Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-12
CONGRESSIONAL.


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/ the bill extending the eight hour law to let
ter carriers. The bill passed. On motion
/ OF Mr.. DOlph the senate resumed COnsidera-
/ ton Of the Northern Pacific land forfeiture
[ bill. A long debate followed, and at u
o'clock the matter went over until UO-mor-
row, and the bankruptcy bill was placed be-
/ fore the senate After Mr.. HOar, by unani-
nous consent, had secured some verbal
amendment to the bill, Mr.. George moved to
I strike out all the sections that provide for
I involuntary proceedings in bankruptcy.
Mr.. Plumb offered the following resolution,
which was referred to the committee on lu-
/ dietary: Whereas, there Is now pending be
T fore the judiciary committee of the senate,
D senate bill NO. l6IJ authorizing the use OF
| public moneys IN building branches OF rail-
/ road for the Union EacInc railroad and
/ there is also pending before the same com
/ mittee senate bill No. 1886, authorizing said
! company to construct branch lines bymeans
/ OF stocks and bonds Issued on the same, and
there IS also pending before the senate, sen
/ ate bill No. 200, providing for extending
/ the payment of the debt owing by said com
| pany to the government for long period of
/ time; whereas, it was charged on the floor
/ of the senate, on Friday, May 2Sth, that said
Union Pacific railroad company had issued
a large amount OF fraudulent stocks and
/ bonds which are still outstanding, adding
| to the burdens of the people who do bust
! ness over said road; ResOiUed, That 1t is the
sense OF the senate that the legislation
I affecting said railroad company should
I not be considered until said charge con
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and bonds be thoroughly inVssti-
/ gated, and the committee on the judiciary
/ of the senate is hereby directed to cause
I said charge to be investigated, and to make
[ that purpose Is empowered to send for per
/ sons and papers and administer Oaths, and
| the expense of said investigation shall be
4 paid ont of the contingent fund OF the
/ senate. Mr.. Plumb called up the confer
| ence report on the pOstOfhce appropriation
/ bill, and on ms notion the senate insisted
/ on It's amendments and reappolnted Messrs.
I Plumb, Beck and Malone as the conference
/ committee on the part of the senate. On
motion of Mr.. Plumb, the senate then took
I up the bill to prevent the acquisition of real
( property by aliens. Mr.. Plumb SAID ne
would prefer to have had a bill in some re-
| speCt more restrictive than the present one,
| but the bill represented the views of the
committee on public lands. The bill was
/ passed. Adjourned.
| In the senate June 2nd, after the routine
| of business, the Northern Pacific forfeiture
I bill was informally laid aside TO permit
I Brown to address the senate on the bank
ruptcy bill. Brown said that of the 6JOOO,-
| 600 people in the United States not 100000
/ desired the bill. 1t was desired by bankers,
] brokers and creditors generally as well as
/ by lawyers. 1t was good bill for these,
I but bad one for the remainder of the peo-
I pie. Consideration of the Northern Pacific
/ forfeiture bill was then resumed. The ques-
/ ton pending was Van Wyck's proposed
amendment providing for the forfeiture
not of the lands Ofthe Wallace branch alone,
/ but the lands appertaining to such
I branches of the road as shall not have been
| completed at the time of the passage OF this
ct. Call said it was the conviction and
determination of our people that all unearned
/ grants be forfeited. Some 100000 acres
I OF grant to the Northern Pacific company,
/ not having been earned, should be forfeit
/ ed. The senate adopted an amendment
l proposed by Mr.. Plumb, on behalf of the
/ committee on public lands, providing for
D IN IA
| OF surveying TO purchasers. Mr.. EVarts
submitted an amendment to exclude I'M
surveyed lands, which was agreed tC. Mr..
HOar's amendment h6r5UOFO ore submitted
was then brought up for consideration. 1t
/ provides that no more than 60 acres of
/ land sold under the provision of this act
! shall be purchased by any one person. or
] shall thereafter be acquired or owned or
/ held in trust tor any one person and any
/ title or interest acquired IN violation thereof
. shall be forfeited to the United States with
| cut any act OF entry or process what
{ ever. After debate and without
action upon the amendment the senate went
into executive session and soon adjourned.
/ In the senate on June Sd, the chair pre-
T scented several messages from the president,
I vetOing private pension bills. They
{ have been already published Dawes pre-
scented a petition from the city council OF
! Gloucester, Massachusetts, praying for re-
taliatiOn on the government for the seizure
of American fishing vessels. The bill pro-
D
I lands was taken up. Mr.. Plumb while
sympathiZing with the purpose OF Mr. HOar' s
amendment, limiting purchases under the
act to $40 acres feared 1t would emD arrGss
the operation of the bill. He suggested that
Mr.. HOaE withdraw his amendment and en-
body it IN q separate bill, with properly de-
tailed provisions, IN which form he would
support it. He Plumb did not believe that
any man ought to own more land than he
could reasonably use, and he would pledge
himself to vote Tor any bill that would make
a reasonable limitation on land holding, so
I as to prevent speculation IN land.
The committee on Indian affairs. reported
back the resolution of Mr.. Wilson, OF Iowa,
calling for an investigation of the matter of
appointment of Indian traders, with a
recommendation thai q special cOnMlLlee
of five senators be appointed to make the
investigation, agreed to. Mr.. EVarts called
no the bill TO indemnify the Chinese for the
losses incurred by the riots at Rock Springs
Wyoming. After reading letter from the
secretary of the interior, giving lntOrInatlO
of the delay Ia acting upon pension appeal
! cases, because OF pressure OF other business
Mr.. Edmunds, of Vermont, submitted an
amendment to the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, which, on his
/ suggestion, was referred to the committee
| on pensions. The amendment IS as follows
! ''IO enable the secretary OF the interior "a
speedily dispose of the appeals from the
| commissioner of pensions to him IN pension
! cases, the president of the United States 1i
) hereby authorized to, and by, and with the
not exceeding seven special assistants to the
secretary of the interior for the cOnsldera-
ton Of such cases, at a compensation moi
exceeding SO per day for a period not eE
Ceeding tW elve months. Adjourned.
In the senate on June 4th, Mr.. ingalls,
offered a resolution which, on objection by
- Mr.. Beck, went over till tomorrow, calling
on the secretary of the interior to inform
the senate whether a certain circular haC
Z been issued by the commissioner OF the
! general land Office with the approval OF the
secretary of the interior. The resolution
recites in full the recent circular to register
! and receivers Of land Offices, stating that nC
! new application for entry under the pre-
/ / emptiOn, timber culture or desert land acts
p The resolution directed the secretary Of the
interior to inform the senate by what act 4
was claimed that congress had delegated q
the commissioner of the general land Ohio
or the secretary of the interior power to su5
g.. pend by executive order throughout tn.
Z United States the presumption timber cul
tur5 and desert land acts. and to deny Clt1
p said acts. The Chinese indemnity bill wa
p next taken up and passed by q vote of 30 q
10. The bill authorizes the president TO as
. certain the actual loss sustained by China
i men by the riot at Rock Springs, Wyoming
{ in September, 1885, and to pay such losses
The amount appropriated by the bill TO
2 that purpose is $4,000. Adjourned.
In the senate on June 9th, Mr.. IngaI'
4, resolution was presented, calling on tn
secretary of the interior for information a
to the authority for the issuance OF the re
- cent order of the commissioner of the gen
: plicatiOns for public lands under the pre-
q empGon, timber culture and desert Ian.
:, acts. Ingalls, arose and made bitter attac
!. on the course which the general officers ha
OF late pursued. The resolution after con
= siderable debate, was finally agreed tC
u After passing 90 private pension bills Lh