The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-18
PROCEEDINGS O%FtONGREss

to tax railroad grant lands passed, and
was substituted for the house bin on the
same subject, and IL committee circumference
ordered. Mr.. Edmunds submitted an
amendment to the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation hill for the an.
pointment OF seven assistants to the secre-
tury OF the interior to expedite cases an
peaicd from the pension bureau.
HousE-Thc oleomarsarine bill passed.
l7T To lol-aTtcr being so amended as tn
reduce the tax from not to ; cents per pound
The late oil the bill in the senate is very
uncertain. 1T is doubtful whether it viii
be taken up by that body durin, the pres.
ent session. The current belief is that the
bill will be materially amended in its tax.
alton features befor receiving favorable
action in the senate.
SuSArE.-A resolution was offered call.
Ing on the secretary OF the interior for in
formation as to the authority under which
the band commissioner issued an executive
order suspcntins land entries. The con.
sular and diplomatic bill was debated.
Thu bill to indemnify Chinese subjects for
losses sustained in the Rock Springs
tNyo) riot passed 80 to 10. The scna,
tors voting in the negative were Messrs.
Beck. berry, Cockrell, Coke, Eustis, George,
Harris, Mnxey, Mitchell (Or.), and Vest.
The bill authorizes tlc president to asccr.
tain the actual losses sustained by China.
men by the riot at Rock Springs, Wyo., in
September, 1885. and to pay such losses.
Thu amount appropriated for that Dur.
pose is Sljo,uoG.
Mr.. Ingalls, offered n resolution ofthe fol.
lowing import, which, on objection BY Mr..
Beck, went over.
Calling on the secretary OF thcinterior to
inform the senate whether n circular had
been issued by the commissioner OF the
general land office with the approval ofthe
secretary OF the interior, s~uspeudinp
land 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
it WAS claimed that congress had delegated
to the commissions OF the general land
Office or the secretary OF the interior, or to
the officers jointly, the power It suspend,
by executive order, the operation through.
out the United States Of the p~re-cmption.
timber culture and desert land acts, and
to deny the citizens OF the United States
their rights under said acts.
HousE.-The civil service reform com.
mittce reported Il resolution dischurcinaL.
+. Warder, assistant doorkecper, for i'm.
proper conduct in securing an appropria.
ton for the improvement OF the Jefferson.
Vile lnd.l levce. A substitute resolution
was adopted by the house, censurinp
Wnrder but not ~discharging him. A bill
was introduced striking from the free list
certain kinds OF fish and increasing thu
duty on Others; being aimed at Canada.
SENATE.-Mr. Ingalls, called up his resolu.
ton in the senate calling Messrs. Lamar
and Sparks to account, and was proceed.
ing in his peculiar and haunting manner to
hold them up to public c%ontumely and
scorn, when Mr.. Gockrell cainc in. The
latter gentleman interrupted to ask what
was going on. Mr.. Ingalls, having a razor
edge on at the time, replied rather sharply,
and the Missouri senator said:
THE senator might have answered a po-
lite question"
H~orsE.-The bill extending the bonded
debt Of the pacific railroads seventy years
was considered throuzhoutth day. The de-
bate wDR marked by a fierce attack by
Mr.. Crisp III Georgia upon Mr.. Holman.
Every ear was strained to hear the con,
trovcrsy, and Holman, who was %nervously
playing with his spectacics, nrosrand silrick.
cd outaqucstion.i Crisp'sfull lace and white
bald head had been growing rcdhcr and red
der, until his countcnance resemDied a
turnereslue view OF Venice, and his power.
full voice fairly came back in echoes from
the glass ceiling, rs utterly ignoring the
great objector lie cried:
And these men talk OF ATTORNEYS. II
either one OF them insinuate. suggest or in
tlma that ! AN an agent or attorney.
or counsel for, or il any way Interested in
any railroad, hnrl ii in his teeth us 10
| qunlitiedly false.
SENArE.-Mr. Merrill. from thecommittee
on finance, reported Il bill creating an as.
sistant secretary OF the treasury. He ask.
ed immediate consideratioA the bill, but.
Mr.. Hoar objected. A resolution was of.
Tered by MIR. Dawes r~elnting TO bonded
whisky. The senate then esu,ned consid-
Grafton OF the bill for the relief OF the An
napolis cadets. After "a long debate it
was laid on the table. A bill was passed
providing Tor Il commission OF three per.
sons to be approved by the president, to
investigate the truth OF alleged discoveries
OF the specific cause OF yellow fever. The
senate postponed indefinitely the bill to
disqualify justices OF the United Stats SUI
preme court from sitting on the tria! of
causes which had been previously heard
before them at circuit.
HousE.-Mr. Kelley replied to the speech
OF Mr.. Wheeler against the late Secretary
Stanton. Mr.. Kelley opened by reading an
extract from the speech OF Mr.. Wheeler,
and characterizing the attack as a conspir-
acy OF midnight slanderers to attack the
character OF n dead man. Mr.. Kelley ignor.
ed the charges made against Stanton
by Wheeler. except as to his relations with
the Union generals. In regard to this point
he read n letter written by Stanton to his
warm friend and adviser, Rev. Harmon
oyer, an Episcopal clergyman OF New York
datad May IS, 1862, defending himself
from the charge that he INSTRUCTED Gen.
McClellan's plans, etc. He then read IL
short abstract from a letter OF Gen. Grant
TO show the high opinion in which that Of
tlcer held Stanton's character. He asked
the house to vindicate it's orders; to pro-
tect them against this conscious, deliberate.
persistent invasion.
Mr.. Morrison cut shortfurther discussion
ny moving to refer Mr.. kelley's resolution
to the committee on rules. Agreed Toto
to go. The house then vent into commit
tee OF the whole on the legislative, execu.
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
Morrow OF California introduced a bill
which declares unlawful and prohibits tho
use and occupancy OF any part OF the pub
lie lands without claim or title made in
good faith under the laws.
SENATE. senate considered bills on
inc caiencar under the iive-minute rule.
among the measures passed we're the fol.
lowing:
To legalize the corporation OF national
trades unions. Amending section g, 1913 oil
the Itcvised Statutes relating to the trans
portation of obscene publications.
through the mails. (Thc bill extends
the scope OF the old section). Establish
ing judicial districts in Montana. Creating
additional lane districts in Dakota. Re.
herring to the court of claims for exnmipa.
tion and report to congress certain claims
Tor property seized by Gen. Johnston in
the Utah expedition of 1857.
Bills were reported favorably in the SEN
ate appropriating the following sums for
public buildings: Duluth, Mimi, 500, 900;
ior repairs and enlargement OF the public
building at Des Moines, Iowa, S153, 900;
making an additional approximation of
$4,000 for the public building at Keoku!:,
Iowa.
HousE.-Thcd debate in the house Wtdncs-
day on the clause ofthe legislative appropri-
alton Dill practically multiplying the value OF
the civil service commission was intensely
PARTISAN. Mr.. Hit made an extended