Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-07-10

sued.
Mr.. BANDS amendment was adopted.
\ short debate cnsued upon the coast sur.
Wy clauses OF the bill, and this was followed
by "A discussion Of the internal revenue para
graph.
Mr.. Townsend offered an amendment in.
c~reasing from S25,0oO to $4,000 the appropri-
alton for the detection of persons guilty Of
violating the internal revenue laws, and for
the payment of i~nformors. Rejected.
On motion by Mr.. Gibson, Of West Virginia,
the par lgraph containing the appropriation
was stricken from the bill.
Pending further action the committee rose
and without further action the house nd.
jOurned.
WASHINGTON, June 26.--Mr. Crisp, Of
Georgia. submitted the conference report on
the bill requiring the land grant railroads to
pay the cost of selecting, conveying and sur.
yeying their lands. CAS- the bill originally
passed the house ii applied only To the Union
Pacific system, but as amended 10y the senate
and agreed TO by the conference committee, It's
provisions are extended TO all land grant
roais) The report was adopted.
The house then went into committee Of the
whole (Mr. Reagan, of Texas, in the chair on
the sundry civil appropriation bin.
ON motion of Mr.. Randall an amendment
was adopted increasing the force of employees
in the bureau Of engraving and printing, and
increasing the appropriation therefor, this be-
ing made necessary by the provision placed In
the bill for 81 and - greenbacks, and for
small certificates.
The amendment offered yesterday by Mr..
Ermentrout, OF Pennsylvania, for the recoin-
age Of trade dollars into STANDARD silver dol
lars was ruled out ON a point of order.
Mr.. Long, OF Massachusetts,, offered an
amendment appropriating S25,000 for the edu-
cation OF children Of school age in Alaska.
i This WAS lost hy lS2 to
Mr.. Beach, OF New York, moved to strike
out the clause sppropriating 10000 for the
continuation uf the improvement OF Hot
Springs creek, Ark. In supporting the mo-
ton, Mr.. Payne, of New York, ridiculed the
position In which the government had placed
itself In connection with the Hot Springs res
c%rvation.
MIR. Rogers, Of Arkansas, set forth in some
detail the necessity for the appropriation aud
opposed the motion. The motion was de-
feated, The committee, having completed the
consideration of half the bill, rose and the
house adjourned.
Mr.. Randall introduced a bill to reduce tar
iT and internal revenue taxation.
The following resolutions were introduced
by Mr. King Of Louisiana:
Resolved, That the United States VIII view
with great 4olicitude and disfsvor the contem-
plated action of the French government In au-
thoriziug a loan TO assist in the work on the
Panama canal, or any other measure calcula-
ted TO identify it with the Panama canal, as
such action is opposed TO the policy Of the
American people IA expressed by the chief ex.
ecutivc OF the United States at the inception
OF this canal, and which policy is now most
emphatically repeated and reiterated by the
United States.
Resolved, That the secretary OF state be rt.
qucstcd TO send to congress without delay all
correspondence bearing on the subject of such
vast Importance and fraught with such dan.
ger 10 national interests.
The house then went into committee Of the
whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr.. Morrow moved TO amend the bill by in
creasing from s., 800 TO $4,000 the appropria-
ton TO meet the expenses incurred under the
Chinese immigration act, and 10y adding a
proviso requiring the secretary OF the treas
ury 10 cause to be prepared preliminary and
return certificates identifying, more particu-
larly than at present, Chinese to whom they
are granted. He presented "A petition pre-
pared under the auspices OF the Knights OF
Labor OF the Pacific coast and signed 10y 90
600 persons, asking that some action should
be taken which would forever prohibit Chinese
emigration. The amendment was adopted.
The clause relative 10 the expenses Of the
collection Of revenue from the sales Of pub.
lie lands having been reached, Mr.. Laird
made "A severe attack upon Commissioner
Sparks i'm his administration Of the general
land office, and quoted from "A numDcr Of let
tiers written by homestead settlers in his dis
trict dcnouncing Sparks orders, characteriz-
ing Sparks as a scourgc worse than the grass
hoppers.
Mr.. Cobb defended Mr.. Sparks. He quoted
from a letter from Il. b.. Washburne strongly
endorsing the commissioner Of the land office,
and then quoted the report OF a special agent
taken from the files of the interior department
duplicating Mr.. Laird with land frauds in
Nebraska. Mr.. Laird Indignantly denied the
truth of each and every allegation in the re-
port.
Mr.. PaYson said that So far as the order OF
COMMISSIONS Sparks Of April 3, 1855, was
concerned he, as "A member Of the mi
on public lands, was consulted with reference
TO the propricty OF it's issuance. lie had al
vised and cOunselled that ii should be issued,
and he stood by that order TO day.
On motion by Mr.. Springer All amendment
was adopted providing that all fees COLLECTED
by registers and receivers from amy source
which could increase their salary beyond
$1,000 a year shah be conveyed into the treas
urv.
Mr.. Laird moved 10 strike out the clause APP
propriating 800 600 for protecting public land'
from illegal or fraudulent entry.
, Pending action, the committee rose, and tn
house adjourned.
W~AsuINGToN, June 29.-Mr. Burns, from
the committee on appropriations, reported
the general deficiency bill, and it was %referre'
10 the committee of the whole. 1t appro
PIRATES s., 062, $40.
The house then went into committed Of th
2 whole (Mr. Reagan in the chair) on the sun
dry civil bin.
Mr.. Springer moved to increase from 800,
600 to S200,000 the appropriation for protecting
public lands from fraudulent entry.
Mr.. Springer subsequently withdrew his mo
ton. Mr.. Laird's motion 20 strike out the
clause was rejected.
Pending further action the Ommitt rose.
Mr.. Blount submitted the conference re
port on the postOfficc appropriation bill and /
was agreed to. The senate rccedes from tn
amendment which authorizes the postmaste
general TO contract for inland and foreign
/ aambo mail service when 1t cal
be combined in one route, were the foreigl
office Is not more than 300 miles distant iron
the domestic office, on the same terms as In
l land steamboat service. The senate also re
cedes from the amendment increasing by $50
900 the appropriation for railway postal ca
service. The senate also recedcs from the FOR
cign mail service amendment, known as tn
subsidy amendment.
| Mr.. Bragg submitted the con ference repor
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