Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-08-06
U0NGR ESSION All,


count Of damag sssto their lands ~ oycr.
flow caused by government dams. 81 ii @
On motion tho 9nats proceeded to the
consideration ofpriYe*s pension bills which
have been favorably reported. Fifty we're
passed, including ons granting q pension to
the widow OF Gen. Durbin Ward. IA bill
was passed authorizing the construction OF
hotel on government land ct Fortress
Monroe. Several public building bills pass
ed, including the following: Increasing to
$1,000 the limit of cost to the building
tia Crosse. Wis; appropriating 1886, 900
for the purchase OF additional land near
the public building ut Brooklyn N. Y;
500, for % public building at Charlotte,
N. c.; authorizing tho construction of q
public building at Owcnst oro..Ky.
bill was passed appropriating $3.50.
900 for the establishment OF q military
poet at or near, Denver. Colo. :. =
SENATE.-Most Of thu day was spent in
secret session. Mr.. Wilson presented in
Richland, Iowa. asking that the bill grant.
ing pension to James .. Haworth, late
OF Company H, Third Iowa Infantry, which
was vetoed by the president, be passed
notwithst anding.
Mr.. Malone. from the committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds, reported favor
ably McMillan's senate bill increasing the
limit OF the cost OF the Minneapolis post
Office building.
The senate passed the following pension
bills: Morris L. Mintour Eighteenth Wis.
consin; Mary NJ. Gillian, widow of James
Gillian. Eighteenth Iowa: also a pension
OF $50 month to Lizzie Wright ONLY sur.
vivins daughter OF George Wright; also to
Joshua Armstrong, dependent father oil
John Armstrong, late OF the Seventh cav
airy; also to Elizabeth Collins widow OF
w. II. Collins, Sixth Minnesota. A bill al.
80 passed to pay to F. w. Haldeman, Of
Avoca Iowa, 5000 for services performed
during the war. Bills also passed to place
on the pension rolls the name OF A. N. But.
Ter, Twenty-seventh Iowa. The senate
passed bills to place on the pension rolls
the name OF Jacob Mix, who served as a
captain in the Brown county (Mnn y mill
tia during the attack OF the Indians upon
New D''n in '62, and was severely wounded
III the urn; Irene Cookins, widow OF Oscar
Cookins Seventh Minnesota; and Barbara
Fuchs, mother OF John Fuchs, Sixth Wis
consn.
In secret session the senate disposed OF
five oi its contested nominations. The
case 81 Thomas Hanon to be collector OF
the Seventh Indiana internal revenne dis
trict hen brought to Il vote, was rejected
by tie. The nomination OF Morris Thorn
III OF Baltimore to be an Indian inspector,
after an hours debate, was confirmed
by il vote of thirty-four to twenty. two.
Postmaster Rossvtta OF De Kalb, Illinois,
wah unanimously Rejected His oifense was
the writing and publication OF an obituary
OF Gen. Grant, in which the hero was al
iuded to rs q tyrant and compared with
julius Cesar. The remainder OF the ses-
sion WAS chiefly spent in debate upon the
nomination OF three territorial judges, one
each for Montana, Utah and Washington
Territory. The first two were confirmed
House. After substituting the house bill
Tor the senate measure by q vote OF 174 to
IS, the house passed the Northern Pacific
only speech upon the bill was Mr.. Pay
sons, advocating the substitution OF
the house measure for the senate
After the vote on the substitute, little in.
tcr"st was shown in the result by the friends
OF the senate BILL and the house stampeded
to the support OF the bill. Mr.. Payson
asked for conferences on the bill, and they
we're granted by the house. 1t is generally
agreed that no agreement can be arrived
at with the senate this session, and that
the bill will 60 over until the next.
sENATE.-The fertilization bill was dis.
cussed atlength aud passed. Senator Viii.
son OF Iowa, from the committee on post.
Offices, reported favorably O bill to amend
the revised statutes so as to authorize the
postmaster general in his discretion, to
allow third class postmasters q rensOnac
BILE sum out OF the surplus revenues OF their
Offices for rent, fuel, clerk and Other
necessary expenses.
HousE.-The house went into committed
OF the whole (Mr. Blourt il the chair) O,
the senate amendments to the sundry civil
appropriation BILL The amendments were
considered without discussion, and tho Sec
concentrations OF the committee on appro
Eriations were agreed to until the ella use re
lating to silver certificates was reached.
Mr. Bland offered an amendment proviti
The certificates shall be Issued ON all the
tandard silver dollars in the treasury anc
paid out on the expenditures and oblga
tions OF the government, and when receiv
ed in the treasury shall be reissued
Rejected, 81 to 81. and the clause va!
agreed to in the shape recommended b,
the committee on appropriations.
Action OF the house ON the silver
certificates indicates that very deci dec
change in the sentiment in tho house OF
this question has taken place within thu
past few weeks US the Bland proposition
which was defeated Was inserted in tn
bill by an overwhelming vote, its oppo
nents not having sufficient strength to or
der q roll call.
"esST5. 1OWuSLeHu hNu CODD LOOK Jill
same ground, and the Int ter reiterated tn
assertion which he has made before upol
the floor, that 80 per cent. OF the entrie
in the Northwest were fraudulent. Thu
aroused the Indignation OF the representa-
lives Of that section. and Mcssrs. Ryan
Perkins, Dorsey and Nelson vigorously dc
MED the correctness OF the assertion.
When the senate amendment to the sun
dry civil bill striking out the provision fol
extra special land agents for Mr.. Sparks
was under consideration in the house Mr.
Nelson OF MINI. attacked the proposition
for increase in q iivc-minutes speech. H
characterized the special agents as, j
many cases, drunken political hummer
who lowed tribute on the great timbe
companies and drove the poor settle
from his land, simply to make a record 10
himself. He was q creature OF the com
MISSIONER OF the generalland Office veste'
with an enormous power. yet without con-
mission or responsibility. On $1s5O0 pc
year he travelled around, stopping at 81
day hotels and making the govern inent pa
heavy expenses for an absolutely worthless
service. 49,.
the following resolutions: 'e~s-r
That the commissioner Of agr;chltuE
be directed to report to the senat
at the commencement OF the mex
session OF congress- the amount in bush
els Of wheat harvested in each whea
producing country during the present yenl
and the amount harvested during the PR
cedlng five years, the average increase or dt
crease in the W orld's consumption Of whea
during said years, the probable require
ment OF each wheat-inlporting countr
prior to Sept. !, 1887, and the probabl
surplus to each wheat exporting countr
to meet such requirement., with the mum
Der OF acres in the ground in each to max
the crop of 1887 to the date OF such r.
port, as compared with q like date j
1885. G9ts.ss4 =: H.
The house COMMITTEES on public building
and grounds has reported favorably tn
senate bill increasing the limit OF the appro