Dodge City times., 1889-12-26
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
NTNoRIALA

Among the var1ous petitions and memo.
rails presented in the senate wer several
for the passage of the pension Law as pre-
pared by the pension committee Of the G.
A: R.; one from Iowa, for the selection oi
Chicago as the site for the exposition o
1892; one for the admission of Wyoming a:
q state: one in favor of the Blair educa
tional bill; one from the Chicago board oi
trade for cent letter postage, and severa
for the passage of the Sunday rest bill
100000 COPIES. 60
The joint house resolution for print.ce
the agricultural report for 1883 was passed
by the senate, with amendments fixing the
number of copies at 400, 600 and appropriat-
ing $200. 900 for the cost.
PENSIONS AND SUFFRAGE.
Among new bills in the senate were one
by ingalls, for the allowance of cumulative
pensions: and one by Manderson for woman
suffrage in all the states.
HOLIDAY ADJOURNMENT.
The concurrent resolution offered by In
gals for holiday recess from Thursday
December l9, to Monday, January 6, was
taken up for action. The resolution wa:
agreed to. Yeas 4S. nays L.
OKLAHOMA.
In the house Springer, of Illinois, intro
duced bill to organize the territory of Ok
lahoma. Perkins, of Kansas, moved tina,
the bill be referred to special COMMITTEES
plete jurisdiction on the question. He
stated that in making his motion he had no
desire to be chairman of the committee.
After discussion as to Perkins resolution il
was laid upon the table-l32 to 94-and the
bill was referred to the committee ON terri
tories.
CLAYTON, OF ARKANSAS.
Mr.. Lacey, of Iowa, offered the the fol-
lowing preamble and resolution:
Whereas. 1t is well known that contest
for seat in this house was duly commenced
by Hon. j. NJ. Clayton, of Arkansas, against
c. r. Breckenridge, sitting member; and
Whereas, It Is a matter of pubic noto-
taking testimony in said county was assas-
slnated and all further proceedings thereby
suspended: therefore
Resolved, That the committee on cleo
tions be directed to inquire and report to
this house what further rrocee iings shall
be had in regard to this case, and they are
authorized to send for persons and papers
If deemed necessary by them in the investi-
CATION of said matter.
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, made tie point OF
order that the resolution must 90 to the
committee on elections. The resolution
was adopted without division.
THE DIRECT TAX BILL
Among the bills reported by committees
and placed on the senate calendar Is the
and territories and the District of Columbia
the amount of the direct tax paid by or
charged to them.
MARATIME CONFERENCE.
A communication from the president oi
the United States to congress in regard to
the international maratime conference now
IN session at Washington and recommend
ing earnestly that a further extension OF
the limit of its continuance for two months
from January /, 1880, be authorized, was
presented and was with accompanying pa
pers) referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
TOTALLY HELPLESS.
Senator Turpie, from the committee on
pensions, made favorable report on Sena-
tor Quay's bill fixing at $72 per month the
pension to be granted all persons who are
or may become totally helpless from in
juries received or diseases contracted while
in the military or naval service of the
United States.
DUE THE CHICKAsAws.
Senator Morrill, presented memorial oi
the Chickasaw nation, representing that the
government of the United States is indebt
ed to the Chickasaw nation for arrears ol
interest at per cent from 1910 on $lS4. IA
of the trust fund of the Chickasaw nation
erroneously dropped from the books of the
United States prior to that date, and re-
stored in 1887 by an award of the secretary
now amounts to over $i45, 200.
House committees that were first appo mt
cd have organized and are at work. The
ways and means commi tee are more than
. month ahead Of previous sessions OF con-
gress in shaping their work.
Senator Sherman, from the the commit
tee on foreign relations. reported Tin con-
formity with the presidents message
Joint resolution on extending to March
l, 1880. the time for no ding the national
maratime conference. Passed.
Senator Mitchell reported back the reso-
luton calling on the postmaster general fol
estimates of the cost of extending the free
deli1e cry system to towns of 1000 and Of
5000 inhabitants. Agreed to.
The senate committee on territories Will
undoubtedly make favorable report OF
the bills admitting Idaho and Wyoming t.
the union as twin states.
Mr.. Payne, of New Hampshire, from the
Silcott committee of the house, reported a
resolution authorizing the sergeat-at-ar
to offer a reward of 5000 for the arrest and
delivery to the marshal of the District OF
Columbia of c. Z. SIlcott, the absconding
cashier, the reward to be paid out of the
contingent fund of the house. Adopted.
Among the new bills are:
By Anderson, of kansas-TO create the
postal telegraph of the United States; also
to prevent the use of railroad and Other
passes and telegraph franks by members OF
congress and the judiciary of the United
States.
By Perkins, of Kansas-To shorten to
three years the period required in home
steading public lands: also fixing the price
of government lands at Sl..5 per acre.
BY Peters, of Kansas-For the deposit
of gold and silver coin or bullion as securi.
ty for the circulating notes OF national
banks.
By Dockery, of Missouri-To ascertain
the amount of the mortgage Indebtedness:
of the farmers of tine United States and the
percentage of farmers who are tenants; also
to enlarge the free list and equalize taxa
ton.
The number of bills introduced under the
first call of states was ,O5f. Many of these
are duplicates, if not IN language, at least
in the subject matter of their provisions. A
dozen or more measures based on the Blail
bill were introduced. AMI the silver mer
were not idle. and fully twenty propositions
were presented for the free coinage of silver
Nearly every member of the tobacco grow
ing states was armed with a measure fol
the repeal of the tobacco tax, while many o
them went still further and introduced bills
for the total abolition of the internal reve.
nue. system.
MISSOURI RIvER BRIDGE.
Among the bills reported from senate
committees and placed on the calendar was
one to authorize the construction of bridge
across the Missouri river at or near the
mouth of the Kansas river.
NAVAL OFFICERS COMBINE.
Senator Chambers resolution was called
up and adopted. 1t is for an investigation
of an organization among naval officers, Of
whom there are 1,5c0, who propose to put
up s. each as lobby fund to secure an
increase in their ray by act of congress: and
who propose, in addition, to pay contin-
gent fee of 10 per cent. of the first years
increased salary SO obtained. The resolu.
ton was discussed at some length. and
ridiculed by some as cover n other lobby
schemes,
STATUS OF INDIAN LASDS.
Mr.. Plumb offered a resolution. which
was agreed to, calling for information as to
the legal status of the Indian territory, and
as to the instructions issued to the comm!s-
sion to negotiate for the session of the land
west of the s'oth degree.
FREE COINAGE.
Senator Regan has introduced bill fol
the free coinage of gold and silver, the is.
sue of certificates to serve as money and
the retirement of United States and national
bank notes of small denominations.
RECOGNITION OF BRAZIL.
] Senator Morgan's Joint resolution for the
recognition of the Brazilian republic wal
called up and discussed; its author urged
its early adoption to save trouble to Brazil
by breaking up the secret machinations