The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-04-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDIgGS.

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On Monday the 31sA 1t provides tAat
Until Jan. /. 1886. trade dollars shall be ra-
eeiyed ut their face value BY the United States.
sut shall not be again paid out or issued, and
inst the laws authorizing their coinage and is
surancc arc horeby repealed
The house committee IN the Judiciary repor-s
ted favorabiy tho bill to authofiZe the service
Of civil and criminal process issued by IerriJo-
rial courts within the military and Indian res
e~rvation, and the Yellowstone bark. IT pro-
vides that
The provisions of the law now in force re
lating TO territorial courts shall be corstituted
so as 10 authorize the execution and s.rvicetuf
any process on a criminal issued BY ANY, such
courts, by the officer or person to whom the
same may be~ addressed, within any military or
Indian reservation, or within the Yellowstone
park: provided that such reservation or paIk
is situated within the exterior of the district
over which said court has jurisdiction.
4 resolution wasofered in the senate by Mr.,
Cali and was referred to the committee onssor-
eign relations requesting the president to mako
negotiations with the government OF Spain for
reference 10 an umpire to decide whether the
treaty of 1918 had been fully carriedinto effect
by the United States, and whether Hhe United
States government is bound in good faith to
pay the full amounts awarded by the judicial
tribunal to whom the same was referred, for
losses sustained by Off cers of the United States
0CttDh AAN0 ACA IA A1AC ahSA AOAVe &&A0
senate passed the bill to increase the efficiency
Of the general land Office, also Mr.. Mr.. Nor
riI's bill for the improvementof coinage
In the House Mr.. Dorsheimer presented .
memorial from bondholdcrs of the Northern
Pacific railroad company, praying to be heard
before the committee on public lands on the
bill declaring the forfeiture of the land grant
ed, and asking congress to protect their inter-
ests. Referred The house wentinto commit
tee of the whole, with Mr.. Wcllborn In the
chair, on the Indian appropriation bill
The House spent several days, without a
note, on the Indian appropriation bill The
bill appropriates for the Chippewas, pillagers
and Lake Winnebagoshish bands, in the aggre-
gate, $48S02 It appropriates in all for the
Sioux of different tribes, including Santee Sioux
of Nebraska, s. ,646.300. This includes an APP
preparation Of Sl,255,000 for the subsistence of
the Sioux for purposes OF their civilization, IS
per agreement ratified by act Of congress- Feb.
2Sth, 1877; also, $4,000 for the support, ciyiIiz-
alton and education of the Miniewaukon band OF
Sioux In Minnesota. The bill also makes the
following appropriations for the same purpose.
For the Chippewas of Red Lake and Pembina
tribe of Chippewas, $l2.0 900; and for support of
Chippewas on White Earth reservation, OF this
amount or so much thereof as may be Unnecessary
10 be expended under the direction of the secfe-
tary Of the interior In tine care and support OF
the Otter Tail, PilIager, Pembina and Mississip-
ri Chippewa Indians on the White Earth reser-
Yation In Minnesota to assist them III their
agricultural operations, $6,0W.
The episode Of Gen. GRANTS reception by tho
house on the ID inst is commented upon in
public as one OF the most remarkable events
ever occurring in Washington 1t seems that
pending discussion upon the Indian appropri-
alton bill Gen. Grant accompanied by Gen.
Beale, hobbled On crltcbest W the house arriving
about 4 o'clock. Not being entitled to the priv
ilege of the floor, Gen Beale went into the gal
lery, whileG Grant passedin quietly and took his
seat on a sofa in the rear of the democratic
side without his presence being dis
covered for some time. Democratic members
clustered around him, along with them Mr..
Randall, who introduced them, while Mr.. Dor
sheimer sat beside him chatting pie asantly.
Tho Republicans being engaged in he ated de-
bato over Throckmorton's amendment to abol-
ish Indian agents and appoint army officers IN
lieu, did not notice the disorder immediately,
| but ascertaining It's cause, rushed over in q
| crowd to welcome the general. Approaching
the situation, and with that rare tact for which
| Mr.. Randall is famous, he returned to his seat,
being recognized by the chairman announced the
| presence of Gen. Grant in a few appropriate
remarks and move d that the committee rise In
| order to allow the house to appropriately re-
ceiye the man to whom the American people
| needed no introduction. Thiscreated q furore,
gnd the motion being carried vOclferousiy,
| Speaker Carlisle resumed the chair. Mr.. Ham
dali then moved q recess of fifteen minutes,
which was unanimously carried, and Gen.
| Grant. hobbling on crutches, was es-
| corted to the space in front Of the speakers
| desk. where the mam bera were individually
| presented by Speaker Carlisle. Among those
| who heartily greeted the ex-ge neral and ex-
| president were several mained ex- c0nfederates,
| among them Gen. Cakes, OF. Alab anna, who lost
HE right arm in the front at Bic hmond Gen.
| Cakes tapped his empty right 81 eeve signiti-
| cantly. as he presented his left hand, which
Gen. Grant took in both OF his and warmly
pressed The scene was drama TIC n
4 1865 aHWN o&J HNnIthn4Ymh & ~ (tQN
Grant bore up brayely under the ordeal end
maintained the appearance Of unrnhied calm
ness. it was easily seen that he suppressed his
emotion with great effort The ovation was
spontaneous, free from party feeling or past
occurrences and victor and vanquished wed
with each other in the depth OF their greeting.
After this outburst OF appreciation OF Gen.
Grants services, the transaction OF further
business became impossible, and the house adj
iourned without action on Throckmortons
proposition.
The House devoted several days to the In.
dian appropriation bin in committee Of ths
whole. The committee adopted the clause max
ing an appropriation Of $40, 0O0for the support,
civilization and education of the Medewaukan-
ton band of Sioux Indians in Minnesota The
clause was inserted in the bill at the requcsto OF
Mr.. Strait, who went before the committee OF
appropriation for the purpose. Those Indians
are opposed to remaining ut the agencies, where
they would receive their share OF ~annuities,
but prefer to live where they are now and are
doing the best they can 70 support themselves
Some Of them have q little land and are dis
posed TO help themselves. The appropriation
for their civilization and education was recon-
mendod by the Indian department. Other
clauses, making the regular appropriations
for the Indian in the northwest were passed
by the committee.
sA petition was presented to the house by Mr..
Wakefield from the Edg6rton post Of the g. A.
n In Minnesota urging the passage OF the blu
/ granting q pension to Samuel Cook.
Mr.. Strait has prepared the report Of the house
committee on public lands on Mr.. Raymond's
/ bill for the relief of William +. Steele or Steele,
OAK. Tho bill gives Mr.. Steele an opportunity
to pay for $40 acres of land located by him