The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-23
CONGRESSIONAL pRoCEEDlygS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
house on Monday, which was referred to the
committee. 1t makes moderate reductions ali
round, but no expectations are entertained of
its passage.
The bill introduccdb by Representative o Neill
of Missouri is as follows: Whereas. the ex.
listing tariff taxes on articles of food increase
the cost of living to the people and produce a
large surplus of revenue, therefore be it enact.
ed that from and after July IL, 1884. the fol-
loving named articles be exempt from duty,
viz: Raw sugar not refined, molassess, salt,
rice, rye and barley, potatoes, oatmeal, cur.
rants and ralsins, prunes. peas and beans, but
ter and cheese, live animals. vegetables and
chicory. Mr.. 0'Neill estimates that the bill
will accomplish 4 reduction of 100000 in
the revenues.
The senate on Monday, the 18th, considered
the Indian appropriation bill. Mr.. Dawes
made q long argument in reply to Mr.. Plumb's
qnory as to what We're the fruits of tho
efforts to civiliZe and educate the Indians. Mr.
Dawes pointed ont the good work which was
being done Mt the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa,
where many Indian boys had been taught such
trades rs shoemaking, ha~rnessmaking, and
other self-snstaining empioyInents, besides OBJ
tanning = good common school education, while
the Indian girls were taught dressmaling and
sewing. A good many OF the graduates were
now on the reservations from which they were
taken, and We're plying their vocations among
the less civilized members of the tribes with
good effect Mr.. Dawes thought that MANY
more such schools should be established. He
also said that the Indian scholars at Carlisle
raised all the food used at the school. and he
had eaten bread that was baked by an Arrapa-
hoe Indian boy who was taken from the most
unruly portion of that tribe.
In the debate i'll. the Senate Indian education
bill, Senator Ingalls, of Kansas said he knew IN
dividHal instances of extreme interest shown by
ltt,bntl not make any appreciate change in
tilelhdian character. Or course it was desirable,
as far AZ possible, to amcliorate the condition
of the Indian tribes; but if an educated Indian
returned to his tribe he found himself an alien
and %ontcast. His last condition was worse
than his first; get if he came into competition
with a white man he was lost. The best thing
that could be done for an Indian would be to
mako him amenable to law, which he
was not. He had hard enough
of the rather stale denuncia-
lions of the government for its determination Of
Indians. There had been no such extermina-
non. There were as many Indians on the con-
tlnent to-day as in 14g!. The governmenthad,
on the contrary, always shown lenicncy to the
Indians. 1t was AZ absurd and futile to teach
Indians the Greek alphabet and dinerential cal
cni'ls, serve Inn dinner in courses and show
him how to wear II high hat and gold watch, as
II would be to go amonga herd of Texas broad
horn steers and endeayor to turn them into
humans asd thorouShbreds by reading Alex
ahaers nerd book in cattle pens.
Senator Dawes replied that Ingalls, was guilty
OF libel on the whole human race when he in-
tlnlated that any of its members were incapable
OF beies trained and educated.
The senate passed without comment, obiec-
ton or debnte, the Edmunds bill to place u. S.
Grant on the retired list OF the army, with the
rank and pay of q general. 1t is quite probable
that the house will concur, but not without
some discussion.
In announcing a pair Tuesday upon Senator
Frye's motion for d committee OF conference
Senator Cockrell said. 81 am paired with tho
distinguished senator from Vermont. who is
compelled to be absent to-day for the first time
in twenty-nine years service in the congress of
the United States. l refer to Senator Morrill,. y
The bill providing u civil government for
Alaska, which has passed the honse, provides:
The territory of Alaska snail constitute a
civil and Judicial district, the temporary scat
of government of which il established at Sitka.
A governor shall be appointed with authority
to sec that the laws enacted for the district are
enforced, and who shall be ex-oficio 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,
which which shall hold at least two
and the other at Wrangels. A clerk. district
attorney and marshal are also providedfo and
authority given for the appointment of four
commissioners with powers and Jurisdiction of
vi SitAllh ~ tllSuit tbtU VS..
The general laws of the State of Oregon are de-
clareu to be the law of the district, 80 far as
the game may be applicable. Officers shall be
appointed for the term of four years, and shall
receive the following salaries: Governor S.
WO; district attorney, 900; marshal, 81 800;
judge, $1,000; clerk, 6 300.
Bills passed the house extending the juris-
diction of Justices of the peace in Wyoming,
and provided that hereafter the legislature of
Dakota shall consist of twenty-four members
of the council, and forty-eight members of the
house.
The house committee ON invalid pensions
unanimously agreed to report favorably a bill
increasing certain pensions prepared by Repre-
sentative Matson rs n substitute for a bill of
similar character. the substitute provides:
All persons on or hereafter placed on the
pension roll, who, while in the military or ma
val service of the United States, have lost an
arm or log shall be entitled to a pension of $40
per month, and those who have lost a hand or
foot, to o pension of $50 per month, and if
they have received a wound or other disability
il addition thereto, shall receiY a pension Of
amputated at the hip joint and all persons who
lost an arm at the shoulder joint, shall be en-
titled to a pension of $50 per month: and all
persons who lost an arm and leg shall be en-
titled to a pension of $72 per month.
The Sioux commission has been authorized
TO negotiate with the Sisseton, Wahpeton and
lankton Indians for the cessiou of portions of
their reservations to the United States. The
mousse committee on Indian affairs have inform
ally agreed to the Sioux reservation bill. The
amendments to the senate bill are moi
material, and will be no obstruction to
It's passage. The friends of the measure say
tiiey are wiling to accept the amendments, and
are confident the bill will go through the house
and become a law this session. The bill will
pc considered in the house on the 31st, when
bills from the Indian affairs committee will be
the special order.
Senator Vest, on Wednesday, the 18th, de-
sired to make q personal explanation. A state
ment has gone to the press he said, that the
vote upon the bill to place Gen. Grant upon
the retired list had been unanimous. He.
however had voted against the bill. He had
not called for the ayes and noes, nor made
any factious opposition, because two years
ago, when q similar bill was before the 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 OPP
posed to 1.-THE principal of the bill.
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