The Mineral argus., 1884-06-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

10 onen fhe Red Lake Indian reservation in
Minnesota. Mr.. Nelson made a very clear and
comnrabansiye explanation Of his bill. HI
- Go +l,ouoht there was some misapprehen-
- IN regard to il. 1t had been charged that
tbe hin was in the interest of pine land
rings. ana gotten up to defraud the
In5}ans He efectually answered this charge
nv Showing that this bill has been so carefully
drawn as to prevent any fraud upon the Indians
uvbafever. and that it was against the interest
of nine land speculation. tits doubtful wheth-
er It will come up again this season, but Mr..
Nelson saws he will avail himself of the first
opportunity to call it up again.
In considering the river and harboF bill in
the house on Tuesday, the following items Of
interest to the northwest were agreed to:
Improving harbor at Ahnapee, Wis. $4,000:
Green Bay, Wis, $4,000; Kenosha, Wis, So
600; Kewaunee, Wis, SIS, 600; Manitowoe.
Wis, $15,0 900; M~enominee, Wis, $4,000: NIL
waukee, bay, Wis, 1885, 600; Oconto, Wis, SIS
COO: Stockholm, Lake Pepin, Wis, $4,000;
Port Washington, Wis, $4,000; Racine, Wis,
$1,000; Superior Bay and entrance, Wis S45,-
600: Sheboygan, Wis, $4,000; Sturgeon Raw
canal, Wis, $1,000; Two Rivers, Wis, 5000:
Ice harbor, Dubuque, Iowa, $4,000; Duluth.
line senate wednesday went into secret leo
islative session on the item in the consular aud
diplomatic appropriation bill appropriating
$50, 600 to cover the necessary expenses at
tendant upon the execution of the neutrality
act. The bill passed. ..
The house passed the bill providing for the
construction of the Hennepin canal.
The following nominations were made to the
senate by the president:
Patrick b. Sinnol of Oregon, agent of the In
dams at Grand Ionde agency, Oregon. Regis
tiers of land offices A. w. Rothert of Coma
Cheyenne, ,Wyo.; o. P. Chisholm, Illinois,
Bozeman. Mont
Much to the discontinue Of the friends of
the Hennepin canal scheme, the appropriation
for it was stricken out of the river and harbor
bill by the house Thursday: Mr.. Oates of Ala
bama made the motion to strike out, which was
carried by q vote of 146 to 102. The vote
against this motion was composed chiefly Of
Western and Northwestern members The
heaviest vote for it came from the Eastern and
Middle states and along the Mississippi river
south of st. Louis. The vote to strike out was
also largely made up from members who do
not share in the appropriation bill, and who
are naturally opposed to it. The Republicans
chiefly voted for the Hennepin canal, but the
Democrats, under the lead OF Randall, general
ly voted for the motion to strike out.
The river and harbor bill passed the house
by a vote of 1856 to 107.
In the senate, Thursday, the 18th, a final
vote on the consular and Diplomatic approDri-
alton bill, and the bill ~passed-yeas, IS; NAYS,
Vance and Van Wyck. The bill as passed
Is almost precisely as reported from the sen
ate committee on appropriations, making an
addition Of $500, O0Ot to the bill as reported from
the house.
On Friday mr.. Brown obtained unanimous
consent to take up the bill to require the pay
ment in cash to the State of Georgia of S25,-
900, appropriate for that state by an act passed
IN March, 1873, to refund to Georgia certain
moneys expended for the common defense In |
11T. MI. Dolph moved an amendment to in
clude S33,OOO for Oregon and $40, 00G for Cali
rornla to refund moneys expended to those
states IN the suppression of the Modoc hostilit-
les. After along discussion, Mr.. ingalls, moved
to recommit the bill to the committee on claim
Adjourned to Monday the 10th.
In the House, the whole Friday session was
occupied on the postal bill. A protracted dis
cus5lon arose on the senate amendment in
the amount for payment to letter
carriers and the incidental expenses of free
delivery systems, to $4,000, 900, S45. 900 of which
Is to be used in the discretion of the post
master general for the establishment
where it is not now established
There were very strong speeches on boUh sides
of the house in favor of the increase, and the
result was that the amendment was agreed to
by a decided majority. The conference COM
mittee agreed to the increased appropriation of
10000 for inland mail TRANSPORTATION
This clause provides that
If any railroad company shall fail or refuse
transport the mails when required by the
department upon the fastest trains
upon the road the company shall have its
pay reduced so per cent of the amount provided
by law.
The senate struck out all that part of the bill
reducing Incorporation of all nonsubsidized
for the transportation of mail 5 per-
centum per annum and the subsidized railroads
TO 90 percentum of the compensation authoriz-
ed to be paid to other companies. The amend
nent was disagreed to by the conference COM
mittee.
The treaty which has been under consider
alton in the senate committee on foreign re-
latlons, providing for an international copy
and patent system, and which has already
been ratified and promulgated by twenty-four
governments, was reported adversely by the
to the senate, and after a brief dis
cussion rejected.
In the senate Monday Mr.. Ingalls, called at
tention to language personally offensive to
himself, which he said Mr.. Brown of Georgia
had interpOlated into a speech of his after it
had been delivered on the floor of the senate
Mr.. Ingalls, proceeded to read the offensive
language, saying:
| want to call attention to the fact that by
such practice as this, the senator from Georgia
commits a forgery and a fraud upon the pub
lie records.
This remark produced a great sensation
N the senate chamber. Vice President
Edmunds called Mr., Ingalls, to order.
Amid the excitement the chairman again called
the senator from Kansas to order, but MI. In
gals, with bitter sarcasm, continued, endingin
: motion that the language to which he had re-
TERED be stricken from the record. Mr.. Cor
man objected to the motion, but after a while
Brown calming himself, arose and said that
The motion being objected to, he would not re-
ply then. 81 do not intend that this shall !
go unchallenged," he added, "but
NIL reply to the accusations.
.allures in New York was discussed without ac-
ION. The senate insisted on It's three amend
nents to the postofice bill to which tho house
to disagree. TIL Utah bill was de-
and an amendment permitting divorce
for one cause in places where the United
states has exclusive Jurisdiction was rejected
4 to AZ. l,
On Monday, in the House, bills we're intro