River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-05-22

rank and pay of general 1t is quite probable
| that the house will concur, but not without
some discussion.
In announcing pair Tuesday upon Senator
Frye's motion for committee of conference,
Senator Cockrell said II am paired with the
| distinguished senator from Vermont, who is
compelled to be absent today for the first time
in twenty nine years service in the congress OF
the United States. refer 10 Senator Morrill,
The bill providing civil government for
Alaska, which has passed the l1cuse, provides:
The territory of Alaska snail constitute a
civil and judicial district, the temporary seat
of government of which is established at Sitka.
A governor shall be- appointed with authority
TO see that the laws enacted for the district are
enforced, and who shall be ex-officio COM
mander in chief of the militia, with power TO
call it out when necessary TO the due execution
of the law district court is established,
which shall hold at least two
terms each year. one at Sitka
and the other at Wrangels. clerk district
attorney and marshal are also provided for, and
authority given for the appointment of four
commissioners with powers and jurisdiction of
commissioners of United States circuit courts
The general laws of the State of Oregon are de
clared to be the law of the district, 80 far as
the same NAV be applicable Officers shall be
appointed for the term of four years, and shall
| receive the following salaries: Governor So
600; district attorney, ., 500; marshal, s., 800;
| Judge, $1,000; clerk, S., 500.
Bills passed the house extending the Juris-
diction Of justices of the peace in Wyoming,
and provided that hereafter the Legislature of
Dakota shall consist of twenty-four members
Of the council, and fOrty-eight members of the
house
The house committee on invalid pensions
unanimously agreed TO report favorably bill
increasing certain pensions prepared by Repre-
sentative MatsOn as a substitute for bill of
similar character the substitute provides:
All persons on or hereafter placed on the
pension roll, who while in the military or ma
val service of the United States, have lost an
arm or leg shall be entitled to a pension of $40
per month, and those who have lost hand or
foot to pension of $50 per month, and il
they have received wound or other disability
in addition thereto, shall receiv a pension Of
$50 per month; and all persons who have a leg
amputated at the hip joint and all persons who
lost an arm at the shoulder joint, shall be en-
titled to a pension of $50 per month; and all
persons who lost an arm and leg shall be en-
titled to pension of s72 per month.
The Sioux commission has been authorized
10 negotiate with the Sisseton, Wahpeton and
Yauktoa Indians for the cesson of portions Of
their reservations to the United States The
house committee ON Indian affairs have inform
lily agreed to the Sioux reservation bill The
amendments to the senate bill are not
material, and will be no obstruction TO
its passage. The friends of the measure say
they are willing to accept the amendments, and
are confident the bill will 60 through the house
and become a law this session. The bill will
De CBHElQeEGu IN tilS mousse on lllt OISf. Nnel
bills from the Indian affairs committee will be
the special order.
Senator Vest, ON Wednesday, the 14tl, de-
sired to make personal explanation. A state
ment has gone to the press he said, that the
vote upon the bill to place Gen. Grant upon
the retired list had been unanimous. He
however had voted against the bill He had
not called for the ayes and noes nor made
any factiOus opposition, because two years
ago when q similar bill was before the senate
bn had and voted apaipat the hill and
given reasons for his opposition. He had no
personal opposition to Gen. Grant, but was Cd
posed to the principal OF the bill.
The pension appropriation bill, as reported
to the senate, reduces the amount of unexpend-
ed balance of the appropriation for the current
fiscal year, 10 be reapproprlated, from SS4, UU,
700 TO SOS 900 600, strikes out the provision
fixing compensation to pension agents at SO per
100 vouchers paid in excess of 1000, and re-
ducing the number of pension agents to twelve,
and the section providing that the fee OF pen
sion attorneys In all pension arrears, pension
or bounty land claims shall be $40, except IN
cases where a special written contract is filed
with the commissioner of pensions, when the
fee may amount to not more than SIS
The senate has confirmed the following nom
nations: Peter w Stollborg, receiver of pub
lie moneys, Taylor's Falls, Mimi; John II.
Bowman. Gl1nuison, Colo, agent for Indians of
the Navajo agency, New Mexico; William A.
Pirie, Rhode Island, Indian Inspector; i. McF
Patton Salem Ore, consul of the United
States at Osaka and HiogO: Rudolph w. Wolff
sohn, Buffalo, n y, consul of the United States
at Mannheim
In the senate on Thursday a resolution was
offered directing the finance committee to in
vestigate and learn whether the late New York
bank failures were due to violations of the ma
tional banking laws. bill. was introduced to
prevent officials of national banking aesoca-
tons from specializing. The bill to IN ST.
00O,O0 in aid of the New Orleans exposition
passed with some amendments. Adjourned
till Monday.
The House on Tuesday, had an animated
debate on the diplomatic and consular appopu-
lation bill and all amendments proposing to
increase or maintaln salaries reduced by the
bill were voted down. The senate amendments
to the New Orleans exposition bill were con-
Cured IN
Following is the text of the bill introduced
by Senator Cullom, to prohibit speculation by
officers of national banking associations:
Be it enacted, etc, That it shall be unlawful
for the president cashier teller, or other chief
executive officer of any national banking asso-
citation, having capital stock amounting TO
S20O, eco OF MORE to deal, trade or otherwise
engage in speculation in stocks, bonds or other
securities, or in grain, provisions, produce or
oil, on margins on his own individual account
or for his own personal profit, either directly
or indirectly, or to have any partnership or
other financial interest in the operations of any
private banking of brokerage firm, or business.
Any such officer who violates the provisions of
this act, or any person who aids or abets such
officer in violation the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeRnor, and
shall be imprisoned, not less than one year, or
more than five years, or fined more than
$4,000
A report has been submitted to accompany
the bin reported from tho house committee on
public lands, providing for the repeal of the
presumption and timber culture laws and
amendment of the homestead law. The COM
mttee say:
We believe il should be the policy of the gov
eminent to give those of our citizens who are
without homes such amount of the public do
main as will make them comfortable homo
steads, where they enter upon it IN good faith,
intending TO make it their homes and cultivate
and live upon it for fixed period of time, and
We believe 160 acres should be the maximum.
Under the presumption, homestead and timber
culture laws as they now stand one person may
become the owner of $50 acres of the public do
main-160 acres uLder each. This is to large
an amount of land i'll our opinion, for any one
person 10 require in this manner We think the
policy of the government should be to furnish as
many of its citizens with comfortable homes as
long in the future as possible, and 100 acres
is sufficient for this purpose By giving them
this amount 1t will not be many years until all
our public domain will be taken up. The pre-
emptlon law was pas5edln ISL, the homestead
law i'll 1852 and the timber culture act i'll 1913.
When the homesteadlaw was enacted, the pre-
emption law should have been repealed The
| timber culture law should never have been
passed. We have, therefore, in a substitute,
provided for the repeal of the presumption and
| timber culture acts and amendment of the
| homestead law.
Bills were introduced IN the senate on Mon
day for the forfeiture of portion of the North
ern Pacific land grant in Washington Territory
and Oregon and of the Atlantic & Pacific rail-
road land grant bill to divide the Eighth
judicial circuit and place Minnesota Iowa and
Missouri iii the Ninth circuit. was reported fav-
Orably. 4 bill was introduced providing a
tenth judicial circuit to consist of California,
Oregon and Nevada. After long discussion
on the late failures in New York, the res
olution offered Friday, directing the finance
committee to investigate national banks III New
York to learn whether the failures were due
to violations or evasions of law, was referred
to the committee in question The bill tc
create a bureau of labor statistics consid-
cred
The house refused to fix day fer the con
sideration of the bankruptcy bill The meas
ure being 50 far along on the calendar. it viii
he impossible to reach il in the regular order,
SO that the vote may be regarded a. practical
defeat of the bill for this session and probably
for TINS congress. The vote Is fair test of the
sense of the house on the question of the pas
sage of bankruptcy bill II shows that ma
day who would have voted against the bill, and
the majority Is, therefore probably larger even
| than indicated by the vote, The vote
| stood l31 to IL.
In the house Mr., Hurd, from the committee
| on ways and means moved TO suspend the rules
| and pass bill TO abolish discriminating duties
| on works Of art the prOdurti0u of foreign and