Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-30
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.

PRISE Inc OLstrlcts OF NeDfaska, Kansas, Ar
that it will contain the districts
of Minnesota, Iowa and Missouri The Tenth
circuit is made the Same as the present Ninth.
and the judge of the Ninth is made tho Judge
Of the Tenth circuit. Tt further provides that
there SHAH be appointed a circuit judge for The !
Ninth judicial circuit newl : If the bill be- Y
comes a law tho Ninth circuit, in which Mime
sofa is situated, would be without Judge and
a new judge is thus provided for
Mr.: Raymond's bill providing for two addi-
tional associate justices of the supreme court
of Dakota has reached the senate, and has beed
referred to the committee on Judiciary
The house committee on military affairs in
structed Representative Slocum to report fay
Orably his bill providing that honorably dis
charged soldiers or sailors be preferred for APP \
pointment to civil Offices when found to pos
sess the capacity necessary for the proper
dischs~ge Of the duties Of such Offices. T. J
In the senate, the chair appointed Messrs.
Sherman, Allison, Bayard and Lamar members,
on the part of the senate, Of the committee to
supervise the dedication ceremonies in connec-
ton with the Washington monument num-
Der Of petitions were presented and referred,
protesting against any government assumption
Of telegraph service T. 20 +
bill passed the house to authorize t1le issue
of the congressional record and statutes at
large to public libraries A bill passed auth
orizing the construction of q bridge across the
Mississippi at Sibley, Mo. The Utah bill was
laid aside, and the bill establishing a bureau
OF state statistics was taken up. Pending &C
ton unanimousico consent was obtained to put the
following bills upon their passage, and they
passed: Bills permitting the erection Of the
bridge across the Missouri at White Cloud,
Kans.; another across the same river at Rulo,
Hams; another across the same river between
its mouth and the mouth of the Dakota on
same river; another across the Mississippi be-.
tween ST. Paul and Natchcz, and another
across the Illinois river between it's mouth and
Peoria; also bill authorizing the Bellingham
Bay railroad and Navigation company to build
bridges IN the Territory Of Washington.
The commissioner of pensions sent to the
senate list OF the widows of army and navy
officers who arc drawing pensions Of more than
$50 month Mrs. Garfield receives 81, 0Ou
year, the same that was given to Mrs Lincoln
and the widow of Admiral Farragut receives
1900 In the army list the widows or sisters
of the following generals receive $50 per
month
aHac1leman, Richardson, Wallace, plummcr,
Stevens, Baker, Whipple, Sumner, Bidwell,
Norris 1 R}GfEly LoTsl Shields, Aontzleman
Fse Rmse4 w G4es and Msc1" CUSTER
The daughter of President Zachary Taylor
also receives $50 per month. The house COM
mttee on pensions has agreed to report a bill
to give Mrs. De Long, the Widow of'the Arctic
explorer, a pension Of $50 month. The bill
granting pension to Amira Kaler Of Meeler
county, Mimi, was tavorably reported to the
house.
After nearly three days of, wrangling, the
house decided the Englsh-Peelle contest by
fish, Democrat, by q majority of three; moro
than thirty Democrats voted against English.
The sensation OF the day was the charge, made
in a very caustic speech by Horr of Michigan,
that English, senior, father of the contestant,
has grossly abused the privilege of the floor,
rs former NJ. c. by resortng to obnoxious
and even Objectionable methods to secure
votes for his son. S">
A dozen democrats sprsng to their feet to
defend Mr. English, and vehement speeches
were made by Randall, Cox and others. Ares-
olution was offered by Bayne Of Pennsylvania
to appoint committee Of seven to investigate
the charges in this connection against William
H. English The resolution was adopted
The report Of the senate committee on post
offices and post roads on the subject Of postal
telegraph has been completed by Senator Hill.
It gives q summary Of the history, increase,
debts, rental and capital stock of the Western
Union telegraph company and value of it's prop
erty, leased and otherwise and says:
The passage of the postal telegraph bill will re-
duce the average charge per telegram from
aud to twenty cents in Ave years, and secure
uniformity of charges, irrespective of amount
Of business in Different places, for kilograms to
newspapers and to commercial news asso-
cations. Under the present Geographic sys-
s he possibility Of # species Se % of censorship ssp
ing dangers which menace the coun-
try, arises in two distinct ways
first is the power%which telegraph companies
themselves have for manipulating news for
sinister purposes, and the second is the same
association press and other similar associations
NIT fo1arra iDas lint r.
j. special contracts for the transmission OF
kilograms over lines owned and managed by
others. 1t will appear that the power of the tele
graph company in this respect will be- entirely
taken away by the pending bill, and that the pow
er Of the associated press and similar associa-
tons will be greatly reduced The bill will effecu
ally take power awayfro1n the gWestern Unior
or any other private telegraph Company by low,
rates whichit secures to. every body, and by the
still lower rates which 1T secures commercia
On Friday, in the senate Mr. Harrison IRE.
tories, the house bill in relation to the legisla-
.ture of Dakota, which provides that that body
shall consist of twenty-four members of, the
council and forty eight members of the house,
and that they shall be elected at the next gen
eral election in the territory; two members of
The pension appropriation and labor bureau
bills passed, the vote on the latter measure be-
ing So to 2. The house bill providing for the
muster and pay of certain officers and mon Of
the volunteer forces also passed. Adjourned
till Monday.
On Friday, in the House, Mr.. Kellogg offered.
q resolution instructing the committee on ex-
penditures ofsthe department of justice to in
quire into hist Kellogg alleged connection with
star route frauds. After speech by Kellogg
and long discussion, the resolution was l'e-
ferred to the committee on Judiciary, to report
whether the house has a legal right THIS to
order an investigation of the acts Of member
before his term Of service began. The bill for
The payment of Equartermaster claims, known;
az Fourth of July claims, and appropriately
$780, passed. The house at the evening
session passed forty six pension bills, 'includ-
ing one giving $50 per month to the wife Of
- Mr.. Springer took OCCASION to speak in strong
condemnation Of the bill to retire Gen. Grant
and to i've him pension of $40, l25 q year,
Wall street It was said that Con Grant had
not been aware of the dealings Of his partners
but the fact remained that he had associated
himself with spectators who were involved in
the most disreputable practices which had ever
been heard OF in this country, and were only
paralleled in other countries by the South Sea
bubble and, John Laws Mississippi scheme.
This was not the time nor were the cireuln +
stances bach as called upon congress to go to
Grants relief.
The senate has passed substitute fer the
house bill establishing labor bureau. 1t pro-
,yides, fora Commissioner of labor tolbe az
pointed blythe president and confirmed by the
senate, and who shall hold office for four years
at an annual salary Of 5000. chief Il ERIK
ut is2, COO year, is to be appointed by the sec
retary Of the interior. The business of the
bureau shall be to collect information upon
the subject of labor, its relations to capital,
hours. Il labor ndsearniugss Of laboring men
and women and means of promoting their ma
terial, social, intellectual and moral prosperity,
at an annual expense of not more than 81, 600
a year. :.