The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-15
CONGRESSIONAL.
!. ~ .EF
SENATE.

| A>ssso !" ~Ao AOk&NAk0xA 10YVkoVAy 2SU0
placed on the ealendar..,.s ..y..,..,
H0sr. chairman. Of the Commits
on Claims, said the. original bill pro
vided for ascerts. ming tho claims 81
American. citizens tor ,spo i3taQng
committed hy4 the. French prlor to
July 3lst, 1920 and 1881. ,-..-.....
/ Pugh, chairman of the .C0wmittee
on Education and Labor, introduced
u bill to establish m edilcxtiolaI
fund, and apply p0rupns0f the. .pEQ.
ceeds Of pa0lics lslds TO- public
education, aud .pspvide for q mora
complete endowment and d:sAppQrt, OF
colleges for the advanceueQt of sci
entific and industrial education, ;,as,.
Merrill, ,chairmxu of the COMMITTEE
on Finance. with tan amendment in
the nature Of u substitute. introduced
u bill authorizing the S6cretSry Of
the Treasury to deliver to their right
full owners the contents Of certain
bOxes deposited insthe Treasury De
psltlnent, Dy the See.ectsry 0f
war. These are boxes whose conteats,
Merrill said, when introdu ing the
bill, were the property > Of private
citizens, and consisted OF ARTICLES Of
value, principally. as heirl00ms.
A bill was introduced by Ed
Eunds to establish q forest reserva-
tiOn ut the head waters of the Mis-
souri, river, aud the heSdq sters of
Clark's Forks of the Columbia river.
and the House adjourned.
The COinmittee on Foreign Rela-
tions to-day received an informal re-
port from the sub-c0mmittee; con-
sisting Of Senators Millet. Of Cali
form y, Morgan, Pendlet0n and Ed
munds, who were appointed to CON;
slider the exclusion of our meat
products from foreign countries. Tho
recommendation Of the vb-commlt-
tie are in general terms that the bill
should be acted upon by authorizing
the President in his discretion, when
ever satisfied that our products are
excluded Or Disseminated against by
any foreign country on unjust
grounds. 70 issue his pr0ciamstlon
suspendlng the importation of any or
all prtducts OF any nation referred to,
and authorizing the President ,Cq
establish . system Of inspection and
certification rs to the quality Of our
meat products at our ports of expor-
tatiOl. 1t il fulther recommended
that provision be made to prevent the
importation of aduiterated wine, etc
and that in certain emergencies all.
articles suspected of icing adulter
ated shall be subj .ct to Inspection.
The full committee discussed the sub.
jet at considerable length, and .
feeling prevailed decidedly In favor
of the proposed lines of legislation.
Action, however, was deferred to
await the formulation Of the general
suggestion and receipt Of decided in
formation from the treasury depart
ment on the methods Of meat In
specti0n. i
The House committee on weights
aud measures agreed to report favor
ably on representative BLapdk bill,
relating to the coinage of three dol
larr, aud the one do lar gold piece.
trade dollar and double eagle.
Delegate Rrents, of Washington
territory, ape ,red before both the
s+nate and Il. Use committees on ter
ritOries, and advocated the admission
Of Washington Ter. into the Uuioa
after March 4ih, 1885. This, he says,
will leave the electoral college undis-
turbed, amt allow the people during
the interim to frame and adopt Y
State constitution and choose State
officers. -...
WASHINGTON, March 12.-Sewell
spoke Of the purity of Purter's
motives, and defended him as man
and soldier. ..
Wilson followed in opposition to
the bill.
Adjourned.
An amendment by H0ar tncreas
ing from SIC, 500 600 to 81, ,250. 900
the appropriation for compensation
to postlnasters was lose by y vote OF
"a to 80. ........--..... ......
Hoar moved to, increase the ap
preparation for clerks in post Offices
to $125, ,OUO.
The Increased, appropriation was
favored by CutcheOn, Bingham and
Hoar, and opp 'eed by Holman and
T0wnshend. TIE amendment was
lost by vote of II to Ill.
Skinner, of New York, offered an
amendment increasing by $4OO, 900
the appropriation for the payment Of
letter carriers. .r
Representative Wills says another
effort to pass the bill extending the
bonded whiskey period, will b. made
within the next few days.
The state Miiltia Committee also
agreed to report favOratly with the
amendments Representa- We Straits
till increasing the annual apprOprt.
alton fur the benefit of the militia
from SO, O,OOO to sec. 100 and that the
SAME be appOrtiOned among the
Ststes and Territories.
VIM. Cook continued his testt.
mony to-day before the Springer
Committee. He testified that the
Government Star Route case was
defeated by the absence Of Counsel
Bliss, after he returned to; New
York to attend to his
private business. In his claim
for expenses he made charges for
railroad fare from Washington to
New York and from New York to
Washington several times. l In
ouired ut one time what was to be
slowed BLISS, and was startled to
learn that he was to get tlOO per day.
Afterwards. in his expense account,
I found . charge for washing.
It Il rather remArka0le
that an attorney should charge IN his
expense account f0r washing aus
hn.,,. Witness said that another
compensation for Bliss was e1tlava
v.nt, unreason unsole. just in every
RESPECT. Ample 9 mpensatlon IoF
what Bliss did, considering the con-
ditivn in whi b he found tne csstss,
would have been $4,000. The cases
were improperly hspd!ed and iss tns sP'
nointment of Bliss wholly poiltica!.
WiIness reviewed his testimony
yesterday, w - and said thu thst p1:.,d."1 e naa
omitted 10 say that before ffss'aens ..aes.s
Garfield was shot, the Auornoy
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