The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-02
CONGRESSIONAL

ander to Cassidy's bill providing for the APP
pointment by the president of a commission to
govern Utah. The provision relating to mar
! riages requires that they be solemniZed by u
minister, judge or justice of the peace, and
the person 80 officiating shall file a certiticast
of marriage before the county recorder of lands
within thirty days after the ceremony. Failure
to file or records punishable by a fine of $500.
Tho substitute makes the standardization of
marriages, when either party to bemarried has
a husband or wife living, a misdemeanor pun
ishable by Imprisonment i'll Jail not less than
six months nor more than twelve.
The house committee on public lands in
structed Representative Payson to favoraby re-
port his bill to prevent the unlawful occupancy
of public lands. The measure provides that
At a meeting of the house committseon rub
lie lands, n was appointed to
draft a bill repeating the timber culture act
and revising the homestead laws. The bill, il
| is said, will be tackled on to an appropriation
| bill and pass readily,
The speaker laid before the house the follow
ing message from the president, Mhicl, was ap-
propriate Y referred:
Transmitting a report of the secretary of
state in regard to the final awards made by the
French and American claims commission
against the United States for s6a.5, 5!6 for the
payment of claims of French citizens against
the United States. The president recommends
the appropriation of the sum to enable the gov
ernmcnt to fulfil its obligation and of the treaty
of Jan. Is, 1886.
Transmitting q communication from the sec
rotary of state relative to the approaching visit
OF the special embassy of Siam. The prcsi-
dent an appropriation of $4,000
to defray the expenses Of the embassy while in
this country.
Transmitting a communication from the sec
rotary of state respecting the approaching in
ternational conference at Washington for the
purpose OF liking the meridian proper TO be
employed as a common zero of longitude and
standard OF reckoning throughout the globe,
The president recommends an appropriation of
$1,000 to defray the expenses of the same.
The house after several hours discussion on
/, Saturday, the 18th, passed a bill to establish and
maintain a bureau of labor statistics, whose
provisions are:
The bureau is to be under the charge of a
commissioner of labor statistics to be appnint-
ed by the president by and with the advice
and consent of the senate. He shall be appoint-
ed for four years and receive 81, 600 year.
His duties shall be to acquire all useful infor-
i nation on the subject oflabor, its relation to
capital and the means of promoting the mate
rial, social, intellectual and religious prosper
ity of the laboring men and women.
The house passed Monday, the 2lst, a very
important bill to regulate the granting of pei
sions. 1t was the bill of Mr.. A. J. Warner, re-
ported from the select committee on the pay
ment OF pensions, bounty and back pay and is
IS follows:
Every person specified in the several classes
enumeratedm the pension laws of the United
States, who served in the field in the military
or naval service in any war in which the United
States has been engaged for u period of three
months or more, and has an honorable dis
charge, and is not receiving a pension, or
greater pension than that provided for herein,
but who, by reason of any. wound, injury or
disease which there is probable cause to be-
lieve originated in said service in the
line of duty and is not the result
| of his own misconduct or bad habits, or other
known cause occurring since such service, and
is now disabled in whole or in past for procur-
ing his SnbSlStpnC1 nv mammal labor shall am
on making the proof of facts under such regu-
lations as may be described by the proper au-
thority, not Inconsistent with the provisions
of this act, be placed upon the bill Of pension
ers of the United States and be entitled to re-
ceiye pension during the continuance of such
disability, at q rate proportionate to the
degree thereof, the trne physical con-
dition to be ascertained and certified
as provided by law upon examination by
q competent board of surgeons duly appoint
ed; such pensions to commence at the date of
filing the application therefor; that in all APP
plications under the general pension laws in
eludcd in this act, where it appears by the rec
ord of evidence that the applicant was regular
ly enlisted and mustered into service and
served for three months or more, that fact
shall be sufficient prhna facie evidence that he
was then in good health and free from disease
OF cause of disability for which he claims pen
sion.
The senate passed the bankruptcy bill in
substantially the same form as it was intro
l QRCeN. IL constitutes tne several district courts
of the United States and the supreme court of
the District of Columbia courts of bankruptcy
with complete jurisdiction. Appeals on qnes-
tions of law may be made to the circuit courts,
the decisions Of which shall not be
reviewed by the supreme court ex-
cept upon a certificate Of disagreement be-
tween two circuit judges. Commissioners of
bankruptcy are to be appointed by the circuit
courts, not to exceed in each state the number
of members of congress to which the state is
| entitled A Slneryispl.in hanErupfpy shall n loo
be appointed in each judicial circuit, who
shall give personal attention to all pro
coedings within his jurisdiction.
In the house Mr.. Mutchler, committee on civil
service reform, moved to suspend the rules and
pass the bill repeating the sections of the re-
vised statutes restricting the terms of certain
officers to four years. He said the simple pur-
pose of the bill was 10 repeal the act of fs2O,
the term of certain presidential appointecs to
four years, TAe consequence Of those laws was
that every four Years the senate
and president We're apt TO come in conflict re-
garding officers whose terms had expired, ard,
when there was a contest, officers remained
vacant till it was ended. The measure in no
way affected the right of the president to re-
move officials. The motion was lost-yeas. 30:
! nays, 146 This was by no means a party vote,
ceiyed with laughter on both sides.
On Thursday, the 18th, i'll the senate, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Cameron tWis.) the senate took up
the bill to aculpt and raiify certain agreements
made with the Sioux Indians and graft right Of
way to the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way company through the Sioux reservation,
OAK, Mr.. Cameron said it granted right OF
way through land that, under the bill recently
PASSED by the senate, wculd be thrown open
for settlement The bill passed without
debate. On motion of Mr.. Cameron the senate
took up a similar bill to accept and ratify GER
tain agreements made with Sioux Indians md
| tn grant right nf wnv IN tho do kntuA tprtrol Poll
road Company through the Sioux reservation.
The bill passed without debate.
The house has done little for some time but
discuss the tariff bill. Able speeches ha I'VE been
made, and poor ones, all of which will go int
the congressional record.
Bills have passed the senate for govern
ment control Of the Sault Ste. Marie Falls
canal, Michigan, and to prevent the un-
lawful cutting of timber on Indian reservations.
me finance committee reported adversely q
bill to authorize the payment of customs du-
ties in legal tender notes, and q motion to take
it up was lost-22 to ~.
In the House the Wood Peters contested
election case Kansas) was settled in favor of
Mr.. Peters, the sitting member and a Repub-
lican, the house adopting the committee report
in his favor. The naval appropriation bill
which had been received from the senate with
numerous amendments, was considered. Mr..
hasson spoke in favor of the senate amend
ment making an appropriation for new steel
'".StS, "HA 81 wv VI 4 DvfslitlliiGT,d DclnO-
cratic member of New York. Between the
latter gentleman and Mr.. Randall, who had
spoken against the amendment, n warm contro-
yersy arose in consequence of the Pennsylvania
member, who had charge of the bill, shutting
MI; Dorsheimer off in the midst of his speech.
Wednesday was denominated "crank's daya
in the House. The fun began with atwo hours
speech from Mr.. Wood, the contestant in the
Wood-Peter Kansas election case. 1t was the
bluest of skim milk by comparison with that
which followed by Judge Bennett of North Caro-
lima, who had made a minority report in favor
of Wood, the rest of the committee being IN
anlmously on the other side. On his report