The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-06-10
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS- Is s.

being attorneys or employees OF railroad
! companies that have had grants.
from the United States Mr.. Beck said:
There had been much elimination and
+ bers OF congress- being employed BY rail.
!. road companies. The bill was Intended to
l, see 4 q remedy could be provided for the
Z trouble. q
The bill makes IL unlawful fo,rrs any mem.
Der Of either house to accept employment
(. as attorney or payment for services OF any
a kind, from any railroad company or any.
officer or agent thereof, which obtained its
= charter or any grants OF land or pecuniary
i aid from the United States. Violation Of
4 its provisions is made q misdemeanor,
punishable by q fine not to exceed IS, 900,
: or Imprisonment not more than one year.
Mr.. Miller called up and the senate passsd
the billlextending the eight-hour law tol let
K ter carriers. Tho postofice depar bment
had ruled that the letter carriers were not
entitled to come under the provision OF
4 that law. I'll IA MI Id !.
The anti.alien land holders BILL passed
the senate. It was introduced by Senator
Plumb, early in the session. u
sENATH.-The Northern Pacific land grant
forfeiture bill,was considered. During the
debate itzwas stated that an English syn.
dictate had offered $500, 100000 Tor the
Gcompany's lands at $3.50 an acre.
Mr.. George stated: Tho average sales Of
I land by that company had been within Q
traction OF 81 instead OF 50. so. The whole
cost OF the road had been estimated by
\ the commissioner OF railroa dsat $685. OO,-
900, while the land was ~, 600 Ooo acres,
600. Dedlcting from the sum the cost Of
the road, there was left 500, 100000 Tor
!; the projectors OF the road. - = ,5, 81.
se The railroad land taxation bill was also
discussed. Mr.. Evarts submitted an
amendment to exclude: unsurveyed lands.
Agreed to. Mr.. .Hoar's amendment was
then brought up. It provides:
More than $40 acres OF land sold under
the provisions Of this act shall be pur-
chased by any one person or shall thereafter
+ be acquired or owned, or held in trust for
any one person, and any title or interest
acquired in violation thereof shall be for
fcited to tho United States without any
other act or entry or process whatever.
SENATB.-After a long debate on the dis
pute with Canada on the fisheries, -the bill
to tax railroad grant lands passed, and
was substituted for the house bill on the
same subject, and committee circumference
ordered. Mr.. Edmunds submitted an
amendment to the legislative, executive
pointment OF seven assistants to the secre-
tary Of the interior to expedite cases APP
pealed from the pension bureau.
~ HoUsE-The oleomargarine bill passed,
III to 1O1Aafter sbeing so amended as to
reduce the tax from 10 to cents per pound.
The fate OF the! bill in the senate is very
uncertain. It is doubtful whether it will
( be taken up by that body during the pres-
emit session. The current belief is that the
bill will be materially amended in its tax
alton features before receiving favorable
action in. the senate.
SENATE.-A resolution was offered call.
ing on the secretary Of the interior for in
formation MS to the auth GRITTY under which
sthe land commissioner issued IN executive
order suspending land entries. The con-
Asular and diplomatic bill was debated.
i The bill to indemnify Chinese subjects for
losses sustained in the Rock Springs
S(Wyo.) riot passed 80 to 10. The sena-
1 tors voting in the negative were Messrs.
Beck Berry, Cockrell, Coke, Eustis, George,
4 Harris, ,maxey, Mitchell (Or.), and Vest.
The-bill authorizes the president to ascer-
tain;the actual losses sustained by China-'
) men by the riot at Rock Springs, Wyo., in
I September, 1885, md to pay such losses
pose 1851 so, 900. 5tf552s.5 I, Il
Mr.. Ingalls, offered resolution OF the fol-
lowing import, which, on objection by Mr..
Beck, went over. 5 ~ 4. $50 SIS Il
sI5z StliulS Oh Illt bcCEcOhEy VI Gue luIeTlOC 20
inform the senate whether q circular had
been issued by the Commissioner Of the
general land office with the approval Of the
secretary Of 4 the interior, suspending
Sland entries pending legislation by
congress on the report OF these acts.
The resolution directs the secretary Of the
interior to inform the senate by what act
lit was claimed that congress had delegated
to the commissioner OF the general land
nffipe fhn ~ ~ tho into n,
the officers jointly, the power to suspend,
by executive order, the operation through
out the United States OF the pre.emption,
4 timber culture and desert land acts, and
to deny the citizens Of the United States
1 their rights under said acts.
81 HoUsE.-Ths civil service reform com
mittee reported resolution discharging Z.
F. Warder; assistant doorkeeper, for i'm
i proper conduct in securing an appropria-
willie (Ind.) levee. A substitute resolution
{ was adopted by the house, cenauring
4 Warder but not discharging him. A bill
was introduced striking from the free list
Il certain kinds OF fish and increasing the
/ duty on others; being aimed at Canada.
5 sENATE.-Mr.I Ingalls, called up his resolu.
tion in the senate calling Messrs. Lamar
and Sparks to account, and was proceed
ing in his peculiar and haunting manner to
= AOlu ful6ult up pupAV tCOAOuul6ly ttIlu
scorn, when Mr. Cockrell came in. The
latter gentleman interrupted to ask what
was going on. Mr.. Ingalls, having q razor
edge on at the time, replied rather sharply,
and the Missouri senator said: 5ss5s 4
81 1.-THE senator might have answered q po-
lite question. 3# s.s is; " 8.
The senator from Missouri is incapable
I OF asking a polite question, = retorted In
s gals. II Il; 5t5;.. ~ "a
3 And the senator from Kansas is inca
pable OF answering gentleman, !" said
Cockrell, growing red in the lace.
Il. ~ shall never have the opportunity OF
doing so as long as the senator from Mis-
souri is asking question: replied Ingalls,,
\ the bilious hue Of his countenance growing
yellow. VI al 81 53i sssg$
Then he pursued his argument, detailing
with yividness the! suffering OF the settlers Of
3 the West and Northwest from Sparks ex.,
traordinary and cratic conduct. The
resolution was adopted almostunanimous.;
I ~, and then Ingalls, sauntercd over and
4 laid his hand upon Cockrell's shoulder.
9 The latter looked up and became crimson
{ Ingalls, passed some remark, and the SEN
5fator from Missouri rose and finally sm lied.
Two minutes after they were sauntering
\ arm in arm across the floor Of the Sc nate
HoUsE.-The bill extending the bonded
\ debt OF the pacific railroads seventy years
was considered through out the day. The de
bate was marked by q fierce attack by
M. Crisp Of Georgia upon Mr. Holman.
Every ear was strained to hear the con.
4 troversy, and Holman, who was nervously,
playing with his spectacles, arose and Shrek
ed outa question: Crisp afull fnce and white
+ bald head had been growing redder and red
I der, until his countenance resetnbled a
turneresque view q Venice, and his power
y full voice fairly came back in echoes from
the glass ceiling as, utterly ignoring the
great objecto he cried:
q And these men talk oi attorneys II
either one Of them insinuate, suggest sor in,
intimate that ] am an agent or torney,y
i or counsel Tor, or in any way nterested in
my railroad hurl it in his teeth as un.
qnalifiedly false. Il VI
AS he periorfised this dental operation