Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-01-29
CONGRESSIONAL
SENATE.

washington, Jan. ZS-ln Gne htuate =
to-day Mi. Waltham presented the cree
dentials of j. z. George, reelected to
the senate from Mississippi. The Gre
dentials was received and filed.
Mr.. Ingalls,, from the committee on
Judiciary, reported favorably on the bill
relieving from political disabilities Geo.
s. Stems, of Texas. and on Mr.. ingalls,
motion tue bill passed.
Among the bills introduced was one
BY Mr.. Gall, at the request Of the gov
ernor of Florida, to authorize the secre-
tary of the treasury to settle and pay.
the claims OF the state of Florida on ac
count of expenditures in suppressing |
Indians.
IA two o'clock, Mr.. Vest took the
floor on the Dakota bill. He disclalmed
any hostility, personal or political, to
the people and claimed himself to be q
western man and proud Of his western
country and it's magnificent develope-
ment.
Mr.. 9satt submitted a resolution for
references to the Committee on rules, and,
it was so referred, providing that exc
cntive nominations should hereafter be
considered 10 open session.
Mr.. Piatt said he would not care TO
speak on the resolution If it should be
favorably reported on by the committee
on rules, but he will probably do SO If
adversely reported on.
The bill for the compulsory education
OF Indian children came up.
MIR. Teller SAID he recently met a lady
who built and organized free schools by
private contributions, furnished by
philanthropic people. Mr.. Teller
thought it a burning shame that in
d1vidual citizens should be required to
contribute to Indian educa-
ton, while the government
had itself undertaken the task.
If the secretary Of the interior were
empowered to take Indian boys and girls
aud put them into manual labor schools,
whether the parents were willing or not
those children would have constituted
hostages and would prevent further In.
q dian wars. Five hundred Apache chill.
dren placed in such schools would save
8 the nation millions of dollars.
! Mr.. Logan said if his (Logan's) propo
sltion, ten years ago, in this senate
had been agreed to. there
4 a,n,1S have I1n,, ,1 Tn,J,o, 800 ~,
that time. His proposition then vas Il
make 1t u penal offence for anybody to
!, sell gun powder or bullets to Indians
: That was what was the trouble in ouI
!, Indian affairs.
=, HOUsE.
! After q few private measures had beer
reported by the committees the house a
1880 went into committee of the Who'll,
on the private calendar.
= The committee of labor instructed
Representative James to report favor
ably OF the bill introduced by hin
!. making it unlawful for any officer, agen
; or servant of the government of tn,
a United States to contract with any per
! son or corporation or permit any oficia
of any state prison where criminals 0
the United States may be incarcerated
to hire or contract out the labor of sal,
criminals, and imposing a fine from
4 $500 to $1,000, or imprisonment from
. one to three years for a violation of tn
act.
Resolution offered by Mr.. Edmund
/, was agreed to directing the secretary o
the navy to transmit to the senat
e copies of drawings and report of tn
) receE: survey of the Nicaragua cana
o route, made by Chief Engineer Menocol