The Dickinson press., 1884-05-24
CONGRESSIONAL

In announcing q pair Tuesday upon Senator
Fryo's motion for q committee of Conference
Senator Cockreu said: 81 am paired with tht
distinguished senator from Vermont, who ID
IN twenty; nine years service in the congress OF
the United States. I refer to Senator Morrill,. .
The bill providing q civil government 70,
Alaska, which has passed the house, provides;
The territory Of Alaska snail constitute 8
civil and judicial district, the temporary seat
A governor shall be appointed with authority
to see that the laws enacted for the district arr
enforced, and who shall be ex-oficio com.
mander in chief of the militia, with power to
eau It out when necessary to the due execution
terms each year. one at Sitl,a
and the other at Nrangels. A clerk, district
attorney and marshal are also providedfo1. ana
authority given for the appointment of fou1
commissioners of United States circuit courts
The general laws of the State of Oregon are de-.
clared to be the law of the district, so far AZ
the same may be applicable. Officers shall be
appointed for the term Of four years, and shall
receive the following salaries: Governor S.
COO; district attorney, 1850; marshal. 5 ]. SO.
judge, $1,000; clerk, SO, 500.
Bills passed the house extending the iuris-
diction of justices of the peace in Wyominp
and provided that hereafter the legislature Of
DthOtk suuu COuSlsG OI IWeuty-1OOC MEMBERS
of the council, and forty-eight members of the
house.
The house committee ON invalid pensions
unanimously agreed to report favorably q bill
increasing certain pensions prepared by Repre-
sentative Matson as q substitute for o bill of
similar character. the substitute provides:
All persons on or hereafter placed on the
pension roll, who, while in the military or ma
val service of tho United States, have lost an
arm or leg shall be entitled to a pension of $40
per month, and those who have lost a hand or
foot, to o pension of $50 per month, and If
they have received q wound or other disability
in addition thereto, shall receive a pension of
$50 per month; and all persons who lave q leg
%amputated ut the hip joint and all persons who
lost an arm at the shoulder joint, shall be en-
titled to q pension of $50 per month; and oil
titled to a pension of $72 per month.
The Sioux commission has boon authorized
to negotiate with the Sisseton, Wahpeton and
lankton Indians for the cession of portions Of
their reservations to the United States. The
house committee on Indian affairs have inform
ally agreed 70 the Sioux reservation bill. Tho
amendments to the senate bill are moi
material, and will be no obstruction to
its passage. The friends of the measure say
they are willing to accept the amendments, and
are confident the bill will go through the house
and become q law this session. The bill will
be considered in the house on tho 31st, when
bills from the Indian affairs committee will be
the special order.
Senator Vest, on Wednesday,, the 18th, de-
sired to make a personal explanation. A state
nlent mas gone to the press he said, that the
vote upon the bill to place Gen. Grant upon
the retired list had been unanimous. He.
however had voted against the bill. He had
not called for tho ayes and noes, nor made
any factious opposition, because two years
ago, when q Similar bill was before the senate,
he had sposen and voted against the bill. and
given reasons for his opposition. He had mo
personal opposition to Gen. Grant, but was op-
posed to the principal of the bill.
The pension appropriation bill, as reported
to the senate, reduces the amount of unexpend-
ed balance Of the appropriation for the current
fiscal : year, to y be reappropriated, from sS4, QUO,
fixing compensation to pension agents at $40 per
100 vouchers paid in excess Of 1900, and re-
ducing the number Of pension agents to twelve,
and the section providing that the fee of pen
sion attorneys in all pension arrears, pension
OR bounty land claims shall be $40, except in
cases where a special written contract is filed
with tho commissioner of pensions, when the
fee may amount to not more than $225.
The senate has confirmed the following NOM
nations: Peter w. Stollberg, receiver Of pub
Bowman, Gunnison, Colo, agent for Indians of
the Navajo agency, New Mexico; William A.
Pirie, Rhode Island, Indian Inspector; r. McF.
Patton, Salem, Ore, consul of the United
States at Osaka and Hiogo; Rudolph W. Wolff
sohn, Buffalo, N. Y, consul of the United States
at Mannheim.
In the senate on Thursday a resolution was
offered directing the finance committee to in
vestigate and learn whether the late New York
bank failures were due to violations of the ma
tional banking laws. A bill was introduced to
prevent officials of national banking %associa-
tons from Specializing. The bill to loan ST.
100000 i'll aid of the New Orleans exposition
passed with some amendments. Adjourned
till Monday.
The House on Tuesday, had an animated
debate on the diplomatic and consular appopu-
latlon bill and all amendments proposing to
increase or maintain salaries reduced by the
bill were voted down. The senate amendments
to the New Orleans exposition bill were con-
CURED in.
Following is the text of the bill introduced
by Senator Cullom, to prohibit speculation by
officers of national banking associations
Be it enacted, ETC., That it shall be unlawful
for the president, cashier, teller, or other chief
executive officer of any national banking asso-
citation, having a capital stock amounting to
$2N,OW or more, to deal, trade or otherwise
engage in speculation in stocks, bonds or other
securities, or in grain, provisions, produce or
oil, on margins on his own individual account
or for his own personal profit, either directly
or indirectly, or to have any partnership Or
private bankingof brokerage firm, or business.
Any such officer who violates the provisions of
this act, or any person who aids or abets such
officer in violation the provisions of this act,
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and
shall be imprisoned, not less than one year, or
more than five years. or fined more than
$4,000.
A report has been submitted to accompany
the bill reported from the house committee on
public lands, providing for the repeal of the
presumption and timber culture laws and
amendment of the homestead law. The com
mittee say:
We believe it should be the policy of the gov
ernment to give those of our citizens who are
without homes Il amount Of the public do
main as will make them comfortable homo
eteads, where they enter upon it In good faith,
intending to mako it their homes and cultivate
end live upon it for o fixed period of time, and
We believe 100 acres should be the maximum.
Under the pre-emption, homestead aud timber
culture laws as they now stand, one person may
become the owner Of 4sO acres Of the public do
an amount of land, in our opinion, for any one
person to acquire in this manner. We thinkthe
policy of the government SHOULD be to furnish as
many of its citizens with comfortable homes as
long IN in the future ,as possible, and lGo acres
t + su amonnt for g x this I purpose p By giving them IN,
our public domain will be talsn up. Tae pre-
emption law was passed. in 1871, the homestead
law III 1852 and the timber culture act in 1873.
When the homestead law was enacted, the pre-
emptlon law should have boon repealed. The
timber culture law should nexer have been
passed. We have, therefore, in a substitute,
provided for the repeal of the pre-emption and
timber culture acts and amendment Of the
homestead law.
Bills were introduced in the senate on Mon
day for the forfeiture of q portion of the North
ern Pacific land grant in Washington Territory
and Oregon, and of the Atlantic l. Pacific rail-
road land grant. A bill to divide the Eighth
judicial circuit and place Minnesota, Iowa and
Missouri in the Ninth circuit, was reported fav-
orably: A bill was introduced providing a