Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-08-02
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary OF the Daily News.
CONGRESS.

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IN the Senate on the 21st the bill to re-
imburse depositors in the Freedmans Bank
swas passed. 1t appropriates $1,000, 900. The
Fisheries treaty was then taken up and
Senator Teller spoke in opposition. The SEN
ate then took up and passed number OF
bridge bills and adjourned until Monday
In the House promptly at 80 o'clock
the Tariff bill called up and
MI Mills spoke at length In
its favor at the conclusion of which the previous
question was ordered and the bill passed by 1872
ayes 10 149 NAYS. Messrs. Sowden (Pa.) and
Bliss IN. W, Democrats, voted against the bill.
and Fitch On. W and Nelson (Minn.), Repub
hcans, voted for the bill. The four indie
pendents also voted for the bill. At the even
ing session the bill to provide for the adiudica-
ton and payment OF claims for Indian depreda-
tons was passed, and the House adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 23d the conference
report the River and Harbor bill was pre-
sented and agreed to. The Fisheries treaty
was then taken up in open session and Senators
Dawes and Stewart spoke in opposition. Ad-
1ourned. .. In the House the Senate bill to per-
feet the quarantine service OF the United States
was taken up and passed. District OF Columbia
business occupied most of the session The
conference report on the bill requiring the Pa
CHIC roads to construct and operate separate
telegraph lines was presented and agreed to
and the House adjourned
In the Senate on the 9th the resolution to
print zoo additional copies OF the report of the
Senate Committee on Pensions, on the subject
ton being on Senator CockrelTs amendment to
print 100000 copies OF Presidential vetoes in the
last and present Congress long wrangle fol-
lowed and the matter passed without
action. Senator Sherman reported an amend
ment to the Sundry Civil bill Incorporating
provision to refund to the States the direct
tax. Referred. The Naval Appropriation
bill was then under consideration
until adjournment. In the House the
Senate bill passed to prohibit the transmission
through the mails OF certain matter in trans
parent envelopes. After passing several bills
OF local character, the House went into Com
mittee of the Whole on the Oklahoma bill Mr.
Warner, of Missouri. spoke in favor OF the bill.
No final action was reached AT the evening
session several land bills passed. among them a
bill authorizing the sale OF certain lands in
Southwestern Kansas to the Methodist College
Association and the bill authorizing the certifi-
cation OF lands to the State OF Kansas for agri-
cultural purposes.
In the Senate on the 25th Mr.. Cullom
offered a resolution of inquiry TO the effect
on interstate commerce of the possession by
the Canadian Pacific railway OF certain roads
penetrating United States territory in Mime
sofa. The Naval Appropriation DILL was then
considered and passed, and the Senate AL
lentoWn (Pa.) Appropriation bill was passed.
The pension bills on the calendar, 1877 in num-
ber,were passed. Adjourned. In the House the
Senate bill for holding terms of the United States
District Court at Salina, Kan, was passed
After disposing of various private bills, the
House took up the bill to establish United
States land court to adjudcate private land
claims in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado
After debate Arizona was exempted from the
provisions OF the bill and it passed. The Okk-
homa bill was taken up in Committee of the
Whole, bot nothing done. No measure of pub
lie interest was acted upon before the House
adjourned.
AFTER the report of committees in the
Senate on the Goth the Army Appropriation bill
was taken up and after some discussion passed.
The Fisheries treaty was then taken up.
Senator Wilson spoke in favor of and Senator
Teller against the treaty. Adjourned without
final action. In the House Joint resolution
was passed providing temporarily for the army.
In the morning hour the bill to provide pl n
for post office buildings was considered. The
Oklahoma bill was then considered in Com
mittee Of the Whole until recess. At the even
ing session bills reported by the Judiciary Com
mittee were considered and several passed.