Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-02-15
Epitome of the Week.
INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION
CONGRESSIONAL,


THE time was mostly occupied in the Senate
on the 9th by Senator Plat (Conn.) in q speech
criticiz.ng the Presidents message and char
acteriztng 1t Us q free-trade document. The
bill to amend the postal faws so that newspa.
pers now sent free OF postage to persons res,d-
Ing within the county OF publication may be
sent TO- persons living In other counties when
they receive them at post-offces within
the county OF publication was passed ~
In the House Speaker Carlisle resumed
his duties. The Lowry-White contest was
decided in favor OF White, the sitting
member, by vote OF IS: to los, forty
seven Democrats voting with the Repub-
hoans. Bills were introduced to refund
United States four per cent bonds into two
and one-haif per cent bonds; to divide the sur.
plus money in the Treasury on tho 1st of jan
oary, 1888. among the several States and Tor
schools; to extend the commerce of the United
6tates, and to prov de . full reciprocity be-
tween the United States and the Dominion OF
Canada; to protect tho consumers OF butter by
requiring wholesale dealers to pay an annual
tax of 8 90 and retail dealers to pay an annual
tax OF u. Also to repeal the oleomargar.ne
tax
BILLS were introduced in the Senate on tho
It'll providing that all soldiers who served at
least ninety days in the late war, and were
honorably mustered out or discharged, shall
receive tho same bounty rs II they had served
their full terms Of enlistment; granting
bounty of 500 for each years enl stment to sea-
men who enlisted in the navy between March
!, 1851, and March s 1868, and to amend tho
mining laws Of the Unitel States SO that
no person shall acquire more than one min
Ding claim on the same vein -. In tho House
the Diplomatic and Consular bill, appropri-
ating II, 1867, was reported; also bill to
provide for Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General. Bills we're introduced to limit
the hours Of labor OF letter-carr ers; to Settle
and adjust the claims Of any State for expenses
Incurred by it in defense of the United States;
to dispense with proof OF loyalty for bounty for
wars prior to 1851 Bills were passed providing
for the punishment OF bank examiners for
making false reports or supprcssing fac.s in
their reports; to amend the law prescribing the
death penalty for willfully cast ng away vessels
SO as to allow pun shment by fine or imprison-
ment il there IS no loss OF life.
In the Senate on the 9Th bills were passed
Tor the relief OF importers OF animals Tor breed
ting purposes and to enable the State OF Colo-
Eado to select indemnity school lands. It was
decided to vote on the Educational bill on the
15th. In the House the bill making bills of
Pading conclusive evidence in certain cases was
passed The Speaker announced the follow
Fng special committee to Investigate the labor
troubles in Pennsylvania: Messrs T4lm,n Is.
C.), Stone tMo.>, Chapman (Mich.), Anderson
tKan.) and Parker (N. W
ON the 9Th providing for the str button of un-
distributed copies OF the records of the re-
:bellion and the reports Of the tenth census.
The Committee on Indian Affairs reported TO-
:vorably the bill prov ding Tor the opening to
settlement Of the Sioux Indian reservations in
Dakota. Adjourned to the 18th. -. In the House
the bill to tinue the coinage OF the thr E.
cent p ece was passed. b lis were introduced
Tor the adjustment OF accounts of laborers
arising under the E ght-Hour law. and to pre-
vent the overlooking OF vessels on the great
lakes. The bill requiring subsidized railroads
to maintain and operate telegraph Lines was
considered.
THE Senate was not In session on the 10th. -.
In the House a resolution to inquire into the
complaints OF defective mail service in the
West and South was adopted. Favorable re-
ports were made on q bill to create an arbitra-
ton board to settle the differences between the
United States and Texas. The Senate bill au-
thortztng tho appointment OF Andrew D. White
as regent OF the Smithsonian Institution was
passed.