Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1884 — THE NEWS CONDENSED. [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

CONGRESBION AL PROCEEDINGS. Un.i.s wore formally reported to the Sea* oto, on the 26th nit., to prohibit the mailing of newspapers containing lottery advertisement*, and for the relief of Fiti John Porter, tho latter to come up March 11 An adverse report was made on the bill to abolish the military reservation at Fort Klee. A joint resolution was passed •■pressing the appreciation by the nation of the generosity of Great Britain In presenting the Alert for the Greely relief expedition. A resolution was passed calling upon the Secretary of the Navy for information regarding the progress of work on ths Panama Canal. The bill to authorize the construction of additional steel Teasels for the navy led to some dehate. In the House. Mr. Cobb asked uDanimous consent for the passage of the Joint resolution of thanks to Great Britain for the gift of the arctic steimship Alert, but Mr. Kohinson objected. The plenro-pneumonia bill was discussed to the hour of adjournment. It being argued that the measure was full of unconstitutional provisions, and was in the interest of a ring now being formed to control tho cattle trade Bills were Introduced In the Senate, on tho 27th nit., to improve the channel between Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico, and to incorporate and aid the Yellowstone Park Railroad. A resolution was passed calling on the Secretaryof the Interior for information as to the rumored lease of the Crow Reservation in Montana. The hill lor the construction of eleven vessels for the navy led to a h it: debate. Mr. Van Wyck asked immediate consideration I for * r<.solution directing the Posloffica Committee to inquire whether at any time the Western Union end the Haitimore and Ofiio Telegrai h Companies had negotiated for consolidation. Mr. Plaint) offered the resolution, and it was referred to tho Po-tolnce Coiiimit ee. The bill to repeal the test oath which passed tho Senate .some time ago. wasjassedLby the House. The House adopted a resolution directing the Secretary of tho Treasury to state how much mom y there is in the vaults, and to iepoit what amount can at. lire e it b’ applied in li.iulilation of the public, debt, Mr. Le F. vre offered a resolution directing the preparation of a bill, to prohibit option trading in grain or provisions, bnt- Mr.•fox object-d . Hr. lNGAt.i.d, of Kansas, introduced a bill tn tho Senate on the 28th ntfe to remove theluJnnctionof seeveey from the members of the Fitz John Porter court-martial. The remainder of the session was spent on the bill to aphorize the const action of steel' e-se's for the navy. An amendment that the number'd ships be reduced from seven to so r was defeated by 17 to 34. In the House, two G. rman-Am-rieans, Messrs. D'usti r and Guenther, rose, by unanimous permission, and delivered speeches which they believe better express the true sentiments of the German people than did the contemptuous act of Prince Bismarck. Mr. Kas-on, of lowa, was promptly on his feet to regret the speeches of the gentlemen from Wisconsin, and to urge that a resolution adopted by members of the Reichstag and presented by the previous speakers should be smothered In that yielding pillow called the Committee on Foreign Affaire. Mr.Kasson’s motion prevailed. By a vote or Its to 127 the pleurc-pnenmonla bill was passSd. Eulogies upon the late Representative Haskell were de-llve-ed bv several mrmbe.fs. Thf. bill for tho admission of Dakota into the Union was favorably reported in the Senate on the 29th ult. Mr. Ransom reported back adversely the joint resolution for an appropriation Of $500,000 for the cyclone sufferers in the South, the distress having been overstated. The bill for the construction of stcfel cruisers was passed by 38 to 13. Adjourned to March 3. The House of Represent itlves adopted a resolution asking the iseoretarv of the Treasury If additional clerks are r>qulred for the tobacco rebate claims. A resolution was offered directing tue Committee on Public I.andsto report whether the grant of the Portage Lake an i Lake Su'verior Ship Ca ai Company is liable to forfeiture. In committee of the whole it was resolved that Gen. PI -ssonton be retired with the rank of Colonel. The postofflee appropriation bill was reported. An evening session was held for the consideration of pension bills. A resolution was adopted by the iiouso Of Representatives, on the Ist inst., calling on the Secretary of the interior for information relative to the fencing in of public lands in severral States and Territories. Bills were reported to provide for the Issue of circulating notes to national banks, to establish a Board of In ersta e Comm Tee. to increase pensions, to pro▼i 'e for a canal between Lake Union end Pug -t Sound, and to construct the Maryland and Delaware free ship canal. Several speeches were made on the naval appropriation bill.' There was no session of the Senate.