The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-09
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

To permit the entrance Of political contention
into q home, would be either useless or perni-
cions; useless if o man and wife agree and per-
nicious If they differ. In the former event the
volume OF ballots alone would be increased
without changing the result In the latter the
peace and contentment of the home would be
exchanged for the bcdlam of political debate and
become q scene OF base and delnoralizing in
trigues In answer oa question often suggest
ed, what portion and h class of women
would avail themselves of the privilege of suf-
frage if extended to women, your committee ia
of the opinion, while a few intelligent women,
such az appeared before the committed III advo.
cacy Of the pending measure, would defy all
obstacles in the way Of their casting a ballot,
yet the great mass of intelligent, refined and
judicious, with the becoming modesty OF their
sex, would shrink from rude contact with the
crowd, with the exception mentioned, leaving
to the Ignorant and vilest the exclusive rightto
speak for the gentler sex in public affairs.
In the house bills were fayorably reported
for the erection of bridges over the Mississippi
at Rock Island and the Falls of St Anthony.
The navel bill was discussed, and the senate
amendment adding s400, 900 to complete the
ordnance outfit of the new cruisers was con-
Cured IN, first in committee of the whole, and
then IN the house by q vote of 1877 to log. The
other amendments were non-concurred in.
In the senate the bill passed for the disposal
OF abandoned military reservations 1tauthor-
ICES the president whenever, In his opinion, any
portion OF q military reservation becomes use
less, to place it in charge of the secretary Of
the interior, who shall have it surveyed and
sub-diyidedl, appraised and sold. The bill
amending the revised statute relating to tres
pastors on Indian lands passed. 1t adds i'm
prisonment to fine already provided for.
MIR. Nelson presented to the house the reso-
lntions adopted by the republicans of Stevens
county, Mimi in favor of the Morrison bill. 1t
%recites, substantially, that the manufacturers
Of the east are protected by the existing tariff,
while farmers, the prices of whose products
are regulated by the foreign markets and
freights, commission, insurance and elevator
charges, arc unprotected; and that they be-
lieve there should be a reduction of the tariff
snch as that provided in the Morrison or a SIM
liar bill.
The provisions of Senator Manderson's bill
to encourage Indian education in the Territory
OF Dakota, which was reported favo-ably from
the senate committee on education byMr. Blair,
are:
From the land heretofore set apart for school
purposes in Dakota two sections of $40 acres
each shall be set apartfo for educational purposes
among the Indians of that territory upon pay
ment to the receiver of public money in the
lahd dlstrlct IN which the two
sections of land may be
located, by Joseph A. Stephan, Of s1.s5 per
acre. h sections shall be patented to Stephen
by the commissioner of the general land Office
provided that stephan shall give sufficient bond
to erect and build on the lands school buildings
adequate for the education of 100 Indian child
rem, and that said school shall be conducted as
an industrial farm school for the exclusive ed
ucation OF Indian children in Dakota. The ad-
ministration Of the school is to be under the
supervision of the commissioner of Indian af-
fairs.
In the senate Mr.. Wilson of Iowa made an
elaborate speech in favor of the passage of the
Interstate commerce bill. At the expiration of
the floor in opposition to the pleuro-pneumo-
mia bill, Mr.. Blair, from the committee on ed
ucatlon and labor, fayorably reported the bill
to protect American laborers.
MI. Wakfeid of Minnesota has introducedin
the house n bill regarding the pay of the naval
academy graduates. 1t provides:
such graduates that may be or have been ap-
pointed to I'LL vacancies i'll the lower grades of
the line and engineer corps of the navy and Of
the marine corps, under the provisions of the
the pay of the grades to which they have been
or may be 30 appointed from the date they
take rank therein as stated in their commits
sions.
The house committee on has re-
ported fayorably bills giving authority for the
construction of bridges across the Mississippi
river at Anoka, Mimi, above the Falls of st
Anthony, and between Minneapolis and Fort
Smelling. On is to be a highway bridge, tobe
tho other q railroad bridge, to be erected by
the Minneapolis Il Lyndale Railroad company.
The bill passed on the 18th to remove certain
burdens of the American merchant marine and
encourage all American foreign carrying trade,
after the amendment had been adopted-111 to
69-allowing American citizens to import steel
or iron ships of at least 4 900 tons burthen free
of duty.
The house committee on appropriations
have reported tho bill making appropriations
for the consular and diplomatic service.
is 1867 ,275 less than the estimate and $3lS, 9S5
less than the appropriation for the presentycar..
Tho measure reduces the contingent expenses
of legations $G9,5N, and of consulates $36, 600.
The allowance for clerks at consulates is re-
duced 5000, and the annual salaries to Austria
and Italy are reduced from $12,0 900 to $4,000.
The Office of agent and consul general at Cairo
is made a consulate, at an annual salary of 81
coo. The office of minister to Roumania, Scr
via and Greece is abolished, and consuls arc
provided forGreece and Roumania. A similar
change is made in the Office of minister to Bo-
livia. The consul-genera,ship at Madrid and
consul-seneraiship at Honolulu are abolished,
as are number OF unimportant consuls atother
places. The salary of the minister to Columbia
is increased from $500 to $4,000, and Of tho
consul general ct Hong Kong from $4,000 TO
A bill to establish an Interstate commerce
committee, taking the place of other bills on
on Monday, and tie Ihiis Il superseded Wese
indefinitely postponed. The Bf1ito consolidate
the bureau of military justice and the corps of
judge advocates of the army passed. The
pieufo,pneumonla bill was considered.
reference to the slaughter of cattle, and re-
dueing the amount appropriated from $780,
N0to $780, 00.
Bills were introduced in the house devoting
to the payment of the public debt, and prohib-
lting the importation of foreign manufactured
articles purporting to be of American manlfac-
ture. MI. Hewitt of New York repeated Ills
charge, made last Friday, that the secretary of
the navy had failed to cover into the treasury
the net proceeds of sales Of condemned vessels,
but he disclaimei any intention of impugning
the secretary's motives. and commended his
administration as a whole.
The subcommittee of the house committee
on public lands decided favorably to report to
the full committee the bill granting bounty
lands to soldiers of the late war. Tho bill pro-
vides:
Every person who served in the late war not
less than fourteen days, and honorably dis
charged, shall be entitled to eighty acres of
public lands; those who served not less than
one year to 10 acres, and Those who served not
less than two years to 100 acres. In the event
OF the death of such person during service or
after honorable discharge, patent shall issue to
be any, and If none, to his father, and if no
father, to his mother.
Thesenate passed the pleuro-pneumonia bill,
the only votes against it being the following
democratic senators: Brown, Cook, Groome,
Hampton. Jones, Ella, J Maxey, Morgan, Ran.
som, and Vance.
Mr.. Morrill,, from the committee on finance,
reported fa%yorably a joint resolution appropri.
ating $4,000 to defray the expenses of the
ceremonies connected with the approaching
complexion and dedication of the Washington
monument. q committee Of arrangements for
The occasion is provided foi, to consist of ivo
senator's and eight representatives, three men,
bers Of the Washington Monument association, |
and the United States engineer in charge of the
work. The Grafton will be delivered by Hon.
Q. Winthrop, who delivered the Grafton |
on the occasion of thelayinG of the corner stone
in 1913
I'll joint resolution passed the house re-
hepresident to bring before the Ven
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