Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1882 — DOUGS OF CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

DOUGS OF CONGRESS.

The House ot Representative®, at its session on the Ist inst, passed th® Senate bill to facilitate the payment of dividend® to the creditors of the Freedman’s Savings Company. An act was reported for an additional nXember of the present House from Nebraska. A bill was passed to make St. Vincent, jfinn., a port c. entry. A bill wxa reported appropriating $l5O. 000 fcr work on the iWishtogton monument. The army appropriation- was taken up in committee of tbe whole, and Mr Cajkins offered an amendment excepting from' compulsory retirement the General and Lieutenant' Genei al of the army. The Senate was not in session. The bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua was favorably reported upon in the Senate, on the 4th inst. Mr. Conger obtained leave to visit his mother in Illinois, who was dangerously ill On the bill to grant right of way to the St. Louis and San Francisco road, Mr. Ingalls moved to require the consent of the Councils of the Choctaws and Chiekasaws. Mr. Teller was courteously given an opportunity to pass the bill admitting free of duty articles for tlje Colorado Exposition. In the House, Mr. Chalmers introduced a bill to amend the Apportionment law, providing that iixno State shall the difference in the population, of Congressional districts exceed 20,000. Incdtnmittee of the whole the Army Appropriation bill was taken up. Mr. Henderson moved to insert a proviso that whenever an officer has served thirty-five years he may Apply to the President and be placed on the retired list, and if he has served forty years, or is 62 years of age, he shall be retired. An amendment was adopted providing that any supernumerary officer may be honorably discharged at his own request on receipt of one year’s pay and allowance. The committee then rose, when a communication was received from the Secretary of State with regard to American citizens imprisoned in Ireland. A message from the President setting forth his objections to the AntiChinese bill was received and read in both houses.

Mr. Saunders, of Nebraska, reported a bill to the Senate, oh the Sth inst., for the admission of Dakota as a State. Mr. Miller, of New York, introduced a measure to suspend Chinese immigration for ten years. A motion by Mr. Farley to take up the vetoed Chinese bill was adopted by a vote ot 29 to 25. After a prolonged debate, Mr. Morgan’s motion to refer tbe bill to the Committee on Foreign Rela tions was lost On the question of- passing t lie bill over the veto the vote was 29 ayes to 21 noes, the measure failing for lack of a. two-thirds vote. A resolution was adopted asking the number of pensioners on the roll and the amount paid them. Mr. Morgan offired a resolution, which was paised, to place trade with Mexico on a more reciprocal basis. Mr. Cameron, of Pennsylvania, reported a bill appropriating $200,000 for the relief of the officers and crew of the Monitor which participated in the battle with the Merrimac. Tne President nominated James R. Partridge, of Maryland, to succeed the late Gen. Hurlbut as United States Minister to Peru, and Henry C. Hall as Minister to the Central American States. Th® House went into committee of the whole on .the Army Appropriation bilk In regard io claims pending in the Quartermaster's Department, Mr. Blackburn stated that he held evidence to show that clerks in the Quartermaster and Commissary Departments had exacted blackmail of 5 per cent, for recommending claims. An amendment was adopted increasing to SIO,OOO the appropriation for the army (medical museum. The committee rose, when an amendment was agreed to, forbidding an expenditure in investigating .claims by the Quartermaster General’s office. The. bill then passed. In the United States Senate, on the. 6th inst., Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin, presented a memorial from the "Good Templars of. his State! against using the liquor revenues as an educational fund. A bill was passed appropriatingsso,ooo for the immediate relief of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians. Mr. Farley introduced a Chinese bill suspending immigration for sixteen years. Mr. Miller t®-' ported a bill for ocean mail service toforeign ports. The bill to regulate tbe’ counting of votes for President and Vice President was passed. A recommendation from the Secretary of War was received for an additional appropriation of $501,331 forajmy transportation.- President Arthur nominated Henn M. Teller, of Colorado, to be Secretary oi the Interior; William E. Chandler, of N’ew Hampshire, to be Secretary of the Navy, and William H. Hunt, of Louisiana, to be Ministei to Russia. Teller’s nomination was confirmed, the others being referred to committees. For the Federal offices in Boston Roland Worthington was nominated for OdMector of Customs, Aden B. Anderson for Surveyor and Daniel Hall for Naval Officer. John J. Knox, of Minnesota, was named as Comptroller of the Currency. The Senate adjourned till Monday. In the House, Mr. Calkins reported in favor of Seating Mr. Lynch from the Shoestring district o' Mississippi, in place of Gen. Chalmers. A bill was passed appropriating $20,000 to purchase seed for sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi. Mr. Page ask-d consent to introduce a bill to carry into effect the treaty with Onina, but Mr. Springer objected. A bill was passed appropriating $150,000 to continue work on the Washington monument. A bill was reported to grant the right of way through the Choctaw nation to the St. Louis and San Francisco road. Mr. Page was then permitted to introduce his Chinese bill, which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, as were also similar measures presented by Messrs. Willis and Berry. The House of Representative® on the 7th passed a bill to relieve from the charge of desertion volunteer soldiers who served faithfully through their term and failed to be mustered out The Committee, on War Department Expenditures was directed to inquire into alleged abuses in the adjudication of claims in the Quartermaster or Commissary Department Mr. Washbum submitted a conference report on the bill to bridge the Missouri at St Charles, which wap agreed to. Mr. Haskell made a speech on thb Tariff Commission bill. An evening session was held to consider pension bills. The Senate was not in session.' >", . '?

The Senate passed a resolution, at its session on the 3d inst, appropriating SIO,OOO for a monument over the grave of Thomas Jefferson at Monticello, Va. A bill, was introduced for a bridge across,the Missouri river near Harrison county, lowa, and to compeb the Kansas Pacific road to. pay the cost of surveying its lands. Mr. Voorhees submitted a ment of McSweeuey and other Amerfcaq citizens in Ireland. Mr. Garland reported a bill to secure the safe keeping ot money paid into the Federal courts. The President transmitted a letter frdm the bf. the Intorior asking provision for, the payment, of the Utah Commissioners and election .’and. recommended that thejsaJaries of the Commit--sioners tie fixed at -ssyooo per, annum. A; biH was passed authorizing, the redemption of outstanding sl6 refunding certificates at the iKirket price;.. In executive:.session the Senate rejected,' without 'debale, the nominations of James G. Watmough to be Paymaster General of the navy and Samuel Seabury as Constructor, In the House, Mr. Singleton presented a petition from 5,000 citizens of Illinois for the uqprpvement of the Mississippi levees. BillsV ere introduced to authorize the constriction ol a ’bridge across the Mississippi at Memphis, and to apply the surplus revenue to tne payment of the public debt. A hot debate took place on a resolution to fix a date for taking up the bill to extendjthe corpprifete existence of national banks, which. was voted down by 122 io 77. Under suspension <ff the rules, bills were passed to readjust- salaries of Postmasters, to extend the bond, period for distilled spirits, and to erect public*.buildings at Louisville, Rochester, Columbus and Minneapolis.