New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-05

~SENATE.-The Fourth of July claim bill
passed with an amendment to REIN burse
the estate OF Ayres P. Morrill, of Mississippi
SGT, 900 for supplies to the United States
army during the war.
In executive session the senate took up
the case OF Judge Pollard ofMontana, who
was reported adversely from the judiciary
committee and was the subject OF a
long debate last week. He is accused OF
various fraudulent practices, and the Dem
ocrats decided that they could not afford
to make fight for his confirmation, after
an examination OF documentary evidence
submitted by Mr.. Edmunds, the greater
part OF which was certified copies of the
records OF the courts of Jasper county, Ind.
Pollards nomination was therefore re-
iected by an almost unanimous vote.
HoUsE.-Mr. Van Eaton, from the COM
mittee on public lands, reported a bill to
grant the right OF way through the public
lands OF anycanal orditch company formed
Tor the purpose OF irrigation.
The house commit ne on coinage report
ed a bill to redeem the trade dollars. The
measure reported is substitute for the sew
eral bills on this subject introduced during
the present session. The provisions OF the
measure are: For six months after its
passage trade dollars shall be received at
their face value in payment OF all dues to
VIC O1lCeu OtdCeS, anu shall nOU De again
paid out or issued in any other manner.
Holders OF trade dollars on presentation
OF the same may receive in exchange there
Tor an equal amount OF standard silver
dollars. The trade dollars SO received by
the United States treasury officials shall
be transmitted to the coinage mints and
recoined into standard silver dollars.
When the paragraph OF the river and
harbor bill was reached appropriating
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Mississippi from St. Paul to Des Moines
rapids Mr.. Gilfllan OF Minnesota moved
an amendment providing that $4,000 OF
the amount should be expended at the dis
cretlon OF the secretary OF war for con-
tinuing tests at Adams fume. Mr..
Gilfillan made fve-minutes' speech
explaining the character and purpose
OF Adams tlume, the amount already ex-
pended upon the work and the results ex-
pected to be accomplished. AS the propos-
eel amendment does n OF increase the amount
OF the appropriation, the river and harbor
committee made no objection to it, and it
was agreed to. All the items providing ap-
preparations for northwest rivers were pass
ed, and the amounts reported by the COM
mittee were adopted in every instance.
SENATE--The senate took up the pres.
ident's veto of the bill ''to prevent the de-
secratlon OF graves" The bill provides
that the unclaimed bodies OF deceased
paupers in the District OF Columbia might
be turned over to the medical colleges OF
the district. The president takes the
ground that the bill is detective and offers
no proper safeguard. After short debate
the senate refused to pass the bill over the
presidents veto-yeas 6, nays AS.
HoUsE.-Mr. Hatch, on behalf OF the COM
mittee on agriculture, called up a resolu-
ton setting apart May Ii for the consider
alton OF business presented by that COM
mittee. Mr.. Hatch stated: The measure
upon which action would be asked was the
oleomargarine bill. Though it was a reve-
nue. bill, the committee on agriculture would
attempt to confine the amendments to the
subject matter OF the measure and not al
low them to extend to the tax on spirits
and tobacco. The resolution was adopted.