Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-12-16
CONGRESSIONAL

SENATE.
Among the bills introduced and refer
red were the following:
By Mr.. Telier-To provide for the
free and unlimited coinage of silver
dollars.
BY Mr.. Ingalls-To provide for deter
mining the existence and removal for
inability Of the president to discharge
the powers and duties of his Office.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Beck was laid before the senate,
requesting the president to cause in
quiry to be made and inform the senate
whether the consular officers of the
United States have since 1868 had any
interest or received benefit from any
notarial, consular or commercial officer
of foreign countries. Referred to the
committee on commerce.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. But.
Ter directing the committee on territories
to enquire and report by what authority
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lied in the territory Of Dakota and
whether such organization was not cal
culated to bring about a conflict of au-
thority preludiclal to good order IN that
territory Butler asked immediate con-
sideration of the resolution.
Mir. Ingalls, objected and under the
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A resolution offered by Mr.. Hale was
agreed to calling OF the secretary of the
treasury to transmit to the senate a list
of all claims against the government
disallowed since January LIST last, with
the reasons for disallowance in the case
and and copies of all the opinions de.
livered in each case by officials of the
government.
HOUSE.
Washington, Dec. 16-Mr. Brown, o
Indiana, offered a resolution changing
the rules so as to provide that leave tc
print in the records shall be allowed
when the question is under considera,
ton. Refused.
On motion of Mr.. Norwood, of Georgia
the senate bill was passed removing the
political disabilities of Alexander r
Lawton, of Georgia.
The discussion proposed on the re-
vision of the rules was then resumed
and Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, took the
the floor with an argument in favor
of q general featurs of the
revision, but in opposition to the plar
of distributing the work of the approp.
ration committee, that committee
should remain in charge of the money
bills, but also power should be taker
away from 1t to incorporate in it gen.
eral legislation.
Mr.. Hiscock a member of the commit
tee on rules, presented the reasons which
had lmpelled him to agree to the report
of the majority. Gentlemen who OPP.
posed the distribution did SO on the
theory that a majority of the house
could not be trusted with a chance to
get at the public treasury. They ought
to disguise this argument by declaring
that committees when organized would
attempt to %aggrandize their power. In
illustration of this the gentleman from
Pennsylvania (Mr. Randall), had pre-.
pared a table showing the large increase
of appropriations carried by the river
and harbor bill since that measure has
been taken away from the a%ppropria-
ton committee. This was hardly en-.
genuous, for in point OF fact
the bill had never been under the
Jurisdiction of the appropriation
committee audit was always prepared
by the commerce committee. But the
true reason why the river and harbol
bill had swollen in amount, was that the
committee on rivers and harbors had
been given jurisdiction owe the subject
of the Mississippi river improvement
He was in favor of as many members Of
the house as possible sharing in its re.
sponsibiIities, sharing in it's labors
it's honors and its leadership. He was
opposed to building up a system of rules
that would crown any man or any set oil
men asking of this legislative body. He
went on to argue that if the a%ppropria-
ton bills were distributed, they could
all be reported within thirty days after
the organization of the committees.
The Dakota Legislature.
Huron, Dec. 15-At about eleven
O'Clock Governor Mellette delivered his
message. q lengthy document. The
message was less conservative in tone
than expected, though withal pretty
cautious.