The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS:

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Senator Hawley has introduced bill to au-
thorize the secretary Of the navy to offer re-
ward of $4,000 for rescuing or ascertaining
the fate of the Greedy Arctic expedition. Mr.:
Hawley said such a reward might induce ships
! cruising in or about the Arctic seas to keep q
lookout for the exploring party or turn occa-
| slonally out of their own course in order to
suggested by George KEENAN,, the Arctic tray
| eler, when called before the Greeley relief
board to give his views concerning the rescue
of Greeley and his comrades.
The president has sent to the senate the fol-
| lowing nominations: Sumner Howard, Mlchl-
gan, chief justice of the supreme court of Ari-
IONA; Case Broderick, Kansas associate JUS
| tice of tho supreme court Of Idaho; Jacob B.
Blair, Wyoming; Maj. Orville Babcock to be
lieutenant colonel of the corps of engineers.
| The president transmitted to the house .
letter from Secretaries Lincoln and Chandler
| opposing the proposition to offer reward for
the discovery and relief Of the Greedy party by
private enterprise. They think it unadvisable
to offer an incentive to inadequately prepared
private partieswhen the government expedition
Is thoroughly equipped Another reason urged
| against the proposition is that the government;
by inviting such cooperation, will assume
certain responsibility toward those whom it
| thus induces to enter on hazardous enterprise
and its offers of to-day may lead to the neces-
sity Of further expeditions for relief or rescue
The senate. The Indian affairs COM niittee
reported it inexpedient to establish military
academy west Of the Mississippi for Indian
| youths. The foreign relations committee re-
ported a bill for the inspection of meats fo1
expectation, prohibiting the importation o!
adulteratou food, and authorizing the presi-
dent to make proclamation in certain certain
cvses.
The house. The foreign affairs committee
submitted report With resolutions on the re-
turn by Prince Bismarck Of the house resolu-
commends the wise action Of the state depart
ment in the matter, and the resolutions merely
recite that the resolution was intended as trib-
ute Of respect to Lasker, and the house does
not deem it requisite to its dignity to critcise
ochiitree Phe1ps cox se'o of New NJ M9 York
Deuster and others, the report and
resolutions were adopted; likewise resolutions
German parliament for their acknowledgment
of the expression of sympathy contained in the
house resolution on Lasker. The elections
committee in the case of Garrison vs. Mayo,
Virginia, reported awarding the seat to Garri-
son. By vote Of 1877 to Us the house decided
to consider the bill to extend the whisky bond
ed period
The bill increasing the salaries of u. 8.
Judges to $1,000 is still before the Senate, and
elicits good deal of discussion, as also Blair's
bill appropriahng money for education
The House election committee reported in
favor Of the contestant in the contested election
Of Garrison against Mayo; from the First dis
| trlct OF Virginia, thus unseating Mr.. Mayo who
isa readjuster. Mr.. Mayo was allowed an
hour In which to present his side OF the case.
His parting address resulted in heated colloquy
between Messrs Ranney Of Massachusetts, a
republican member Of the committee on cleo
tons, and John s. Wise, .readjuster member
from Virginia, on one side, and Turner Of
Georgia, chairman Of the elections committee;
and Tucker Of Virginia, On the other, relative
to the action Of the board Of canvassers Of Vir-
glnia In throwing out the vote of an entire
county,, on account of an informally
in the a seal Of the return;
whisky extension bill, Mr. Willis in whose dis
trict most Of the whisky is stored, claimed that
the whole Northwest. as we'll as Kentucky, was
greatly interested in this bill; and among other
reasons, stated that the whisky industry used
,0oo, oO bushels of corn two years ago. and
only IL; 00Q, 600 bushels this year, and that the
whisky in bond is owned by all classes of PED
pie, and principally by people Of ordinary
means, who had to borrow from the banks con-
tinually since the over production of whisky
| has made their investment a bad one. He then
gave the history of the measure, showing that
| a proposition for the indefinite extension of the
bonded period had been unanimously reported
| by the ways and means committee last congress,
and had passed the house with only twenty nine
j votes against it.
On motion of Senator Mcmillan the senate
| referred to the committee on woman suffrage
the petition of Sarah B. Stearns, G. M. Cole
man, Mary 3. Murdoch, Dr.. Anna W. Broskwa,
George W. Kimberly, Mrs. E. S. Hammond
ind eighty one other citizens of Minnesota, re-
| guessing the passage Of a sixteenth amendment
to the constitution prohibiting states disfran-
| chislng citizens on account of SEX
| The house judiciary committee has agreed to
to amend revised statutes so to provide that chill
dren born in foreign country and now residing
In this country, whose father or grandfather en-
listed in the army Of the United States and either
died in its service, or honorably discharged, be
considered citizens of the United States.
In the senate on motion of Mr. Mcmillan, the
papers accompanying the clai m of W. H. Whit
ing Of Itchfeld, Mimi, and a bill for his re-
lief on account of inj uries received
during the rebellion while indirectly in the ser
vice of the United States, were referred to the
committee on claims Mr. Mcmillan also in
| troduced, for reference to the committee on
public lands, the petit on of H. T. Wells, John
Martin and five other citizens Of Minneapolis,
| IN relation to the 10 cation of lands under the
homestead and pre- emption laws. The petit
| ton, which was introduced at the request of
Senator Sabin, who is temporarily absent,
| asked that such change be made In the law
that al bona tide purchasers from
titles in cases where the receipts have been is
| sued to the original locat ors previous to the
| sales by them, and that all cases of alleged
fraud, where the question arises after the issu-
| ing of the final receipt, may be tried in court
| by jury under direction of law arising in par
tcular cases, and requests the Minnesota del
| egatlon that if any changes are made in the
present laws to insist that the rights already &C.
quired under existing laws shall be protected,
present titles quiet and patents issued in all
| cases where final receipts have issued without
contest before local officers.
| The House spent nearly whole day in dis
| GUESSING, and finally passed bill for the re-
tlrement of Gen. Averill, the noted cavalry
leader
The senate bill for the construction Of
| railroad bridge across the St. Croix river, in
Wisconsin and Minnesota, by the Chippewa
Falls 4 Western Railroad company, was
| reported by Mr. Mcmillan to the senate to-
day from the committee on commerce with q
favorable recommendation. The bill as reported
contains several amendments, the only materi-
al, one of which consists of two additional Sec
tons, as follows:
Sec. 3. That the said railroad company shall
have the right to construct passageways on
said bridge for foot passengers and vehicles of
every description, and to charge reasonable
toll therefor, subject to the approval of the
secretary of war.
Section 4 provides that any alterations or
| changes shall be made at the expense of the
railroad company. It will be remembered that
the bridge is to be made of iron and STEEL with
masonry piers.
resolution Of the board of trade of Mime
apolis has been presented to the house request
ing senators and members from Minnesota to
favor the mining and silver coinage bill, to pro-
hibt the issuing of silver certificates, and also
for the redemption of those now in circulation
Petitions from the Grand Army Post Nos 9,
49, 63 and %, department of Minnesota were
presented in the house by Mr. Strait, praying
congress to remove the restrictions and grant
arrears and back pensions from the date Of the
discharge to all who were discharged from the
United States service from injuries received
while in the line of duty.
Senator Dawes, from the cnmmittee on In
dian affairs, has reported favorably the bill to
accept and rahfy certain agreements made
| with the Sioux Indians, and to grant the right
of way to the Dakota Central railway company
through the Sioux reservation in Dakota and
also the bill to accept and ratify certain agree
| ments with the Sioux Indians, and to grant the
right of way to the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railway company through the Sioux reser-
walton. These two bills have already been re-
ported favorably by the house committee on
Indian AFFAIRS
The senate has confirmed the following NOM
nations: Consuls: Willis E. Baker, Illinois,
Rosario, Argentine Republic; Firth Charles
worth, Beloit, Kans., Funcbal; julius Stapel,