Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-02-09
DOINGS IN CONGRESS.
Bill TO indemnify Dcs Molnes River
Settlers.
A Number OF Other Important Measures
Introduced In 10th Houses
OF Congress.
SENATE.

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some acrimonious debate during which
Chace said the main reason for the ditil'
Guilty complained of was the fact that the
postofllce department had changed 90 per
cent OF the whole force Of the country In
the short period Of two and a half years,
for political reasons, the resolution went
over without action.
The following were then taken up and
passed.
Granting right of way through public
lands for irrigation purposes; for the pur-
chase of site and the erection Of pub.
lie building at Omaha, tho maximum
limit to be 81, 200, 000;a Joint resolution
proposing an amendment To tho constitu-
ton. 1t provides that the term OF Office
Of the president aud Fifleth congress
shall continue until noon the 3uth OF
April. 1880; that Senators whose existing
term would otherwise expire March 4,
1899, land thcreafter) shall continue In
office until April 30 succeeding such ex-
piration; that the 30th OF April. At noon,
shall thereafter be substituted for the 4th
Of March. as the commencement aud ter.
mination Of the official term Of president,
vice'president, senators and representa-
tives In congress, and that the twelfth
article OF the amendments to the constr.
tuuon be amended accordingly
nous.
The Committee on Commerce reported
back the strike resolution with substi.
tutc requesting the Inter state Commerce
Commission to investigate the matter,
II was made special order for Monday.
The minority OF the committee made q
report, the substance Of which IL that
Congress should inycstigte the matter.
now, Ms the evils complained Of will have
reached culmina ion before the Inter
State Commission gets To the matter,
The minority report decided favorable to
the miners side Of the case. The com
mittee on Postoilices AM Post lioads re-,
ported bill requiring land grant rail
roads to construct and operate indcpen
dent telegraph lines. Calendar. Bmmm,
of Pennsylvania, presented the memorial
of committee representing ~, 600 work
ing men, asking an investigation Of the
Reading tstrike Ordered printed. A
resolution was submitted by tho Com
mittee on Commerce touching the inyes
tigation Of the Reading strike, and II waS
made the special order for tomo'rw
afternoon. Consideration of the wilkins
banking bill was postponed for two
weeks
SENATE
WASHINGTON, Feb Cooke presented
memorial signed by the mercantile men
OF El Paso, Texas, representing that an
extensive amount Of smuggling was done
between the border towns of Mexico and
the United States under the Mexican free
zone law, and asking that reciprocity
treaty be entered into with Mexico to
prevent such smuggling. The memorial
was referred to the Committee on Foreign
Relations. Among the other bills reported
from the committees and placed on the
calendar were the following: For inspec
tion OF meats for expectation and prohib-
iting the importation Of adulteratcd arti'
Giles Of food or drink; authorizing pro.
clamation by the President In certain
cases. and increasing the pensions OF
soldiers and sailors who have lost both
hands. BY Cameron. to place on the
pension roll all the officers and enlisted
men who served In the army or navy be
tween March 4. 1861, and February /.
1865, at the rate of one cent per month
Tor each days service. This to be u
Service Pension Bilp' and Addition to
iHNhllu tusluub
Blair educational bill was then taken up
and Pugh spoke in Its favor. At the
conclusion OF his address the Senate went
into executive session and then adjourned.
HOUSE
At the expiration of the morning hour
the house proceeded to the consideration
of the report Of the committee on com.
merce relative to tho proposed inycstiga.
ton of the Reading strike. Clardy, OF
Mo, chairman OF the committee on com
merce, said that after careful examina.
ton Of the matter the majority Of the
committee had been satisfied the origina,
resolution offered by Anderson, OF Kan.
sas, for congressional inquiry ought not
to be adopted. After some delay the VA.
rious propositions were consolidated into
the following resolution, which was
adopted without division:
Resolved, That a special committee OF
five members be appointed to investigate
forthwith the extent, causes and effect
upon interstate commerce OF the contin.
ucd failure by the Reading railroad com.
pany to transport such commerce, and to
report to the House. by bill or otherwise,
for consideration mt any time, such legis'
lie regular and complete execution by
the railroad company OF its obliga.
tons to serve rs a common car
rier of inter State commerce; and to in.
vestigate the difference existing in the
Lehigh and Schuylkill regions of Pennsvl'
yania, between corporations mining con,
and the miners, and further,to invest.
gate all facts relating to mining corpora.
lions and individual miners OF anthracite
coal in connection herewith; and repori
the same to the House. with such recon
mendations as the committee may agree
| upon.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Spooncr PIE
sented petition from the president OF
| the Johnson 81 Fuller Manufacturing Co
| Of Madison, Wis, for the abolition OF ali
| import duties on agricultural implements,
| such as plows, harrows. and hay anc
| harvesting machines on .he grnund that
such duties were superilnous. and thai
agricultural machinery would be import
cd II the duties were discontinued
Among the bills reported and placed or
the calendar was one from the house IA
vorng prosecution of the work projected
| for the Improvement Of the rivers and
| harbors. and one authorizing a construc
ton across the Red river Among the
bills introduced and reported was one by
Butler TO provide that the justice Of thu
supreme court for New Mexico be author
lied TO determine the validity OF the
Spanish and Mexican land grants. The
senate passed bill to increase the pen
sions Of the totally helpless to S72 Del
| month. Stewart addressed the senate
briefly in support Of the educational bill
and after executive session the senate ad
| journed till Monday.
HOUSE.
Blount called up The bill to prevent thu
transmission through the mails rs second
class matter cheep literature, and requir
Ing il To be transmitted as third class
The bill passed. The contested election
case Of Towers vs. White was then callet
up. Berry. of Mississippi, argued IL
support OF the majority resolution. de
claring the seat vacant, and Cooper. o
| Ohio, sustained the claims OF the con
testee. The matter went over unit
tomorrow. Grain. OF Texas, from tn
Committee on Presidential Elections. etc
reported q Joint resolution proposing