The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1886-12-30
CONGRESS.

dis abilities equivalent to the loss ola hand
or foot. The house amendments to the
electoral count bill were non-concur.
red in, and q conference asked.
tenure OF office law, and Mr.. Edmunds op.
posed the bill. ~ ". t-, -.
Mr.. Hoar advocated the passage OF the
| bill.
He asked the senate to vote whether it
would return tothe ancient policy of the gov.
eminent, to the rule which had existed from
1880 to 1857, and which had practically
existed since the accession to power OF Grant
in 1869. President Grant had recon.
acting under pretty substantial Republi.
can authorities in trying to get rid OF this
legislation. While in full sympathy with
| civil service reform. he still declared his
conviction that the people OF the United
States expected and demanded that no
man should be kept in an executive en-.
ployment who had not the confidence OF
the person responsible for the success OF the
executive functions. Z.
HousE.-In the house Mr.. Payson called
up the bill giving the Cinnabar & Clark'e
Fork railroad the right OF way through the
Yellowstone Park. to place it on it's pass.
Holman it was promptly killed.
SENATE.-Mr. Cullom presented the re.
port on the interstate commerce bill,
Mr.. Cullom said: The object OF the bill, as
reported was to bring about that sta bility
OF rates which the railroads themselves are
trying to bring about under the system oil
pooling. He believed that the apprehen.
sion ex pressed by Platt would prove to be
u%nfounded.
The resolution for open executive ses.
sions was tabled by a vote OF 33 to 21.
The bill prohibiting members OF congress
from &C ting as counsel for railroad com
panies a ided by the government was dis
cussed.
The bill to repeal the civil service law,
reported adversely by Senator Hawley,
from the committee on civil service, during
the first session OF the present congress,
was to day reintroduced.
HoUsE.-The sundry civil and Indian ap-
preparation was discussed. Mr.. Symes of.
fered several amendments increasing the
appropriations for the signal service bu-
reau. and these being opposed to Mr.. Ran
dali, be criticized the gentleman's &C.
ton as chairman of the commit.
envy the gentleman who lived upon
the Atlantic coast is narrow-minded states
m%anship, which did NOT cross the Missis.
sippi river. Mr.. Randall said: The pend.
ing bill carried more appropriations for
the Pacific coast Than any similar bill for
years past. He thought he knew his duty
moderately well, and he did not propose
to be frightened ron the performance OIL
that duty-certainly not by words OF such
demogogy as had emanated from Symes.
Mr.. Symes retorted, ridiculing Randall's
cheese pairing" policy.
The house passed the bill reported last
session by Mr.. Miller, from the committee
on banking and currency, providing for an
addition to the reserve list of the national
banking act. The cities added tt the list
are Nashville, Charleston, Atlanta, Rich
mond, Galveston, St. Paul, Indianapolis,
Kansas City and Omaha. The bill passed
without opposition, and will probably
pass the senate without difficulty.
sENArE.-senator Plumb introduced q
bill providing:
No railroad or other corporation en-.
gagged in Interstate commerce shall have or
keep an office for or otherwise provide for
or permit the transfer upon the books oil
such corporation OF any portion OF the
capita! stock of the same at any place out,
side the state under the laws by
which the said corporation was
stock OF any such corporation, at any
point OF place outside the limits of the
state by which such corporation was in.
corporated, shall be void. Mr.. Van Wyck
introduced a bill proposing an amendment
to the constitution in relation to the cleo.
ton of United States senator's.
Mr.. Blair offered a resolution instructine
the committee on finance to inquire into
the propriety OF reporting a bill providing
a rebate on all imported materials incor.
porated with domestic materials or con-
verified into other articles and exported ia
foreign countries for sale, thereby provid.
ing for the extension Of foreign trade with.
out reducing the prices OF American labor.
Adopted.
The senate took up the bill to repeal the
tenure Of Office act. Mr.. Edmunds opposed
the bill at some length when he was at
tackled with a fit OF coughing, which forced
him to resume his seat. Mr.. H~oarfavored
the bill. Mr.. Evarts said:
He would vote for the bin. Grounds oil
constitutionality would not cover his vote,
but grounds OF ~expediency would. If re-
movals from Office were to turn on two con.
current Judgments, where thu president
and the senate might be opposed in politics,
it would follow that the repugnance
Of the senate might keep a man in office
whom the president desired to dispense
with, and by whose action the president
could not accomplish his duty.
HoUsE.-A senate bill passed providing
that Admirals Rowan and Worden may
after forty years service, be retired from
active service on their own application,
withthe highest pay OF the grade to which
they belong.
The senate bill for the allotment oilanda
to Indians passed, amendments recon-.
mended by this committee on Indian affairs
having been adopted. The sundry civil
bill was taken up. An amendment to in.
crease from SIS 900 to $50. 900 the ap.
preparation for outdoor life OF persons en-
titled to entrance into q soldiers home
wal rejected-1O1 to III. =.
Mr.. Nelson of Mimi, reported from the
committee ON Indian affairs Mr.. Toole's
bill giving to the St. Paul. Minneapolis 4
Manitoba railroad the right OF way through
the Fort Berthold and Blackieet Indian req.
e~rvations. The report was accompanied
by letters from Indian Commissioners At
kins and Secretary Lamar, assuring the
committee that there was no objection ia
the bill in the shape presented.
SENATE.-The senate passed, without dis
custom OF division, the bill for the retire
ment andFecoinage of the trade dollar. TIL
senate also passed the bill to repeal tn
tenure OF Office act by a vote Of 80 to 20
The law is b,1t a shadow OF the iron ella,
act by which the Republican
of 1857 held in, check Presiden
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