Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-24

have uninterrupted navigation the whole
year. The plan is the construction of mum
Der of great dams over tho outlets of lakes ant
tributaries by which the rains Of winter au(
spring can be retained and utilized. The cos
is estimated at 81, 100000 and the damage t.
features of the system were explained and ad
vocated by Representative Pound and Mr.
Walker, commissioned by the Governor of Min
nesota. The hearing will be continued.
ADVERSE REPORTS.
The Senate Judiciary COMMITTEE to-day re
ported in adversely the bill proposing to au
or as trustee, to commence and prosecute OF
lands alleged to be due on account of the dis
posal Of swamp AID overlooked lands.
THE UTE AGREEMENT.
The Senate Indian affairs committee to-day
completed their consideration of the draft OF
the bill submitted by Secretary Schurz to carry
into effect his agreement with the Ute Indians
and reported it to the Senate with recommen
dation for passage, with several amendments
oil immaterial except the following The com
mittee provide for amending the agreement so
that no portion of the money coming to the
White River Indians under the agreement shall
be paid to them until they shall have surrender.
ed all the members of their tribe who were i'm.
plicated in the murder of Agent Meeker anC
the employees at White river. or until the secre-
tary of the interior shall he convinced that
every possible effort to effect such surrender has
been made. The committee also strike out all
that portion of the bill which provides for ad.
hitting Indians to citizenship after their set
tiement upon lands in severalty, it being con.
sidered inadvisable to delay the passage of the
bill by offering upon any discussion of the
question of Indian citizenship in advance OF
the presentation of general measure on that
subject.
CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFLECTIONS.
The Senate confirmed the following post
masters: Samuel MARRIED., Jr., Circleville,
Ohio; W. f. Chamberlain, Hannibal, Mo-, and
rejected the following nominations of census
supervisors: Charles d. Campbell, first dis
trict of Ohio; John Henry Thompson. second
district.of Ohio; and William A. Hunt, eIev-
enth district of Ohio.
PENSION EXAMINATIONS.
The Senate committee on pensions directed
its chairman to report substitute for the
measure commonly known as the "sixty sur
geons bill,' providing for examination and
adjudication of pension claims in such manner
as to do away with the present export system.
The substitute provides for the appointment
of a commission for each Congressional
district. to consist of surgeon
and lawyer of different political parties,
whose duty it shall be to hold sessions in every
county seat in their respective districts three
times year for the purpose of examining ap-
plicants for pensions and witnesses in person.
1t ia provided, however, that when two or more
continuous districts are situated in city or
other densely populated neighborhood or when
the number of pensioners and pension claim
ants in contiguous districts is comparatively
small, the commissioner Of pensions may in
his discretion appoint only one commissioner
for two or mole Congressional districts. The
fees for making examinations, taking declara-
lions and examinations of witnesses are to be
paid by the government.