Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-02-04

also OF Minnesota, presented the petition
OF seventy citizens for opening the Red Lake
Indian reservation to settlement.
SENArE.-The bill to divide the great
Sioux reservation in Dakota and secure the
REIMBURSEMENT of the Indian title to a por-
ton Of the same was discussed without ac-
ton. Mr.. Harrison spoke in support OF
the bin for the admission OF Dakota.
Mr.. Harrison answered all that has been
said against the recent organization OF
statehood when be said that it could not
be seen or known how a state could be or
ganized except by the procedure taken, and
without the consent OF congress. He dis
proved by documents and letters furnished
by the leading Democrats of the territory
that the statehood movement was a party
one Hon. Bartlett Trip, lately appoint
ed chief justice OF the supreme court Of the
territory, and one of the most influential
Democrats of the Northwest, has been andis
now, he said, foremost in the work for state
hood, having been n OF those who signed
the original call for n constitutional con
v~ention, being president OF it when in SEES
sion, and having been foremostin petition
ing the legislature to authorize the conven
ton which framed the constitution now be-
fore congress. Other prominent Demo
CTdJS III l1t tTTllOEN-HitH VI biNt IilSltHb
standing as good citizens, able lawyers,
etc.-endorsed the constitution, and many
were among the trainers of it,
The senate confirmed the following nom
nations: e"
United States attorneys, Daniel 0. Finch,
Southern district OF Iowa; r. C.. Smith for
Montana: United States marshal, Ed
ward Campbell, Jr., Southern district
of Iowa; registers OF land offices,
II. Peftey, Boise City, Idaho; A. S. Aus
tin, Vancouver, Wash; r. c.. Mcfarland,
Cgur d Alene, Idaho; +. Koran, Eau Claire,
Wis; S. f. Thayer, Wausau, Wis; receivers
Of public moneys, J. Q. Keans, Vancouver,
Wash; II. C.. Bransteller, Boise City, Idaho;
S. S. Kepler, Eau Claire, Wis; o. G. Halls,
La Crosse, Wis; NJ. d. McHenry, Des
Moines, Iowa; ~postmasters, George Craw-
ford, Mineral Point, Wis; John Pepper,
Boscobel, Wis.
HoUsE.-A smile ran through the house
when the chaplain, in his opening prayer,
returned thanks that ''our silver and gold
had been multiplied, /" and the silver men
pretended to see in the fact that sill ver had
been placed before gold an indication tkat
the religious portion Of the community was
i'll favor of a double standard.
Mr.. Boutelle arose to aquestion OF privi-
lege in connection with the debate on tho
Norfolk navy yard matter n few days ago,
and much time wasconsumed in discussing
the point AS to whether or not it was o
question of privilege, and whether Mr..
Boutelle should be allowed to proceed.
The speaker finally decided against him.
Severe al bills and resolutions were report
ed from committees. The bill for the vol
untary retirement OF certain naval officers
debated. The bill declaring forfeited
certain railway land grants in Mississippi,
Alabama and Louisiana passed.
Mr.. Viele, committee on military affairs,
reported a bill 70 aid in the erection OF a
monument to Gen. Grant in New York city.
The bin appropriates $500, 900 for the
purpose oferecting the monument on ground
to be donated by the city.