New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY,

ton to appoint Rev. j. G. Butler, D. D.,
of Washington chaplain. Among petitions
presented and referred to committees were
number from local assemblies OF knights
Of Labor throughout the country favoring
the building of the Hennepin canal.
Mr.. Ingalls, submitted Joint resolution
proposing constitutional amendment
providing that April 80 shall be the day
for the beginning of the successive admin
istrations of the government, instead OF
March 4.
A message from the hous~ notified the
senate OF the death OF Representative
Hahn OF Louisiana. On motion OF Mr.
Eustis, out OF respect, to the memory OF
the deceased, the senate adjourned. In
mediately after reading the journal the
house adjourned out OF respect to the
| memory OF Mr.. Hahn.
SENATE.-On motion OF Mr.. Van Wyck,
the house bill increasing the pensions OF
soldiers widows, ETC., was taken up Aft
er considerable debate and the rejection OF
several amendments, the bill passed as it
came from the house. 1t now needs only
the presidents signature to become law
1t Increases the pensions OF widows and de-
pendent relatives from IS to $12 month.
Mr.. Cockrell, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported favorably the bill to
amend article 1O3 OF the rules and articles
OF war, SO as to provide:
Noperson shall be tried or punished by
~ court martial for desertion in time OF
peace committed more than two years. be-
fore his arraignment, unless he may mean
while have absented himself from the Unit
ed States, in which case the time OF his alb
sence shall be excluded in computing the
period OF limitation.
HOUSEHOLDS were introduced to estab
lish postal saving banks; to punish dis
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transmission OF messages, and forbidding
those companies to sell new dispatches; a
resolution for constitutional amendment
prohibiting polygamy. The bill to closeup
the business OF the court OF Ala bama claims
passed. By vote OF ITO to ST, the rules
were suspended and a resolution adopted
fixing certain days for the discussion OF a
free silver coinage BILL
Mr.. Browne of Indiana, rising to privil-
eyed question in the house, offered reso-
luton proposing ADMINISTRATION Of charges
against Luther +. Warder, assistant door
keeper OF the house OF representatives, and
.. Q. Steeley, clerk to Speaker Carlisle.
both of Indiana, to the effect that the
former secured from citizens of Jefferson
vile. during the last congress, sums OF
money aggregati:ng 81, 25O for alleged SER
vices in securing an appropriation OF $780,
600 during the last congress for improv-
ing the levee OF Jeffersonville The reso-
luton was adoptad without debate and re-
ferred to the committee on reform in the
civil service.
SENATE.-Mr. Van Wyck offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on public
lands be directed to examine the nature
and extent OF the alleged use and destruc-
ton OF timber on the public lands adjoining
the line OF the Northern Pacific railroad,
particularly by the Montana Improvement
company, and what, if any additional leg
islation is necessary to protect timber on
the public domain, and that the commit
tee have power to send for persons and
papers.
The chair laid before the senate the new
electoral count bill, and Mr.. Hoar address
ed the senate on the bill at the conclusion
OF Mr.. Hoar's remarks the bill was passed
without a division.
just before the senate went into executive
session there was q lively tilt between Sen
ators Beck and Edmunds, which was very
much enjoyed by the spectators in the
galleries. Mr.. Edmunds having objected to
Mr.'.Beck' referring'to what had been done in
executive session in the Duskin case, some
sharp passages occurred between them, dur
ing which the acts OF the senate in executive
session were strongly limited at by
Beck as to alarm the other senators and to
prevent further exposure, the senate order
ed the galleries cleared and the doors
closed, and went into executive session.
The controversy was not resumed. In the
executive session Mr.. Conger moved to re-
consider the vote by which r. F. Dement,
was recently confirmed to be surveyor
general OF Utah. The motion to reconsider
suspends the action Of the senate in the
case, and Dement'S nomination will be
hung up until the motion to reconsider is
disposed OF.
HOUsE.-After numerous reports on vari-
Gus bills, the Indian appropriation bill
was discussed, and Mr.. Wellborn OF Texas
made a strong speech in favor OF the civil
ization OF the Indians.
| SENATE.-The following bills passed. A
bill providing for a commission OF five per-
sons to investigate the alcoholic liquor
traffic, its relation to revenue and taxa
| ton, and its general, economic, criminal,
moral, and scientific aspects; providing for
| the study in the schools OF the territories
and the District OF Columbia OF the nature
| OF alcoholic stimulants and narcotics; to
remove the charge OF desertion from the
! against soldiers who re-enlisted in the late
war without having received discharge
from their first regiment, providing the sec
rotary OF war shall be satisfied that the re-
enlistment was not to secure bounty.
The debate on the resolutions censuring
the attorney general was resumed, and Mr.
Spooner spoke in support OF them. At the
close OF the speech Messrs. Edmunds,
Evarts Hoar and Others gathered around
the young Wisconsin senator, and paid the
highest sort OF compliments. Mr.. Evarts
said afterward that Mr.. Spooner's argu-
ment on the distinction between the power
to suspend and the power to remove Of
fcials, and his exposition of the constitu-
tionalty OF the tenure OF Office actexhaust-
ed the whole subject OF debate, and he
should not speak.
| In executive session the Senate confirmed
John Woessner, Texas, consul at Satillo;
| v. 0. King Texas, secretary Of the legat ton
and consul general at Bogota; Brig. Gen.
Alfred II. Terry, major general; Elid B.
Bannister, Indiana, Indian Inspector
| HoUsE.-After various bills had been re-
ported from committees, the bill authoriz-
ing the court OF claims to investigate other
than war claims was discussed, as was also
the Indianappropriation bill. The banking
and currency committee OF the house had
n conference with Treasurer Jordan at his
residence. The principal subject OF discus
| sion was, as to the best means OF keeping
| silver in circn1atiOn as 1Ono "a pocSihJo