The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-03-25
CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY,

oil Washington chaplain. Among petitions
presented and referred to committees were
number from local assemblies OF knights
Of Labor throughout the country favoring
the building OF the Hennepin canal.
Mr.. Ingalls, submitted u joint resolution
proposing n constitutional amendment
providing that April 80 shall be the day
Tor the beginning OF the successive admin
lstrations OF the government. instead OF
March 4.
A message from the house notified tho
senate Of the death OF Representative
Hahn Of Louisiana. On motion OF Mr..
Eustis, out OF respect to the memory OF
the deceased, The senate adjourned. I'M.
mcdiately after reading the journal the
house adjourned out OF respect to the
memory 81 Mr. Hahn. Hsr
SENATE.--On motion OF Mr.. Vsn Wyck,
che house bill increasing the pensions OF
soldiers widows, ETC., wus taken up. Att.
er considerable debate and the rejection Of
several amendments, the bill passed rs it
came from the house. 1t now needs only
the presidents signature to become law.
1t increases the pensions OF widows and de.
pendent rel;ssivos from IS to $12 month.
Mr.. Cockrell, from the committee on mill
rary affairs, reported fnvorably the bill to
amend article los OF the rules and articles
OF war, 80 as to provide:
No person shall be tried or punished by
D. court martial for desertion in time OF
peace committed more than two years be-
lore his arraignment unless 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, 6a3 OF
the Revised Statutes who served six
months in the military or naval service
during the war of the rebellion, and who
was hono,rably discharged who is or shall
become disabled from any cause not tho
result OF his own gross careessness. shall,
| upon making known the facts, be placed
upon the pension roll, and receive a pen
sion during the continuance OF such dis
ability Mt a rate proportional to the de-
gree OF disability. such pension to COM
nence at the date OF filing OF the applica-
ton. The highest rate OF pension granted
under this section is fixed at S24 for total
incapacity to perform manual labor.
Mr.. Cuiiom spoke in support of the sen.
ate's claim to official papers on file in the
departments, and Mr.. Maxey addressed the
senate on tho other side. Mr.. Dolph criti.
cised the president for the removal OF ex-
Union s"ldiers. 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 f. Warder, assistant door
keeper OF the house of representatives, and
0. o. Steeley, clerk to Speaker Carlisle
both OF Indiana, to the effect that the
former secured from citizens OF Jefferson
vile. during the last congress, sums OF
money aggregating $1,25O for alleged SER
vices in securing an appropriation OF $780,
900 during the last congress for ilnprov-
luton was adopted without debate and re-
ferred to the committee on reform in tho
civil service. "a ~ .5rr.
SENATE.-Mr. Van Wyck offered tho fol-
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That thecommittee on public
lands be directed to examine the nature
and extent OF the alleged use and dcetruc-
ton OF timber on the public lands adjoining
the line OF the Northern Pacific railroad,
particularly 10y the Montana Improvement
company, and what, ifany 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. .~sE, ''zs
The chair laid before the senate the now
electoral count bill, and Mr.. Hoar address
ed the senate on the bill. at the conclusion
OF Mr.. Hoar's remarks the bill was pissed
without a division.
The unfinished business being the Ed.
munds resolution, reported from the Judi.
ciary committee. was then laid before the
| senate, and Mr.. Do1ph resumed the floor
and continued his remarks in favor OF the
majority report OF the committee.
just before thesenate went into executive
session there was a lively tilt between SEN
ators Beck and Edmunds, which was very
4.
galleries. Mr.. Edmunds having objected to
Mr.. Beck reierring,t 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 senatein executive
session were so strongly limited at by
Beck as to alarm the other senators 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 Utuh. The motion to reconsider
suspends the action Of the 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 yari-
Gus bills, the Indian appropriation bill
WIS discussed, and Mr.. Weilborn OF Texas
made a strong speech in favor OF the civil
ization OF the Indians.
SENATE.-Thc following bills passed: A
bill providing for q commission OF five per-
sons to investigate the alcoholic LIQUOR
traffic, ita relation to revenue and taxa
ton. and its 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
OF alcoholic stimulants and narcotics; to
remove the charge OF desertion from the
records OF the adjutant general OF the army
against soldiers who re-enisted in the late
war! without having received discharge
from their first regiment, providing the sec
rotary Of war shall be satisfied that the re-
enlistment was not to secure n bounty
The debate on the resolutions censuring
the attorney general was resumed, and Mr..
Spooncr spoke in support Of them. At tho
close aof the speech MessIs. Edmunds,
Evarts, Honr and Others gathered around
the young Wisconsin senator, and paid the
highest sort,of compliments. Mr.. Eyn-ts
said afterward that Mr.. Spooner's argu-
ment on the distinction between the power
to suspend and the power to remove Of
ficials. and his exposition OF the copstitu-
| tionalty OF the tenure OF office act exhaust
ed the whole subject OF debate, and he
should not speak. ; ;sH5s
In executive session the Senate confirmed
John Woessner, Texas. consul at Saltillo;
V. o. King, Texas, secretary OF the legation
and consul general at Bogota; Brig, Gen.
Alfred II. Terry, major general; Elid b.
Bannister, Indiana, Indian Inspector
HoUsE.-After various bills had been re-
ported from committees, the bill authorize
ing the court OF claims to investigate other
than war claims was discussed, as was also
the Indianappropriation bill. The banking
and currency committee Of the house had
q conference with Treasurer Jordan at his
residence. The principal subject OF discus,
sion was, as to the best means Of keeping
Treasurer Jordan favored making the
banks the circulating agency, instead oftho
treasury. He thought this would secure
the longest and cheapest circulation.