The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-07-16
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-

>ENATE.-Mr. Sawyer presented rne pc
tition of Pomona Grange No. 9, OF Fond
du Lac. in favor OF the oleomarsarine bill.
Mr.. Mcmillan presented a petition from f.
NJ. DIVER, secretary OF Z. farmers alliance
represe ntius 1000 farmers of Window
and Cottonwood counties, in favor OF the
same measure. Senator Wilson presented
"a letter from I. j. Dennison Of Carton
Wright county, Iowa, warning the senate
that the passage OF the oleomargarinc bill
was an absolute necessity il the republican
party WAS to carry Iowa this lal.
SENATE consideration oi Tia leai.
lative appropriation bill was concluded,
and the bill was pass q. TheH,uentlncnts
were agreed to- The amendments iucre;.s.
Ing he compensation ot the commissioner
OF pensions from 81, 900 To 81. 900 vas re-
!ected-24 to %. The vote was suhse.
quently reconsiderad and the amendment
agreed to without division. The like
amendment rs to the commissioner OF pat.
ents was agreed to-2I to 10. The amend
ment increasing the compensation OF the
solicitor :. OF the treasury from $1,000 to
81 300 was rejected.
Mr.. Edmunds bill, whose provisions
have not yet been clearly stated is as fol
lows: That subject to the provisions OF
this act, the president OF the United States
shall have the power and it shall be his
duty, to appoint the officers now appoint.
ed by and with the advice of the senate, ex-
ctpting heads of departments, assistant
secretaries in the various departments,
assistant postmaster general, assistant
attorney general ambassadors and other
public ministers and consuls, justices and
judges of the court OF the United States in.
cluding the supreme court OF the District OF
Columbia. the supreme courts OF the terri.
tories and the court OF claims, officers in
the military and navy service, collectors ol
customs in districts in which the gross rev.
enues collected in any one year exceed
-, the treasurer and assistant treasure T,
controller OF the currency. commits
sioner of internal revenue, controller OF
the treasury, commissioner OF customs,
register OF the treasury, solicitor of the
treasury, director of the mint, supervising
inspector OF steamboats,, supervising sur
geon general, solicitor general, chiefs OF the
several bureaus the navy department.
Sec 2. That each officer so appointed
by the president shall hold his office for
four years next after the eissuing OF his com
mission, subject to the provisions of this
act.
Sec 3. That any OF the officers so ap-
pointed by the president may be suspended
whenever the president or the head OF the
department in or under which the officer
said officer has been guilty OF malfeasancc
in office, or neslact OF duty or OF any Off.
cial or personal misconduct, rendering it
injurious to the public interest ior him
longer to hold such office
HousE.-A senate bill passed for an ad
ditional supreme court Justice in Montana
The senate amendment excepting the Gull
d Ship Island railroad from the provisions
OF the bill foricting the lands OF six south.
ern railroads was concurred in. The senate
amendments to the bill rcpealing the pre-
emption and other land laws were non-con-
Cured in. Consideration OF the general de.
tciency bill occupied the rest OF the day.
Mr.. Dockery, in speaking on the paragraph
relative to the navy department, said In
1856 there were 800 serviceable vessels in
the navy; to-day there were but 81 vessels,
and OF these the secretary OF the navy Ger.
titled only37 were serviceable. During these
20 years S419, 100000 had been expended
for the naval establishment, OF which 500.
ooo,o had been expended. for construc.
tion and repair.
The president returned to thehouse with
out approval the act granting pension tc
William Boone. 1t appears that Boone
who had never made application Tor a pen
sion to the pension bureau, enlisted il
August, 1862, was in action in Novembe,
OF the same year, and was taken prisoner
and at once paroled. During his parole
he took part in the Fourth ofJuly celebra
ton at Aurora, H., in 1853. and was ter
ribly injured by the discharge OF Il cannon
In reviewing the case the president says:
He is unable to discover any relation be
tween the accident and the military ser
vice. or any reason why if II pension il
granted as proposed By this bill, there
should not also be Il pension granted tc
any Of the companions OF the claimant
who CHANGED to be injured at the sam,
time. A disabled man and wife and famil,
IRE objects which appeal to the sympathy
md charitable feelings OF any decent man
but it seems to me that it by no means
follows that those entrusted with the peo
pies business and the expenditure of the
peoples money are justified in so executing
The pcnsion laws that they shall furnish @
means OF relief in erery case OF distress OIL
b.. -.'rt,'r
SENATE.-The senate resumed considera-
ton OF the river and harbor appropriation
bill. The following amendments, among
others, were agreed to:
Appropriatng 81 900, 900 for improving
New ork hdrbor, so as to secure thirty
loot chnnne! at the Sandy Hook entrance
OF the harbor, upon such plan as the secre-
tary of war may approve; appropriilting
5000, 900 Tor the improvement OF the Pc.
toinac river in the vicinity OF Washington.
In discussion on an amendment, Mr..
Beck declared
The trouble was that the country had
too much money. The country would suf.
tcr more by reason OF the amount otmorcy
In the treasury (and which was increasing
every year by taxation) than it would ii
the government had barely money enough
20 carry on its ordinary business. Onv
Sill 900 600 of the debt could lie paid Off
before September, 1891 and for that there
were 1921 900, 600 lying idle in the treas.
urY. Therefore he did not care whether
the bill appropriated ten, fifteen or twenty
millions, so long as the money was proper
ly spent. Let the money be spent this way
and get into the hands OF the people.
he president vetoed The senate hill for
the relief OF Martin l.. Bundy. The presi
dent says: The claimant who was IL quar-
tcrmastcr, after the settlement OF his ac-
counts, was found to be indebted to the
government Thereupon he put in claim
Tor forage for horses, more than sufficient
to offset his indebtedness. There is n o sug-
gestion that he had or used any horses, and
II he did and Jailed to make a claim for for
age at the time he settled his accounts,
then he presents a case OF incredible igno-
rance OF hs rights or wonderful lack OF
that disposition to gain every possible ad.
vantage which is usually found among
those who deal with the government. The
claim is not allowed, on the ground that
it would set precedent which could hard.
ly he ignored. and which, il followed, would
furnish another means OF attack upon the
treasury quite as effective as many which
are now in active operation
HousE.-The house went into committee
OF the whole on the general deficiency bin.
Messrs Bragg and Guenther offered
amendments. which were adopted, appro,
priating in the aggregate S76, 900 to pay
Judgments and awar Is recovered against
the United States for howage damage
caused by the Improvement the Fox and
Wisconsin rivers.
An amendment to the sundry civil bill
offered by Mr.. Grosvenor in the house and
adopted as amended by Holman and Her
bert. is likely to stir up some opposition to
the bill! in the senate. The amendment.
however, seems likely to correct an abuse
that has gone down to n custom in all the
courts Of the United States, and if all TINT
is claimed is true. it will result in sub.
stantal reduction OF the fees and mileage
oil marshals. Whenever an Indictment ia