The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

A1o!Cu 10 u0
next order of business was the calen-
dar Of unobjected cases. The bills
establishing a bureau of statistics of
labor and to protect employees ana
servants engaged in foreign and in
ter-State commerce went over.
Calls joint resolution providing for
the payment to laborers in the gov
eminent employ the same wages tor
holidays as for other days. passed
without debate.
H0ar called up the bill increasing
the salaries of United States District
Court Judges to $4,000, the pending
question being an amendment to
make it unlawful for a Judge to ap-
point to any position in bis court any
relative within the degree of first
cousin and making it q misdemeanor
for a judge to do so.
The amendment was modified by
the omission Of the clause specifying
said offence as y misdemeanor aud
agreed to.
Coke said there had not for several
years been a Uuited States judge,
save one in Texas, whose nepotism
had not become a scandal and an
outrage upon the people of the State.
The following bills were reported
favorably and placed on the calendar:
ingalls,, from the committee on In
dian affairs-To provide for the sale
of Indian reservations in Nebraska
and Kansas, and the issuance of a
patent for the reservation Of the iowa
tribe in the Indian Territory.
Palmer, from the committee on
postofices and postroads-For a re-
adjustment of compensation for the
transportation of mails on railroad
routes.
The Senate took up the Education
bill, the pending question being on
the Harrison amendment, to require
States to contribute each annually an
amount equal to that severally re-
ceived by them from the national
fund.
Harrison supported the amend
ment and expressed himself in favor
of the bill, but agreed with the views
expressed by Allison that the logical
way ould be to begin with Il small
appropriation.
Make opposed the till on the
ground OF expediency. He thought
every State could do better without
the artificial means provided by the
hill.
Sherman regarded it as the bounden
duty of the national government to
aid in educating the illiterate public.
He did not think it right for the
United States to trust to the Southern
States important questions growing
out Of its policy to aid education. 1t
wouldn't be wise 10 confer upon the
Southern States power over educa-
ton contemplated and the expendi.
lures leading to it. This, however,
wasn't from any feeling of impul-
siveness toward the people of the
South, but from q conviction that
owing to pref udicies of race and the
influences Of slavery which had
darkened their minds, and would
probably continue to darken them
for some time to come, they would
not impartially distribute the money.
The Senate went into executive
session. after which it adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Belford. the Senate
bill passed authorizing the State of
Colorado to take lands in lieu Of the
18th and 3sth sections, found to be
mineral lands. and secure to that
State the benefit OF the act dOnating
public lands to the several States and
Territories which may provide col
legesfor the benefit of agriculture.
Brown of Indiana, from the Com
mittee on Judiciary, reported back
the bill making it a felony for any
person to falsely and fraudu!ently
assume to be an officer or employe.
acting under authority from the
United States, or any department
thereof.
The House went into a committee
of the whole, Dorsheimer in the
chair, 90 the Bonded Extension
bill.
Potter briefly gave the reasons
which impelled him to, support the
measure. He urged that Congress
should not precipitate a financial dis
turbance in the country when there
was u plain. open way to avoid it.
Kelly argued in favor OF abn;i,hing
the entire International event ss i.
TEN. which he said was for the tene-
fit Of whisky men, and lar-,e tobacco
manufacturers. The ';oytrnment
did not need revenue.
Long said ne had changed his
mind since the introduction Of the
bill. I'll. W - now convinced that.no
discrimination existed against whis-
key, aud the Iassage of this bill
would create u discrimination in its
favor.
toran and Jordan supported the
bill.
Hurd said it was not . question Of
loaning money, but OF a remission of
a penalty. on the same principle
which governs executives la grant
ing pardOns.
Pending further discussion on the
Whiskey bill, the Committee rose and
the House adjourned.
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