Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-12-18
MIDNIGHT TOlLERS.
Congressmen Keeping Late
Hours and Rushing Bills
Through with Velocity
Miles City and all Other Like
Conditioned Towns will
Have
Free Postal Delivery When
Grover the Great signs
the Bill, Ira la la.
Forty-Ninth Congress.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Senate
passed the bill to repeal the tenure of
office act by vote of 80 to %.
On motion of Mr.. Miller, and after q
brief statement by him, the Senate
took up and passed without discussion
and without division the bill for the
retirement and recoinage of trade
dollars.
The House bill to extend the free
delivery system to the postoffice de-
partment passed by the house on the
9th inst, was taken up and passed. 1t
provides that letter carriers shall be
employed for free delivery at every
in corporated city, village or borough
containing population of 5000, and
may BE- 30 employed at every place
containing q population OF not less
than 1000 according to the last gener-
al census, or at any pOstoffice which
produced gross revenue for the pre-
ceeding fiscal year of not less than
81 900. 80
The bill, passed by the House on the
9th inst. authorizing the employment
of mail messengers In the postal SER
vice, was taken up, amended and
passed and concurrence asked.
Mr.. Aldrich introduced Q bill to
provide for the reduction of the inter-
est on the bonded debt Of the United
States. Referred. 1t authorizes the
secretary of the treasury TO receive
4 and Al per cent. bonds, and to issue
in exchange for them "a per cent.
bonds, payable In 1907, but not to be
subject to be called In and paid 90 long
as other higher interest bonds are out
standing. The q per cent. bonds to
be available as deposits for bank circu-
lation.
On motion Of Mr.. Mcmillan the bill
for the appointment Of an inspector Of
hulls and boilers In Duluth was taken
up snd passed.
=. ~. HOUSE.
Mr.. Belmont, of New York. intro
duced bill which was referred to the
committee on foreign affairs, that the
president be authorized TO appoint O
commission to take testimony In rela.
tion to losses and injuries inflicted
since the 3lst Of July, 1885, by the
officers of the Imperial or Colonial
government upon citizens Of the
United States engaged In the fisheries
on the coasts of British North
America.
The House then resumed considers
tion of the sundry civil appropriation
bill, all of the amendments Of the
committee of the whole were agreed
to and the bill passed.
The House took Q recess until 7:3(
O'Clock, the evening session to be fol
the confederation Of pension bills.
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WAsHINGToN, Dec. l7.-The report
of the committee on Indian affairsre
commending the granting ofthe right.
of. way through the Fort Berthold and
Blackfoo reservations to The Manito-
ba, states that these reservations were
provided for Temporary hunting
grounds, and not permanent Indian
homes; that the portions to be tra-
versed are not occupied and that they
serve only a. an impediment TO tbs
progress Of civilization. The oofn-
mistee 10. supported by Commissioner
Atkins and Secretary Lamar. The
Manitoba tracks are laid to the reeer
vstion boundaries, and some grading
is done beyond. ';7sa
A committee of the consolidated
cattle growers association Of th'
United States, to further measures b
fore Congress for the eradication Q
pleufe-pneumonla, hes perfected q bll
which will be introduced In the Sen
ate by Warner Miller, and In th<
House by Judge Carey, Of wyoming
on Monday, and then be given to tn
country. ,s - ~
Supplemental estimates were trans
mitted to Congress to-day by the SEQ
retary Of the treasury, requesting tina
for bettering the service OF the bust
ness Of the. land ofIlee, provision b
made in the sundry civil bill ior an cd
ditlonal chief Of division Of the board 0
review, at salary Of 5000. and tha
new division, to be known as th,
contest" division, be created, to b
CON posed OF one chief at o salary o
$1,000, and six members at salary o
5000 each. A letter from the com
missioner Of the general land ONCE I
transmitted With the estimates, II
which he shows the necessity of botl
OF these divisions. Hessys that st ti1
end es the fiscal year .l2;77O oonksst
remained unaetsa upon by ths emo
bessnie Of i!nsdsa sagstS clerIital forcs'