Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-02-27
PROCEEDIEGS or CONGRESS-.

81 BENATEThe Indian appropria tton bill, after
u protracted consid Iteration, IA passed MIR. Dolph
\ introduced q bill making Seattle and Tacoma,
\ WASH ports Of delivery. II q I i **5;3
4 An amendment was yesterday proposed By
1 Senator Morgan to che anti -silver coinage bill
It strikes out the present provision for the sus.
pension OF the coinage OF the standard dollar.
and authorizes the president. on aud after April
Ill, 1885, and In any succeeding month until
/ April 1885 to direct the secrerary Of the
ye sno Coinage q
4 ard dollars. "a ~ DE ID tE.3S i5gg
/ SENATE-The bill authorizing the sale Of part
| Of the Winnebago reservation IN Nebraska
| passed. Tie bill prohibiting the Importation
1t foreign contract labor was considered at great
! hngtfl . 4: ss b !.
tion Of Mr. Bayard to strike out sec. 3, which
| prescribes a penalty Of ST. 600 for violation
of the act, and the motion was not agreed
/ to-yeas I2, nays 40 Those voting to strike
out were Messla Butler. Coke, Colquitt,
Garland, Groome, I Hampton, Harrison,
! Maxey, Morgan, Salisbury, Slater and Will
! liams Democrats voting with Republicans
i to retain penalty were Messrs. Brown, Call,
Camden. Fair, George, Gibson, jackson, NC
PhersOn, pugh, Ransom and Vest E#5S 4ff f5f
Mr.. Morgan moved an amendment that the
bill should not apply to any agent OF state
acting under authority OF law. who should
induce immigration, nor to any person who
In good faith should assist the families to
come to the United States. &
HousE-The senate amendments to the Indian
| bill were non-concurred in: A bill. was intro
duced regulating tho coinage and promoting the
circulation of gold and silver equally The Leg
islative, executive and judicial bill passed, hav-
ing been so amended as to make Tacoma and
, Seattle, Wash, ports of delivery, fix -
= WASHINGTON, Feb 1.-THE Joint resolu-
tion providing for an alcoholic liquor COM
mission, which was to-day reported back
adversely by the house committee having
the matter in charge, is accompanied by q
report in which the committee says:
The power to regulate retail liquor traffic has
from the foundation Of the Union been regarded
as the exclusive rights Of the states rather than
the general government. Attempts have been
made by some states to entirely prohibit the
manufacture or sale OF spirituousg OF malt
liquors, but with little apparent. success: aud
the interests OF temperance andAsobriety, so
much to be desired, would seem to'demand wise
and stringent restrictions and effective safe
guards in connection with liquor traffic
rather than impracticable efforts at absolute
prohibition. To the several states Of the Union
properly belongs the right to enact such local
soice regulations az will throw every proper
restriction around the liquor traffic compatible
with the personal and property rights of cit-
zens: but uniform police regulations enacted by
congress, practically suited TO the different
wants and requirements OF the people of all the
various states, would b. difficult to frame and
more difficult TO enact. Any attempt to control
the personal habits and private conduct of the
Individual should be opposed so long as he does
not interfere with the personal rights Of others
or the peace and order Of society In general. AS
1t is a matter OF grave doubt whether congress
has right to regulate the liquor traffic in the
several states of TIE Union, and as there seems
to be no great pressing or urgent necessity FOR
the passage of this bill. Your committee holds it
is not advisable to attempt to exercise doubtful
powers, which appear most properly to belong
to the states themselves
SENATE-The consideration OF the bill prohib-
iting the importation Of foreign contract labor
was concluded, and the bill passed by vote Of
SO too
Mr.. Laphan offered an amendment providing
that the whole penalty recovered shall be paid
into the United States treasury, instead Of as by
the BILL permitting one half OF the penalty to go
to the person who may first bring the suit. The
amendment was agreed to.
Mr.. Blair offered an amendment making it the
duty OF the United States district attorney of
the proper district to prosecute at the expense
of the United States every case of violation Of
the act. Agreed to; yeas AZ, nays IS.
The nays were:
Butler, yHawley. Salisbury.
H &52s1ae' 1 1o7og; J Saiazss;
The nomination Of Emory Speer to be United
States district Judge of Georgia, kept the sem
ntc in q general uproar for two hours and half
this ad ,sea and At half sns past SIX
by 81 yeas to 26 nays, Brown being the only
Democrat voting for Speer. Democratic Senators
say the quarrel between Brown and Coiquitt
will not extend to the party in Georgia, but
will die with the winter
HOUSE, In the Mclean Broadhead contested
elected case tMissourD the committee reported
in favor Of the latter, the sitting member. Nearly
the whole day was passed on the river and harbor
bill. On motion Of Mr.. Price, the appropriation
for the harbor at Superior. Wis, was increased
from ST 9, 500 to $4,000.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1S.-Representative Mil
lard, Of tho committee on reform on the civil
service, submitted a minority report signed by
the Republican members OF the committee, in
favor of Representative Tayior's bill TO prohibit
the discharge of hoDorably discharged soldiers
or sailors or dependent relatives from any office
in the civil service of the United States except
for cause. The report says in part: This class
of government employees have claims upon the
gratitude OF the nation that cannot easily be
compensated. They saved the country from, dis
memberlnent and dishonor. We submit it il
that they should be retained in the governments
service as long as they can faithfully and eff
oiently perform their official duties. The bill is
eminently just in it's provisions and should be
passed with the following amendment: 1t shall
not apply to the class Of officers embraced in the
original tenure OF office act. passed March 8,
1867, and amended April S. 1862"