Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Record OF Proceedings From Day to Day
Of hlae Na'ionaI Connress.

SGHAiE ANU nuuSE UP REPRESENTATIVES,
A Record or Proceedings From Day to Dag
Of tlse HG'tonaI Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-SESATE.
Blair presented n memorial and resolu-
tions of the Knights of Labor general
assembly in favor of an investigation
into the management of the bureau of
engraving ard printing, and for such
| legislation as will prevent the debase
ment of currency notes, etc. also for an
| investigation as to the present method
of supplying postoffice stamps, etc.
Among the bills introduced were the
| following: by Mr. Eyarts To indem
Nifty settlers on the Des Moines river
LANDS, above RaccoOn Forks, Ia, for
| payments made upon lands suisse
| quently taken from them, and also for
| damages sustained thereby. 1t author
ICES the president TO appoint three com
| missioners to determine the amounts
which should be paid each settler The
senate then went into secret session and
confirmed the nomination of Lamar by
vote of ayes 80, nays %. The nomi-
nations of Villas and Dickinson were
confirmed without debate.
WASHINGTON, Jan 9.-HoUsE. Under
tie call of states the following bills
and resolutions were introduced and re-
ferred: To reduce the treasury surplus
and to grant bounties to wheat growers.
To establish national cemetery at
| Quincy, Ill. For the relief of prrchas-
ers of swamp and overfowed lands. For
the erection of public building at East
st. Louis. To provide for the retire
ment of United States bonds before
maturity. Appropriating $500, 100 for
the erection of a public building at Chi
cago; also to test the science of spelling,
and to provide for establishing 100
schools for that purpose. Authorizing
the commissioner of public lands to fur
n1sh citizens with maps at cost. Amend
ing the Pacific railroad acts and to Sc
cure to the United States the payment
of all the Indebtedness therein named.
Placing all kinds of lumber on the free
list; also to repeal the law for the pay
ment of attorneys fees ON claims for
an increase of pension on account of an
increase of the disability for which the
pension is allowed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-SENATE. Sen
ator Henderson offered resolution
calling On the secretary of war for in
formation as to the bridge authorized
to be built between Omaha and Council
Bluffs, and whether it is being CON
structed as a combined railway and
wagon bridge or as wagon bridge
only. Laid over. The presidents
message with the report of the Pacific
railroad commissioners was laid before
the senate. At the conclusion of the
reading of the message Senator Hoar
moved that it, with the accompanying
reports, be committed to select com
mitteee of five senators, to be appointed
by the chair. Laid over. The bill re-
ported from the committee on Indian
affairs, Jan. 5, in relation TO marriage
between white men and Indian women
was taken mp and passed. The princi-
pal provision is that white men marry
ing Indian women shall not thereby ac-
quire any right to tribal property. Sen
ator Plumb offered resolution, which
was adopted, calling on the secretary
of the treasury for statement of the
sums paid the states and territories nm
der the act of the twenty-first congress
as to the per cent of sales of public
lands. Also a resolution, which was
adopted, calling ON the secretary of the
interior for detailed information as to
the railroad and Indian lands in Kan
sas. Blair's educational bill was then
considered until the hour of adjourn
ment.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-HoUsE.-A
resolution appointing S. S. Cox of New
York, as speaker pro TEN during the
present temporary absence of Speaker
Carlisle was agreed to unanimously.
Mr.. Crisp of Georgia submitted the re-
port of the committee on elections upon
the Thoebe-Carlisle contested election
case, and it was ordered printed The
report declares that Mr.. Carlisle was
elected. Leave was granted the mi
norlty to file their individual views, and
Crisp gave notice that he would ask the
house to act upon the report on or be-
fore Friday. The speaker laid before
the house the presidents message ac-
companying the report of the Pacific
railroad commission. The message was
read, and, with thereports, was referred
to the committee ON Pacific railroads
and ordered printed. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-SENATE.-The
bill was passed reducing the charge of
passports from S. to 81. The bill for
reminding the direct tax Of 1861 was
taken mp, the question being on Mr.
Chandeliers motion to recommit the bill.
The motion was rejected The question
was then taken on the amendment Of
fered by Mr.. Edmunds, requiring all
claims to be filed within six years and it
was agreed to. Other amendments
were agreed to when the bill passed,
ayes 48, nays 10. The bill directs the
secretary of the treasury to credit each
state and territory and to the District of
Columbia sum equal to all collections
made therefrom or from citizens or in
habitants thereof, or other persons,
under the direct tax of August 5, 1861. |
It RENTS all moneys still due to the
United States under such act and it APP
an amount necessary for the
Of the sums collected
lirectly from individuals, to be held in
rust by the state for the benfit OF the
Iersons from whom they were collected
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