The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL.

have amended the house bill by substitu-
ting the provisions OF the senate bill Mr..
Blair offered an amendment providing as
to the desert lands that on the expendi-
ture OF the So for improvements the gov.
ernment should part with the title and
that none OF the lands should be held in
larger bodies than GAO acres in a single
ownership. Mr.. Ingalls, said:
By postponing the time when our supply
OF arab public lands should be exhausted
we would postpone the time OF being
brought face to face with Reconsideration
whether we should restrict immigration or
that other and more dangerous consider
alton whether we shonld enter on anew ca
reer OF conquest for the purpose Of acquir-
ing in the North or the South new territory,
over which our surplus population might
spread.
HousE-The passage of the legislative
bill by the house leaves the sundry civil,
naval, general deficiency and fortltcation
bills yet to he completed by the body.
SENATE.-On Thursday among other bills
OF national interest that were passed was
that introduced some time ago by Mr.. Ed
munds, providing for the inspection OF
pork products exported to foreign
| countries ard prohibiting the i'm
portation OF adulterated food. The
bill authorizes the president at his dis
cretion by proclamation to place an en-
barge upon the importation OF articles OF
food from countries that shut their ports
against our products. This is n measure
OF retaliation against Germany and France.
The bill to appoint temporary assistant
secretary of the treasury to act during the
illness OF Manning was passed.
| HousE.-Mr. Morrison OF Illinois moved
taat the house go into committee OF the
whole on revenue bills. On this motion he
ri tad fn, md a NJ,
| kinley, on behalf Of the opponents OF the
bill, joined in the demand The motion
| was lost-l4o to l57. Mr.. Morrison i'm
mediatelv gave notice that on Tuesday
| next he would renew the motion that had
, just been rejected
| An examination OF the vote shows that
| the affirmative was composed of 1876
negative l22 Republicans and 30 Demo
crafts. The four Republicans who voted
aye were James of New York, Nelson,
Strait and Wakefield, OF Minnesota The
| thirty-tive Democrats who voted nay
were: Arnot, Bliss, Campbell, Dowdney,
Merriman, Muller, rndar, Sprrgs,
| Stahlnecker land Niele, of New
York; Boyle. Curtin, Ermcntrout, Ran
| dall and Sowdcn, of Pennsylvania; Camp
| bell, Ellsberry, Forran, Geddes, l.eFevre,
Seney, Warner and wilkins, of Ohio; GAY,
lrion, St Martin and Wallace, of Louis.
| lana; Green, McAdoo and pidcock. OF New
Jersey; Lawler and Ward, of Illinois; Henry
| of CALIFORNIA; Finday, OF Maryland, and
Martin. OF Alabama.
| Twenty-siN members were paired; twelve
| Democrats and one Republican (White of
Minnesota) being paired with thirteen Re.
| publicans. The paired who would have
voted i'll the affirmative are:
Aiken, Bragg, Collins, Cox, Dockerv, Eden,
Eldridge, Hall, Hatch, Jones OF Alabama
Murphy, Reid OF North Carolina, and White
OF Minnesota.
Those paired in the negative are BAN
nell, Burleish, Caswcll, Hanback,, HAYNES
Hiesland, Hit, Hauck, Pettibone' Piercs rec
| Stephenson, Van Schaick and White OF
| pennsy sylvania
Mr.. Frederick (Democrat) of Iowa, who
was absent, sick, was not paired.
THE MINNESOTA DELEGATION
| furnished three OF the four republican mem.
bers who voted for the consideration oi
the tariff bill-Messrs. Wakefield. Strait
and Nelson voting aye, while Mr.. Gilfllan
voted no, and Milo White was away, but
was paired with Mr.. Hiestand OF Pennsyl
| vanla; the announcement being made tn at
il Mr. White had been present he would
have. voted aye, while Mr.. Hiestand
| would have voted no. Mr. Strait
said and also MFR. Nelson, in substances.
He voted for the bill, not because he be-.
lieved it was n judicious measure, but be.
cause he was pledged, as were all the Re
publicans OF Minnesota, to an effort TO se
cure revision OF the present prohibitory
tariff and tins wns the only opportunity
likely to be secured this session looking to
such an end. He believed that the subject
| ought to be given consideration, even owe,
a bad measure, and his vote was given t,
that end
SENATE.-A resolution was adopted call
| tt,.t e.. e.
ing appointments and removals under the
civil service law. A resolution ofinquirv re.
garding the compensation due cpostmasters
developed Il discussion in which colusion
between the post office department and GER
tain claim agents was limited at.
Mr.. Nance's bill to repeal the civil SER
vice law, was, on motion of Mr.. Hawley in.
definitely postponed-yeas 33, nays 6.
Those voting in the negative were Mcssrs
Berry Call, Eustice, Harris, Jones (Nev.)
and Vance.
HousE.-The Stanton debate was contn.
ued by Mr.. Hepburn.
Heseverelv CRITICS ed Mr.. Wheeler speech
on the late secretary OF war, and declared
that he could not tamely submit to have
men who were embalmed in the hearts OF
their countrymen. and whose memory was
revercd, denounced by such rs the gentle.
man from Alabama.
He then yielded to Mr.. Kelley, who read
letter written by Mr. Stanton to Rev. H.
Dyer on Nov. Is, 1862.
Then the naval appropriation bill was
considered; the secretary Of the navy being
both assailed and defended in the debate
for his course toward John Roach and the
Dolphin.
SENATE.-The chair lnd before the senate
the credentials OF reelection OF Nelson w.
Aldrich as senator from Rhode Island.
Read and filed. A bill passed to grant
Dearborn Park, Chicago, to that city for
the use and benefit of public and benev-
olent institutions. a bill to remove the
political disabilities OF j. G. Flourney Of
Mississippi passed. Mr. Edmunds' rcsolu.
ton providing for such an amendment to
the rules as to admit of debate on mo.
tions to reconsider, was agreed to and the
rules were amended accordingly.
Mr.. Plumb offered the following resolu-
ton, which was agreed to: Calling on the
secretary OF the interior for information
as to how many entries OF public land have
been Cancelled Tor fraud, after investigation
by Il special agent and after the hearing
conducted in accordance with rules of prac-
tice, from and during 1883 up to this
time, and whether any and what entries
had been Cancelled solely on reports of
special agents, and whether any aud what
entries cancelled for frauds have been rein
stated on the taking Of testimony, etc.
The senate committee on public lands
amended Senator Mitchell's proposed
amendment to repeal the pre.cmption and
timber culture laws. II provides:
Nothing herein shall be construed as de-
privng the holders OF military bounty
land warrants or other land warrants or
other land scrip at any time heretofore is.
sued, under or in pursuance OF the provis-
los OF any law in the United States, Of
their right to locate such warrants or svrjp
on the public lands in the same manner
ms ii this net had not been passed
In this form the committee will acccp,
the amendment.
HousE.-ihe naval appropriation bill
passed and the sundry civil onn, n,o,,r;,,;o,