Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-03-26
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY.

the building OF Che Hennepin canal.
Mr.. Ingalls, submitted a joint resolution
proposing q constitutional amendment
providing that April 80 shall be the day
for the beginning OF the successive admin
istrations OF the government, instead o!
March 4.
A message from the house notified tho
senate Of the death OF Representative
Hahn OF Louisiana. On motion OF Mr..
the deceased. the senate adjourned, I'm.
mediately after reading the journal the
house adjourned out OF respect to the
memory oi Mr.. Hahn.
sENArE.--On motion of Mr.. Van Wyck,
che house bill increasing the pensions OF
soldiers widows etc, was taken up. Att
er considerable debate and the rejection of
several amendments, the bill passed as it
came from the house. 1t now needs only
the presidents signature to become a law
1t increases the pensions OF widows and de.
pendent rel,gtives from So to $12 month
Mr.. Cockrell, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported favorably the bill to
amend article 103 OF the rules and articles
OF war, SO as to provide:
No person shall be tried or punished by
n court martial for desertion in time OF
peace committed more than two years be-
AOIt HIS UIllcSS he may mean
while have absented himself from the Unit
ed States, in which case the time Of his abb
sence shall be excluded in computing the
period OF limitation.
The pension bill reported to the senate by
Mr.. Blair provides:
Every person specified under the several
clauses enumerated under section 4, 633 OF
the Revised Statutes who served six
months in the military or naval service
during the war of the rebellion, and who
was honorably discharged, who is or shall
become disabled from any cause not the
result of his own gross carelessness, shall,
upon making known the facts, be placed
upon the pension roll, and receive q pen
sion during the continuance OF such dis
ability at a rate proportional to the de-
gree OF disability. such pension to COM
mence at the date Of filing OF the appic;a-
ton. The highest rate OF pension granted
under this section is fixed at SPA Tor total
incapacity to perform manual labor.
Mr.. Cullom spoke in support Of the SEN
ates claim to official papers on file in the
departments, and Mr.. Maxey addressed the
senate on the other side. Mr.. Dolph criti~
cised the president for the removal OF ex-
Union soldiers from Office.
Mr.. Browne Of Indiana, rising to q privil-
eyed question in the house, offered a reso-
luton proposing an investigation Of charges
against Luther +. Wartler, assistant door
keeper OF the house Of representatives, and
0. 0. Steeley, clerk to Speaker Carlisle,
both Of Indiana, to the effect that the
former secured from citizens OF Jefferson
money aggregating $3.50 for alleged SER
vices in securing an appropriation OF $780,
600 during the last congress for inprov-
ing the levee OF Jeffersonville. The reso-
luton was adopted without debate and re-
ferred TO the committee on reform in tho
civil service.
SENArE.--Mr. Van Wyck offered the fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on public
lands be directed to examine the nature
and extent Of the alleged use and destruc-
ton OF timber on the public lands ad Looming
the line OF the Northern Pacific railroad,
particularly by the Montana Improvement
company, and what, If any additional leg
islation is necessary to protect timber ON
the public domain, and that the commit
tee have power to send for persons and
papers.
The chair laid before the senate the new
electoral count bill, and Mr.. Hoar address,
ed the senate on the bill. at the conclusion
OF Mr.. Hoar's remarks the bill was passed
without division.
The unfinished business being the Ed.
munds res olution reported from the Judi.
ciary committee. was then laid before the
senate, and Mr.. Dolph resumed the floor
and continued his remarks in favor of the
majority report of the committee
Just before the senate went into executive
session there was lively tilt between SEN
ators Beck and Edmunds, which WAS very
much enjoyed by the spectators in the
galleries. MIR. Edmunds having obi ected to
Mr.. Beck g referring,to what had been done in
executive session in the Duskin case, some
sharp passages occurred between them, dur
ing which the acts OF the senate in executive
session were SO strongly limited at by
Beck as to alarm the other senator's and to
prevent further exposure, the senate order
ed the galleries cleared and the doors
closed, and went into executive session.
The controversy was not resumed In the
executive session Mr.. Conger moved to re-
consider the vote by which r. F. Dement,
was recently confirmed to be surveyor
general OF Utah. The motion to reconsider
suspends the action Of tho senate in the
case, and Dement'S nomination will be
hung up until the motion to reconsider is
disposed Of.
HoUsE.-After numerous reports on vari-
GUS bills, the Indian appropriation bill
was discussed and Mr.. Wellborn OF Texas
made a strong speech in favor OF the civil
iZation OF the Indians.
SENATE.-The following bills passed: A
bill providing for q commission OF five per-
sons to investigate the alcoholic liquor
traffic, it's relation to revenue and taxa
ton, and it's general, economic, criminal,
moral, and scientific aspects; providing for
the study in the schools OF the territories
and the District OF Columbia OF the nature
e MI - b. b.
remove the charge of desertion from the
records of the adj utant general of the rmy
against soldiers who re-enlisted in the late
war without having received a discharge
from their first regiment, providing the Sec
rotary OF war shall be satisfied that the re-
enlistment was not to secure a bounty.
The debate on the resolu tions censurng
the attorney general was resumed, and Mr..
Spooner spoke in support OF them. At the
close OF the speech Messrs. Edmunds,
Evarts, Hoar and others gathered around
highest sort of compliments. Mr.. Evarts
said afterward that Mr.. Spooner's argu.
ment on the distinction between the power
to suspend and the power to remove OF.
fcials and his exposition of the constitu-
tionalty Of the tenure OF office act exhaust
ed the. whole subject OF debate, and he
should not speak.
In executive session the Senate confirmed
John Woessner, Texas, consul at Saltillo;
V. 0. King, Texas, secretary OF the lega tion
and consul general at Bogota; Brig. Gen.
Alfred H. Terry, major general Elid B.
Bannister, Indiana, Indian Inspector. H.
HoUsE.-After various bills had been ~.
ported from committees, the bill authoriz-
ing the court OF claims to Investigate other
than war claims was discussed, tss was also
the Indian appropriation bill. The ba nkina
and currency committee OF the house had
conference with Treasurer Jordan at his
residence. The principal subject of discus.
sion was, as to the best means OF keeping
silver in circulation as long as possible
Treasurer Jordan favored making the
banks the circulating agency, instead OF the
treasury. He thought this would secure
the longest and cheapest circulation.
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