The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-03-05


he effort to secure the passage of amendments
'ade dollar bill of the house providing
suspension Of silver coinage, attempt
measure Ho admitted that
recent action there was
secure the suspension Of
md appealed to the senate to
posed amendment and pass the
retire the trade dollar. This
! motion to proceed with the bill
tho time for the presentation of
against the government, which was car
RED by vots of.il to 81. Subs ,luAntly tho
very bill which displaced the silver bill WAS
iald aside for pension, BILL thus indicating
realize that it is useless waste of timo to fur
ther debate the silver question.
The house substitute for the river and har-
tcr bill appropriailug S1MDNN was laid be-
ftre tbs senate, and having been road onte Mr..
Cameron (Wis) objected to it's second reading;
- bill lies on the table, not having beon re-
ferred to o committee.
The unanimous consent to take up the bill
for the relief of Ie.ita Tyler Semple, lal5 5htor
of tho late President Tyler The bill would
give her pension Of s;5o a month. The lady
!amed was now blind and dependent on charity
In the city of Washington.
Mr.. Riddleberger objected. He saw no roa-
son for pensioning presidents daughters.
Mr.. Cockrel! also objected. He thought it
crinS against the people to pass such bills. 1t
was die beginning Of a civil ponson list
vote on tho bill resulted, yeas IL, nays II.
HousE.-Mr. Willis presented the river and
harbor matter and succeeded in passing it un-
der suspension OF the rules.
The bill approprates $1,000 600, to be expend-
ed Under the direction and with the approval Of
the SECRETARY of war for the continuation and
o1nplenon of work ks designated in tho last river
and harbor law. The bill contains tho follow
ing provisions: That the work at Galveston
harbOr shall be treated as if the sum
OF $25O00O had been appropriated by
the , bill last year. Any money which
shall be allotted under this act for the
Improvement of the Mississippi river below
Cairo (oxcept 80 much thereof as shall be nee
essaly to prevent works in progress from
waste and injury shall bo expended in contin-
nation and completion of the works at the
Plum Point and Lake Providence reaches, to
~. the improvement of the river may be fully
tested; and money allotted to the Miss;s sippi
r1ver shall be expended by the secretary of war
va III accordance with plans approved by him.
'parts of the Union that have boon pro-
or in the sundry civil bill that won't
tho senate.
bill fixes the limit in four cases. The
,.-.4s, Tex, building is not to cost over $780,
O0;- Jefferson City, NO, not over sl3? 900;
st Joseph, Mo-, not over 500, 00O; and that of
Minneapolis not over $5OO, ,OOO.
SENATE-A substitute of thcrivor and harbor
)l Was road second time, and r,fcrred to
he committao on commerce, which, on request
Mr.: McMi lllan, got permission to sit during
IONS Of tho senate.
.el offered resolutio1 That the
.nittee on finance be and hereby is instruct
to prepare and report to the SON.
proper bill to provide for the immediate
speAsiOa OF the coinage of standard SILVER
liars, and for the resumption Of such coinage
nanrVar tho commercial V3luA Of t}lp St,i.t Il l,l
lollnr aforesaid shall rise to within 5 per cent
If par with the stauuaLd gold dollar OF tho
United States. The resolution WAS laid
)ver. The senate then on motion of Mr. Viii
karned lands granted to the state of Iowa to
lid the construction Of the Sioux City K st.
Paul raoad. The bill as passed by the house,
's such unearned lands forf.iel; re-
the attorney general to institute legal
proceedings to ascertain and determine, tlcr
quantity, and provides that actual bona tile
iettlers already on the lands shall have prefer
'nce Of ontry ut tho LAND Office, etc
1a;cn Mr. M6MIan Ia n;M oER9hsoid it, It. 1t was rrop-
rejudco, sought to do violence to public pri-
-ate rights. The grant haG! been not to a rail-
Dad company, but to the state Of Iowa, and
vas an entiro grant Pending debate Oh this
ill, house bills providing for tie erection of
ublic buildings at various places were taken
lp and passed.:
The dohato Oh the Sioux City Il St. Paul for
enTe bill was resumed. Mr.. Hoar said cti-
~ar Massachusetts had invested sSYs',I1u at
~ cont in that enterprise. He thought
-uch men were entitled to Justice at the hands
# the senate. The lald was all those people
gould have for their money. They wore en-
tiled to lands coterminous with the completed
1ortion of the road.
IousE-A long debate took place on the late
ilvor letter of President Cleveland, the for,if-
alton bill being under consideration. Tie
4obate was Of d partisan character and of little
lccount>
sENATE-After business of unimportant nature.
le sundry civil appropriation bill was consid-
red. A resolution was offered requesting the
resident Of the United States to negotiate with
,rcign powers to secure treaties binding the
ations to open their mints to the free coinage of
liver
senate committee on appropriations
'. ,cked out of the sundry civil bill the
- inueapolis building appropriation and the
lause fixing the limit of its cost at 5000
90. When the clause was reached in The
,ate this afternoon Senator Sabin took up
udgel for Mr. Washburn and saved his
l. Beck scored the item numerically,
1e vote was 80 to 20 The appropria-
$4,000 for Fort Smelling and $75,-
)r San Antonio passed. An approDria-
of $3.50, 900 to complete the Deer Lodge
1itentiary in Montana was stricken out by
ground that last year Gov. Crosby asked
received $1 -, 900, representing that this
4 finish the building The Yellow
x appropriation of SAC, 900 was
I'd in as it came from the honse
lmittee inserted in the bill an appro-
OF $3O,OOO to complete the COM
ry depot in St Paul, and this was con-
red in. A protest was NJ by Senators
- Wyck and Harris against Ping Charles
seod and q. W. Scoville for defending
eau. The items were SO 900 for Reed
$4,000 for Scoville. No action was taken
,lnmittee of the whole, but notice was
that amendments would be offered
vote was taken. The committee
ed the bill to provide for the continu-
TO- joint commission of three SEN
lree representatives to consider
--nt organizations of the signal serv-
~ - u and geodetic hydro
ueparJ.>-nts, provided for last ses-
Power was granted to sit during the
and report by the third Monday in De-
IL, by bill or otherwise. The present
lent Of the senate and speaker of the
-. authorized to fill the places of
Terms expire with the present
resolution was offered refusing to
----"-~in the Inauguration ceremonies, be-
he representatives had not been
.4ed their proper place. It was lost. The
n voted, notwithstanding Republican fill
tn toll fhn fnTS <11 1nfi~r