Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-04-22

! IlgatG tine causes anu eAitllt vi tlc "
| ed conditions now existing in the relations
! between railroad corporations engaged in
| interstate commerce and their employees
| in the states of Illinois, Missouri, Kansas,
| Arkansas and Texas. The committee shall
| have power to send for persons and papers,
| to sit during the sessions OF the house, and
| to visit such places in these states
as may be necessary TO facilitate the inves,
| tigatlon. It shall report during the present
session, with such recommendations as it
may deem proper to make.
Mr.. Morrison stated
The bill which had recently passed the
| house known as the arbitration bill wasiu.
| adequate in it's provisions. The object oil
| the pending resolution was to enable con-
| press to learn the facts of the case, so that
| it might perfect its legislation.
The resolution was adopted wit bout oil
! vision.
| The tariff bill, with the majority and
! minority reports, was presented TO the
house and referred to the committee ol
| the whole, No understanding has been
1 reached as to when the bill shall be taken
| up, but it is likely the committee on ways
| and means will agree at its next meeting
| upon a time and ask the house to make a
special order giving the bill q privileged
| position. 1t is probable that the time
| will be fixed for beginning the debate about
| l.,
| odd members have already put their names
| down for speeches of an hour each.
SENATE-Mr. Platt made an elaborate
speech in favor OF the consideration OF exec
| utive business in open session. Mr.. Frye q
! r esolution proaouncing against any Joint
| commission to settle the Cana dian fisheries
| question was adopted after a long debate.
A house bill was passed authorizing the
| ,var - IaliXar IN the ln VT
| owners, on proper proof, certain classes oil
! property captured in the late war, con-
| sisting OF family heir-looms, silyerware,
| watches, etc.
| In executive session the senate confirmed
| Gen. John McClernand OF Illinois to be
| chairman of the Utah commission, vice
! Ramsey, resigned; Bierman, the collector
| of internal revenue for Minnesota, and a
| number OF postmasters, but did not take
| up any OF the contracted cases. The reso-
| luton offered by Mr.. Edmunds to send back
| to the president all OF the papers relating
| to the nominations OF officials who have
been renominated to fill vacancies was
| passed.
| SENATE.-The chair laid before the senate
| letter from Senator Jackson, saying that
| he had accepted the United States Judge
| ship of the Sixth circuit, thaa his seat in
| the United States senate, bad, therefore, be.
! come vacant, and requesting the president
| pro tempore to so inform the executive Of
Tennessee. The chair said this would he
| done.
Senator Butler spoke AT length in favor OF
open executive sessions. Mr.. Rddlebergcr
| submitted as substitu for the pending
| resolution one providing that all matters
| other than those rclatingto treaties should
be considered and acted upon by the sen
| ate in open session. Ordered printed. The
senate took up the bill reported from the
| committee on pensions, whose purpose is:
For the relief of soldiers of the late war
| honorably discharged after six months
| service who are disabled and dependent
| upon their own labor for support, and OF
| dependent parents OF soldiers who died in
| the service or from disability contracted
| therein
| Mr.. Blair said the bill was substantially
the same tpat had been passed by the SEN
| ate at the last session, but had failed inthe
| house.
HoUsE.--Special privileges werovoted the
public lands committee in the way OF OBJ
| tanning action on a certain class of bills.
| The Hurd. Romeis contested election, Tenth
| Ohio district, was considered. Mr.. Hurd,
| the contestant, was permitted to speak on
| his own behalf The resolution denying the
right OF the Republican contesteG, Jacob
| Romeis, to his seat was defeated-lO5 to
| 16S; forty-nine Democrats voting with the
| Republicans in the negative. The seat was
| awarded to Mr.. ROmeis without division.
| The agricultural appropriation bill passed,
| The house committee on agriculture has
| appointed Hatch OF liissouri Green of North
| Carolina, and White OF Minnesota as asub-
! committee to draft bill relating to sale
and taxation Of Interchangeable. This com.
| mittee will take the good parts OF all the
| bills that have been introduced upon this
subject, and form one which will probably
place the same embargo upon oleOmargar-
inc that now rests upon whisky and tobacco.
| .SENATE.-Senator Van Wyck introduced
| and the senate agreed to the following:
| Resolved, That the comaittee ON pulls
| lands be directed to ascertain by what
| authority timber cut on the public domain
| by consent and knowledge and under the
| rulings and instructions of the interior
| and land departments, is seized by said de-
| partments without due process OF law and
ordered to be sold without any Judgment
| oreXecution directing the same.
Mr.. Logan spoke in favor of open execn-
| tive sessions, as did also Mr.. Rilldieherger.
The senate in executive session proceeded
| to the consideration OF nominations, aud
a number of interesting reports from com
| mittees were read Motions were made in
respect to several OF them that the in
| junction OF secrecy be removed. Mr.. Sauis-
| bury thought the reports were of politi-
cal nature, and protested against the use
| of the executive session to suppress that
which was favorable to the Dem
oeratc party and publish that which
was designed to make capital for the repub-
| licans. The injunction in five reports
was removed, despite the protest. There
upon the case of Patrick Gibbons, to be
| postmaster at Keokuk, Iowa, vice S. NJ.
| Clarke, was made by Mr.. Wilson Of Iowa,
and says:
The suspension of Mr. Clarke was made
! on purely political grounds. There is moth
| ing on file affecting his character in the
slightest degree. He does not desire to re-
| tain the office. The committee therefore
recommend the confirmation OF Mr.. Gil b.
| bons.
Senator Nah one reported fayorably the
nomination of the Alexandria, Va, post
| master. The other three reports refer TO
| the following cases
Christian ]. Knecht OF Ohio to be col
| lector os internal revenue for the Sixth dis
| trict of Ohio, vice George Z. Dilham, sus-
Eended; James w. Newman of Ohio to be
| collector of internal revenue for the
| Eleventh district OF Ohio, vice Marcus
| Boggs, suspended: and william I, Bishop
| OF Ohio to be collector OF Internal revenue
| for the First district of Ohio, vice Clark b.
Montgomery, suspended.
HOUSE. -Numerous bills were reported,
| including that repeating the presumption,
timber culture and desert land laws. The
river and hafbor appropriation bill was
considered.
SEN4TE.-Mr. Dolph moved to take up
/ the Indian depreciation bill, and Mr. Rid
dleberger opposed with the open-session
resolution. Mr. Dolph's motion was agreed
to, yeas 43, nays 1.-THE one being Mr..
Riddleberger. Mr.. Dolph then spoke on
| his bill to appropriate So, 900, 900 TO com.
pensate citizens for losses suffered by them
| through Indian Expectations.
The depredations, lie said, covered a peri
| cd of from 1865 to 1878. 1t was the duty
of the government to protect its citizens
| against Indian depredations aud where it
| failed to afford protection it should com
| pensate the citizens for Che loss. The mon
| ey to pay such damages should be taken
from the proceeds OF Indian lands, there
being now 1000, 600 acres of Indian
| reservations worth 1854, 600, 600, and as
there were altogether less than 25o,0oo
| Indians, that would leave CAB acres of land
| for each Indian. The white man should
have Justice as web as the Indian. The
| claims Of the pioneers OF Oregon and ototh-
er far western states were just and should
| have the attention of the government
| which had for many years neglected to
| give attention to these claims.
In executive session the senate disposed
] of all the nominations upon the calendar
| that were not objected to, including a mum
| Der OF postmasters and collectors OF Gus
| toms, and there was no discussion oyel
/ any of them.