The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-17
con GRESSIONAL PRoCEE DlNGS.

abolshing the Office of Indian inspector and
authorizing the secretary of war to detail Of
dcers of the rank of captain to perform this
| service.
The house committee on postofices and post
roads voted 8 to to adopt the following: Re-
| solved, That it is the sense of this committee
that it is inexpedient for the government either
| to construct postal telegraph or purchase any
and Peelle voted in the negative and Messrs.
Money, Reese, Ward, Cosgrove, Riggs, Rogers,
Jones of Texas, and Wakefield in the affirma-
tive The bill authorizing the postmaster
general to contract with the Postal Telegraph
company, or other companies, will be consid-
cred on Tuesday next
Senator Vest reported bill favorably from
the committee on territories to authorize the
appointment of a commission by the president
to run and mark the boundary lines between
Texas, in connection with similar commission
to be appointed by the state of Texas.
Mr.. Cook presented the house through the
petition box paper signed by about fifty citi-
zens of Avery, Iowa, which can hardly be
termed petition, since it opens with the words:
by command you, our servant demanding the
passage of a bill to construct double track
steel railway from New York to San Francisco"
and declaring that not another dollar should be
lent national banks or squanderedin canals.
The president sent to the senate the follow
ing nominations: Commodore Clark H Wells,
| rear admiral; Thomas H. Reeves of Missouri,
agent of Indian at Quapaw agency, Indian Ter
ritory. Postmasters-E. s. Minor, Necedah,
Wis :; Fred J. Bartels, Peshtigo, Wis. James
A. Foote, Anoka, MINI. Warren Potter, Aitkin
Mimi i; Max Miller, Jackson, Or.
The senate passed bill making tia felony
for person to falsely or fraudulently assume
or pretend to be an officer or employe ACTIN
n1o ho mt of ha ted tate r
department thereof. The bill has passed the
house.
The House has passed the agricultural ap-
preparation bill. One item gives $25 One for
In the senate Mr. Cullom introduced bill
to reimburse several states for interest paid on
war loans Referred The bill to aut horize
the construction of a railroad bridge across the
St. Croix river in Wisconsin and MINI esota
passed.
Mr.. Strait has presented to tho house the res
olution of the st Paul chamber of commerce
asking for liberal appropriation for the post
Office department, in order that they may ex-
tend and improve the postal service; also tho
resolutions Of the board of trade of Minnoa po-
lis requesting the passage Of national bank
The proposition to raise the tariff on wool got
slaughtered in the House on Monday Instead
of getting the two-thirds majority necessary to
take up the measure, the proposition was de-
f ssas by ma ESts of las Of to 49,
The affirmative vote was composed mostly OF
Republicans, there being eighty Republicans
and thirty-eight Democrats The Democrats
were as follows: Shelly and Goldsmith, Hewitt
of Alabama, Giasscock, Henley, Rosecrans and
Ter of Iowa, Hunt of Maryland, Findlay Of
Michigan, and Eldridge Of New Jersey; Mr..
Wakefield of Minnesota voted aye, but Strait,
White and Nelson voted no. Mr. Washburn
was absent
The Senate on Monday passed the educational
among the states in proportion to illiteracy
on the basis Of the census of 1886;
the payments of the money to extend
over a series of years with amendments
by Mr. he H6a R fHo g Yea, that 5a t. the
co., second year $40, 0Oo, 900, third year $15,-
OOOO 900, and then diminish at the rate of ST.
OOO 900 yearly, until the expiration of the eighth
year, when the appropriations, shall cease.
The amendment was agreed to 3eyeas, 12nays.
to, providing that equal opportunity for ed
ucation be given to all children in the states.
Mr.. Nelson of Minnesota, on Tuesday, moved
:. suspension of the rules in order to take up
his bill to open to settlement the Red Lake In
1lan reservation and made his maiden speech
n the house Mr.. Washburn favored the bill.
he thought it was step in the right direction.
de had introduced bill which went farther,
but the committee had chosen to report Mr..
Nelson's bill, and he thought it ought to pass.
Mr.: Blount of Ga, violently attacked the bill,
and the motion requiring two thirds majority,
is not defeated, but will be in better shape
when it is taken up in the house in the regular
way.
The senate has passed bill to divide up the
reservations and give the lands to tho Indians
in severalty, in 100 acre tracts, the residue to
h nv Na 1a11f and he Is
used for educational and other purposes. The
bill also makes the Indians subject to the civil
and criminal laws of the community in which
they live, and makes them citizens except so
passage of this bill will break up tribal rela-
tions and give the Indians chance to take
care of themselves without being entirely de-
pendent upon the government. The adults
will have to work for living as white people
do, and the children will be given an education
in the rudimentary branches and the industrial
arts.
The senatehas passed bill requiring that
governors of all the territories, except the In
dian Territory, shall be residents of those ter
the date of their appointment The bill was
passed after lively discussion.
The following executive business was trans
acted by the senate on Thursday. Nomina-
tons: Thomas We're Fox, consul of the United
States atPlymouth, Eng. William ". Rockhill,
Postmaster, John J. Burns, Sprague, Wash.
Combinations: Postmasters, q. S. Miner,
Necedah, Wis. James A. Foote, Anoka, MINI.
Warren Potter: Aitkin, Mimi; F. J. Bartels,
Peshtig9, Wis Henry Keerl, Mason City, Iowa;
Frank +. Barber, Jr. Rock Rapids, Iowa.
The following bill in relation to courts and
judicial proceedings in tho territories has
passed the senate. The act provides: The
supreme court of every territory shall consist
of chief justice and three associate justices,
y <f hall s%,,4o
and they shall hold their office for four years,
and until their Successors are appointed and
qualified. They shall hold term annually at
the seat of government Of the territory for which
they are respectively appointed; provided,
however, that no justice shall actas member
of the supreme court in any action or proceed
ing brought to such court by writ of error,
bills Of exceptions, or appeal from decision,
judgement of decree rendered by him as Judge
of district court. Every territory shall be
divided into four judicial district, and q dis
trict court shall be held in each district of the
territory by one of the justices Of She supreme
court at such time and place as may be pre-
scJibed by law; and each judge, after assign
ment shall reside in the district to which he is
assigned.
Senator Hill, from the committee on post
Offices and post roads, reported favorably the
original bill to establish postal telegraph sys-
tenn Mr.. Hill remarked that the committee
were una11imotts as to the first clauses of the
bill, which relate to doing the work by con-
tracts with the existing companies.
The contract system remains the most
prominent feature of the bill, and Is not widely
different from the scheme of the postal tele-
graph company, except that it empowers the
postmaster general to receive bids from any
telegraph company for contracts. The provis-
ions relating to the establishment of govern
ment system, pure and simple, in the event that
nc satisfactory contract with established COM
panies il secured are combination Of the
features of the Hill and Edmunds bill
The long contest over the appointment Of
Mccoy to the Aberdeen Dak land office was
finally settled by his confirmation by the SEN
ste on the l0th. Mr.. Mccoy, who is there, says
he has had this fight ON his hand for three
CARDS the result as complete vindication.
At the opening of the senate, Wednesday, the |
9th, the chaplain prayed to just one senator be-
sidethe presiding officer, and that was Mr. Harris
Of Tennessee. Possibly he may have felt more |
than his fellows the need of the ministrations Of
Or not, it is fact that he was the only sena-
tor present Half dozen came in during the |
next five minutes, but it was some time before
d quorum was present.
In the House, Wednesday resolution was
introduced instructing the committee on COM
merce to investigate alleged evils attending the
The house voted, instead of considering the Orc
gon Central land grant bill, which was in the |
order of unfinished business, to go into COM |
mittee on public building bills. The house |
considered The bills for the erection of build !
ngs at Keokuk, Iowa, and Waco, Tex, and
Rs1 Rss Of ezys and BueEner
Missouri, Democratic members. No final &C
ion Was taken. and the house took recess