The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-05-30


alter nearly sshhTss days OF w~rangIing. the
mouse decided the English-peelle contest Nv
9lnseating Peelle, Republican. and SEATING FncI
iish, democrat, by a majority of three: more
than thirty Democrats voted against FngI;sh
The sensation of the day was the charge mada
IN a very caustic speech by Horr of Michigan
Ihat Ehglsh, senior, father OF the Contestant
has grossly abused the PRIVILEGE Of tba 5oor.
as a former M. O.. by resorting to obnoxions
and even Objectionable methods To secIre
votes for his son. '1e
A dozen democrats sprang TO their feet 20
defend Mr, English, and vehement speeches
were made by Randall, Cox and others a ras
olutlon was offered by Bayne of Pennsvlvania
to appoint a committee of seven to inyesfirate
the charges III this connection against William
II. English. The resolution was adopted
The report of the senate committee on post
ofhces ana post roads on the subject of postal
telegraph has been completed by Senator Hill
1t gives a summary Of the history increase
debts, rental and capital stock of the Western
Union telegraph company and value of its prop-
erty, leased and otherwise, and saws;
The PASSAGE of the postal telegraph bill will re-
dnce the average charge per telegram from
thirty-nine to twenty-five cents Immediately.
and to twenty cents in five years, and secure
uniformity OF charges, Irrespective of amount
of business in different places, for kilograms 10
newspapers and to commercial news assoc
Citations. Under the present telegraphic sys-
tenn, the possibility of a species of censorship,
which is one Of the most alarm
ing dangers which menace the conn-
try, arises IN two distinct WAYS.
first is the power which telegraph companies
themselves have for manipulating news for
sinister purposes, and the second is the same
ASSOCIATION press and other siIIlar associations
notthemselves owning telegraph lines, but max
ing special contracts for the TRANSMISSION of
kilograms over lines owned and managed by
others. 1t will appear that the power of the tele-
graph company In this respect will be entirely
taken away by The pending bill, and that the pow
er OF the associated press and similar associa-
tons will be greatly reduced. The bill will effectu-
ally take power away from the Western Union
or any other private telegraph company by low
rates which 1t secures to everybody, and by the
still lower rates which it secures commerciaI
news associations.
On Friday, in the senate Mr.. Harrison re-
ported favorably, from the committee on terri
tories, the house bill in relation to the legisla-
ture of Dakota, which provides that that body
shall consist of twenty-four members of the
council and forty-eight members of the house,
and that they shalt be elected at the next gen
'eral election in the territory; two members of
the council and four members of the senate.
The pension appropriation and labor bureau
bills passed, the vote on the latter measure be-
ing 50 to 2. The house bill providing for the
muster and pay Of certain officers and men of
the volunteer forces also passed. Adjourned
till Monday.
On Friday, in the House, Mr.. Kellogg offered
"a resolution instructing the committee on ex-
penditures of the department Of justice to in
quire into his(Kellogg's)alleged connection with
star route frauds. After q speech by Kellogg
and a long discussion, the resolution was re-
ferTed to the committee on judiciary, to report
whether the house has a legal right thus to
order an investigation of the acts or q member
before his term of service began. The bill for
Lkor - ~ ~ rs,av a,tN 3 I, -, .A~o
as Fourth of July c~laicls, and appropriately
$30oy00 passed. The house at the evening
session passed forty six pension bills, includ-
ing one giving $50 per month TO the wife of
Gen. Ord
Mr.. Springer took occasion to speak in strong
condemnation of the bill to retire Gen. Grant
and to give him a pension of S10,125 a year,
simply because he had been unfortunate in
Wall street. 1t was said that Gen, Grant had
not been aware of the dealings of mis- partners
but the fact remained that he had associated
himself with spectators who were involved in
the most disreputable practices which had ever
been heard of In this country, and were only
paralleled in other countries by the South Sea
bubble and John Laws Mississippi scheme.
This was not the time nor were the circum-
stances sIch as called upon congress to go to
Grants relief.
The senate has passed a substitute for the
house bill establishing a labor bureau. 1t pro-
4hG " ~ Va ~ ~ ~
pointed by the president and confirmed by the
senate, and who shall hold Office for four years
at an annual salary of 5000. A chief clerk
at 1900 a year, is to be appointed by the sec
rotary of the interior. The business OF the
bureau shall be to collect information upon
the subject of labor, its relations to capital,
hours cf labor and earnings of laboring men
and women and means of promoting their ma
terial, social, intellectual and moral prosperity,
at an annual expense of not more than S,5,OO0'
q year.
In tEhss ssnaEs, on Monday, the 10Th, the jude
ciaTy committee reported favorably (Mr. GAR
land d~issentngl the bill for two more Dakota
supreme court associate justices. The senate,
in the face of an adverse recommendation by
the Judiciary committee, eoncurred IN the
Of Alabama claims, The Utah bill
was considered and Senator Brown
al Georgia offered the following amendment:
That voluntary sexual intercourse OF a married
person with one of the opposite sex not nus
band or wife of such married person, shall be
q cause, and the only cause, for absolute divorce
in the District of Columbia or IN the territories
of the United States: but the courts may, In
proper cases, as at commonlaw, grant divorces
from bed and board in said district, the terri
tories or other. places subjecs 70 the exclusive
Jurisdiction of the United States.
Mr.. White of Minnesota introduced into the
house bill granting q pension to Charles
Brandt The pension claims OF BraInard =.
Theeders of Henderson, Mimi, and Ellen ~.
Woolsley of Bonnelrs Mills Mimi have becnal-
lowed There also has been an adverse decision
in the case of William s. Grave OF Monteyideo,
Mimi. Mr.. Strait will appeal to the secretary
of the interior from the decision.
Bills were introduced into the house abolish
ing license taxes on tobacco dealers; punlshing
with fine and imprisonment bank omcers oD-
are connected which result in loss TO those
banks; pensioning all honorably discharged
soldiers Of the Rebellion who are forty-nVe
years old.
Senator Ingalls, has reported to the senate
from the committee on Judiciary 2 suDsI'uec
Jackson proposing an amendment to the con-
stiitufion IN relation 10 the term Of ealee OF