The Dickinson press., 1888-03-03
CONGRESSIONAL,
General Summary of Important
Proceedings in the Senate
and House.
Matters Of General Interest Gathered
Under the Dome Of the Ma
TONS Capitol.
In h Senate,

In IN Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The bill pro
viding for the protection of submarine
cables was called up shortly after the
senate assembled in the morning, anG
was passed.
a bill providing for an i%nternationa
maritime conference was taken up ant
passed.
The bill providing that the laws of the
United States be extended over the tract
of country known as "No Mans Land
was also passed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24.-Thc Nicaragua
canal bill was taken up and discussed fol
an hour, after which the DEPENDENT
pension bill came up and Mr.. Henderson
addressed the senate in its advocacy. He
said the soldiers simply demanded that
their disabled and enfecbled comrades
should be taken from pauper homes ant
almshouses, and should be furnished
with pensions. Without coming to {
vote on the bill, the senate proceeded tc
executive business, and soon adjourned
till Monday.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-After the pre-
sentation of a number of petitions anc
bills the senate, on motion of Mr.. Ed
munds, resumed consideration of The
Nicaragua canal bill. After an hour!
debate the bill wa passed by a vote of 81
to 10.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 s.-Among the
bills reported from committees anG
placed on the calendar was the following
Providing for the Investment of certain
funds in the treasury, with an amend
ment striking out the provision to allow
national banks to issue circulation to the
amount of their bonds
Mr.. Paddock addressed the senate or
the subject of inefficient postal service
in the Western states. He denounced
the manaseme mt of the postotlice depart,
ment for the last three years as a failure,
probably a more conspicuous failure than
any of the other shortcomings of the
present administration.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the bill granting pensions to ex-
soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated
from the performance of manual labor.
The bill went owe without action.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Mr. Sherman,
from the committee on foreign relations,
reported the bill to amend acts relating
to Chinese immigration. Calendar.
The bill providing for q national art
commission to pass upon the works Of
art to be purchased by the government
was taken up and passed.
The bill regarding compulsory educa-
ton OF Indian children was her taken
up and after considerable debate was
passed.
On motion of Mr.. spooner the house
amendments to the bills for public build
inss in Milwaukee and Omaha were non
concurred in.
In the House.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-The house was
called TO order by Mr.. Clark. its clerk,
who announced the forced absence of the
speaker. S. S. Cox, of New York, was
unanimously elected speaker pro tenn
Mr.. McAdoo, of New Jersey, offered q
preamble and resolution reciting that it
is stated that the British government has
made claim to q considerable portion of
the territory of Venezuela. calling atten-
tion to the Monroe doctrine and calling
upon the president for information in his
possession in regard to the case, includ-
ing such correspondence as is proper to
be laid before the house. Referred to the
committee IN foreign affairs.
The bill appropriating $50. 600 for a
public building at Duluth was passed
after q long debate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24-An motion of
Mr.. Norwood, of Georgia. the Senate bill
was passed to carry into effect the inter-
national convention of March Il. 1884,
for the protection of submarine cables.
Mr.. Lynch. Of Pennsylvania, from the
committee on invalid pensions. reported
farorahly the senate bill to increase the
pensions FOR deafness. Calendar.
a number of private bills were pre-
sented and the house went into commit
tee of the whole on the private calendar.
After having passed upon thirteen of
the thirty-three claims contained in the
bill, the committee rose.
Mr.. Springer reported adversely, from
the committee on territories, the bills for
the admission of North and South Dakota
as separate states. and Mr.. Baker. Of
New York. presented minority reports on
the same measure. The house then ad-
jonrned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Among the
bills introduced were the following:
Thomas. of Wisconsin: \ bill to author
ize construction of a bridge across the
Missouri river in Monona county, Iowa,
and in Burt county, Nebraska, and to
make the same u post route.
Rice: A bill to authorize the secretary
of the interior to procure and submit to
congress q proposal for the sale to the
United States of a part of the Crow In
dian reservation in Montana; also a bill
to provide for the payment Of claims for
Indian de%predations, examined, allowed
and reported to the congressman under
provision of the act of March 3, 1885,
and for final disposition of all other In
dian depreciation claims. Delegate Gift
ford presented a petition of ex-Union
soldiers, of jamestown, OAK, for the
passage of a service pension bill.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 2S.-On
motion of Mr.. Eustis the senate bill
for the purchase of a site and the erec-
ton of a building for the postofice,
United States court and other govern
ment uses in New Orleans mot to exceed
in cost 81, 900, O00) was taken from the
calendar and passed.
In the consideration morning hour the
house resumed in committee of the whole
the consideration of the bill for the
organization of the territory of Okla
homa.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The following
appropriations for public buildings were
agreed to in the house: Four hundred
thousand dollars for Omaha; S25, 900 for
Bar Harbor, Me-; / 800, 900 to purchase
site for appraisers building in New
York; $150,000 for Bay City, Mich. $4OO,.
600 for Milwaukee.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 29.-Mr. Holman
of Indiana, from the committee on pub
lie lands, reported q bill to secure to act
ual settlers the public lands adapted t.
agriculture and to protect the forests OF
the public domain. Ordered printed an,
recommitted.
The house then went into committee O
the whole for the consideration of tn
bill authorizing the secretary of the treas
ury to buy bonds with the surplus rev
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