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


$40 to bury hlm, but when a m,Il,osa 81
died mere the house appropriated g,s.
30, uoo TO Slo,o0o to bury him. Contra
who went upon these funeral ex s;;,sas.en
not recover their spirits for the rast - ua
session. He had heard such renlarss & = .,s VIZ
DO You know so and so?'i ssOb va ~ slFss; a's
Jolly good fellow. went in A funers1 .4.st ns
him. Here he looks to be very ou;et IN ~
you would be surprised to find how ioi,.use KY
is when he gets away, and what -
game OF cards he plays, and the nupbs. bsoos
drinks he takes. o
The amendment was rejected. Tba w.
ure OF the discussion was a bitter asssas. 'sas
by Mr.. Findlay, Democrat Of MAJ Sasas9
upon his party for attempting 10 cnnrsNl' S.rau'
act the good effects OF the civil service le.
SENATE.-Mr. Whitthorne smoke Il
OF Mr., Frye's bill ito pronota ,,al.a,r - ,as0r
progress and commercial prosperitv .ss,saa - ts
American nations" He made an i !. we
and iorcible argument to the effect tbs y
was the duty OF every American ~ '..s' =
port the policy sought to be inauo,,ra ssg' ~
by the bill, supporting his position bv tsa ".
ITee use oi statistics. Closer relations w;th
the South American countries IL a..a "ssh
should be cultivated The armv n ' sasu'
priation bill was passed precisely ppso' al
ported from the senate committea pL
following bills also passed. nv
Authorizing the removal OF the South.
Indians in Colorado to Utah. defn;nn ~
service OF asteYedore to be m afitin8e sas,s
and establishing lien in favor 81 snah
service; authorizing vsssels engaged n tow'
ing to crry as many passengers ~ ~
supervising inspector may think necessarv
HoUsE.-The debate on the civil sarv,..
provision OF the legislative bin was eas s.e
cluded, and the chairman ruled the nrov;a,
ion out of order. A motion to strika ont
the appreciation for the civil service co,a
mission was lost-18 to 75.
SENATE.-The Northern Pacific forfeitn,a
bill was taken up, and Mr. Call concluded
his remarks in support OF the propositior
to forfeit all lands not earned within tbe
time prescribed by congress. Mr.. Mitchell
tOr.) offered an amendment TO exclude
from forfeiture the lands cotermiqous with
the completed portion OF the wCascade
branch. He said:
ii the company could not complete the
Cascade branch the farmers and producers
OF the Pacific Northwest would have to IA
main at the mercy OF the Oregon Railway
and Navigation company. Mr.. Mitchell
discussed the pursly legal aspect OF the
question OF the right OF the government to
forfeit.
Mr.. Van Wyck Of Nebraska said:
We had built the lines to the Pacific
and all the patriots" who came to con-
gress with propositions to build those lines
professed to be actuated By a desire to have
competition, first with the ocepd line
and then with the railroad lines. Che first
thing the companies did, however Mas to
combine with ole another to destroS the
railroad competition, and then combiiet0
ha,x raI f1sAf fbn ~
line. II congress had right to
forfeit the land for breach Of the
conditions under which it was granted
congress had a right to date the forfeiture
from the date of the breach OF conditions
only taking care OF the rights OF settlers
Congress ought now to forfeit everything
which, it had a right to forfeit on the fth0l
July, 1879. He referred TO the high
sounding resolutions" of both political
parties passed every four years about
railroad forfeitures and reserying the pub
lie domain for actual settlers, and con-
trasted these resolutions with the
fact that neither party ever accom-.
plished anything. There being a difference
of opinion in the senate as to what Should
be forfeited, Mr.. Van Wyck would be prepar-
ed TO take the largest measures Of iorlelt-
ures that the senate was prepared 70 pass
Mr.. Mcmillan or Minneso ota SAID;
He ewould vote against the amendment q
Mr.. Van Wyck, for the reasons stated by Ar;
Sherman and Others. He (Mcsiianl saia
that the passage OF that amendment would
be doing great injustice TO the people q
Washington Territory. The matter went
over.
Senator Mitchell Of Oregon introduces
Joint resolution directing the secretary q
the navy to appoint a commission 81 ehIe.
competent officers to examine the coasa
north of the 42d parallel OF north iatituos
in Oregon and Washington Territory any
Alaska, and select asuitable site ior ahs',
yard.
HoUsE.--A large number Of Dlls 2, y. y
particular interest were introduced anu en'
other proceedings were nnlmporcan0'