The Penn's Grove record., 1888-03-17
50th GONGRESS.-First Session

SEE L
In the U. S. Senate on the 7th, a bill
was reported allowing the pay of Rear
Admiral to COmmodoreS while acting
as Rear Admirals. The Urgent Def
cheney bill was considered, and the
House provision requiring the Public
Printer to enforce the Eight.hour law
was struck out-yeas 30, nays 90.
Other amendments were adopted, and
the bill was passed. AFTER au execu.
tive session The Senate adjourned.
In the U. s.. Senate or the 18th, "A
bill was reported and placed on the
calendar to ieaudit the war claims of
Pennsylvania under the Presidents
proclamation of June 18th, 1858 a
resolution offered by Mr.. Hale for the
appointment Of a special committee to
examine the present condition of the
civil service was agreed to. MIR. Beck's
bill for the retirement of legal tender
and national bank notes of small de-
nominations and the issue of coin GER
tlflcates in lieu of gold certificates was
taken up and supported by Mr.. Beck.
Adjourned.
HOUSE
In the House on the It'll, MI. Bel
mont, from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported a resolution, which
was adopted, requesting the President,
il not incompatible with the public i'll
terest, to send to the House the cor
respondence between our Government,
Great Britain and Venezuela in refer
ence to the question of disputed bound
AIRY between British Guiana and Ven
eZuela. Bills were reported pension
ing prisoners of war; in aid of the Cen
tennial and Memorial Association of
Valley Forge, and to create a Depart,
ment of Agriculture and Labor. A
bill was passed appropriating $4,000
for a public building i'll Sedalia, Mis-
souri,. The House went into commit
tee on bills reported from the Commit
tee on Indian Affairs. Two bills were
reported to the House and passed, One
ratiiying an agreement with certain
Indians in Montana in regard to the
cession of their reservation lands for
public settlement; the other to divide
the Great Sioux reservation into sepa-
rate smaller reservations. Adjourned.
In the House, on the Sth, a bill was
passed appropriating $4,000 for the
purchase OF certain swords bel )nging to
the widow of General James Shields
Mr.. Rayner, of Maryland, from the
Commerce Committee, reported the
bill to establish IA postal telegraph. A
bill was passed for the allotment of
lands in severalty in the White Earth
and Red Lake reservations to the Chip.
peva Indians i'll Minnesota, and open
ing up to settlement the other reserva.
tioDs of Indians III that State. Ad-
journed.
In the United States House Of Rep
reSentatives, on the 9th, the "Oma bus
War Claim" bill was considered and
passed. 1t provides for the payment Of
a number of claims arising out of tue
operations of the late war In the South
ern States. An evening session was
held for the consideration Ct pension
bills.
In the House on the l2th, under til
Call of States the following bills and res
olutions were introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, to prevent
cruelty to domestic animals; also to re-
strict the rights of aliens in regard to
naturalization and the ownership of
land. BY Mr.. Biggs, of California,
by request, to provide for the settlement
of the debt of the Central Pacific
Railroad Company to the United
States. BY SIr. Baker, Of Illinois, res
olution directing the Committee on
Agriculture to inquire into the expe-
piency of prohibiting the sale of CON-
pounds as pure lard. BY Mr.. Dlngley