The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-05-30
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hionSyss AMylOTS Tdls, MluiL JOHN II.
Bowman, Gunpison, Colo, agent for Indians of
the Navajo agency, New Mexico; William A.
Plrie, Rhode Island, Indian Inspector; 4. McF.
Patton, Salem, Ore, consul of the United
States at Osaka and Hiogo; Rudolph w. Wolff
sohn, Buffalo, N. ", consul of the United States
at Mannheim
IN the senate on Thursday o resolution was
ofered directing the finance committee to in
yestigate and learn whether the late New York
bank failures were due to violations of the ma
donal banking laws. A bill was introduced to
prevent officials Of national banking ~assocta-
tons from specializing. The bill to loan ST.
We,o0 In 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-
lation bill and al, amendments proposing to
increase or maintain salaries reduced by the
bill We're voted down. The senate amendments
to the New Orleans exposition bill were con-
CURED in.
L, Following is the text of the bill introduced
by Senator Cnllom, to prohibit speculation by
officers OF national banking associations:
Be it enacted, etc, That it shall be unlawful
executive officer OF any national banking asso-
citation, having q capital stock amounting to
$2oo,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 hia own personal profit, either directly
or indirectly, or to have any partnership or
other financial interest in the operations OF any
private banking of brokerage firm, or business.
Ally 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,
shnll be deemed guilty Of q misdemeanar, and
shall be imprisoned, not less than one year, OF
more than i've years, or fined more than
A report has been submitted to accompany
the bill reported from the house committee on
public lands, providing for the repeal of the
prescription and timber culture laws and
amendment OF the homestead law. The com
mittee say:
We believe it should be the policy of the gov
eminent to give those of orr citizens who are
without homes such amour of tho public do
main as will make them comfortable home
steadss, where they enter upon it III good faith,
intending to make it their homes and cultivate
and live upon it for a fixed period of time, and
we believe 100 acres should be the maximum.
Under the presumption, homestead and timber
culture laws as they now stand, one person may
become the owner of 4U acres of the public do
main-lG0 acres under each. This is to large
an amount of land, in our opinion. for any one
person to acquires in this manner. We think the
policy of the government should be to furnish as
many of its citizens with comfortable homes as
long in the future as possible, and 100 acres
is sufficient for this purpose. BY giving them
this amount, it will not be many years until all
our public domain will be taken up. The pre-
emption law was passed in 1871, the homestead
law III 1862 and the timber culture act in 1878.
When the homestead law was enacted, the pre-
emption law should have been repealed. The
timber culture law should never have been
passed. We have, therefore, in u substitute,
provided for the repeal of the presumption 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 4 Pacific rail-
road land grant a bill to divide the Eighth
Missouri in the Ninth circuit, was reported fav-
orably: A bill was introduced providing a
tenth Judicial circuit, to consist of California,
Oregon and Nevada. After q long discussion
IN the late failures in New York, the res.
oluion offered Friday, directing the finance
committee to investigate national banks in New
York, to learn whether the failures were due
TO violations or %evasions of law, was referred
to the committee in question. Thu bill To
create q bureau of labor statistics was consid-
cred.
The house refused to fix q day for tho con-
sideration of the bankruptcy bill. The meas.
ure being so far along on the calendar, it will
be impossible to reach it in the regular order,
80 that the vote may be regarded as q practical
defeat of the bill for this session and probably
for this congress. The vote is q fair test of the
sense of the house on the question of the pas.
sage of a bankruptcy bill. It shows that a ma
1ority is against it Amember voted to fix a
day who would nave voted against the bill, and
the majority is, therefore, probably larger even
than indicated by the vote. The vote
In the house Mr.. Hurd, from the committee
on ways and means, moved to suspend the rules
and pass a bill to abolish discriminating duties
on works of art, the production of foreign and
American artists. The bill imposes a duty of
10 per cent. ad valorem on works of art whether
the production of foreign or American artists.
1 hJaE1r a NISSAN p1,,n, -,-l IT....l E--- ~
favor of the motion, and Messrs. Dunn, Mills
Warner Ohio and Boutelle against it. The
motion was lost-yeas SO nays l79.
a resolution was introduced in the senate
asking the president by what authority COM
mssloners had been appointed to examine sec
the time when the terms of the land grant re-
quired the road to be completed had expired.
In the house Mr.. Hewitt of New York, in q
long speech, disclaimed the authorship of the
answering Mr.. Olivers's criticisms upon his
Hewitt's) tariff bill. The senate amendments
to the shipping bill were non-concurred in.
Mr.. lngalps bill regarding the judicial dis
trlcts OF the United States, as amended and re-
ported by tho senate judiciary committee,
changes the Eighth circuit SO that it will COM
prise the districts of Nebraska, Kansas, Ar
kansas and Colorado, and the Ninth circuit SO
that it will contain the districts
and tj,a i,Ira - tLe w.. 90 wy P,estnt fsin.n,
afH th y ~, muse = VIZ Mum Is made me Judge
there shall be appointed a circuit judge for the
on !. Juaicla1 4 c,Tcult new II the bill! be-
s sotn T. = iaW. we Nlnu5 cireuiI, IN which Mime,
so.a rs s n.ma would De without q judge, and
. n Mn }Mose ls ~ PROVIDED 1or:
a " ma, nssocia1e Justces o. the supreme court
raf DanG - n ~ Ieacnea tne senate, ana mas Deed
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