Little Falls transcript., 1886-07-09
PROC CEEDI NGS OF CONGRESS,

adopted. The house recedes from it's dis
agreements. After long discussion, the;
senate insisted upon its subsidy amend
ment to the postoffice bill. The motion
was agreed to--33 to L.. The Democrats
| voting with the Republicans in the aftirna-
tive were Messrs. Brown, Call, Eustis, Cor
man: Payne and Pugh. Z 4s:,E;szT : Il.
The senate then, on motion OF Mr.,
Plumb, took up the presidents veto O. the
bill to quiet titles OF settlers on the Des
Moines river lands, and Mr.. Evarts ar
gued in support Of the veto, saying ''The
! objections to the bill were tersely and COM
| prehensively stated. An examination of
the subject: had satisfied him that the
| president was right in returning the bill
without his approval"
| HousE.--A. resolution was presented an.
| thorizing an Investigation OF alleged viola
tions OF the civil service law BY members of
the Democratic campaign committee, solic-
| iting contributions from congressman and
other employees of the government. Mr..
Randall introduced his tariff bill. Consid-
Grafton OF the sundry civil bill was renewed,
ana several attacks were made upon Land
Commissioner Sparks.
SENATE.-SenatorE Edmunds introduced a
bill which, ii it should become law, will
invest in the president the sole power OF ap-
pointing a large number OF officers, who are
now appointed ''by and with the advice
and consent OF the senate.'' Among these
are: "Postlnasters OF all classes, collect
| ors OF internal revenue, collectors of GUS
| toms and certain ports and all other Gus
| toms officers, all territorial officers except
| judges OF the supreme courts, all district
| attorneys and United States marshals, In
dian agents and district land officers.''
There was a singular scene in the senate
lew days ago. Mr.. Morrill, is confined
! to his house by a serious illness. Learn
ing that the open executive session resolu-
t'on was to be called up by Mr.. Hoar, he
sent for Senator Henderson, who is one of
the finest orators in the senate, and asked
il he would read his remarks, which had
oeen prepared some months ago. Mr..
Manderson consented. Spreading Mr.. Nor
rlll's manuscript before him he delivered it
with more energy and eloquence than usu-
ally marks the speeches of the father of the
senate. This is believed to be the first time
that speech was ever delivered for an ab-
sent senator.
| HousE.-The three reports OF the com.
mittee which invest gated the telephone
scandal were presented, the Democratic re-
| port being accompanied by resolution
| exonerating the attorney general and all
The other officials concerned. A Joint reso.
| luton was adopted providing for the ex-
| pendltures OF the government for ten days.
this being the close of the fiscal year. The
consideration OF the sundry civil bill was
resumed.
Mr.. Henley, from the com mmittee on In
dian affairs reported a substitute for the
house bill. providing FOR g. commission to
investigate and audit claims for Indian
depredatlons.
1t provides Tor commission of three per-
sons, to be appointed by the president,
confirmed by the senate, salaries to be
~, 900 per annum, and the commission is
to sit in Washington for the investigation.
They are allowed either collectively or sim
ely to travel into the territories and states
| where depredations have been committed
| to investigate the same
The report goes into the history OF In
| dian legislation from the earliest days of
the republic and says:
1t was estimated that for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1880, there was necessary
to carry our treaty stipulations with the
Indians 81 4,167, $50, instead OF making the
investigation and payment of claims keep
| pace with the payment of this sum, the
government went on paying it out and pay
ments have been so far made that in the
! fiscal year 1887, $2,625 ,44O only is neces-
| sary to carry out treaty stipulations, and
| OF this $l,400,OOO is final payment to
| the Sioux, leaving the annual charge now
only 1895 ,444. Whenever these annui-
| ties were paid to tribes that had commit.
| ted atrocities the government violated it's
| trust to the people.
SENATE.-Mr. Sawyer presented une ne.
tition OF Pomona Grange No. 8, of Fond
| du Lac, in favor of the oleomargarine bill.
Mr.. Mcmillan presented u petition from F.
| NJ. DIVER, secretary of . farmers alliance
represe nting 1000 farmers OF Window
| and Cottonwood counties, in favor of the
same measure Senator Wilson presented
letter from T.'J. Dennis6n OF Carton,
| Wright county, Iowa, warning the senate
| that the passage of the oleomargarine bill
was an absolute necessity if the republican
| party was to carry Iowa this fall.
| Mr.. kdmunds criticised the house for it's
| uniform delay in passing the appropria tion
bills, and said If congress could not bring
| itself into better fashions about this bus
mess he rather let the wheels OF govern
ment stop by refusing to pass this Joint
resolution. The resolution was amended
extending the time to fifteen days, and was
then passed. The senate resumed the con-
! sidera tion OF the legislative appropriation
bill. After a long discussion the paragraph
| for the Office work connected with
| the publication OF the records OF the Rebel
| lion was retained, but with provisions re.
| stricting the publication to Contemporaries
GUS events OF the war, and directing the
! publication OF the evidence in the Porter
vocate General Holt. The bill was report
| ed back to the senate. Some amendments
| were agreed to and others left for further
| action.
HoUsE.-Mr. Payson presented reasons
| why the Des Moines River Land Bill should
! be passed over the presidents veto, which.
| he said, was based on a total misapprehen-
! sion OF the facts OF the case and the end
| sought to be accomplished by the measure
The vote on the passage of the bill, not
| withstanding the objections OF the presi-
dent. resulted-yeas, 161; nays, o1-not
the constitutional two. thirds vote in the
affirmative. The following Democrats vot.
| ed in the af6rmative
Messrs: Allen MISSY Barksdale, Barry,
| Bland, Burnes, Bynum, Caldwell, Camp.
bell (Ohio), Carleton, Cobb, Grain. Cul.
| bertson, Daniel, Dockery, Etlridge, Fish.
err, Frederick, Geddes, Hatch, Henly,
Holman, Jones (Tex.) Kleiner, Laffoon,
+ Lanham, Lawler, Lowry, Matson, May.
bury, Mills, Morgan; Murphy, Neal, Neece,
sayers Skinner, Stewart (Tex), Stone
(Mo.). Tarsney, Taulbee, J. NJ. Taylor
(Tenn.), Til]man, Townshend, Van Eaton,
Warner (Ohio), Weaver, (1owa), Wellborn,
Wilkins, .Winans, Wise, Wolford and
Worthington. -
The republicans voting in the negative
were Davenport, johnson, Ketcham, Mil
Ter, Ramney, and Sawyer. The house then
went into COMMITTEES of the whole (Mr.
Reagan in the chair) on the sundry civil
appropriation bill.
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