Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1886 — CONGRESSIONAL. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL.

The Work a i the Senate and House - of Representatives , * Tb« Senate passed the po>toffloe appropriatlon bill on tbe 4th hist, with an amend!ment giving Stoo,ooo for transportation of foreign malls by American steamships. Mr. Hoar road a letter from Mr. Tompkins, Secretary of the committee of the Ohio House that investigated the Payne affair, to the effect that in the copies of the report printed for tbe Senate there appeared an interpolated, paragraph reflecting on the majority of tho committee. ‘The Tetter was referred to the proper commltteo, and the report was ordered printed in correct form. In the House the Weaver-Camp-be)l election oontest from tbe Sixth lowa District was taken up, tho majority report in favor of Weaver, the sitting' member, he in 4 adopted. The bill to grant right of way through tho Fbrt Seldon military reservation to the Itio Grande, Mexico and Pacific .Railroad Company passed tho Senate on the sth inst. The Senate confirmed tho nomination of Z. M. Zullck to be Governor of Arizona, and rejected that of Charles Pollard fdr Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana. The nomination of K. S. Dement, to be Surveyor General of Utah, adversely reported from tbe Public Lands Committee, was recommitted. In-the House of Representatives an adverso report was made on tho Senate bill providing for a commission on the subject of the liauor traffic. A bill was favorably reported to the Senate on the (3th inst. to apply to letter carriers tbe provisions of the section of the Revisod Statutes making eight hours a day’s work. The President nominated James H. McLeary, of Texas, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Montana. The river and harbor bill passed the House by forty-one majority, after a struggle through several weeks. It appropriates about *15,000,000. The,House Judiciary Committee reported adversely a joint resolution contemplating a constitutional amendment providing for female suffrage. Congress did nothing of Importance on the 7th inst. Tho Senate was not in session, and the House dovoted the day to the private calendar. Fifty-five bills granting pensions were passed. The House of Representatives passed a bill on tbe Gtb inst., autborizing tbe Kansas City and Gulf Road to lay its tracks through the Indlau Territory. Tbe military academy bill was passed. It appropriates *297,805 for the maintenance of the schools at Annaiiolls and West Point. Tbe Congressional Printer notified the House that bis presses would have to stop unless an, extra appropriation of $200,000 was mode before tho 25th of the month. Members of the House .were takon by surprise on receiving vetoes of two private pension bills, in which the President bad taken time to discover grave faults. The Sepnto was not in session.

Janies 11. or England. James 11. of England was the second son of Charles I. and Queen Henrietta Maria. He was created Duke of York in infancy. He accompanied liis father during the civil war, and was taken prisoner, but escaped, disguised as a girl, in April, 1648, and went over to Holland. He served with distinction in both the French and Spanish armies, and after the restoration returned to England and was made Lord High Admiral of the English navy. In the ensuing war with the Dutch he commanded the English fleet ably. In 1660 the Duke had married Anne, daughter of Edward Hyde, the Earl of Clarendon. In 1671 this lady died, leaving two daughters, both of whom subsequently sat upon the throne of England. Before her death she disavowed Protestantism, through the influence of her husband, who several years before had become a Catholic. In 1673 the Duke was compelled by the conditions of the “test act” to resign the office of Admiral. This same year he married Mary of Modena, a Catholic princess. So strong was the feeling in Parliament and through the kingdom against,, him for his change of religion, that he was obliged to go to the continent to reside for a time, and a bill excluding him from succession to the English crown passed the House of Commons, but failed to pass the House of Lords. He returned, while this bill was peuding and was made Lord High Commissioner of Scotland, but was so unpopular there that he did not remain long. However, in 1685, after liis brother’s death, he succeeded to the throne without opposition. His reign was brief, however, beirig filled with contentions with Parliament and the Established Church. He seemed utterly Avantifig in the tact of lits brother, but. like his unfortunate father, rashly contended for the right of personal government which he believed the “divine right” of a king. In the first year of his reign occurred Monmouth’s rebellion. This was not generally upheld by the people, and was soon overthrown. all those implicated in it beingg punished with great severity., The subseonent acts of the King, his claim to the power of dispensing with laws at his will, and dismissing the Parliament whenever it would not carry out his wishes, convinced the people that his permanent rule could not be tolerated, and in 1688 William of Orange, James’ son-in-law, was called over “to protect the liberties and religion of the English people.” William came, and James was forced to abdicate the throne. James made an effort to regain his crown by undertaking an expedition to Ireland iu 1689. The troops and money for this expedition were furnished by King Louis XIY. of France. The exKing was received kindly in Ireland, but at the battle of the Boyne liis army was totally routed. The remaining eleven years of his life were spent at set. Germain, in r France, in vaifi intrigues for recovering possession of his lost kingdom. —lnter Ocean. ,-„T ~

A Reasonable Request. Bill Simpson is an engineer on flip I. & Ox. N. Railroad. Hewas'OtfTiUty at Austin a few days ago. He met Judge Peterby, with whom he was acquainted. “I say, Judge, I wish you would domo a favor. •Til do it." “It will bo .appreciated by all the engineers on the I & Cl. N. Railroad.” “Whatnan I do for you all?” “Please don’t hang around the depot when the trains are coming in. They are everlastingly mistaking your* rod nose Tor a danger signal, and it confuses them.” Texas Siftings. A rf.ckst study of the geology of the Saguenay, by the AbbcXa Flamme, of Queliec, convinces him that the abysmal gorge of that river owes its depth icr the simple action of the water, continued through such long periods that the canon of the Colorado is called recent in comparison. Water-tioht mail bags are adven cated for ffean service; with some strong arguments in their favor. They should also be made buoyant enough to float with contents in case of disaster.