The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-11
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CVNGkENNlVNAL IkVCEEDitMS.
In the senate, an amendment was adopted
that reports in the Congressional Record shall
DO an accurate transcript of the proceedings
and debates OF congress, and that no speech
Shall be published therein which was not spoken
IN congress, and such speeches shall be printed
as they were actually delivered, except verbal
corrections made by authors Of the speeches,
and byno other person; and that when speeches
are reserved by their authors for correction.
they shall be returned to the reporter of the
mouse IN which they were delivered, within one
week, and If not SO delivered, they shall be-
printed in the Congressional Record from notes
reported.
Dli to forfeit the land grant of the New Orleans,
Baton Rouge IL Vicksburg, or what ia known
as the Backbone" railroad company. The
9ili was discussed at length by Nh. Lewis of
louisiana, who favored it, Mr.. Payson of nli-
nois andMr. Ellis of louisiana. who opposed.
and several other members. Substantially the
same principle involved in the land grant to
the backbone" Railroad company, is also in
VOWED in the grant to the Northern Pacific
ing, and judging from the action of the house.
1t is very likely that it will not pass.
The following nominations we're sent to the
Senate on Friday:
Gilbert A. Pierce of Illinois, governor of Da-
kota; John II. Kinkead of Nevada, governor
OF Alaska; Andrew Robson of Minnesota, re-
Mimi; James NJ. Armstrong OF Washington
Territory, register of the land office, Spokane
Falls, Wash. Charles A. Witherell, Nevada,
register of the land Office, Carson City, Ne,
yada; Darlington g. Belknap, California, agent
for Indians at Tulle River Agency, Cal; John
I. Kinney, Nebraska, agent for Indians at the
iankton Agency.
Postmasters-E. o. Brauns, Tracy, MINI. /;
Henry Q. Basford, Austin, MINI Jacob Ry-
cord, lows City, Iowa; Charles G. Perkins,
I; Soutl,maid, Alexandria, OAK. Samue1H
Elrod, Clark, OAK. John r. James, Columbia,
OAK; John II. Carroll, Desmet, Oak. N. L.
Westoon, Blunt, Oak. D. G. Grippen, Kiimball,
OAK; Henry i. Rising, Redtield, Oak. David
r. Mead, Glendive, Mont.
Conference report in the house on Friday the
pension and army bills were agreed to. An
unsuccessful attempt was made to consider the
Northern Pacific land gIantforfeiture bill. The
bill to forfeit the Backbone railroad land grant
was finally killed by a vote of ia to 124. The
bills to relieve certain soldiers of the charge OF
desertien and for the relief of Myra Clark
Gaines passed.
In both houses Friday some campaign talk
was INDUCED in, friends of Logan in the SEN
ate and house, aNd Logan himself in the former
body, denying that the republican candidate
for vice president owned $4,000 acres of land,
as charged in a recent publication.
AAI. 1ldNley Gdlleu me attenUOn 10 the senate
to a statement in the Record that Senator Io-
gan owned $4,000 acres of land. This state
ment, he said, was untrue. The gentleman re-
ferred TO is only owner of the land On which
his father died and to which he had added a
little, in his own state of Illinois. Abiding to
the same matter, Mr.. Logan said: The state
ment is utterly false. do not propose to give
q schedule of my property to anybody, but
property do own is in the state of Illinois. do
own some two or three tracts of land, but MI put
tAUafhar yUn1lI mn "a pnn 1,Nl ~-.l
of what they charge.
Tho conference report on the Indian appro-
priation bill was on Monday taken up and dis
posed of by the house. The principal point of
disagreement was the house provision to abol-
ish the office Of Indian inspector and detail
five army officers to act rs Indian inspectors.
The senate struck out this provision, and the
point of difference was settled by the house
receding from its disagreement to the senate
amendment This action was taken in the in
terest of harmony, and the bill now only needs
the approval of tae president to become a law.
The rest of the day was occupied in consider
ing the sortification bill, the last one to be
considered. Two bills were reported from
the committee, the majority by the republicans
and Messrs. Ellis of Louisiana and Hancock OF
Texas, democrats, of the committee. The
minority bill was recommended by Messrs.
Randall, Forney, Holman, Townsend, Hutch
ms, Follett and Barnes. The majority bill ap-
propriates oyer seIo u sS,ooo 1000 and the
AAiiotitS puIciy Spop,uu0 aIltlS lu6 speeCueS
to-day in favor of the majority bill was one by
Mr.. Finerty, who made q very earnest appeal
in favor of better coast d~efenses. Mr.. Horr,
who has charge Of the minority bill, also
made a very strong speech in its favor. MI.
Holman opposed it on the ground that there
than s175,OOO for the protection,
repair, construction of work already begun,
and for the construction of new works of de-
tense, instead of SO, GG0, 600, as recommended
Inv tho minority He woe also npnncal ", III
large appropriation of $4,000 0 for the arma-
ment Of the sea-coast Qualifications, and the
item of 81 ,00v,0 600 for the proecurment of heavy
steel rifle guns and carriages.
In the Senate MI. Cockrell, committee on
military affairs reported fayorably with amend
ments the house bill relieving from the charge
of desertion, soldiers who served until the eX-
piration of their terms and are improperly
charged with desertionL The bill after amend.
ment passed. AS passed itrequires that appli-
cations for relief provided for shall be made
within five years for its passage. The house
bill passed granting q pension of $50 a month
to the widow of Gen. james D. Steadman.
The President sent in the following nomina-
tons: Watson s. Squire, Washington Terrific.
y, governor OF Washington Territory; David
r 3. Pride, Idaho, secretary of the Territoryo1
Idaho; Edwin l. Curtis, Idaho, register ofthe
land Office, Boise City, Idaho; WilliamA A. New.
ell of New Jersey, Indian inspector.
On Friday, in the House, Mr.. Randall sub.
mltted the report of the conference committee
on the naval appropriation bill, announcing the
inability to agree. The chief items of dis
agreement are the appropriation for new
cruisers and the continuation of work on the
double turreted monitors. Mr.. Randall said
nothing but an instruction from the house
would induce the house conferrees to yield or
these two points, because they had not that
confidence in the manner of construction OF
those cruisers that warranted a further expen-
dlture of public money in order to duplicate
them. Beside, there was not thrown AROUND
these propositions that safeguard inthe expen.
diture of money which present circumstance
known to the country warranted, and which
should be thrown around a department which
was now the subject of investigation.
Mr.. Calkins then moved that the house re
cede from its disagreement to the steel cruis.
ers amounted. Lost-yeas 80, nays lat. The
following democrats voted with the republican,
in the Affirmative: Belmont, Dorsheimer, Fin
erty, Morse, O'Neil, CMo.) and Sumner, (Cal.
A similar motion in regard to the monitor
clause was also lost-yess s.. nays 1876. TIL.
house further insisted on its disagreement ant
Randall, Holman and Calkins were appointed
conferrees.
The Louisville Journal says that not.
outstanding the multiplication of rail,
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