The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-16
CONGRESSIONAL.

the payment to John Roach & Sons of
$40, 22O for wharfage and care ofthe moni-
tor Roanoke from March II, 1877, to the
time OF it's sale in 1888, including towage
and pilotage, and to pay them $3S, $40 in
full for the cost OF changing the iron frame
OF the Puritan.
The senate considered the amendment TO
the river and harbor bill. The first amend
ment that was questioned was an item ap.
propriating $3.50, 600 for the purchase OF
the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship
canal and harbor Of refuge.
Mr.. Edmunds opposed the amendment.
He said:
At least 200, 600 acres Of land in that re-
gion, and he did not know how much more,
had been granted to Wisconsin to build
this canal, and now the government was
asked to buy the property which it had al
ready payed for--for the reason, as he sup
posed, first, that it would be a refuge to all
mariners; and, second, a refuge to the stock.
holders. He put it in that way so as to be
polite.
Mr.. Ingalls, characterized the amend
ment as shameless private speculation.
The president sent nomination to the
senate in the following words:
In accordance with the provisions OF an
act OF congress approved July i, 1886, l
nominate the person herein named for APP
Fitz John Porter, late colonel in the army
Of the United States, to rank as such from
May IA 1861, that being the grade in rank
held by him at the time OF his ismissal
from the army.
HoUsE.-The proposition to pass over the
presidents veto of the bill granting pen
sion to G. W. Tiller was debated and post
poned, The rest of the day was passed in
work on the general deficiency bill.
SENATE-A substitute by Mr.. Spooner to
the amendment to the river and harbor
bill appropriating $150,000 for the pur-
chase OF the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michi-
gan ship canal and harbor of refuge was
adopted. The amendment increasing the
Duluth appropriation from $4,000 to
$75, 900 was agreed to. A message from
the president was read, vetoing the bill al.
lowing the construction OF railroads
through Indian lands in Northern Mon.
tana.
HoUsE-Warm discussions arose over
some OF the presidents recent messages We.
toeing private pension bills. Mr.. Bragg OF
Wisconsin was one OF the principal defend
ers of the president. Mr.. Bragg said:
There seemed to be an idea in the house
that it was the duty OF the president to
abdicate his Office in favor of a ma
iority OF the committee on invalid
pensions. Whenever. in the exercise OF
and courage to place his hand upon legis-
lation when he thought it improper
whether it were pension or railroad legisla-
tlon. Congress had gone altogether too
lar in the way OF pension legislation, but
there was a class OF soldiers for whom
there never was voice raised in the house.
They were the men who in April May, June
and July, 1861, filled the ranks Of the army
aetuated only by patriotic desires to sus,
tain the national flag. Before the house
went further in pensioning the deadwood
OF the army, it should make some proyis-
ion for the men who went to the front in
1861.
He sent to the clerks desk ard had read
a letter from one Of those men Who is at the
Hampton Soldiers home, commencing his
course in regard to pepsons, ridculiag the
policy OF congress, and making use of such
strong expressions as to lead Mr. Brown
Qnd.) to inquire whether il was veto
message that was being read.
SENATE. The resolutions for inquiry in
to the authority under which so-callcd
a. ate legislature had been organized In Da
kota We're indefinitely postponed. The bin
to accept and ratify an agreement with the
Indians In Washington Territory for the
use OF part OF the Yakima reservation
by the Northern Pacific railroad passed.
The merits of the amendment appropri-
ating $350.000 for the purchase OF the
Portage Lake canal and the Lake Superior
ship canal were presented by Mr.. Conger
who submitted resolutions OF the legisla-
lures OF Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and
Wisconsin urging congress to make the
waterway composed OF these two canals
free to the commerce OF the country, and
petitions OF various chambers ofcommerce
and boards of trade to the sGac effect.
The amendment was adopted without di-
vision.
HOUSE, Mr.. Compton MIDI submitted
resolutions expressing the regret with which
the house has heard OF the death OF Hon
William III. Cole. late representative from
Maryland, and providing for the appoint
ment of q committee OF seven representa-
tiyes and three senators tosuperintend the
fnneral ceremonies.
The house then as mark of respect To
the memory Of the deceased. adjourned.
SENArE.--Senator Hoar called up the
Goode case and made speech of half an
hour, in which he recited the objections to
the confirmation OF Mr.. Goode whick he
grouped under four heads, as follows:
First-His incompetency to fill the Inn
portant position TO which he was appoint
ed. This was shown by the arguments he
has made as the representative OF the gov
ernment in the United States supreme
court.
Second his political record. He was
proven to have resorted to ballot-box stuff
ting, bribery and other frauds upon the
election laws.
Third-The charge that he had since his
appointment assolicitor general demanded
fee for his influence in securing the re-
ceivership OF the Exchange bank OF Norfolk
for friend.
Fourth His connection with the Pam
Electric scandal, In prostituting the power
and dignity OF the government TO promote
the interests Of his friends who were inter-
ested in the scheme.
The committee in their report aud Mr..
Hoar in his speech were very severe in com
menting upon this incident in Mr.. Goodies
official career asserted that this alone was