The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-02-13

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majority OF You, by passing laws from po.. h.
doomsday, can create q value? Could >, aom ti
values by congressional fiat2 Could conaoe
say Let value be, and value would hes "frtssS
gress had already tried u. With aOOo 400 Dvh-
In the field congress had issued notes NJ s men
their value stamped upon them, vet Il hsS Ing
unable to keep those notes at half tbei, zen ssaa
value. This was race
NOT A PARTY QUESTION
He advocated the suspension az tba
coinage act, The laws Of business sb,r ssy e
silver mono-metalism were laborers thrsa ~
could not bide their time. Al apprebension VINO
listed in the business community of evils s,-
by Secretary MeCulloch as likely to follow snv
approach to monO-metalism on the basis 20 asnny
yer. There were laws Of mme thar eoSnis
not be set aside at the behest Of legislatnrs ou ~
be sure, the supreme court had said conoyass
could destroy every pecuniary obiigatinn -
pressed in awful money OF the United Ssa,an
Mr., Bayard did not wish to comment fn..La..
npon that most remarkable and startling decIs.
ion, but there was one thing congress and M
supreme court and all the armies THAT conla ~
raised could not do, and that was to craa,a -
maintain a value against the belief of the nerson
to whom rendered. Bayard believed tnat al
currency necessary for the United States ~ ~.
present time was here. =
The house made very little 10
with the enormous mass of business that 4
being crowded into its last DAYS. An bour
was spent in w%rangling over the rules Itisra-
corded that the house actually passed three
bills The latter part of the session was or
cupied in discussing the intermlnable river
and harbor bill. The warmest personal tlt
in the history of this congress took place H.
day between Reed of Maine and Hiscock a.
New York on the one side, and Breckenridge
of Arkansas and Hunt ct Louisiana ON the
other.
In the House the 9Th the Legislative execu
tive aud judicial appropriation bill reported to
the house to-day an appropriation
Of S2l ,213, Tul, which is 81, OSS, 46S less than
the estimates and S272, 9O2 less than the annro-
priation for the present fiscal year. The Bin re-
duces the salaries OF 100 special exanliaers In
IN" pension bureau, provided for at the last Sea-
sion, from 81, 600 10 $l.A00 annually, ON recon-.
mendetion Of the interior department.. 1t also
provides that the president shall discontinue
the appointment and services Of officers at ports
of entry where for two successive wears last rast
Tie revenues collected were less than the sal
aries and expenses of the office The president
may, however, appoint deputy collectors for
such ports, who shall be Compensated by fees
not exceeding 81 800. The Office OF superintend.
ent OF foreign mails Is abolished and super
vision of the foreign mail service is placed with
the second assistant postmaster general. The
compensation 1 special agents in the internal
revenue service l. limited 10 10 n day, except che
chief, who is to receive So a day. Judges Of the
court Of claims shall prescribe a system Of fees
similar 70 that In the United s. ates circuit
courtS,and shall enforce theiS collections against
litigants unsuccessful IN causes of action In te
court. The governor of Dakota Is also author
ICED, in conjunction with the presiding chicers
Ok the last legislature, 20 reapportion the terri
tory, first Monday i'll September, 13S, Dor within
! en- days thereafter
SENATE-After considerable time spent nun
important business, Mr.. Palmer spoke infayor
Of the proposed woman suffrage amendments
the constitution The bill to regulate the feesof
pension agents and attorneys passed. The bill
provides: No fee greater than $40 shall be re-
aa;rnI a, vnaofn a1afna oranfo N~nnnk &1aA M
under special circumstances, subject to revision
by the commissioner of pension, 8 contract in
writing may be made between applicants and
claim agents for q fee not exceeding s25 The
bill contains a clause specially forbidding the
collection by claim agents of more than $40 on
claims filed between jun 20, 1873, aud July 4,
1884, and prohibiting government pension
agents from paying claim agents more than
SO on such claims, even in cases OF new con-
tracts.
In executive session, the following appoint
ments were confirmed: Joshua A. Smith,
Mississippi, United States consul at Asuncion,
Paraguay; Robert Woodbridge, Ohio, agent
for the Indians at Lemhi agency, Idaho. Post
mastcrs-Hattie Dennison, Vancouver, Wash
ington; John T. Yoe, Dillon, Mont. Miss Elite
l. Peet, Upton, Iowa; Daniel b. Johns, GrOton,
Oak. O.. K. Ingham, Alton, Iowa; Sylvester
W.. Osborne, DARLINGTON, Wis. Charles A
Spencer, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A. Mcknight Utah,
consul of the United States at st. Helena; Ed
ward H. Thompson, Massachusetts,, consul OF
the United States at Merida. PostHisssefs-
Newton w. Simmons, Boone, o
HoUsE.-The river and harbor bill was dis
cussed at great length without result The
house evening session passed twenfy-six pen
sion bills, including one granting a pension Oh
$40 each TO the minor children or the lale
Lieut. ~Klslingbury and one increasing 70 yo
the pension of the widow of Commodore Fine
brown, and adjourned.
SENATE.-A joint resolution passed accepa-s
from Mrs. q. S. Grant her husbandss sWosas
medals and other articles. The bill creating an
army retired list for privates and ron-comnns.
stoned officers passed. Several prtyate penaion
bills were passed, upon one or when was -
grated several provisions Of the Mexican pen
sion bill, one increasing IS pensions 20 80
month. The District or Columbia apPAvPt~
ton bill passed M
The chair named Messrs. Hoar and Penuie-
ton as tellers ON the part of the senate y -
count of the electoral vote.
Senator Miller OF New York, from the con-
mittee on agriculture favorably reporssu !
bill to provide that the agricultural dePals - ths
1 shall be an executive department unaeL :
supervision Of a secretary OF agrlcuIsuihS -
The compensation of the secretary snah -
the same as the secretaries OF the otner "a
6cutive Of departments. An assistants ScVuhs
tary of agriculture shall be appointed - :
same salary received by the assistant 1890. ~
of the interior. A chief clerk, at an anuai 81
airy Of $500, shall also be appointed Lna
bill furthur provides for the creation OF uis n
ions Of veterinary science and forestry ~ =
department.
House-The whole day spentin discussing VIZ
river and harbor bill.