Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18
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in the house. Mr. Washburn favored the bill.
He thought twas a step in the right direction
He had introduced o bin which went farther,
but the committee had chosen to report Mr..
Nelson's bill, and he thought it ought to pass.
Mr.. Blonnt Of Ga, violently attacked the bill,
and tho melton requiring two thirds majority,
was lost yeas 81, nays Il. The bill, however,
ss notH efeated, but will be in better shape
when 1t is taken up In the house in the regular
a The senate has passed bill to divide up the
reservations and give the lands to the Indians
in severalty, in 16U acre tracts, the residue to
be sold by the government and the proceeds
used for educational and other purposes The
4 bill also makes the Indians subject to the civil
and criminal laws OF the community in which
they live, and makes them citizens except SO
far as the right of suffrage is concerned. The
passage Of this bill will break uD tribal rela-
lions and give the Indians Glance to take
3 care Of themselves without being entirely de-
pendent upon the government
Senator Hill, from the committee on post.
offices and post roads, reported favorably the
original bill to establish postal telegraph sys-
tom. Mr.. Hill remarked that the committee
wore unanimous as to the first clauses Of the
bill, which relate to doing the work by con-
Tracts with the Q sting companies.
The contract system 'emains the most
prominent feature of the ill, and is not widely
OAASICIt AIOh tAo 40 vi hlc pOStdl tClc-
I graph company, except nat it empowers the
postmaster general to lvceive bids from any
telegraph company for contracts The provis-
ions relating to tho establ shment Of II govern
ment system, pure and simple, in the event that
no satisfactory contract with established COM
panies is secured are combination OF the
features of the Hill and Edmu nds bill,
The long contest over the appointment of
Mccoy to the Aberdeen, Oak, land Office was
finally settled by his confirmation by the sem
4 ste on the 10th. Mr. Mccoy, who is there, says
ne has had this fight on his hand for three
years, and he is very glad it is over. He re-
CARDS the result as complete vindcat.on.
AT the opening of the senate, Wednesday, the
9th,the chaplain prayed to just one senator be-
side the presiding officer, and thatw Mr. Harris
or Tennessee Possibly he may have felt more
than his fellowship need of the mnistrations' of
their spiritual adviser, but whether this be true
or not, it is fact that he was the only sena-
tor present Hall a dozen came in during the
next five minutes, but it was some time before
quorum was present
p In the House, Wednesday, q resolution was
introduced instruc>;ng the committee on COM
merce to investigate alleged evils attending the
transportation of cattle. After long struggle
the house voted, instead of considering the Ore
gon Central land grant bill, which was in the
order Of unfinished business, to 80 into COM
mittee on public building bills The house
considered The bills for the erection of build
ings at Keokuk, Iowa, and Waco Tex, and q
bitter personal controversy was waged be-
tween Mossrs Mills Of Texas and Buckner of
Missouri, Democratic members. No final &C.
ton Was taken, and the house took o recess
until this morning.
Bills have been ref orted to the senate as fol
lows: By Mr.. Vest, from the committee on
+, commerce. favorably bill 10 authorize the
construction Of brid, 70 across the Mississippi
at St Louis BY Mr. Miller (Cal.), foreign re-
lations, an original amendment to the consular
. and (lDlOrnatic riatiD,l hill Tn toll t]o
place Of tho bill referred to that committee in
Tended to sproTioc for the ap-
polntment of special commissioner
to visit the principal South American
countries for the purpose Of collecting informa-
ton looking to the exte1tion of our trade in
that direction By Mr. Wilson, postoffices and
Z post ROADS, an amendment to the postofice an
preparation bill referred To that committee, in
\ tended to provide for the settlement of post
masters salaries, undcr the act Of March 8
& 1888. Senate adjourned to Monday
h On Thursday the 10th, i'll the house the CON-
rnitteo on laws relating to the election of presi
/ dent and vice president reported substitute
for tho senate bill. A bill amending the stat
( utes regarding the Immediate transportation Of
dutlable goods was reported. The remainder
Of the day WAS devoted to bills for the erection
of public buildings at various points, and nu-
mefOns3 controversies arose, causing much
confusion. The house adjourned. having sat
Mr. Raymond presented to The house April
7 10th the petition Of many citizens of Dakota
urging the passage Of his bill in relation to the
!, homestead law.
7 Apetition signed by about 1900 members
Of the Andersonville Survivors, association
Asking that the soldiers confined in rebel pris.
ons during the late war be pensioned, was 70
feived in the house recently. The autographs
were neatly bound in book form, and attracted
. good deal Of attention
s Representative Warner has reported from
the committee on pension, bounty and back pay,
the bill providing:
Every person specified in tho pens ion laws
who served for period Of six months or
more, who has an honorable discharge and is
mot receiving pension, Or greater pension
than that provided by the bill, and who is now
disabled by reason or wound, injury Or disease,
which there is reason to believe originated in
! the service, shall DO entitled to receive pen
sion during the continuance of the disability at
q rate proportonate to the degree thereof
4 Dependent parties shall only be required to
show by competent evidence that they are with
out other present means Of support than their
own manual labor Or contributions Of others
[ not legally bound for their support
The speaker of the house faid before the
house q message from the president submitting
! especial estimate from the chief Of ordnance
Il for 9 permanent annual appropriation of $40,
N 800, O0D to provide necessary armament for sea-
d coast Notifications The president SAYS: s:In
presenting this estimate do not think it NEG
& essary to enumerate considerations which make
it of the highest Importance that there shall be
d no unnecessary delay in entering upon work
which must be commensurate with the public
interest to be effective, and which will take
much time" The message was referred
Ef.y, Il, tho HonSa Mr. E11ia from ho
on appropriations, reported back the senate
bill authorizing the Secretary of the navy to Of
fer . reward of $25, coo for rescuing or ascer-
j tanning the fate of the Greedy expedition After
I brief debate the bill passed
4 81 In the house, Mr.. Hopkins, as q privileged
matter, called up the resolution declaring that
+ the charges against Gen. Fl. " Boynton are
/ not sustained by the evidence, and that there
Is NO ground for any action by the house. He
/ stated that the committee reporting the resolu-
ton did not desire to debate It Mr.. Refer,
author Of the charges, was present, but did not
zee fit to make q speech, and the resolution
/ was adopted without opposition.
k#s& A joint resolution was introduced in the
house by Mr.. McCoid of Iowa to provide for
the appointments of q committee of seventy six
81 of different political parties, for the purpose
u Of considering and proposing to the several
states the propriety Of the legislatures of two-
8 thirds Of the states calling convention to
& 1neeton the 4th day of July, 1885, for proposing
amendments to the constitution Of the Unit6
: States.
Mr. Mcmillan presented to the senate the
memorial of the ST Pan! chamber of com
/ naerce, praying for an appropriation of $50.
t90 for the Improvement of, the Mississippi
river of that city. Mr. Strait presented to the
house the petition of Il. F. Kennedy. asking
III for q pension. Mr.. Strait introduced bill for
the relief of. Mary Monti, widow of late wagon
d master in the United States army in the war
81 with Mexico. 8is
III the senate, Mr. Bayard moved and the sem
ate adopted the following amendment to the
val appropriation bill: Requiring the sec
+ retaries of wax and the navy, with tie assis-