanback, resolution on the Pan Electric tel
ephone matter. charging the powers of the
special committee. The resolution was
adopted after some debate. MIR. Dockery re-
ported back the resolution requiring the
PoSt-offce Committee to aScerta n whether
additional leg Station is necessarr to prevent
the monopoly of telegraph C facilities, and to
secure to the Southern. Western and Pacific
States the benefits of competition. which was
adopted, and the House adjourned.