Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1882 — CONGRESSIONAL. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE. W ashinston , March 27.—Petitions *were presented in favor of the Lowell bankrupey bill. The bill was passed granting pento the widows of Presidents Garfield, Tyler and Polk. The tariff commission bill coming up, Messrs. Van Wyck and Anthony dvocated a commission of congressmen, while Mr. Brown favored the bill, or a civilian commission. The agricultural appropriation bill, with amendments, was reported back. HOUSE. Petitions were presentecLasking for the passage of the Lowell fhnkruptcy Bills were introduced and jeferred: By Mr, Haskell, by request—Authorizing the department of justice to audit the claims of medical experts at the Guieau trial. It provides that the experts shall not be paic in excess of S2S T per day io? each day of actual attenuance. By Mr. Cox—To repeal the act requiring what is kuown as “the ironclad oath” as a condition precedent to hoi ling offices, serving upon jury or to the acquirement of any rights under the laws of the United States. SENATE. Washington, March 28.—The bill was passed to facilitate the payment of dividends to the creditors of the Freedmens bank. The committee on pensions reported a bill providing that on and after its passage all soldiers and sailors who, since the 16th of July,lßßo, have been pensioned or rated at SSO per month for total and permanent dis-' ability, shall receive $72 per month. HOUSE. The morning hour was dispensed with, and Mr. Kelley attempted to call up the tariff commission bill. Mr. Bowman antagonized it with the bill referring private claims to the court of claims,and Mr. Manning with the agricultural appropriation bill. Both motions were rejected and the house went into committee of the whole. The tariff commission bill was taken up and Mr. Kassou addressed the house. The Frelinghuyser-Trescott correspondence was submitted. The secretary of war informed the house that 800,000 more rations will be needed for the sufferers of the floods. Adjourned. SENATE. Washington, March 29.—Mr. Cockrell offered a resolution directing the secretary of state to inquire regarding United States citizens imprisoned in Ireland. The estimates for service for 1883 were $5,841,713.90. The amount of appropriations last year, including deficiencies, were $5,090,866. The amount in the present bill as it came from the house is $4,929,203. Additions made by the senate committee increased the amount $230,800, making the total as reported to the senate $5,160,003, being $6&,137 in excess of the bill of 1882. T. le total of the items increased the appropria ion made by the committee is $316,000, and the deductions $85,200. Among the items increased by the committee are a new building for Indian schools, $50,000; for the education of Indian children in the slates, SI7,CCC. le total appropriation exclusively fori ndustrial schools is $412,200. Pending action, after an executive session, the senate adjourned.

HOUSE. The senate amendment to the house bill granting a pension of $5,000 a year to Lucretia It. Garfield was concurred in. The amendment includes the names of Sarah C. Polk and Julia G, Tyler. Mr. Lord reported back the bill for the construction of a ship canal across Michigan. Referred to committee of the whole. Bills for the erection of public buildings at the following plac s were reported and referred to committee of the whole: Clarksburg, West Virginia, New Albany, Indiana, and Terre Haute, Indiana. The house went into committee of the whole on the tariff commission bill, and Mr. Carlisle resumed his argument, contending that a protective tariff was not the cause of the increase in the price of labor. Mr. Fisher, of Pennsylvania, reported the following: “Any owner of gold bullion or gold coin may deposit the same at any mint to be formed into coin or bars for his benefit. It shall be lawful, however, to refuse any deposit.” Adjourned. SENATE. Washington, March 30.—A bill was passed to authorize the secretary of the treasury to report the amount of the claims of the state of Kansas for money expended and the indebtedness assumed by the state in suppressing Indian hostilities. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up, and the amendment adopted appropriating $5,000 for schools, lands, agricultural implements and seeds for the Seminoles in Florida. The senate next took up and Mr. Hoar earnestly advocated nis amendment to appropriate $2,000,000 for the education of all Indian children (except those of the five civilized tribes) west of the Mississippi river at S2OO each per annum. Mr. Plumb antagonized the positions taken by Mr. Boar as to the duty of the Amerioan people to the Indians, and Mr. Hoar announced he woilld to-morrow modify his amendment bv reducing the appropriation to $600,000. HOUSE. The house refused to consider the Utah contested election case, and went into committee of the whole on the tariff commission bill. An executive communication commends to the attention of Congress

the bill of the interior department for the more adequate prevention of trespasses upon Indian land. Imprisonment is recommended as the penalty as well as a fine. The secretary of the interior says trespass frequently results in bloodshed and . open war with the Indians.