The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-12-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

sENArE-After the reading Of the presi.
dents message, the presentation of the re.
port OF the secretary of the treasury and
business OF minor importance, the fol-
lowing bills were introdaced prcsi-
dental succession bill, bankrurt rtcy
bill; to construct railroad and tele.
graph line from the Missouri river to
the Pacific ocean; regulating the count oil
votes for president; fixing the salaries al
Judges Of United States district courts at S..
900; for the admission of Idaho as a state:
ffipR lands in severalty to Indians; to
setss - 0lipqgishment by the Sioux oi
title to t6el. l1is Tor the cons true.
tioa Of IN hA1IapnepfH s.ldli; Sofepeni. the
pre.emptiOn, 6fseallture and desert land
laws; restoring some OF the Northern Pacif.
c lands to the United States; for the nd.
mission OF Washington Territory into the
Union; to provide a permanent reservation
Tor the Indians in Northern Montana; to
Orieit lands granted to Iowa to aid in the
construction Of railw ays; Tor a national
board OF education; for the retirement oj
the trade dollar.
A resolution was introduced opposin,
tariff reduction.
HOUSE. worthy Of note wa.
done. the time being occupied by the read.
ing of the presidents message.
SENArE.-bills were introduced for the
deposit in the treasury OF tlercccipts Of the
money order systom and for the payment
of its expenses out OF appropriations to
secure cheaper telegrs Jhic correspondence:
to prevent the diffusion OF contagious dis.
eases; fot the readjustment of the compen.
satlon OF fourth-class postmasters: by Mr.,
Mcmillan for the relief Of minnesota swamp
land settlers.
A joint resolution was introduced for
the extension OF suffrage to women.
Resolutions were adopted calling upon
the postmaster general for information
concerning the operations Of Chairman
Brown, OF the Maine Democratic state
committee, who il charged with having
ment of postmasters, and calling upon the
president for the correspondence with
Italy and Austria respecting Minister
Kelley.
The bill introduced in the senate by Mr..
Van Wyck, providing for the taxation OF
unpatentetl lands owned by railroad com.
pnilics, requires such companies to pay the
cost oi surveying and locating lands within
sixty days after the passage ofthis act, or,
that in default thereof, the lands shall bo
subject to entry under the homestead and
,.rc.cmption laws, and liable to taxation.
HoUsE-Mr. Springer offered his revised
code Of rules for the government OF the
house.
After a long debate, a resolution that
until rules were adopted the house be
guided by Jefferson's Manual, as modified
by the parliamentary practice OF the bouse
Of representatives, was adopted.
The speaker appointed a committee on
rules.
sENArE-Bills were introduced to repeal
the act providing for the settlement Of
claims Of officers and soldiers for private
cial travellers from license taxes; for
the establishment OF an international
tribunal to settle all disputes among
nations; to establish postal telegraph; to
open the Oklahoma lands to set tlcmcnt; to
reimburse the depositors OF the Frccdman's q
Saving and Trust company for losses;
making an additional article OF war pro.
hibiting and Furnishing gambling in the
army; repeating the statute OF limit
atoms on the allowance Of pension arrears
Senator Platt's bill makes it a misdc-
meanor for any officer OF the state or a
municipal corporation to interfere, in any
way. with . commercial traveller selling
goods in q state in which he or the mer-
chants he representa-, il not a citizen.
Senator Plumb's bill to improve the eff.
cheney Of the militia authorizes the sccre.
tary OF war, on the application of any
state or territory, to recall unscrviceabie
ordinance or ordinance stores issued to the
militia, and to replace them with the kinds
supplied to the regular army.
'senator Plumb's bill making another
article Of war provides:
Army officers serving with troops, orany
soldier not on furlough. who gamblcs, or
any officer OF thearmy whether ornot serv.
ing with troops also by gambling shall win
money from an inferior officer shall he
court-martialetl, and that any post trader
who permits gambling in his establishment
shall have his appointment revoked, and
it makes it the duty OF every commanding
officer to enforce the provisions OF the act.
House not in session,