The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-06-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

SENATE.-By n vote 1872 to 21'the senate
referred the oleomar rgarine bill to the COM
mittec on agriculture, and it was q test
that showed the strength OF the friends OF
the measure The opponents OF the bill
wanted it sent to the committee on finance,
where it would have had the taxation Sec
ton stricken out or reduced to one cent q
pound. The committee on agriculture will
report the bill promptly very much as it
passed the house, while the committee on
! finance would not have shown any haste in
pushing the measure. ....
| HoUsE.-Mr. Kelly, rising to a question OF
privilege, called attention to the speech OF
| Mr.. Wheeler Of Alabama on Saturday, in
which the latter animadVerted on Edwin
NJ Stanton, and moved that the speech be
expunged from the Record, giving notice he
would call it up tomorrow. He said that
session had been set apart for private pen.
! sion bills, and was perverted to the basest
! OF ends.
Mr.. Cobb Und.) moved to suspend the
rules and pass bill repeating the pre-emp-
| ton, timber culture and desert land acts.
Messrs. Cobb and Payson supported the
bill and referred to the frauds which had
existed, as they averred, in entries OF land
under the acts which it was proposed to
repeal; Mr.. Payson declaring that during
| the past four years 80 per cent. OF
the entries had been fraudulent.
! The bill passed by n large
majority. By Mr.. Mahoney IN. W, a res.
! olution expressing the sympathy OF the
! house OF representatives with the efforts OF
Mr.. Gladstone and his associates TO secure
free parliament for Ireland. (Mr. Ma
! honey moved to refer the resolution to
the committee on labor, but the house re-
jected the motion, 206 to 1O3, and the
! resolution was sent to the committee on
foreign affairs.)
! SENATE.-Mr. Merrill from the committee
on finance, reported a bilf creating an as.
sistant secretary OF the treasury. He ask
| ed immediate consideration of the BILL but
| Mr.. Hoar objected. A resolution was OF.
| fered by Mr.. Dawes relating to bonded
whisky. The senate then resumed consid-
Grafton oil the bill for the relief Of the An
| napolis cadets. After a long debate it
was laid on the table. A bill was passed
| providing for commission of three per.
sons to be approved by the president, to
| investigate the truth OF alleged discoveries
| OF the specific cause Of yellow fever. The
senate postponed indefinitely the bill to
disqualiiy justices OF the United States SUI
| preme court from sitting on the trial OF
causes which had been previously heard
! before them at circuit.
HoUsE.-Mr. Kelley replied to the speech
OF Mr.. Wheeler against the late Secretary
! Stanton. Mr. Kelley opened by reading an
! extract from the speech of Mr.. Wheeler
and characterizing the attack as aconspir-
! acy OF midnight slanderers to attack the
character OF dead man. Mr.. Kelley ignor.
| ed the charges made against Stanton
| by Wheeler. except as to his relations with
| the Union generals. In regard to this point
he real letter written by Stanton TO his
warm friend and adviser, Rev. Harmon
| Dyer an Episcopal clergyman OF New York
| datad May Is, 1862, defending himself
| from the charge that he obstructed Gen.
! McClellan's plans, etc. He then read a
| short abstract from letter OF Gen. Grant
to show the high opinion in which that of.
ficer held Stantons character. He asked
the house to vindicate its orderS TO pro-
tect them against this conscious, deliberate,
| persistent invasion.
! SENATE.-Mr. Back called up his bill TO
! prohibit members OF congress from accept
| ing retainers or employment from railroad
companies which have received land grants
or pecuniary aid from congress.
MIR. Edmunds moved it's reference to the
committee on judiciary. Lost-21 to "a
/ after discussion, during which Mr.. Beck
/ said it would be as well to vote the bill
/ down at once, as to refer it to that COM
mittee. After further debate the bill passed
/ -37 to IL.
The nays were Brown, Cameron, Dawes,
u.
| Riddleberger, Sawyer, Sewell, Teller.
The agricultural appropriation bill
passed, and the consideration OF the North.
ern Pacific land grant forfeiture bill was re-
sumed. The senate refus eds to 32--to
j take up Mr.. Riddleberger's resolution favor
ing open executive sessions. A bill was in
troduced appropriating $6,425, 900 to in
crease the naval establishment.
HousE.-Little was done beyond discuss.
l.. II. n - a
appropriation bill, which was not COM
pleted.
SENATE.-The Northern Pacific forfeiture
4 bill WIS debated. Messrs George and Eus-
tis assailed the railroad company, and Mr..
Sherman defended it. MIR. George CON-
mented generally on the enormous quaint.
ty OF lard-170, 600, COO acres-given by
congress to the various railroad corpora.
tions from 1860 to 1875. II was a
larger area OF land than France or Ger.
many. The present value OF the railroad
grants, at the average price already
| realized by the companies, was $773, ,796,.
1913. The Northern Pacific company had
come to congress assuring it that the COM
pany had the power to build it's road with.
| out mortgage or incumbrance OF any sort.
4 Should senators go on and by criminal
neglect OF their duties allow this company
TO become the owner OF an area OF land
equal to two states? He protested against
any faithlessncss on the part OF congress-
He made this protest on behali of the mill
ions OF homeless people OF the United
| States.
j Mr.. Sherman admitted that the company
had forfeited the grant OF its land so faras
it had not completed its rond.
lie would not in any case vote TO forfeit
grant where the road had been completed
even after the time fixed orits completion.
Such proposition would be grossly ill-
equitable, because the rights OF third par
Lies had interyened. Congress did not on
ly not forfeit the lands in 1S79when ithad
On undoubted right to forfeit them, but
! allowed the company to 20 on and build
it's road, and the government had accepted
the road. piece by piece. as ii had been
built. The grant thus became complete
and absolute. and II would be great