The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-12-03
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SENATE

u, SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dc Q
the new Senator from -ShefAsA
was sworn In. A'"ode ISLAM
The chair laid bef,ra
reports Of the Secretary ~" y, Semnatetb.
and the Comptroller OF Treasury
Vest offered a r%esoIrt;on' Currency
investigation into all 'son d~lrectn.
In Indian Territory for or. o.. Of laNd
other purposes by Indian 9sr.;ahzlns@
number of acres embraced 'oes, The
leases, their terms and 10 said
corporations becoming sapeaseusN
the circumstances under mhe aAn
were made, means used in oSt. iesss
leases and where authorized 'ttslling
Vest said be had infolmst;""y law.
these leases were obtained fr oa that
dams by corruption, fran nS@ In.
bribery. '"ua and
Maxey, Harrison and other.
Gated the resolution and nrooe. so'c.
Dawes said these leases of
lands while wrong were m 1a0lsn
outrageous than the author;,9o ts
closure by wire fences of thnuas:
of acres OF public lands. If ramds
action was not taken in TINY ,sl
public domain would pass ire oou 70.
ably into the possession of l sres 'v
owners, foreign and nstivs 'sod
hoped the matter would no,I ~
lowed to end in talk or h. cous "
to Indian lands alone. Caua
had power to clothe the execsti1
officers of the gov. rnment with 'Sve
pie authority in the premisea gu,
shOu d do SO. 'ua
At the request of Conger the m,4.
ter went over one day. ~''
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Wi,,o,
Iowa) presented the credentials "
Smith, member-elect, Of the Seva,tHh
Iowa district, to fill the yacsDea
occurred ty the resignation Of r.!
son. Smith took the oath OF of3cs
Follett, as . question of priyiie..
presented the following preamSl,,
and resolution:
I do impeach Lot Wright. Uo,ta
States Marshal OF the Southern n.l
trict of Ohio, of high crimes and nil.
demeanors. l charge him Win
usurpatiOn OF power and viols,iono If
law, In that he appointed a lsrss
number of general and special denn%iv
marshals to serve at several yotir.
precincts in Cincinnati at the eIss
tiOu for members Of Congress On Il.
18th of October, 1884, aud armed aid
deputy marshals with pistols and
other deadly weapons, said to hsv
been furnished '.y the war department
of the United States governmept: in
that the large number Of DEPUTY
marshals Sc app' inied and ARMED
were notorious criminals and n,ep Of
known vicious and brutal taii,s and
reputation, and MANY of them nop.
Residents Of Cincinnati and the Srsa
Of OHIO; in that said deputy marshall
acting under his Ord-rs ami dire.
TONS. aided, abeited AMI encouracd
fraudulent voting. intimidation Of
voters and gross Outrages upon Tho
elective franchise and rights of bon.
eat v ters Of the city in turtbersnc
of the interests of u political party
and It's candidates; therefore he It
Resolved. That the committee on
expenditures in the department Of
justice be required and directed %
soon rs can res souably be done to In.
vestigate such charges and report to
this House.
Keifer made a point of order
against the reception of the resolu.
ton, but the speaker overruied II,
deciding the resolution presented Z
matter of privilege, ami the House
c"uid determine for itself how fat
the investigation be proceeded with
and what committee should have
charge of it.
After a long discussion the House
adopted Follett's resolution for In.
vestigati0n of the conduct of Lot
Wright. Marshall of the Southern
District IF Ohio, In the October cleo.
ton.
Reagan called up the interstate
commerce bill and the House decided
to consider 1T, not sithstandiDg the
effort of O'Neil, of Pennsylvania, to
postpone the discussion until to-mo.
row. Reagan offered a. a substitute
to the bill reported by the committee
of commerce last session, generally
known as the Reagan bill, and en-.
tered into an exhaustive comparison
of the two measures. Under the COLI
mittee bill he said the liability of
railroad corporation to any person
suHs ring wong by its action was
The actual damage sustained, while
under the substitute, it Was liable for
three times the amount of damages
The bill of the committed did not pro
hibit discrimination in freight
charges, but the substitute prohlblls
companies from charging more for
shorter than for long distances for
;ho same quality OF freight. Inc
substitute gave complete legal anu
squitable remedies to citizens hI
,very injury without delay sna
the courts of the county,
The committees bill failed to 90
his. Another great improvement
n the substitute over the com'nIlte0
ill lay in the fact that while tne
after directed the commission tolu,
luire into the method of pooling anu
0 report what legislation was neeu'
ID on the subject the former aoso'
prohibited such pooling.
At the conclusion of Reagansle'
marks the House adjourned