Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1884 — NEWS- CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

NEWS- CONDENSED.

Concise Record of the Week. DOINGS OF CONGRESS. A bill increasing the salaries of Judges of District Courts to £5,000 passed the Senate March 25, with the proviso that no Judge shall appoint to position in his court any relative within the degree of first cousin. A joint resolution was passed that Government laborers shall be paid their regular wages for holidays. 'Whf'n the education bill came up, Mr. Brown argued that its provisions were demanded by the enfranchisement of the negroes, and Mr. Bherman showed that the States were left practically without restrict ; on in expending the money appropriated. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate: The Hen. David J. Brewer of Kansas, to be United States Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, to succeed Judge McCrary; Julius C. Burrows, of Michigan, Solicitor of the Treasury, and Col. David S. Stanley, of the Twenty-second Infantry, to be Brigadier General. Thirteen members of the House of Representatives gave their views on the bonded whisky bill. Mr. Ellis asked leave to report a Joint resolution for the distribution of $125,000 among sufferers by the overflow of the Mississippi, but an objection by Mr. York caused an adjournment. A bill for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and extending to the red men the protection of the laws of their States or Territories passed the Senate March 26. Speeches on the education bill were made by Messrs. Vance, Dolph, Hoar, Jonee, and Butler. The joint resolution giving a balance of $125,000 to the Mississippi sufferers was passed. The nomination of Aaron A. Sargent, now Minister at Berlin, to be Minister ai St. Petersburg was promptly confirmed. The House of Representatives passed a joint resolution providing for the distribution in the overflowed district of the Mississippi River an d Its tributaries of (125,000 of the unexpended appropriation for the relief of the destitute in the Ohio Valley. A bill was Introduced for the erection of a pedestal for the statue of the late Pres - ident Garfield at Washington. There was some debate on the bonded whisky extension bill. President Arthur sent to both houses a special message advising appropriations toward commencing the construction of three steel cruisers and four gunboats, to cost (4,28:1,000. The Executive thinks it Imprudent to delay work on these vessels lor one year. Ho also urges the appropriation of (2,000,000 for finishing four donble-turreted monitors. A bill appropriating Si,CO) to pay the claims of eleven persons for depredations by the XJtcs at the time of the massacre at White River *gencv, rassed the Senate March 27. The Committee on Library was directed to inquire into the expedt ncyof printing the official papers of President Monroe. A memorial was pres nted from the Legislative Assembly of Utah, protesting against the passage of m asures affecting the Territory wl hout a full investigation by a Congressional committee. A favorable report was made on the joint resolution to pay (25,000 reward for the rescue of the members of the Greely expedition. Mr. Hampton reopened the debate on the education bill with an appeal for aid by the General Government In educating the wards of the nation. In the House the bonded whisky extension bill was taken up Mr. Randall de ounced the measure as tending to give permanency to the internal revenue system. Mr. Blackburn made the closing appeal for the bill. A mo ion to strike out the enacting clause was agreed to, and the House confirmed the action of the committee by 185 to 88. The bl 1 for the retirement of the trade dollar was discussed without aotion. Mb. Palmeb, of Michigan, from the new Committee on Wom/m Suffrage, reported to the Senate, on the 28th ult., an amendment to the Constitution to extend the right lo vote to ■Women. A resolution was agreed to calling on the Sec etary of the Treasury tor Information as to what amount of the war tax of 1801 is unpaid, and whether the General Government has withheld money due to any State. Bills wire passed authorizing a r. ward of (25,000 for ascertaining the fate of the Greely explorers, and permitting vessels to unload bulky articles, under the superintendence of customs officers, at places to be designated by the S cretary of the Treasury. When the education bill came up, Messrs. Lamar and George earnestly urged Its passage, and Mr. Cullom advocated an amendment making the total appropriation (40,000,00 >. In the Honse of Representatives, a concurrent resolution was introduced for the tii al adjournment of Congress June 2. The Committee on Judiciary made an adverse report on the bill for the relief of William McGarrahan. A measure to permit the citizens of Indian Territory to organize national banks was favorably reported. An evening session was held for the consideration of pension bills. Both houses adjourned to the 31st.