Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1886-02-19
The Cinnamon Of Snohomish City,
Washington Territory Re-
sist Eviction.
John B. Cough, the Well Known
Temperance Orator, Passes
from Earth.
The Bill for the Relief Of Fitz John
Porter Passed the House e
Yesterday.
Western Railroads Cutting Rates to
the Pacific Coast News
Notes.
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THE EDUCATIONAL BILL STILL FURNISH
ING FOOD FOR DEBATE.
WASHINGTON, February 1S.-The educa-
tional bill was again taken up, and Mr..
Plumb offered an amendment, providing
that as to the territories, not the secretary
of the interior, but the legislatures of the
several territories shall have the adminis-
tration Of the money Agreed to.
Mr.. Teller moved an amendment to his
bill to include the Indians in it's provisions.
Rejected. s
Mr.. Morgan offered an amendment pro-
viding that the fund going to the territories
should be based on a census taken in 1887.
Mr.. ingalls, said that the north, the north
west and the west did not want this bill;
on the contrary, they opposed it'll The peo-
pie Of Kansas Indignantly spurned the as
sumption that they desired a donation
from the national treasury to sustain their
common schools. ...' \,
After considerable sparring on both
sides, Mr.. Evarts took the floor, and re-
marked that he was heartily in favor Of the
bill, But oTlsit if the senate
| desired to come to a vote.
Mr.. Blair said that if Mr.. Evarts was
going to make speech somebody would
be sure to move an adjournment.
[Laughter.] @..
laughter, in which Mr.. Evarts heartily
joined, and the senate went into executive
session, and soon after adjourned.
& HOUSE.
THE FITz JOHN PORTER BILL PASSES.
The Fitz John Porter bill was discussed
without any result being reached until the
morning hour, and the house went into a
committee Of the whole, with Mr.. Springer,
Of Illinois, in the chair, on the Fitz John
Porter bill. Mr.. Phelps, of New Jersey.
spoke in favor of the BILL as did Mr.. Curtin,
of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Warner, Of Ohio,
also favored the bill. Mr.. Bragg, Of Wis
consin, closed the debate in support Of the
bill. Mr.. Ernhart, of Pennsylvania, moved
to recommit the bill with instructions to
strike out the words, Prior to his appoint
ment under this act" so as to make the
proyiso read, "Said Fitz John shall receive
soeyer." Mr.. Reid, suggesting that this
gave an opportunity for vindicating Porter
without any question Of money, demanded
the yeas and nays. The motion to recon-
nit was lost, yeas liz, nays 17S.
Mr.. Bragg, of Wisconsin, who had de-
manded the previous question, withdrew
the demand, and again took the floor in
support Of the bill. After speaking some
time, he said that the gentleman from
Michigan (Mr. Cutcheon) had taken the re-
port of the second battle Of Bull Run and
read the number Of killed and wounded on
the 18th Of August for the purpose of
showing that there had been a general bat
tie. If the gentleman had been disposed to be
ingenious, he would have stated that the
heading Of these reports was /" Casualties
between August 10Th and September 3D.
Mr.. Cutcheon declared. that he had so
stated in his speech.
Mr.. Bragg You took table Of figures
from a heading that covered almost a
month, and you have published it in your
speech as evidence Of the losses on the
10Th, and your republican constit titnents who
do not read any thing but your speech, in
a republican newspaper will think that a
historical evidence Of the war.
Mr.. Cncheon declared that the heading
of the table showed precisely what twas.
Mr.. Bragg declined to yield, and Mr..
Cutcheon asserted his right to reply, as he
had been misquoted.
Mr.. Bragg advancing to the bar Of the
house)-I state what you said. I state
what the figures are. AZ 5$ s85
aNow,1 exclaimed Mr.. Cutcheon, also adj
vancing into the space in front Of the
speakers desk, You are trying to ram a
falsehood down the throat Of the house
lApplause OH the republican side
Il draw my own inference as to your pur-
poses,D cried Mr.. Bragg, aand (defantly) I
will repeat them il you desire. !. Applause
on the democratic side.
At this time there was good deal Of con-
fusion and7excitement in the house, and 1t
was with difficulty that the voice of either
gentleman could be heard, but as the
speaker raped the house to order, and
stated to Mr.. Cntcheon that he must not in
terrupt Mr.. Bragg without permission, the