Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1890 — NATIONAL CONGRESS. [ARTICLE]

NATIONAL CONGRESS.

, Several bills were introduced in the House Monday. The Oklahoma town site • bill was considered. The bill increasing , the pay of supervisors of census to SI,OOO passed. Bills were introduced in the Senate Monday to admit Wyoming as a state, and provide territorial government for Oklahoma. The question of federal control of elections was discussed. A bill was introduced in duplicate in the House and Senate Monday which will doubtless revive an interesting Senator Gorman (Democrat) introduced it in the upper and Mr. McComas (Republi- ! can), both of Maryland, in the lower | branch of Congress. It proposes to pay | to the cities Of Frederick and Hagerstown, ' Md., $200,000 and $30,000, respectively, and | the village of Middletown, Md., $1,500. ! During the heat of the late war Gen. Jubal i A. Early-, with his division of confederates, raided thesecorporations and levied the amount named .in each to assist the rebel army. - It is claimed that these cities were loyal, and that they appealed to the federal government for protection, but the latter, for some reason, did not respond. The bills now propose to refund the amount paid. In the Senate on-the 21st Blair presented a memorial in favor of his educational bill. The bill adversely reported on Jan. 10 from the census committee, tp ascertain what percentage of the people own their farms, the number of farms under mort gage and the amount thereof, was taken from the calendar in order to give Mr. Berry, who had introduced the hill, an opportunity to state the grounds of his opposition to the report, and why the bill Jshould be passed. The matter was dis cussed by Platt, Berry, Hale, Reagan, Vest and Spooner, and then went over. Among the bills passed were the following: To create the office? of Surveyor General for the Slates of| South Dakota and North Dakota; granting to th© State of California 5 per cent of the net proceeds of the cash sales of public lands in that State; joint resolution granting autnority for the removal of the Apache Indian prisoners and their families from Alabama to Fort Sill, I. T. - The House spent the greater part oi Tuesday debating a decision of the Speaker, which was finally sustained.. The Oklahoma town site bill was considered. The Senate on the 22d resumed consideration of the bill to require an ascertainment of per centage of mortgaged farms. After two hours discussion the bill was recommitted. Several unimportant bills were passed. The Blair educational bill was made unfinished business for Monday week. The House amended and passed the Oklahoma town site bill. The bill to appropriate $500,000 for the erection of buildings for the confinement of United States prisoners to be employed exclusively in the manufacture (without the use of machin ery) of supplies for the government was considered. The customs administrative bill was reported to the House. In the Senate, Thursday, Clark and Ma ginnis, Senators-eiect from Montana, pre sented their credentials. The four gentle men claiming to be Senators elect from Montana were admitted to the privileges of the floor. A bill placing General Stonoman on the retired list passed. Mr. Ingalls delivered an address on negro emigration. In the House the committee on elections reported the Smith-Jackson contested election case. The customs admin is tra tion bill was considered. The House Friday occupied the time in considering the customs administration bill.