The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-04-25
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

I,ws. D., AZ 80 o.teu 10 the senate as fox
lows: by MN Vest, from the committee on
commeFee, fayorably, a bill to authorize the
construction of a bridge across the Mississ,n r.,G
ahsh Louis. ny Mr.. Miller (Cal.). foreign re-.
i ann e an original amendment to the consular
place OF the bill referred to that in
tended to provide for the mn
polhtment of q special commissionapr ~
to visit the principal South American
. ,;nn 'nnh;n TOR me purpose Of collecting informa-
uoh looking TO the e~xte1tion of our trade in
that direction. BY Nh. Wilson, postoftires and NJ
posi- Roads, an amendment to the postof}; 90 W.
preparation bill referred to that committee n Z
tended 70 provide for the settlement Of post
masters salaries, under the act of March 2
1881. Senate adjourned TO Monday q
On Thursday the 10th, in the house the com
mi'tee on laws relating to the election of presi.
oent ana vice president reported a substitnte
1or tne senate bill. A bill amending the stat
Gtes regarding the immediate transportation Of
outiaDle goods was reported. The remain1nr
VI the day was devoted to bills for the erection
o. pnnic buildings at various points, and nu-
merous controversies arose, causing mrnh
confusion. The house adjourned, having sat
all day III continuation of Wednesdays sess;on
Mr. raymond presented to the house April
10Th the petition of many citizens of Dakota
urging the passage of his bill in relation tn ,bss
homestead law.
A petition signed by about 1900 members
Of the Andersonville Survivors, association
asking that the soldiers confined in rebel n,is'
ons during tie late war be pensioned, was re-
selved m the house recently, The autographs
agood deal of attention
Representative Warner has reported from
the committee on pension, bounty and back pay,
the bill providing:
Every person specified in the pension laws
who served for q period of six months or
more, who has an honorable discharge and is
not receiving a pension, or a greater pension
than that provided by the bill, and who is now
disabled by reason or wound, injury or disease
which there is reason to believe originated in
the service, shall be entitled to receive a pen
sion Turing the continuance of the disability at
a rate proportionate to the degree thereof.
Dependent parties shall only be REQUIRED to
show by competent evidence that they are with
ont other present means of support than their
own manual labor, or contributions of others
not legally bound for their support.
The speaker of the house laid before the
house a message from the president submitting
n special estimate from the chief of ordnance
for q permanent annual appropriation of slO,-
coast Notifications. The president says: "In
presenting this estimate l do not think it nec-
essary TO enumerate considerations which make
it of the highest Importance that there shall be
ho unnecessary delay III entering upon work
which must be commensurate with the public
interest to be effective, and which will take
much time The mcssagc was referred.
In the House, Mr.. Ellis. from the committee
on appropriations, reported back tho senate
bill authorizing the secretary of the navy to Of
fer a reward of s25, 0C0 for rescuing or ascer-
tanning tho fate of the Greedy expedition. After
a brief debate the bill passed.
In the house, Mr.. Hopkins, as a privileged
matter, called up the resolution declaring that
thp rhurupS QraInst Con III " Rp,,y,, o-a
not sustained by the evidence, and that there
is no ground for any action by the house. He
stated that the committee reporting the resolu-
ton did not desire to debate it MI. Refer,
author of the charges, was present, but did not
see fit to make a speech, and the resolution
was adopted without opposition
A JOINT resolution was introduced in the
house by Mr.. MeCoid of Iowa to provide for
the appointment OF a committee of seventy-six
to be composed of two persons for each state,
OF different political parties, for the purpose
of considering and proposing to the several
states the propriety of the legislatures of two
thirds of the states calling n convention to
meet on the 18th day of July, 1887, for proposing
States.
Mr.. Mcmillan presented to the senate the
memorial of the st. Paul chamber of COM
merce, praying for an appropriation of S25,
ONO for the Improvement of the Mississippi
river at that city. Mr.. Strait presented to the
house the petition of L. 1. Kennedy, asking
for n pension. Mr.. Strait introduced a bill for
the relief of Mary Mont, widow of a late wagon
master in the United States army in the war
with Mexico.
In the senate, Mr.. Bayard moved and the SEN
ate adopted the following amendment to the
naval appropriation bill: Requiring the sec
%retaries of war and the navy, with the assis-
lance of the gun foundry board, which the
amendment %revives, to report on the begin
ing of the next session of congress for a plan
and estimate for the preparation and purchase
OF a plat for Il gun factory to complete guns
from six inches calibre to sixteen inches cali
bre, including buildings and shrinking pit, and
to report n full and detailed estimate for the
cost aforesaid, and whether the same can be
better and more economically performed in es-
Establishments owned by the government or by
private contract, or by a combined system
whereby said work can be accomplished partly
by the government and partly by private con-
tract, and i'll what annual lnstallments said APP
preparation can most economically be made.
In the House Mr.. Reed of Maine offered a
preamble and resolution reciting that the foot
and mouth disease had been introduced in
Maine through the fault or oversight of United
States officials charged with the duty of inspect
ing and qGarantlning lmportations of cattle
and directing the committee on agriculture to
make an investigation of the matter, with
authority to report for consideration at any
time they deem proper n bill to reimburse tho
authorities of citizens of that state for expenses
which had been properly and judiciously in
N'Na pbe AAhy ~ ShiAS la thS Cup
preston of the disease. Adopted
In tho house on the 18th Mr.. Morrison moved
to take up the tariff bill, and by a vote of lao
yeas and l3S nays it was decided to consider
the measure. There are 323 members of the
house, two districts, the Second Mississippi and
the Seventh Virginia, not being represented. Po-
lltlcally, congress is divided int l97 democrats
and l26 republicans. The total vote was2TS.
There were l40 votes in favor of taking up the
Dill. Or these 135 were democrats, and five
xStnrn FnvNS, II 80 t Me- ,,n1n% i,.., ,nfA yut.tA
of forty democrats and ninety-eight republi-
cans, The absentees were twenty-five demo-
Gratis and twenty-three republicans. Three
Minnesota members Strait, Nelson and Wake
fisld-in favor of considering the Morrison bill;
There we're two other republicans who voted
with them-namely, Anderson Of Kansas and
James of Brooklyn, N. Y. The Minnesota
members, who virtually decided the question
OF taking mp the bill do not promise to vote fol-
ia Ta' say and the E RssPls se"'n they = i0I fa'
vored a discussion Of its merits. After the
vote was taken Mr.. Morrison made q lengthy
speech, to which Mr.. Kelly replied. The ar
gu1nents on both sides are familiar to all.
MIR. Seymour, from the committee on com.
mmerce, reported the bill authorizing the st
Cloud Water Power company to construct
lam across the Mississippi river at St Cloud
M1nn. Mr.. Mlatson, invalid pensions, repelte'
lhes incurred beyond the loss of a leg or Al
arm. Committee of the whole. Also, adverse
ly. granting service pension.
Inc senate Tuesday began the consideration
OF nj. Dawes bill to divide a portion OF thu
reservation of the Sioux Indians in Dakota int
separate reservations, and to secure the II.
llnqulshment of tho Indian title to the remain
der. MT Dawes made a speech in explanatio.
INC mousse on coinage. weights and
measures unanimously instructed representa-
I'VE Lacey to report favorably his Iill to pro.
hloit the Issue of treasury notes oiless than So
and provide for the issue Of 81, So and So sill
yer certificates.
Senator Sabin hns introduced a bill to revive
the rank of general of the army, which ax,