The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-07-02

sENArE.-The bill for the appointment
and compensation OF a United States dis
trict iudue for the Southern district ot Al
ALBANIA was taken up. Mr.. Logan moved
as an amendment the provision of the bill
heretoFor passed by the senate. fixing all
district Judges salaries mt $4,000 year
Agreed to: the first division (relating to
sSlariesl by n vote OF 30 yeas 20 20 nays,
and the second division prohibiting nepo'
tism) by n viva voce vote. Ihe bill as
amended was then passed.
The bill repeating the pre'emption and
timber culture laws was then proceeded
with. Passed-yens 81, nays 20. \ COM
mittee OF conference was ordered on the
disaCreeing votes of the two houses on the
bill.
The Fritz John Porter bill was then laid
before the senate Mr.. Sewell said: ltwas
the same bill that had passed before.
There was nothing to he said now that
would throw any new light on it's subject
matter. \ mere statement OF the facts
would be sufficient. Mr.. Sewell then recited
the salient facts in the military history OF
Gen. Porter. Mr.. Sewell,had the clerk read
number of resolutions OF Grand Army
posts, urging the passage OF the bill.
HoUsE.-Mr. Long defended President
Adams, of the Union Pacific Railroad com
that had been made against him. The
sundry civil bill was considered.
The house placed an.important amend
ment on the suudry civil bin. An amend
ment was pending providing that hereafter
no United States notes Of larger denomina-
tion shall be printed to take the place OF
notes OF small denomination Cancelled
and retired. This was adopted. Subse-
quently Mr.. Bland offered the following,
which was adopted;
The secretary OF the treasury is hereby
authorized and required to issue ST. So,
and So silver certificates on all the surplus
silver dollars now in the treasury, in pay
ment Of the appropriation OF this bill, and
other obligations and expenditures of the
government.
SENATE.-The house bill to restore Gen.
Fitz Ohm Porter to the army was debated
at much length and finally passed-30 to II.
The senate committee on privileges and
elections voted to report adversely the in
vestigatiQn of the charges OF bribery in con-
nection with the election of Senator
Payne. The majority think there is
not sufficient evidence to show that money
was used in the election and are very con.
fident that the result was not in any way
affected by improper means. There viii be
a minority report in favor ofinvestigation.
1t is said that only Senator's Hoar and
Frye will sign the minority report, and
that Senator's Teller, Evarts, Logan, Sauls-
bury, Vance, Pugh and Eustis will sign the
majority report.
HoUsE.-The speaker laid before the
house the various veto messages transmit
ted by the president They were read by the
clerk and referred to the committee on pen
sions or on invalid pensions until that We
toing the bill granting a pension to the wild
ow OF Mai. Gen. Hunter was reached. when.
Mr.. Hepburn moved that its consideration
be postponed until later. Lost-95 to 141:
and the message took the usual course The
other messages were appropriately referred.
The senate amendments to the agricultural
appropriation bill were non-concurred in,
and new conierers appointed.
On motion OF Mr.. Bragg a joint resolu-
tion was passed appointing Gen. William
]. Sewell of New Jersey, Gen. Martin T Me-
Mahon of New York and Capt. j. L. Mitch.
ell of Wisconsin TO fill vacancies on the
board OF managers of the national homes
for disabled volunteers.
SENATE.-A conference report on the pen.
sion appropriation bill was made al.5
adopted. The house recedes from it's dis
agreements. After a long discussion, the
senate insisted upon its subsidy amend
ment to the postoffiae bill The motion
bLdI bHS seUlbe lfSlSt on ltB tiD1eDuHleUb
was agreed to--33 to IL. The Democrats
voting with the Republicans in the affima-
tive were Messrs. Brown, Call, Eustis, Cor
man Payne and Pugh.
The senate then. on motion OF Mr..
Plumb, took up the presidents veto OF the
bill to quiet titles of settlers on the Des
Moines river lands. and Mr.. Evarts ar
gued in support OF the veto, saying: *The
objections TO the bill were tersely and com.
prehensively stated. An examination OF
the subject had satisfied him that the
president was right in returning the bill
without his approval.
HoUsE.-A resolution Was presented au.
thorizing an Investigation oil alleged viola
tions OF the civil service law BY members OF
the Democratic campaign committee. solic
iting contributions from congressman and
other employees Of the government. Mr.
Randall introduced his tariff bill. Consid-
Grafton OF the sundry civil bill was renewed.
and several attacks were made upon Land
Commissioner Sparks.
Let whatsoever you say be clean.
The organic law of decency in human
intarcoIlrsa is clean SDeech One