The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-03-20
PR0 % i alF lI0IeREss.

ators Wsfs quite ssirrsd Up in syhss thew con
slider the interference Of the house Of represen:
tatives with the disbutsem snt Of their contiin3
gent fund and eclareS that the action Of The
house committee on OPERATIONS in lacking
on an ndment which prohibits the paymen
members sot ths house justi y:their action o1
the ground that the senate has mover per,nitted
the. mscb nous tRs isn. employees ;,,, a.
receive and insist that aa long as the seRatols
are to- have secrets aries to do their private
PEELED III pay for tho luxury 1T is All ope1
scandal that Tho: Tss sort of nepotism has
been practiced by the senators in the selection
of their private secretari under the new rule
and that The. pay clerk Of that body had beer
forbid den to disclose the names of the persons
50 employed. Itis claimed that the wives and
daughters Of certain senators are drawing 81
day from the COVE eminent under the guise Of
private secretaries, and the attempt to conceal
the facts IN the tase gives colo fo the report,
u.s. The bull oYiding q system Of courts for the
United States in tho far east pasned the SENATE
Asrt the i o ooo e. Col
ting a machine for testing iron and steel 4 u &
The house passed the naval appropriation
bill with some amendments. Up, to tho very
close Of tho discussion the general topic Of new
navy was very Warmly debated. In the course
Of the debate Mr.; rsheimer Of New York
spoke of the import Of improving the navy
SO as to mssse it adequate for the protection Of
the nahon and in case of war with England now,
pictured the disastrous consequences to the peo-
ple of his own district, He said not q mouse
would escape destruction by the guns Of q hostile
fleet that mig htAnchor threemiles off Coney Is
land and quite outside the reach of fortifcatio
Il The senate took up for consideration the bill
for the reliefes the heirs of Maurice Griyot
OF about 200 hstituting . deposit seized BY
rder:of Gen B8aks in New Orleans on his talk
ing pcssessio that city: Mr.: Conger stren-
Iously opp oaed tho bill upon the ground that
1T Was the entsrifg wedge for o large number
of claims of similar char congress
called upon Ina voice it could not mis,inder-
stand 70 stop it, "A protrac ted debate ensued.
A:motion by Mr.. Ingalls to indefinitely post
pone was a voted down, and the bill passed
yeas to 8 nayss
8 Although the bill to place Ger Alfred Pleas
anton on theEetired list as colonel was favor
ably acted: upon by tho house in committee \ OF
the whole, last Friday, il was defeated satur-
day, on the attempt Of Mr.. Bayne, of the milf
tary committee. to secure its passage. Mr.
Steele of Indiana moved to recommit, which
was carried by q yea and nay vote Of 122 to 115
The result was nSt so much from any hostility
toward Cen Pleasanton Or bel thing his distin-
guished services, as from the honest conyic-
ton in many minds that twas bad precedent
There are asgood many officers Of the late war
who might come in the category with Gen.
4Pleasanton Il Il IA ~
Bills and resolutions have been introduced
in the senate proposing d constitutional amend
ment limiting the amount Of legal tender notes
e s350, oc1, 00a Unless congress BY two-thirds
affirmative vote "a both houses decides other
wise; authorizing the United States to resume
possession Of certain lands granted Iowa to aid
In the construction Of railroads, & 81 81
\, Bills and resolutions have beGn introduced
in5tt the Honse incorpo Grating thef Yel lowstone
Park railread; Il for consti tuional amendment
prohibiting the making Of my thing but gold
and silvor; com legal tender except ter de-
claration of war; for. carrying on the improve
sment and repair m rivers and liarbors BY cons
tract; granting copyright to newspapers The
bill to Incorporate the spokane Falls IS Occur
Alene Railroad company was reported favor
ably. "a message was received from the presi-
dent transmitting the house resolution on the
death ofEdMard Laskef, returned by Prince
Bismarck Mr.. Hiscock at once offered n res
Solution expressing surprise md regret at the
action Of the German llor and reiterating
the EXPIRE asion of regret at Herr Lasker's death.
The resolutions introduced IN the house by
MI Hiseoch, on the Lasker business, and re-
kSA40Sk uua1I6
were as follows: Whereas, it has cSme to the
house that conlmuni ton of it to the parliae
Iinent of the German empire entirely friendly
in t.; Intent, respectful in its chara and
sent through regular. channels Of internat ional
commune hons, has been arbitrarily intercepS
ted andireturned by q pefson now holding tho
position Of chancelio Of the German empire
therefore he il ~ ~ 80 Sfs
M ii ,,,,ass
surprise and regtef llat At shauld be even tam
porafily within the power of a. single too
powerful subject to Interfere Will s,ich' d SIM
pie, tpraf and spp ntaneouB expressionFof
kindly feeling between two great NATIONS, and
thus to detract from the position and prestige
of fhe crown on hand, and from the rights
OF representa- vess Of the people on the other.
Il Resolved, That this honse does hereby reiter-
.1tss the expression Of sincere regret at the
with the parliament of the German empire, Of
member isssS
The Mexican treaty Inns been ratified; by tie
benatey but it had d narrow escape When 1t
y mp before il was defeated by one vote
Tins time it was carried by5one vote, and that
was cast By Senate Pike of New Hampshire,
{was the only one to change his views since tbe
matter. has been lying dormant The OPPOSE
ton TO the atifeatoni of the treaty was based
upon three articles, tho Same beeing. lumber,
sugar and tobacco; but it n is not
believed BY its advocatea d that u any sof
thoss articles viii Be imported from Mexico III,
70 the United States to an Ell tent that will inter-
fere with the Producers on this side of the Bor-
der. The treaty viii open an enormous mar
ket TOR manufastu red articles from the United
States Ms the Mexican duty upon wearing M
pare5 cured meats aud other neeessaries a lifa
has boon practical p rahibi while the tax
low Ell
Senator Allison presented u memorial from
the Iowa legislature IN favor Of the regulation
ducedi 10 suspend fol. Two years HE coinage s &c
silver dollars, and issue IL and 80 treasury
notes; making Lake sBorgne All ontlet to
improve the 1oWssater navigation Of
the Mississippi from Cairo to New
Orleans, ! The /, following nomi-