The Dickinson press., 1884-07-05
CONGRESSIONAL mArrzas.

thorlze the president to appoint two additional
yusuces OF the supreme court of Dakota and
one additional justice of the supreme court OF
the Territory Of Washington, with the Cullom
bill pensioning invalid three months volunteers
in the war of the rebellion, with their widows
and dependent parents, as an amendment.
The house on Tuesday passed the bill to re.
peal the presumption and timber culture laws
and to amend the homestead law. With refer.
that:
All persons entitled to pre-empt any land
under existing laws, who before the law have
in good faith filed their claims, OF, who having
the legal right to pre-empt, have located on any
of the surveyed public lands with the intention
of entering the same when surveyed shall have
the right to complete their entries and receive
a patent as though the repeal had not passed.
1t also provides that the repeal of the timber
those who have in good faith made entries
under the law and complied with the require
ments thereof. The second, third and fourth
sections Of the bill provide for amendments
amendment applies to cases
where a person has entered upon land in good
faith, intending to homestead and perfect his
title thereto, but is prevented from doingso by
q grant previously made by the government, or
by the shifting of the channel or bed of any
river whereby his lands may be lost, or from
any cause over which he has no control, with
out fault on his part, he may, by making salts
factory proof of the fact, enter another home
stead upon any of the public lands of the United
provides that every homesteader shall mako
final proof by two credible witnesses that he
resided upon, cultivated and permanently inn
proved his or her homestead for four consec-
utive years next succeeding such entry. The
proof is to be made in duplicate, and one set is
required to be filed in the local land office and
one i'll the general land Office for one year, and
if no contest is filed or notice given charging
and specifying fraud in the entry or proof be-
fore the expiration of that time, then the patent
shall issue.
This, it will be seen, gives the time between
the filing of the proof and the issuing of the
patent to detect fraud, if any on the part of
applicant. The law as it now stands only re-
quires notice to be published in newspaper Of
intention to make this proof. Section 4 of the
thirty calendar months to expire after the
party files his pre- compton claim before he is
entitled to his patent. 1t also requires the
proof of settlement and cultivation to be filed
at least six months. This amendment, it is be-
lieved will tend largely to prevent fraud:
The house on Tuesday, after protracted dis
CUSTOM, passed the Eaton substitute for tho
senate bill fixing the day for the meeting of tho
electors OF presidentand vice president, and to
provide for and regulate the counting of the
votes for president and vice president and the
decision Of questions arising thereon. The
senate bill provided that the electors of each
state shall meet and give their votes on the
second Monday IN January next following their
appointment, at such place In each state as the
legislature thereof shall direct. The house
bill fixes the second Monday in December. It
is not expected that it will pass the Senate.
On Tuesday the senate concluded its consid-
GRAFTON of the Mexican pension bill, and it
passed by q vote Of 81 to q. The o-called
Mexican pension bill as originally introduced
early in the session, provided for the pension
ing Of the surviving officers, soldiers and sail
ors Tor their surviving .widows) who served
fourteen days in the various Indian wars be-
tween 1880 and 1872, in the war of 1912, and in
the war with Mexico; and those who served
thirty days in the Greek war of 1S35-1S36; in
the Florida war Of 1S35-1S3S; or in the Black
Hawk war of 1872. This measure passed
the house on the Sd of Marchlast In the sen
ate an amendment was adopted comprising the
substance of Senator Cullom's bill, providing
pensions for invalid soldiers and sailors who
have been discharged from the army or navy
of the United States after three months services
in the war of the Rebellion, and for the widows
and dependent parents of deceased pensioners.
Another amendment which was adopted pro-
yides that no person shall be entitled to more
than one pension at one time under the laws of
the United States, unless that fact be specially
stated in the law, '
In the senate, On amendment was adopted
that reports in the Congressional Record shall
be an accurate transcript of tho proceedings
and debates of congress-, and that no speech
shall be publishedtherein which was not spoken
in congress, and such speeches shall be printed
as they were actually delivered, except verbal
corrections made by authors Of the speeches,
ana ny no other person; and that when speeches
they shall be returned to the reporter of the
house i'll Nhich they were delivered, within one
week, and if not SO delivered, they shall be
printed in the Congressional Record from notes
reported.
The house, by a large majority, defeated the
bill to forfeit the land granite Of theNew Orleans.
Baton Rouge ~ Vicksburg, or what is known
as the backbone" railroad COMPANY. Tho
bill was discussed at length by Mr.. Lewis of
Louisiana, who favored it, Mr.. Payson of Hi
and several other members. Substantially the
same principle involved in the land grant to
the backbone" Railroad ompan is also in
yolyed in the grant to the Northern Pacific
company: Tho Northern Pacific bill is pend
;hg : and ana J3Iiddg s1,a &, from n the the action Of the house,
The following nominations were sent to the
Senate on Friday:
Gilbert A. Pierce of Illinois, governor of Da-
kota; John H. kinkead of Nevada, governor
of Alaska; Andrew Robson of Minnesota, re-
celver Of the public moneys, Redwood Falls,
Mimi; James NJ. Armstrong Of Washington
Territory, register Of the land office, Spokane
1dAl53 Hhbu.s OutllCS ~. Mlul6fCu. nevada.
register of the land Office, Carson City, Nc,
yada; Darlington G. Belknap, California, agent
for Indians at Tulle River Agency, Cal: John
=. Kinney, Nebraska, agent for Indians at the
Yankton Agency.
Postmasfers..E. O. Brauns, Tracy, Mimi;
Henry o. Basford, Austin, MINI. Jacob Ry,
cord, Iowa City, Iowa; Charles G. Perkins,
Onawa, Iowa; w. F. Scott, Mapleton, Iowa; I.
B.. Southmaid, Alexandria, Oak. SamueiH II.
Elrod, Clark, Oak; John r. james, Columbia,
Westoon, Blunt, Oak: D. G. Grippen, Kimball,
Oak; Henry +. Rising, Redteld, Oak. David
R. Mead, Glendive, Mont.
Conference report in the house on Friday tn,
pension and army bills were agreed to. An
Northern Pacifc land grant forfeiture bill. The
bill to forfeit the Backbone railroad land grant
was finally killed by o vote of ia to l24. Tho
bills to relieve certain soldiers of tho charge of
desertion and for the relief of Myra Clark
In both houses Friday some campaign talk
was INDUCED in, friends of Logan in the SEN
ate and house, and Logan himself in the former
body, denying that the republican candidate
for vice president owned $4,000 acres of land,
Mr.. Hawley called the attention to the senate
to a statement in the Record that Senator Lo-
gan owned $4,000 acres of land This state
mnent, he said, was untrue. The gentleman re-
ferred to is only owner of tho land On which
MS ldluci uleu anu 10 WHICH ITO uaQ aducQ 8
little, in his own state of Illinois. Abiding to
the same matter, Mr.. Logan said: The state.
ment is utterly false. l do not propose to give
a schedule of my property to anybody, Blu,
property LIDO own is in tho state of illinois. Idc
own some two or three tracts of land, but all pu,
together would not make o~ne-hundredth part
of what they charge.
The conference report on the Indian appro-
priation bill was on Monday taken up aud dis
posed of by the house. The principal point of
disagreement was the house provision to abol-