The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-05-22
1aooDuas OF ooxo..s.

P1o011Duos OF oo1o18sS,
Tho senate passed without comment oh;ec.
ton or debate, the Edmunds bill TO place i. s
Grant on the retired list OF the army. with the
rank and pay OF . general II is quite probable
that tho house will concur, but not without
In announcing pair Tuesday upon Senator
fryos motion for committee Of conference,
senator COckrell said 81 am paired with TIA
distinguished senator from Vermont, who ia
compelled to be absent TO- day for the first time
the United States. refer to Senator Morrill,. !"
me bli! providing civil government for
Alaska, which has passed the house. provides.
The territory Of Alaska snail constitute a
civil and Judicial district, the temporary seat
OF government Of which is established at Stka.
to see that the laws enacted for the district are
enforced. and who shall be ex-officio COM
mander in chief of the militia, with power to
call it out when necessary to the due execution
OF the law: A district court is established,
t %@!S s sss ys sa at least a. s, xs
and tho other at Nrange!s A clerk, district
attorney and marshal are also provided for. and
authority given for the appointment Of four
commissioners with powers and jurisdiction OF
COAAAuAooAOACAb u Ou1tcu States circuit COurG8
The general laws Of the State of Oregon arc de-
clared to be the law of the district, 80 far az
the same may be applicable. Officers shall be
appointed for tho term of four years, and shall
receive the following salaries: Governor S.
judge, 5000; clerk, s2,500
Bills passed the house extending the juris-
diction Of Justices of the peace in Wyoming,
and provided that hereafter tho legislature OF
Dakota shall consist of twenty four members
Of the council, and forty eight members of tina
house.
The house committee on invalid pensions
unanimously agreed to report favorably bill
increasing certain pensions prepared by Repre-
sentative Matson as substitute for bill Of
similar character. the substitute provides:
pension roll, who, while in the military or ma
val service of the United States, have lost an
arm or leg shall be entitled to a pension of $40
per month, and those who have lost hand or
foot, to pension Of $50 per month, and il
they have received wound or other disa bility
$50 per month; and all persons who have leg
amputated at the hip joint and all persons who
lost an arm at the shoulder joint, shall be en-
titled to pension of $50 per month; and all
persons who lost an arm and leg shall be en-
titled to pension Of ~ per month
The Sioux commission has been authorized
to negotiate with the Ssseton, Wahpcton and
lankton Indians for the cession of portions Of
their reservations to tho United States. Tho
house committee on Indian affairs have inforln-
ally agreed to the Sioux reservation bill. The
amendments to the senate bill arc not
its passage: Tho friends of the measure say
they are willing to accept the amendments, and
are confident the bill will 80 through the house
aud become a law this session The bill will
be considered in the house on the 3lst, when
bills from the Indian affairs committee will be
the special order
Senator Vest, on Wednesday, the 14th, de-
sired to make personal explanation. A state
ment has gone to the press he said, that the
vote upon the bill to place Gen. Grant upon
however had Voted against the bill He had
not called for the ayes and noes, nor made
any factions opposition because two years
ago, when similar bill was before tho senate,
he had spoken and voted against the bill, and
given reasons for his opposition. He had no
personal opposition to Gen. Grant, but was op.
posed to the principal Of tho bill.
The pension appropriation bill, as reported
to the senate, reduces the amount Of unexpend-
ed balance of the appropriation for the current
fiscal year, to be roappropriated, from So, Oo0,
OOo to $66,OOo,OOo strikes out the provision
1oO vouchers paid in excess of i, 600, and re-
ducing the number of pension agents to twelve,
and the section providing that the fee of pen
sion attorneys in all pension arrears, pension
or bounty land claims shall be $40, except ip
cases where special written contract is filed
with the commissioner of pensions, when the
fee may amount to not more than S:o.5
The senate has confirmed the following NOM
nations: Peter W. Stollberg, receiver Of pub
lie moneys, Taylor's Falls, Mimi. John H.
Bowman, Gunnison, Colo. agent for Indians Of
Pirie, Rhode Island, Indian Inspector; T. McF
Patton, Salem, Ore, consul of the United
States at Osaka and Hiogo; Rudolph W. Wolff
sohn, Buffalo, N. Y, consul of the United States
at Mannheim
In the senate on Thursday a resolution was
offered directing the finance committee to in
vestigate and learn whether the late New York
bank failures were due to violations of the ma
tional banking laws. A bill was introduced to
prevent officials of national banking associa-
tlon ST from Specializing, The bill to loan st.,
passed with some amendments. Adjourned
till Monday
The House on Tuesday, had an animated
debate on the diplomatic and consular appopu-
latlon bill and all amendments proposing to
increase or maintain salaries reduced by the
bill were voted down. The senate amendments
to the New Orleans exposition bill were con-
Cured in.
Following is the text of the bill introduced
BY Senator Cullom, to prohibit speculation by
Be it enacted, ETC., That it shall be unlawful
for the president, cashier, teller, or other chief
executive officer of any national banking asso-
citation, having capital stock amounting to
$3OO, OO0 or more, to deal, trade or otherwise
engage in speculation In stocks, bonds or other
securities, or in grain, provisions, produce or
oil, on margins on his own individual account
or for his own personal profit, either directly
or indirectly. or to have any partnership or
other financial interest in the operations Of any
Any such officer who violates tho provisions of
this act, or any person who aids or abets such
officer in violation the provisions of this act
shall be doomed guilty Of misdemeanor, and
shall be imprisoned, not less than one year, or
more than i've years, or fined more than
"A report has been submitted to accompany
the bill reported from the house committee on
public lands, providing for the repeal of the
presumption and timber culture laws and
amendment of the homestead law The COM
mittee say:
We believe it should be the policy of the gov
eminent to give those of our citizens who are
without homes such amount of the public do
main as will make them comfortable home
steads, where they enter upon it IN good faith,
intending to make it their homes and cultivate
and live upon it for fixed period of time, and
We believe 16O acres should be the maximum
Under the pre-empt;on homestead and timber
culture laws as they now stand, one person may
become the owner of 4S0 acres Of the public do
main-1GO acres under each. This Is to large
an amount of land, in our opinion, for any one
person to acquire in this manner. We think the
policy of the government should be to furnish as
many of its citizens with comfortable homes as
long in the future as possible, and l6o acres
ls sufficient for this purpose. By giving them
this amount it will not be many years until all
our public domain will be taken up The pro-
emption law was passed. in 1871, the homestead
law in 1862 and the timber culture act in 1873.
When the homestead law was enacted, the pre-
emption law should have been repealed. Tho
r M Nnr omit vnxr pcH<
passed. We have, therefore, in substitute,
provided for the repeal of the presumption aud
timber culture acts and amendment of the
homestead law.