Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-01-18
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
summar, OF tn. Daily Hewa
CONGRESS.


AFTER routine work in the Senate on the
10th the bill 70 credit and pay to the several
States andTerritories all moneys collected under
the direct tax OF 1851 was taken up. and after
being considered for some time was finally laid
aside and the Educational bill taken up and
briefly considered. Mr.. Edmunds made an ad-
verse report from the Judiciary Committee
upon the nomination of L. c. Q. Lamar
for Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, and Mr.. Pugh made a favorable
report upon the same The nominations Of
William F. Villas. for Secretary OF the Interior,
and Don NJ Dickinson, to be Postmaster-Gen-
eral- were favorably reported. Adjourned.
In the House the Urgency Deficiency bill was
reported The call OF States was then resumed
and a large number of bills offered. Delegate
Game, Of Utah, presented the constitution OF
the proposed State Of Utah with a memorial
asking for admission into the Union and q bill
for that purpose. Several committees reported
and the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 18th, after the in
PRODUCTION OF a number Of bills and resolutions.
the resolution offered by Mr. Hale for a select
committee TO inquire into the present condition
OF the civil service was taken up, and Senator
Hale addressed the Senate. At the conclusion
OF his remarks the Educational bill was taken
up. and Senator Coke spoke in opposition In Il
Adjourned. When the House met committees
were called but no reports made and the House
went into Committee OF the Whole on the state
OF the Union for consideration OF the Presi-
dents message. The Deficiency bill was also
considered. When the committee rose the bill
passed and the House adjourned
AFTER the report of several committees
in the Senate on the 18th the resolution in
structing the Judiciary Committee TO inquire
into the late municipal election at Jackson
Miss, was taken up. and Senator Chandler ad-
dressed the Senate in its support Other Sena-
tors TOOK part IN the debate, at the close OF
which the resolution was adopted. Mr. Mitchell
called up his resolution abrogating all treaties
with China permitting Chinese to come TO
this country. After debate the resolution
went 70 the Committee on Foreign Az
fairs. Adjourned. In the House a
bill passed TO punish burglary, robbery
and larceny in the Indian Territory. The hill
permitting National banks to increase their cir
culatlon ten per cent. was called up but no final
action reached. The Senate bill fixing the sal
airy OF the Fish Commissioner at e. 900 was con-
sidered in Committee OF the Whole and passed.
message was received from the President
transmitting an invitation to the Government
OF the United States TO participate in the emo
sltion 10 be held in Paris in 1883, commemorative
the fall OF the bastile, and the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the 18th after some de.
bate on the bill 10 refund to the States the war
tax OF 1851 several Intellectual attempts were
made 10 go into executive session after which
Senator Vance addressed the Senate on Mr..
brown's resolution TO abolish internal revenue
taxation, and then the Educational bill was
taken up, pending consideration OF which the
Senate adjourned until Monday. In the
house several committees reported among
them bill by Mr.. Perkins, from the Indian AZ
fairs Committee, for the sale OF certain New
YORK Indian lands in Kansas The bill relating
70 permissible marks in writing on second
third and fourth-class matter was passed and
the House went into Committee OF the Whole
After transacting other business OF but little
general importance the House adjourned until
Monday