Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-12-26
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS-.
Both Houses of the National L egis-
lature in Session.
Numerous Bills Introduced in Both
Houses Several Petitions Are ALSO
Presented - Business Is NOW
Fully Under Way.
SENATE.

Fully Under Way
SENATE.
WASHINGTON. Dec. i7.--In the Senate
yesterday petitions were presented for
the passage of the pension law as pre-
pared by the G.. A. r.; for the admission
of Wyoming as State; in favor Of the
Blair educational bill; for woman suf-
frage; for one-cent letter postage; for
the passage of the Sunday-rest bill,
and for free ballot and fair count in
La Fourche parish, La. A resolution
to adjourn for the holiday recess from
December 10 to January was adopted
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Bills were in
| troduced in the Senate yesterday to
provide for the division of Dakota into
two States and appropriating Sl5o,Ooo
for the development and encouragement
OF silk culture in the United States.
Committees reported fayorably bills pro-
yiding that all soldiers and sailors who
are or may become totally helpless from
injuries received or diseases contracted
while in the service shall receive S72
per month; TO aid in the establishment
and temporary support of common
schools, and the direct tax bill in the
form in which it passed the two houses
at the last Congress and was vetoed by
President Cleveland.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.-ln the Senate
yesterday a resolution was introduced
congratulating the people OF Brazil on
the establishment Of republic and for
mally recogizing the new Government.
| The nomination of David j. Brewer, of
Kansas, for Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court was confirmed. Senator
Ingalls, introduced a bill providing
| for National Board Of Education, con-
sisting of one member from each State
| and Territory, who shall have charge
of all the machinery Of school system,
the districts OF which shall be estab-
! lished wherever the parents OF twenty
! five children ask for the appointment Of
a teacher All the instruction shall be
| in English and shall include the arts
and sciences.
Senator Hoar Mass reported back adj
yersely Senator Biair's (N. H. joint
| resolution for constitutional amend
ment comforting on the District of Col
umbia representation in the two houses
and in the electoral college. and asked
that it be indefinitely postponed. SEN
| ator Blair stated that many citizens of
| the district desired to be heard on the
! subject and asked that it be placed on
| the calendar Ii was so ordered. Sem
| ator Hale (Me introduced bill to reg
! ulate immigration. A resolution was
| introduced by Senator Cullom (1ll.) to
| provide for celebrating in 1892 the 400th
anniversary of the discovery of America
| by an exposition of arts, industries.
manufactures and products. resolu-
ton was also offered to permit States to
| tax National bank notes and United
States notes.
WAsHNGroN, Dec. 21.- Among the
bills introduced in the Senate yester-
day were the following: For limited
postal telegraph service; for the free
coinage of both gold and silver; for the
| issue of certificates to serve as money
and the retirement OF United States and
| National bank notes of small denomi-
| nations; to establish limited postal
telegraph service. About 500 nomina.
| tions were confirmed.
HOUSE.
| NASHINGTON. iJcc. lf.--lH tHb IOuSb
yesterday bill was introduced to or
ganize the Territory Of Oklahoma. A
deficiency bill was passed appropriating
| $50, 900 for public printing and $3.50, 600
| for the Census Bureau. A resolution
was adopted instructing the elections
committee to take up the Clayton
Breckenridge contest in the Second Ar
| kansas district.
WASHINGTON, Dec. lS.-In the House
yesterday bills were offered to refund
duties paid by the State of New York
on arms imported in 1868, and to enforce
the eight-hour law on Government prom-
Uses.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-In the House
bills were introduced to suppress trusts;
to pension letter carriers after a service
of twenty -one years; to grant lands to
honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors of the late war; to establish a
United States court of appeals; to pro-
vide for a uniform system Of bank
ruptcy; to perpetuate the National
banking system; for the organization
and admission of the State of Columbia;
60 provide for the repeal of the tobacco
tax; for the election of postmasters by
the people, and joint resolution to
amend the constitution so az to permit
the President to veto items in general
appropriation bills Adjourned to the
goth.
WAsHINGToN, Dec. 90 - The House
was not in session yesterday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Elm the House
yesterday bills were introduced grant
ing per-diem service pensions; to estab-
lish uniform system of bankruptcy;
for the creation of United States com
! mission of arbitration of railway strikes;
for the payment to every adult colored
person who may desire to emigrate to
| Africa 500 for passage and rations for
sixty days and $50 to minors, the pay
! ments in all not to exceed 81, 600, 900 per
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