The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-20
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.

MI. Van Wyok offered the following reso1r,,or
which was agreed to:
,n kfss9ly ed: Th., the secretary of the interior
Spnitsd States on Dec. 81, 1882, from The IWIitnn
5 5ac railroad, also what amounts have become
Ing Ing to aea ths . Iaie gate 1sie until gnan Dec ; g. 1884, accord
made between the United States and auid 'I road
IN Inc court Of claims; also whether the a,nn.i
in Ih e Thnr vas made Feb. 1. 1885. rs provided
vh ar sherman offered the following resolution.
winch was agreed to:
d,r nese,ye 90 mat the committee on Judiciary be
uhhooteu 70 inquire and report to the senate IA to
Whe.her legislation is required. and - s 1s IN 4
W tin, regard 10 the appointment Of courts mar
t tae ny tr ihe pfeguiatlon, proceedings and prac-
ana whether under existing laws an officer nav
" tired before a court martial appointed nv tho
anesSaa IN cases where the commander Of the
"ITuseu 1Lncer TO be tried Is not the accuser.
me bill passed authorizing the oonstruction
otM nrldge ACROSS the Mississippi at Memphis
tttIe Of se se,1isr then IN took 3oE up the bill to quite the
AZ = o CLOCK 1t was displaced by the bill for the
aeuempt1on OF trade dollars and suspension OF
standard dollar coinage.
Inc mousse made very little headwayito-day
WIN the enormous mass of business that is
being crowded into its last days. An hour
was spent in w~ranglins over the rules. 1t is re-
coraeo that the house actually passed three
DIS The latter part of the session was oc-
cupied In discussing the i%nterminable river
and harbor bill. The warmest personal tilt
In the history of this congress took place TO-
day between Reed of Maine and Hiscock Of
New YORK on the one side, and Breckenridge
Of Arkansas and Hunt of Louisiana on the
other. ~
In the House the 9th the legislative. execu-
tive and Judicial appropriation bill reported to
the house to-day recommends an appropriation
Of S2l,213,7o which is 81 ,0ss. ass less than
IN. m. estimates and 1912 9o2 less than the anpro-
Prlation foT the present fiscal year. The bill re-
auces the salaries of $50 special examiners in
the pension bureau, provided for at the last ses-
sion, from 81, 900 to 81 400 annually, on recon-
mendation OF the interior department. It also
provides that the president shall discontinue
the appointment and services of officers at ports
OF entry where Ter two successive years last past
the 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 bv fees
not exceeding 81, 500. The office of superintend-
ent OF foreign mails IS abolished and super
vision OF the foreign mail service is placed with
.ne secona assistant postmaster general. The
compensation 4 special agents in the internal
revenue service Is limited to Sc 4 day, except the
chief, who Is to receive SO a day. Judges OF the
court of claims shall prescribe a system of fees
similar to that in the United States circuit
eourts,and shall enforce their collections against
iltlgants unsuccessful in causes of action in the
court: The governor of Dakota is also author
lzed, IN conjunction with the presiding officers
OF the last legislature, to reapportion the terri
tory, first Monday in September, 1873, 5or within
ten days thereafter.
SENATE-After considerable time spent in I'M
important business, Mr.. Palmer spoke lnfavor
of the proposed woman suffrage amendment to
the constitution. The billt regulate the fees of
pension agents and attorneys passed. The bill
provides: No fee greater than $40 shall be re
celyed by pension claim agents, except that,
under special circumstances, subjectto revision
h " tho IpISCyn Sc n % t,o ...tx. - =,
writing may be made between applicants and
claim agents for a fee not exceeding s25. The
bill contains q clause specially forbiddins the
collection by claim agents of moretthan $40 on
claims filed between June 20, 1878, and July 4,
1884, and prohibiting government pension
agents from paying claim agents more than
$40 on such claims, even in cases of new con-
tracts.
In executive session, the following appoint
ments were confirmed: Joshua 4. Smith,
Mississippi, United States consul at Asuncion,
Paraguay; Robert Woodbridge, Ohio, agent
for the Indians at Lemhi agency, Idaho. Post
masters-Hattie Dennison, Vancouver, Wash
ipston; John T. Yoe. Dillon, Mont Miss Elite
L Poet, Upton, Iowa; Daniel B. Johns, Groton,
OAK. G. +. lngham, Alton, Iowa; Sylvester
Spencer, Sheboygan Falls, Wis.
Nominations-James A. Mcknight, Utah,
consul of the United States at ST. Helena; Ed
ward d. Thompson, Massachusetts, consul Of
Inc Unlteu States AZ Merida. POStmaSte.s-
Newton W.. Simmons, Boone, Iowa
HousE--Tho river and harbor bill was dis
cussed at great length without result The
house evening session passed twenty-six pen
sion bills, including one granting a pension of
$40 each to the minor children Of the late
Lieut.. Klslingbury and one increasing to $50
the pension of the widow of Commodore File
brown, and adjourned.
SENATE-A jointresolution passed accepting
from Mrs. u. S. Grant her husbands's swords
medals and other articles. The bill creating an
army retired list tor privates and ron-commis-
stoned officers passed.. Several private pension
bills were passed, upon one of which was en-
grated several provisions of the Mexican pen
sion bill, one increasing IS pensions to SIP a
month. The District Of Columbia appropria-
ton bill passed.
The chair named Messrs. Hoar and Pendle-
ton az tellers on the part Of tho senate III the
count of the electoral vote.
Senator Miller of New York, from the com
mittee on agriculture favorably reported the
bill to provide that the agricultural de partment
shall be an executive department under the
supervision of u secretary of agriculture.
Tie compensation of the secretary shall be
the sama az the secretaries of the other ex-
ecutiye of departments. An assistant score
tary of agriculture shall be appointed, at the
SAME salary received by the assistant secretary
of the interior. A chief clerk, at an annual sal
ary of $500, shall also be appointed. The
bill furthur provides for the creation of divis-
ions Of veterinary science and forestry in the
department.
House-The whole day spentin discussing the
river and harbor bill