The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-06-20
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49, ~ iln'i~' on Indian affairs. Most az
the session WI. devoted to NJ Noise.ss III
10 open inc tod Lake Indian reservaIion -
Mlnnesota. MI. Nelson made 4 very cIaar ana
comprehelislNe explanation OF his hin H.
SAID ne Thought there was some n,;sannraban
sion ~ regard to 1t 1t had been CHARGED tba+
rings, and gotten up To dafron55 it tha
Indians. He effectually answered. tb;s cbar~a
by showing that this bill has been so c~arafnj31,v,
drawn as to prevent any fraud upon the Indians
whatever, and that it was against the interest
OF PINE ianG speculation. Itisdoubtful wheth-
er u VIII come up again this season. but Mr.
Nelson says he will avail himself of tha frat
opportunity to call it up again
In considering the river and barbor b;u !,
the house on Tuesday, the following items of
1nterest 10 the northwest were agreed 10:
Improving harbor at Ahnapees Wis ak ooo.
Green Bay, Wis, $4,000; Kenosha' Wis az
700; Kewaunee, Wis, SIS, 600; M%anitowoc
Wis, $1,000; Menominee. Wis. $40 00o. MI
Waukee, bay, Wis, $S5, 900; Oconto. Wis SI5-
600; Stockholm, Lake Pepin, Wis. S15003.
sort " ashlngton, Wis, $1,000; Racine, Wis.,
$1,000; Superior Bay and entrance. Wis s45l,
600; Sheboygan, Wis, $2S,mO; Sturgeon Bav
canal, Wis, $4,000; Two Rivers. Wis az o06.
$45, 200. n
Inc senate wednesday went into saorat Loo
1slatlve session on the item in the consular ana
diplomatic appropriation bill appropriatine
S@oO,OOO to cover the necessary EXPENSES afo
tendant upon the execution Of the neutralitv
act: The bill passed.
Inc mousse passed the bill providing for the
construction OF the Hennepin canal
Tn following nominations were made e. the
senate by the president. S
Patrick u. Sinnol of Oregon. agent Of tbo Tn
dams at Grand Ronde agency. Oregon. Peeis.
ters of land Offices A. w. RothePt of Coma
pheyenne' Wyo.; O. ?. Chisholm, Illinois,
Much to the discontinue Of the friends Of
the Hennepin canal scheme, the appropriation
for it was stricken out of the river and harbor
bill by the house Thursday. Mr.. Oates of Ala
bama made the motion to strike out, which was
carried by o vote of LAG to 102 The vote
against this motion was composed chiefly of
Western and Northwestern members. The
heaviest vote for it came from the Eastern and
Middle states and along the Mississippi river
south of st. Louis. The vote to strike out was
also largely made up from members who do
not share in the appropriation bill, and who
are naturally opposed to ii. The Republicans
chiefly voted for the Hennepin canal, but the
Democrats, under the lead of Randall, general
ly voted for the motion to strike out.
The river aud harbor bill passed the house
by q vote of 1856 to 107.
In the senate, Thursday. the 18th. 4 final
vote on the consular and diplomatic appropri-
alton bill, and the bill passed-yeas, 3S; NAYS.
Vance and Van Wyck. The bill as passed
is almost precisely as reported from the SEN
ate committee on appropriations, making an
addition of sS00.000to the bill as reported from
the house.
On Friday 1Ir. Brown obtained unanimous
consent to take up the bill to require the paw
ment In cash to the State of Georgia of S25,-
555, appropriate for that state by an act passed
in March, 1873, to refund to Georgia c. rtain
moneys expended for the common defense in
TIT. Mr.. Dolph moved an amendment TO in.
clude 5000 for Oregon and $40, 600 for Cali
fornia to refund moneys expended to those
states In the suppression of the Modoc hostilit-
les. After along discussion, Mr.. Ingalls, moved
TO recommit the bill to the committee on claim.
Adjournedt to Monday the 10th.
In the House, the whole Friday session was
occupied on the postal bill. A protracted dis
cussion arose on the senate amendment in
changing the amoun for payment to letter
carriers and the incidental expenses of free
delivery systems, to 100000 0 $45, 900 of which
is to be used in the discretion of the post
master general for the establishment
of the free delivery system in cities
where it is not now established
There were very strong speeches on both sides
of the house in favor of the increase, and the
result was that the amendment was agreed to
by o decided majority. The conference COM
mittee agreed to the increased appropriation of
$12,75o,O00 for inland mail transportation
This clause provides that
IL any railroad company shall fail or refuse
10 transport the mails wnen required Dy the
postofice department upon the fastest trains
run upon the road the company shall have its
pay reduced 50.per cent Of the amount provided
by law.
The senate struck ont all that part of the bill
reducing the compensation of all nonsubsidized
railroads for the transportation OF mail 5 per-
centum per annum and the subsidized railroads
to 80 percentum of the compensation authoriz-
ed to be paid to other companies. The amend-
ment was disagreed to by the conference COM
mittee.
The treaty which has been under consider
alton In the senate committee on foreign re-
lations, providing for an international copy
right and patent system, and which has already
been ratified and promulgated by twenty-four
governments, was reported adversely by the
committee to the senate, and after q brief Ga
cussion rejected
In the senate Monday Mr.. Ingalls, called at
tention to language personally offensive TO
himself, which he said Mr.. Brown OF Georgia
had interpolated into q speech Of his after i
had been delivered on the floor OF the senate
Mr.. Ingalls, proceeded to read the offensive
language, saying:
Iwant to call attention to the fact that by
such pra ctice as this, the senator from Georgia
commits a forgery and q fraud upon the o
lie records.
This remark produced = great sensation
EdpImds called Mr.. Ingalls, to order.
Amid the excitement the chairman again called
the senator from Kansas 10 oruef, Dut MI. LII
gals. with bitter sarcasm. continued end1ng1n
a motion that the language to which he had re-
ferred be stricken from the record. Mr. Cor
man objected to the motion, but after a while
Brown calming himself, arose and said that
the motion being objected to, he would not re-
ply then. 81 do not intend that this shall
20 unchallenged.s he added, ssbut
viii reply to the accusations.
The question Of investigating the recent bank
failures in New York was discussed withoutac-
ton. fhe senate insisted on its three amend
ments to the postof8ce bill to which tho house
continued to disagree. The Utah bill was de-
only for one cause in places where the United
States has exclusive Jurisdiction was rejected
"A to AZ
On Monday, in the House, bills were intro
duced granting 100 acres Of land TO every non