The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-02-04
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record of the Week,
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.

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THE Chair presented a letter from the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, at the session of the Sem
ate on Jan. Is, stating that national banks hold
S5OOo.SjO OF the bonds called for payment next
month and n communication from the Secretary
of the Interior asking for additional clerks for
the Commissioner of Railroads. G. d. Walthall
was sworn in as Senator from Mississippi. Mr..
settlement of tho debt OF the Pacific rail
roads. Messrs. Dawes and Ingalls, mado some
severe comments upon the nisspelling OF words
in bills and resolutions received from the House,
particularly as Ia n measure for tho relief OF
the Northern Cheyenne Indians. In his open
ing prayer the House Chaplain feelingly re-
ferred 10 the death of Representative Rankin, of
Wisconsin, and invoked the divine blessing and
protection upon the sorrowing family. The
House thereupon adjourned out OF respect TO the
memory of the deceased.
THE Chair laid before the Senate, on the 25th
of January, a letter from the Secretary OF the
Treasury relating to the payment of salaries of
Collectors of Customs not confirmed by the Sem
ate; also. letter stating that the information
called for by n recent resolution OF the Senate,
relating TO claims paid under French and Span
ish treaties, could be most speedily furnished
by the state Department The letters mere mere
Sfiea the sonates dssp sense q the
public loss in the death of the late Vice Presi-
dent Hendricks. The resolution having been
read, Mr.. Voorhees, addressed the Senate. !Sfter
hearing the speeches of Messrs. voorhees,,
Hampton Sherman Salisbury, Evarts, Ransom,
Spoorer Vest and Harrison, in memory of the
deceased, the Senate adopted the coEImemora-
tive resolution and then adjourned In
the House Mr.. Swinburne OF New York
introduced bill declaring the silver dol.
lar of 4l2l9 grains legal tender OF
equal value with gold coin. The oil also pro.
vides for the purchase OF H,OO0,OOO worth OF
silver bullion per month, and the issuance
monthly of S20OO,O0O of silver certificates Bills
were also introduced in the House TO establish
for the relief Of railway mail clerks who
have been in the service twenty years, con-
ferring the rank of commander upon Chief Engi-
neer Melville TO authorize the payment OF postal
notes Mt any money order office, to limit the capt.
tai of any national bank TO IS 100000 TO prohibit
the importation of pauper labor, to give prefer
ence to American citizens in employing laborers
on public works and TO limit the jurisdiction of
Federal Courts in patent cases. A resolution was
introduced directing the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to report his reasons for closing the mint at
Carson, Nevada.
MEMORIAL of the Legislature of Kansas
praying for tho establishment OF two additional
military stations in that State IA protection
against Indian depredations passed in the
Senate by Mr.. ingalls, on the 18th ult MIR.
Plumb presented IL memorial from the same
body praying for extension OF the military
facilities at Fort Riley, Kas. The papers were
appropriately referred Bills were introduced
TO appropriate S350000 for the purchase of Il
postoffce site in San Francisco, and TO reim-
burse the survivors of the Jeanette Arctic Ex-
petition. MIR. Harrison made n speech favoring
the admission of Dakota to the Union. The
House OF Representatives passed n bill to for
felt certain lands granted To the States of Mis-
souri,. Alabama, and Louisiana To aid in the
construction of railroads. resolution was
adopted directing the Secretary of the
Interior to furnish copies OF all contracts ON
file regarding the Southern Pacific Railway
and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company.
The Senate resolutions touching the death OF
Vice President Hendricks we're presented to the
House, and on motion Of Mr.. Holman (lnd.) were
laid upon the table for the present. smile ran
through the House when the chaplain, in his
opening prayer returned thanks that Our sill
yer and gold have been multiplied, and the
silver men pretended to see in the fact that sill
YER had been placed before gold an indication
that the religious petition was in favor OF q
double standard
Mr.. SHERMAN introduced in the Senate on
the 18th ult. bill which repeats the first sec
tion of the coinage act of Feb % 1873 and nu-
thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to buy
silver bullion in bars, not less than . fine, to
tho amount of not less than 2OO0,000 ounces
troy q month, and not greater than
100000 ounces. The Secretary Is author
lied to pay for the bullion in coin Ger,
tifcates, receivable for customs, taxes and
all public dues, and when so received TO
be reissued. The bullion thus bought is 10 DO
retained in the Treasury as security for the
payment Of the certificates, and the Secretary
of the Treasury is directed to redeem in coin the
certificates on presentation at the Sub-Treasury
i'm New York in not less than $50. The
bill provides further that any holder of standard
silver dollars, gold coin, or ballion may deposit
the with the Treasurer in sums OF
not less than SO and receive coin certif-
Gates therefor. Mr. Morrill, offered
luton setting apart sites in Washington for
statues OF Columbus and Lafayette. resolu-
ton was adopted directing the Secretary of the
Treasury To give the origin and amount of the
Conscience Fund. A bill was introduced to
grant right OF way through Indian Territory to
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railway.
Mr.. Ingalls, presented a petition by Frederick
Douglass and other colored citizens OF Washing
ton complaining of determinations ut theaters
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favorable report bill for the allotment Of
lands in severalty 10 Indians, and 70 extend the
protection OF the laws over the red man. The bill
providing for the admission of Dakota came up i'm
the Senate. The debate lasted for some tine. Mr..
Butler spea5 ing III OPP ositon on1 Mr. Wilson
In favor of the nfeas.re. In the House Of Top
resentatives Mr.. Weaver introduced bill for
the organization of the TER tory of Oklahoma,
and to al o. honest ads 20 Indians. A bill au-
thorizing the Presi lent 10 orc officers To the
army in rtain cases intend d To apply espe-
chilly TO Fitz John Porter. was reported fa"ora
bly, by Mr. Wheeler. Eulogies ON the career of
the lato Representative lieuben Ellwood. Of
Illinois. closed the proco edings
A RESOLUTION directing the Secretary of the
Treasury TO report whether the Assistant Secre-
tary at New York had been instructed to refuse
deposits of silver dollars for certificates was
adopted by the Senate on the 18th ult. 4 bill
was passed 10 remove the political disabilities
of George s. Storrs. Of Texas. The Attorney Gen
eral sent n letter to the Senate in answer 70 the
resolution calling for "nil the documents and
duct of the office OF United States Attorney for
the Southern District Of Alabama" i'm which.
after acknowledging the receipt of the reso-
luton in question, he says: In response
70 said resolution. the President of the
United States directs me To say that the papers
which were in this department relating TO tho
fitness OF j. ID. Bennett, recently nominated to
said ofiica, having been alreI dy sent to the Jul
dietary Committee OF the Senate, aud the pa
pers and documents which are mentioned in
said resolution, and still remaining i'm the GUS
tody OF this departing Mt, have exclusive refer
ence e the suspension by the President Of
George NJ. Dustin, the late incumbt mt of the
Office Of District Attorney Of tho United States
for the Southern District of Alabama it
IL not considered that the public inter
ests Will be pr lmOted by compliance with said
resolution, and the transmission Of the papers
and documents there n mentioned to the Senate
in executive session." The House of REPRESENT
atives passed bill 20 pay the Fourth Of July
claims aggregating S229 600, distributed among
eleven States. At tho evening session fifty PEN
sion measures were put through.