Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-03-07

real estato or material neeueu III amy ILL.,
proyement authorized by the bill. Provid-
Ing thai the Secretary Of War may decline
to expepd any portion Of the money appro-
priated by the bill II in his opinion the use
to which it Is to b. put is injudicious. Re-
s~tricting the appropriations for the inn
Irovement of the Mississippi River below
Galro to the completion Of the works on
Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches,
and providing that the Missouri and Mis- is-
slppl River appropriations shall! be ex end
ed under the direction of the Secretary Of
War. The section creating a United States
Harbor Board was stricken out, as was also
the section authorizing the Secretary of
War to remove and rebuild bridges which
obstru t navigation.
FEB. :6.-A bill was reported in the
House of Representatives by the Committee
on War Claims making, an appropriation
for the payment of Fourth Of July claims.
The Senate bill was passed with amend
ments appropriating 500, 900 to pay certain
and Dakota Indians in Minnesota between
1850 and 1862. Consideration of the River
and Harbor bill being resumed, two hours
were consumed in voting upon the amend
me1nts reported from the Committee of the
Whole. All were adopted until the amend
making an appropriation for the improve
ment of the Mississippi River from the
passes to the mouth of the Ohio River and
recommending the appointment of James
b. Eads as Advisory Engineer Of the Mis-
siss 'ppl River Commission. This amend
ment was rejected by a close vote and the
original clause restored to the bill.
FEB. 26.-In the House the conf renee re-
port on the Army bill was adopt d. An
agreement was reported on all amendments
except TINT relating to the hou s during
which courts-martial may hold sessions, and
a 1urtner confere, ce was ordered. MI. Cobb
moved to suspend the rules and take from
Presumption and Timber-Cul re laws. He
said that no greater evil had been done to
the future of the country than had been
done through these laws. Mr.. Converse as
serted that more fraud had been comm tie |
under the Homestead laws. Mr.. Va. entine
people Of the West in protest. lg against
the r. peal of the limb r-Cu ture laws. Tue
demand for Their repea lie said, came from
the railways md cat lie kings. The mo ion
to suspend he rules was Il st. Mr.. Randall
slider the Sundry Civil bill for four hours
the time to be devoted to debate on the
clauses relating to silver susp .nsion and the
New Orleans Exposition. The motion was
lost 6y a vote + lib yeas to 149 nays. MIR.
Randall finally moved to suspend the rules,
stricken out, after two hours debate on the
New Orleans proposition. This was agreed
to, and after further discussion the bill
went over.
FEB. Reconsideration of tie Sundry
Clv Dill being resumed in the H use, an
amendment was adopt q pr"viitng that the
Expos ton shall be used, fiji t, IN the pay
ment Of indebtedness to persons Twin out
side OF Louisiana, n second, in the pay
ment OF premiums awarded. A motion to
strike out the entire clause was defeated.
Ine blll then passed by a vot OF 16 yeasto
1O7 nays. Mr.. Willis moved to suspend the
rules and pass q b IL approp,ialiny s5,O0O,-
00J, to be expended under the direction Of
the Secretary f AT, Tor the co .t.nuat on
a 1aSi eGm np e,i9 of works desig atsd IN the
propriales $4,000 for Galveston Harbor
and provides for the continuation OF the I'M
provements along Plum Point and Lake
Providence reaches OH the Mississippi r "
er. 1t was pass d " a vote Of 19J 10 8.
IN Senate's amendments to the lie isla-
rees were appointed.
FEB. 29.-In the House Mr.. Anderson Of
fereu all amendment to The rules pr.v!d,ng
that the Appropriations Committee shall
report an general appropriation bills not
later than May l during The long session
sion. The conter' nee reports III the A RI
cult!lra! and Army bills were adopted. The
Post-Ohce Appr priation bill was taken up
AID most OF the Senate's amendments were
concurred in. An exception was made,
however, against the amendment relative
to the compensation OF American steam
ships for carr! ing the mails. and a new
conference was apo. nted. Tne Naval bill
was leferred TO the Appropriations Com
init &c. The House then M,nt mo Conn
n!ittee of the W.ole on the Fortlficat.oAs
bill, which was passed after a lengthy dis
cussion. This is the last OF tie appropria-
ton bills.
These Congressman are each paid
salaries OF $4,000 Il year. There are
1926 of them, and about TWENTY-FIVE of
that number are worth their salaries.
Tho best could not make more than
half that by tho sale of their talents to
the world in any capacity, and if some
of them We're forced to live by the sweat
OF their brows outside of politics, l
imagine that many Of them would 20
on alow Diet a>hington Correspond
ent Of the C'crciand Lcadcy.