Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-27
CONGRESS SIOl III. Islll; EI')I NIGGS

CONGRESS SION RI JENNINGS a.
IN The senate Monday lIr. ingalls, called at
tention to aaguse ofienslye to
had interpo int q speech of his after IT
had been delivered on the floor of the senate
Mr.. ingalls, proceeded to- read the offensive
Language, Saying: g3s$ gs
a want TO call attention to the fact that by
such praetiee as this, the senator from Georgia
commits e forgery and 9 fraud upon lile pub
q This remark produced 4 great sensatt ton
In d the senate II chamber. Vice President
Edmunds called Mr.. ingalls, to order.
Amid the excitement the chairman again called
the senator from Kansas to order, but Mr. In-}
gals, with bitter sarcasm, continued, ending in
q motion that the Language to which he had re-
ferred be stricken from the record. hfr. Cor
man objected to the moton, but after a while
Brown calming himself, arose and said that
the motion being objected to, he wonla not re-
ply then = ,do not intend that this slan
viii E reply Is the accusations.
The question Of investigating the recent bank
failures in New York was discussed withoutac-
ton. The senate insisted on It's three amend
lnents to the postofiice bill to which tho house
continued to disagree. The Utah bill was de-
bated and an amendment permitting divorce
only for one cause in places where the United
States has exclusive jurisdiction was rejected
"A to ~ a. i. Y 81 81 II. nd o TT
\ On Monday, in the House, bills were intro
duced granting 100 acres Of land to every hon
orably discharged Union soldier or sailor of the
lateWar and against the prosecution Of fraudu-
lent claims against foreign governments The
election committee reported III fa7or Of the
contestant In the Campbell Morey case OHIO
On test vote, the house decided-156 to So
a view to effecting an early adjournment, and
the deficiency bill was taken up
Mr. Strait presented to the house the petition
Of the chamber of commerce Of St Paul, re-
questing. an appropriation for the construction
Of lighthouse at the Grand Marias. Mr.. Wash
burn introduced in the house abin pro
viding for holding term Of the United States
circuit court once every year IN Minneapolis,
Mimi The bill was introduced in accordance
with o memorial of the attorneys of Mlnneap-
oils who practice before the court, which was
presented by Mr.. Washpurn to the house.
In the house Mr.. slocum presented confer
ence report OH the Fitz John Porter bill. The
effect is to strike out of the bill tho words, ssto-
gether with all rights, titles and privileges"
and to insert the words 8 provided that said
Fitz JOHN Porter shall receiyeno compensation
or allowance whatsoever prior to his appoint
words in the bill: 'ssBut this act shall not DO
construed as authorizing pay, compensation or
allowance prior to his appointment under it"
The conference report WIS agreed to-15S to
81.
Mr. Cook introduced in the house a bill
changing the place Of holding the courts in
the Northern district Of Iowa and Fort Dodge
to Agona
In the deficiency bill which passed the house
is an item to pay ex-Indian Agent Hooper Of
salary and clerk hire, aud other expenses
amounting in the aggregate to $500 or 5000
In the Senate, Tuesday, the own-Ingalls
CONTROVERSY was resumed. Senator Brown
called the attention OF the senate to the insult
ing and opproSrious language used by the sen
the senate who could not repel such insults
without violating the rules which all senators
were in honor bound to obey. He did not wish
to glaze over the matter. The charge of the
senator from Kansas was that Of classifying the
rec9sd and committing forgery upon the
ately planned to insult and uttered not
only in violation Of the the rules Of the
senate but in defiance of the authority
of the presiding. officer Ingalls, replied,
and took a suppositious senator from Alaska
for a target and described old Brown as the
tsSniveling PecksniR of Politics." referring to
his habit of rubbing his hands as if washing
them in invisible water with imperceptble
soap. There was a good deal Of suppressed
excitement during ingalls, remarks, particular
~ W1eu LII IOllllcu Inc Senator 1IOu GeOTSlt
that he meant every word he said and that the
senator<was at liberty to take it in any sense he
chose. - ,...
The house on the 10th passed a bill to pro-
hibit the importation and migration of foreign
ers and others under contract to perform labor
in the United States or territories and the dis
trict Of Columbia. Mr.: Foran, who was chair
the bill, made q long speech in favor Of
the measure The bill provides that
it shall be unlawful for any person or cor
poration to contract with foreigners or aliens
to perform labor or service OF any KIND III the
United States, or to prepay transportation, or
assist in the importation offoreigners or aliens
into this country; that such contracts, if made,
shall be void and of no effect For any VIOLA
ton of these provisions fine of 81 ,0O0 is i'm
posed. The master of any vessel who shall
bring into this country any foreigner or alien
with whom an agreement as Indicated has pre-
viously been made, shall be deemed guilty of q
misdemeanor and fined not less than $500, Or
imprisonment for d term not exceeding six
months.
In tho senate, on Thursday, the 18Th, Mr.,
Ingalls, submitted q modification of the arrears
of pension provision, the modification provid--
ing that so far as arrearages are concerned
there shall be no discrimination between the
rate allowed to private soldier and al officer.
After some preliminary discussion as to the
probable addition to the annual cost of the
proposed to the Dill, NJ. Beck said the commits
sioner of pensions, had estimated the amount
at about $s46 DOC, 600. It seemed to be lacking
on about s246, 0O0, 600 to a bill that originally
called for s5,00O,O00. He presumed the lnten-
ton in making this addition was to kill
the bill Novote was taken,
In executive session the senate confirmed
Patrick B. Sinnott, Oregon, agent Of Indians at
Grand Rande agency; Theodore B. Willsley,
California agent of Indians at Round Valley
agency Gala H W. Rothert, iowa, register Of
the land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The congressional business Of Friday was
very light The senate discussed the Mexican
pension bill. In the house the following bills
were passed: Reducing from 50 and IS to 10
cents clearance fees levied upon vessels en-
gagged in domes tic commerce. The senate bill
authorizing the construction Of bridges across
the river at st Paul. Several amendments were
adopted which necessitate the return of the bill
| to the senate. Forfeiting the unearned land
grant to the Sioux City g. St Paul railroad.
Mr.. Cook. committee on elections reported
q resolution declaring J. r. Chalmers elected
! 10 congress- from the Second Mississippi dis
trict Laid over. The house resumed consid-
| Grafton of the Campbell Morey contested cleo
Campbell was agreed to, and that gentleman
appeared at the bar Of the house and took the
oath of Office. @
Captured Heavy Defau1ter.
A Pinkerton detective from Chicago, an De-
| tective O. Connor of st. Paul. on Saturday ar
rested a man named John Lowry, about eight
| miles from Moor ead, MINI, on the charge Of
embezzling sac, 500 two years ago from the Cal.
| umet 8 Hecla Mining company, at Calumet
Mich Lowry was the confidential clerk of tx
company, and about two years ago decided tc
leave them and go west An investigation was
| then made Of Lowry's accounts, resulting in
| the discovery. that he. had forged seven Othel