Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-04-03
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WASHINGTON, March 22.-In the House q
session was ordered for Thursday night for
consideration OF resolutions relative TO the
death OF Joseph Rankin, late Representative
from Wisconsin.
The house then proceeded TO consideration
or pension bills, ana the bill granting "A rem.
sion OF 81 600 a year 10 the widow OF Gen. w.
:. Hancock was passed-yeas, l69; nay a, AZ.
Under The call Of states the following bills
and resolutions were introduced and re-
ferred:
BY Mr.. Lawler, q resolution directing the
committee on judiciary TO report what lag,sla-
ton Is necessary to close any part OF Chicago
70 navigation, either by making bridges per
manent, or by Blliug up the river.
by Mr.. Merrimau, for the issue OF United
States coin notes.
Attend OF the call the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-In the morning
hour the House passed the Fourth OF July
claims bin. The amount involved Is $236, 300.
A number OF bills we're introduced at the ex-
piration Of the morning session.
Mr.. Burnes, OF Missouri, submitted the con-
ference report on the urgent deficiency bill
and II was agreed TO, aid the House ad-
journed.
VASE NGToN, March 24-Atter debate
upon All amendment offered and r~ejs:ted, the
house passed the Indian appropriation bill
yeas, 20; nays, 5.
The house immediately went into commit
tee OK the whole On the postofilce appropria-
ton bill.
Mr.. Blount, chairman OF the committee on
postothcea and postroads, hrit fly explained
the provisions OF the bill. II Appropriated, he
said, $54,S26 ,52S, as against an estimate OF
f5f,93',lto, and an appropriation Of $53, 700,-
500 for The current year.
Mr. Burrows called the attention OF the com
mittee 70 the fact that the estimate for the pay
Of railway postal clerks Was too low, and
spoke at considerable length on the general
question.
The committee then rose and the house ad-
journed.
WASHINGTON, March 25.-In the committee
OF the whole on the postoffice appropriation
bill to-day Mr.. Guenthtr, OF Wisconsin, said
that the postmaster-general had been made
the target FOR tnnumersble and vicious as
saults and misrepresentation, which IN his
opinion, had been entirely uniounded, and
dictated solely from a spirit OF revenge and
spite by certain steamship companies, and
especially the Pacific Mail Steamship com
pany, which, seeing It's well-laid plans for a
successful raid on the treasury frustrated by
the postofilce department, has set up a most
terrific and prolonged howl, ft to be COM
pared only to the howl of "a tiger whose prev
had been snatched away from him. The rea-
son given by the postmaster general for not
exercising the authority given him IN regard
TO the foreign mail service were good and SUI
ticient reasons.
The committee then rose.
The evening session was devoted 70 consid-
GRAFTON OF resolutions expressive OF the sor-
row OF that body at the death OF Joseph Ran
Bin, late representative from Wisconsin. Eulo-
CYSTIC addresses were delivered by Messrs.
Henderson, OF Iowa; Bragg, Hudt, Guenther,
Thomas, La Toilette, OF Wisconsin,; HendeY-
son, OF Illinois, Maybury, OF Michigan, and
Johnson, OF New York. The resolutions were
unanimously adopted and, as a 70 srk OF re-
spect to the deceased, the House at 9:5O p. m.
adi
WASHINGTON, March 26 The House recon
sidered the vote by which the hill granting
the widow OF General Benhs n a pension Of $50
per month and the bill was passed.
The evening session was eevo'ei TO the con-
sideIation OF pension hills, fifty Of which were
passed and the House adjourned.