Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1882 — CONGRESSIONAL. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL.

ssirms."*- T" ■ n v ’ Washington, June 2,-Immediate-ly after the reading of the journal the house resumed the considefitlon of the Alabama contested election ease of Lowe vs. Wheeler. '/ £' Mr. Thompson, of lowa, submitted an argument in favor of the claims of the contestant. Mr. Mills, of Texas, spoke in advocacy of the right of the sitting member to retain his seat, and was followed by Mr.-Jones, of Texas, in .favor of the contestant. Mr. Antherton, of Ohio, used as hour reading the rest of the minority report. Mr. Horr, of Michigan, entered into an ironical eulogy upon the great intellectual energy and statemanship shown by the Democrats during ‘the recent filibustering movement. ' Pending further discussion L Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, reported from the committee on approprsations the legislative, judicial ana executive appropriations bill. Mr. Hiscock, from the same committee, reported back the general deficiency bill, And it received similar reference. ‘ The election case then went over until tomorrow, when the previous question will be called darly tn the session, Adjourned. HOUSE. Washington, June B.—The house resumed consideration of the Alabama contested election case, Mr. Wheeler being accorded the floor to clbse the argument. After an extended dpbf4e Mr. Springer moved to recommit, with instructions to ttfe committee, to ascertain the number of tissue ballots cast for either Mr. Lowe or Mr. Wheeler, and to report a resolution giving the seat to the one having the highest number of -legal votes after rejecting all such tissue ballots. The motion was lost—yeas, 91; nays, 182; a party vote, except that Mr. Smith, of New York, voted with the Republicans. The previous* question was then ordered without division. Mr. Hazelton closed thebedate with an hour’s speech in favor of the contestant. ; a A resolution declaring the ebntes-, tant entitled to the seat was adopted —yeas, 149; nays, 3 (Hardenberg, Phelps and Rice, Ohio). Mr. Lowe appeared at the bar of the house and took the oath of office. On motion of Mr. Springer, the senate joint resolution was passed for Printing the memorial address of ames G. Blaine upon the life and character of President James A. Garfield. Adjourned. SENATE. Washington, June 6.—Mr. Slater introduced a bill prohibiting and making it a misdemeanor for. government employes to accept bribes for political purposes Referred to the committee on civil service. Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, offered a resolution, and it was adopted, requesting the committee on postofflees to report upon the propriety of reduc ing the rate of postage on letters. The army appropriation billwas again considered, the question being upon the compulsory feature, of the retirement clause. Agreed to. The remaining committee amendments were agreed to, except one striking out the appropriation for ammunition, tools, etc., for target practices. The total of this item, as passed by the house, was SIOO,OOO. Mr. Hawley moved to allow SIO,OOO for the purpose. Agreed to. Mr. Logan moved an insertion of an item appropriating SIOO,OOO for the erection or an army and navy hospital on the governmem reservation at Hot Springs, Arkansas. Adopted. Mr. Plumb offered and advocated an amendment authorizing the enlistment of I,OCO men for frontier service in emergencies. Ruled out, as involving general legislation on the appropriation bill. The previous discussion upon excepting General Sherman from the compulsory retirement was reviewed, upon a renewal of the former motion by Mr. Davis, of West Virginia, and by Mr. Hale to except General Sheridan. The latter motion prevailed—yeas, 29; nays, 22. A party vote, except that Messrs. Fair, Cockrell and Butler voted aye with the Republl - cans. The whole subject was then tabled, yeas, 34; nays, 18, and the bill passed—--42 to 11. ’ / Mr. Hale submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to the bill for the admission or Dakota. It provides for the speedy and efficient collection oftall existing municipal debts or liabilities within the limits of the proposed new state. Referred. Adjourned. HOUSE. Washington, June 6.—The report of the committee on ways and means submitted upon the resolution offered by Mr. White, relating to the passage of the bill extending the bonded period for distillers’ spirits, ‘was ordered printed and laid on the table. A billwas re,>orte<bto sdspenA the issue of ail ver certificates, and limit 'the coinage of silver dollats to thertquirements of the people. Hbiwe Calendar—Mr. Page ecFback the river arid; harbor approPr w« .ritofcti-ipon the Northern Pacific railroad land grants. The house then, at- 12:40, wept into a committee of thc’ ! whbJe,,with, Upr degraffj of lowa, In the chair, on the general deficiency appropriation bill. The bill was immediately read by Sections for amendments. . Mr. McCook, of New York, (failed attention to the clause appropriating $82,328 to meet the liabilities Incurred - « • . i.

by the Yorktown centennial commission. * ~Tfcfter»onje further debate (in which it wm disclosed that the bill bad already beeirjPuaj Mr. Cobb moved ■trike out MW clause. Rejected. Z The houae ’then, in committees ut the whole, considered the general deficiency appropriation bill. On, a point of order raised by Mr. Holman, of Indiana, items aggregating |11,500, for the payment of„ clerks in the offices of the secretary of the treasury, register of the treasury, comptroller of the currency, and first comptroller of the treasury, were struck from the bill. Mr. White, of Kentucky, moved to strike. out the clause appropriating $210,000 for deficiencies in the internal revenue bureau.! Rejected. After some further consideration of the bill the committee rose and the house adjourned. SENATE. Washington, June 7.—The bill providing for a public building at Clarksburg. West Virginia, passed. A resolution from the committee on privileges and elections to pay the administratrix of John C. Underwood $5,000, for time and expenses in prosecuting the claim to the seat in the senate from Virginia, met with considerable (reposition. Messrs. Cockrell and Saulsbury disputed the assertion in the committee. Mr. Sherman, of the committee recommending the bill, saidhahag not beeh aware of that fact,ahd intimated thht he regarded it as fatal to' the claim. The bill was then laid aside. Consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation bill occupied the remainder of the day. After an executive session the senate adjourned. • V Washington, Juhe 7.—Mr. Sparis apologised to Mr. Cox for his remarks made yesterday while the debate on the deficiency bill was going on. Mr. Cox accepted the apology in the same kind feeling in which it had been tendered. yZ The house then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the general deficiency appropriation bill. After concluuing the consideration of thirty-two of the sixty-three pages of the bill, the committee rose. SJulogies on the late Representative Allen, of Missouri, will be delivered June 23d- Adjourned. SENATE. Washington, June B.—The senate resumed consideration of the district appropriation bill. The committee amendment remitting about $40,000 unpaid taxes. The committee was sustained in each instance, and no further change was made. The bill passed. Mr. Hawley reported from the mllitary committee a Joint resolution appropriating SIO,OOO, or so much thereof as may be needed, to furnish .food to the people made destitute by the Mississippi floods in the state of Mississippi. The joint resolution was passed. Adjourned. house. Washington. June B.—The bill passed increasing to forty dollars per month the pension of any person who in the late war lost an arm, leg, hand or foot, or received disabilities equal thereto. The house then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the g-meral deficiency appropriation bill. The only discussion was upon the clause to refund to Missouri the payments made to officers and privates of the militia. It wks finally agreed to, the amount involved being $234,594. The committee rose and reported the bill back t z » the house. The bill was then passed—yeas,ll6; nawg 57. resolution passed to loan I,CO(J army tents for the shelter of the Russian Jewish refugees at Vineland, New Jersey. Mr. Calkins, of Indiana, chairman of. the committee on elections, submitted a report in the matter of the expense accounts of parties to contested election cases. Referred. It recommends that in no case shall the appropriation exceed $3,000 to meet the expenses of the contestant or contestee. Adjourned. When Harvey Lake, of Spencer, N. Y., died, leaving SIO,OOO and no will, hie brother and sister took possession. Harvey was a bachelor, and when they entered into possession the heirs gave his adopted son an old bureau as his share of the estate. To this they added a blessing and set the unfortunate youth out of doors. But when he had taken his heritage to a new house and was arranging his effects in it, he found a properly executed will which gave him all of Harvey Lake's property. Harvey Lake’s brother and sister contested this, of course, but the law accepted it, and the youth has moved his old bureau back into his old home, and settled down with it, WAspureroi', D. Q, May 15th, 188 S Gkktlemen—Having been a sufferer for a long time from nervous prostration and general debility, I was advised to try Hop Bitters. I have taken one bottle and I have been rapidly getting better ever since, and I think it the ricine I ever used. I am no* gaining and appetite, which waa all gone, and J 1“ deepair until I tried your Bitters. I I afo no* well, able to go aHont Sad do my own i work. Before taking it I waa completely proa* I traJAri.

MRS. MARY STUART.

I A robin has built her nest by a cirF- Baw a Fitchburg, Mass., and has laid four eggs undismayed by the bussing of the saw and the whir of the machinery. One hundred and nlnety-feur cases of unauthorized emigration by conscripts are being tried at Berlin, Germany.