The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-06-26
CONGRESSIONAL SUNNI RY,

CONVERSATIONAL SUMMARY.
m thehouse Mr.. slooum presented ajconfer,
ence report on the Ftz John Porter bill. The
effect is to strike out Of the bill the words s'to
gether With. all rights, titles and privileges
! end to insert the words &c provided that sais7
Eitz John Porter shall receive no compensation
or allowance whatsoever prior to his appoint
words in the bill: .''tBut this act shall not be
| construed as authorizing pay, compensation OF
allowance prior to his appointment Under il ).
The conference report was agreed b-15s to
MIR. Cook introduced in tie mouse a bill
changing the place Of holding the courts in
! the Northern district Of Iowa and Fort Dodge
to Algona.
In the deficiency bill which passed the house
is pI an item to pay ex-1ndian Agent Hooper Of
salary and clerk hire, aud other expenses
amounting in the aggregat to $500 or $780,
In the Senate, Tuesday, the Brown Ingalls,
controyersey was resumed. Senator BROWN
called the attention Of the senate to the insult
ator from Kansas yIngal1s) toward member pt
the senate who could not ,repel such insults
without violating the rules Which all senators
were in honor bound to obey. He did not wish
to glaze over TIC matter. The change OF the
record and committing forgery upon the re-
cords of the senate. This language was d6liber-
ately planned to insult End uttered not
only. in. violation Of the the rules of the
senate but in defiance of the authority
of the presiding officer Ingalls, replied,
for target and described old Brown as the
'Sniveling Pecksniff of Politics." referring to
his habit Of rubbing his hands as if washing
them in invisible water with impercephble
excitement during Ingalls, remarks, pafticulaSE-
" when he notified the senator from Georgia
that he meant every word he said and that the
sHnator was at liberty to tske it in any sense he
chose.
The house on the 10Th passed bill to pro-
hibit the importation and migration Of foreign
ers and others under contract to perform labor
in the United States Or territories and the dis
trict Of ColanAbia; MIR. Foran, who was chair
the measure. The bill provides thai
it shall be unlawful for any person or cor
poration to contract with foreigners or aliens
United States, or to prepay transportation, or
assist in the importation OF foreigners Or aliens
into this country; that such contracts, if made,
shall be void and Of no effect For any viola
ton Of these provisions fine Of 81, 900 is i'm
posed The master of any vessel Who shall
bring into this country any foreigner Or alien
with whom an agreement as indicated has pre-
viously been made, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and fined not less than $500, or
Imprisonment for term not exceeding six
months.
In the senate, on Thursday, the 10th, Mr.
ingalls, submitted q modification of the arrears
of pension provision, the modification provid-
ing that SO far as arrearages are concerned
there shall be no discrimination between the
rate allowed to a private soldier and an officer.
After some preliminary discussion as to the
probable addition to the annual cost of the
pension list by the adoption and amendments
proposed to the bill, Mr. Beck said the commits
sioner of pensions had estimated the amount
Oh about $246, O00 900 to bill that originally
called for IS, 0O0; 900, He presumed the inten-
ton in making this addition was to kill
the bill. Novote was taken.
In executive session the senate confirmed
Patrick B. Sinnott, Oregon, agent Of Indians at
California agent Of Indians at Round Valley
agency; Gala. H. w. Rothert, Iowa, register Of
the land Office at Cheyenne, Wyoming.
very light The senate discussed the Mexican
pension bill. In the house the following bills
were passed: Reducing from so and Is to 10
cents clearance fees levied upon vessels en-
gagged in domestic commerce. The senate bill
authorizing the construction Of bridges across
the river at St Paul. Several amendments were
adopted which necessitate the return of the bill
to the senate. FORGETTING the unearned land
grant to the Sioux City g. st. Paul railroad
Mr. Cook, committee on elections, reported
to congress from the Second mississippi dis
trict Laid over. The house resumed consid-
Grafton of the Campbell Morey contested cleo
| ton case. The majority resolution seating
Campbell was agreed to, and that gentleman
appeared at the bar of the house and took the
oath of Office.
In the senate the bill to amend the Thurman
or Pacific railroad act was referred to the
committee on judiciary, after debate in
road companies, particularly the Union Pacific.
The army appropriation bill passed, and the
conference report on the shipping bill was
adopted
The house refused to consider the public
building, internal revenue or land law amend
| ment bills, and took up the electoral count
bills, which were debated at length. A con-
ference report on the shipping bill was pre-
sented and agreed to without division. The
sundry civil bill was reported
In the senate on Monday, the 23d, the pend
ing question was on the amendment of ingalls,,
dating the pensions of Union soldiers from the
! date of discharge or disability, and extending
to October I, 1884, the limitation of time to file
much regretted. to DO obliged to oppose any
knew tn, ev1~.l4s themselves were were divided
| about this proposition. His heart and his
| feelings were all with the soldiers. He appre-
ciated the value of their services to the coun-
try for generations yet unborn The proposition
however, affected the interests of all the people
| of the United States, not only soldiers, but
citizens. The committee on pensions had not
recommended it. The house of representatives
| had not recommended it. It was based on the
motion of a single senator The commissioner
Of pensions had estimated that this proposition
would involve the payment of $246, 200, 0O0
He asked senators whether this was time tc
so greatly enlarge the demands upon the trea-
sury. When the act of 1879 was passed it was
had been resumed, and when the surplus in the
treasury was fast accommodating, and the trea-
sury OVERLOOKING That time was not this time
Our revenues were now rapidly falling Off.
that the doldier has for twenty years waived
his right to pension, either because he did
not desire it or was too proud to claim it, had
no legal or even moral or equitable right now
to embarass his government He believed the
adoption of this amendment would be an en-
barrassing thing for the people of the United
States It would break down restrictions or
| all sorts of claims. The amendment was ad-
vocated by Congor and Ingalls,, Blu was rejected
% to 81. Adrich Of R. l., Edmunds Of vt
Sherman of O., and Rlddleburger of Va, vot-
ing with democrats
On Monday tho house considered and passed
the sundry civil appropriations bill
which ordinarily occupies two or three day
apparently free from any schemes to rob the
government, and contains no features likely
to provoke discussion. Only one Important
amendment was. adopted, and that was in the
nature of section making appropriations
for the United States courts. It was offered by
Mr.. Springer, and very carefully drawn. The
bill provides for the usual fees and balances to
United States marshals and other persons con-
nected with the United States courts. The sub
stitute abolshes the fees system, so far as il
applies to United States marshals, and pays
them fixed salaries. Under the bill as amend
cd
The United States marshals shall receive an
nually for their services the following salaries
payable monthly: Southern district of New
York, $4,000; Northern New York, Massachu
settles, I ~ lnsylvania, District of Columbia
Southern Ohio and California $1,000 each
Maryland, Eastern Missouri Kentucky, North
ern Ohio, Northern and Southern Illinois East
ern Louisiana, Kansas and Eastern Texas, 80,
600 each; New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode
Island, Delaware, Nevada, Southern Florida
Connecticut, Northern Mississippi, 81, 900 each,
and all other marshals shall be paid salary
of 80, 600 year.
In the appropriation bill that passed the
House on Monday Mr.. Randall then offered an
amendment directing the secretary of war to
sell at public auction the following arsenals
Allegheny arsenal, Pa, Augusta arsenal, Ga
indianapolis arsenal, Ind. ; Kennebec arsenal,
Maine and Watertown arsenal, Mass. Adopt
house employees Adopted. Also, to strike out
the provision that no speech shall be printed in
the Record which has not been delivered upon
the floor of congress. Adopted-162 to IT,
A Dangerous American Tendency.
From the Boston Transcript.