The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22

to the members who had originally re-.
! ported the bills In II accordance WITH
That order he made this report.
Mr.. Camden read a paper signed 3by nm, !,
sell Messrs. Colquitt, Wilson, Md !, ana ~
Whitthorne, Democratic members q the
COMMITTEES on pensions denying an y anoM.,
edge OF Mr.. B1air's report or Of the ORDER !!
referred to- The report did not present the
views 81 the COMMITTEES on the vetoed bills
lzahrt only the views OF Henry w: Blair, The .t
nson assigned by the. president in vetolnG
Sdchf OF these, bills separately did not call
x for gross criticism or for the censure q the
q, senate. s Y #
TIE bill authorizing the Burlingt ton 4
I'd Northern Railroad company to bridge the
Mississippi at Dubuque passed. The Hem
i nepin canal clause OF the river and harbor
bill was debated s y 81 !,
HOUSE. he Randall tariff bill was re,
ported adversely. The general deficiency
81 bill was considered, and the clause giving
the senate and house employees a mon tn q
extra pay was stricken OUT A resolution
was adopted, fixing J uly 7 ms the day to
consider resolution proposing to pay out
some Of the treasury surplus. 4!
43. SENATE.-The chair, by request, intro
q duced q bill to stop all payment ofpublic
! money to James B. Eads, his associates or
nssignees, for past, present or future work
at the mouths Of the Mississippi river until
q further ordered by congress-. Referred.
8 The committee on privileges and elections
WAS granted permission to sit during the
session ofcongress. It. is understood that
this is connected with the consideration Of
the Payne case. The house bill granting
j, pensions to soldiers and sailors OF the
Mexican war passed. A senate bill passed
to credit Oregon with $12.416 for ord
nance Iand ordnance stores. Among the
ich otay1 10 l,s,l,,
oyerwithout action were the following:
70 equalize the bounties OF soldiers, sail.
ors and mariners OF ths late war (Mr. Lo-
-gan's bill;) setting apart certain tract Of
= land lying near the head water OF the yell
lowstone river hs n park; to encourage the
3 manufacture ofssteel for modern army or
dinance and the like bill for modern naval
3 ordinance. n
IA The senate then resumed consideration
Z OF the river and harbor appropriation bill,
the pending question being on the Henne.
. pin canal and the Michigan and Illinois
s canal amendment, which was adopted
BY q vote OF 81 to %. Senator Cullom be-
lieves that the amendment will 60 through
the house and that work on the canal will
be commenced next year. 1t is not as far
!, reaching as he would like, but it will give
the work start and end in ship naviga-,
R ton from tho Mississippi river to the lakes.
90
J. the secretary Of war to loan tents to the
\ Southwestern Iowa and Northwestern Mis-.
souri, Soldiers association. is,l
SENATE.-The river and harbor bill was
proceeded with. The amendment to strike
: out the provisions for the Improvement of
Z the Mississippi river and insert those re-
: ported by the committee on commerce was
adopted. ~ 500 57. s,',z 49, #
y The chair laid before the senate resolu
lions OF the convention OF Republican edi,
tors Of Ohio, urging an investigation OF the
y charges as to the election OF Senator
Payne. Referred to the committee on priv
4 5ieges and elections. ~. *
5st HoUsE.-Bills passed amending the re-
y .vised statutes regulating the sale OF tobac-
co; permitting the removal Of manuiactur-
ed tobacco, cigars and snuff for export to
Z foreign countries without the payment OF
!. tax; allowing passengers baggage to be
, other merchandise; allowing merchandise
r liable to specific rates OF duty only to
be entered for immediate transportation
:; without appraisement;s repeating the law:
allowing commissions to internal revenue
collectors on taxes collected on distilled
spirits. The resolution directing tho pay
! ment Of the treasury surplus on the public
z debt was discussed. d; : = Il .sy5 &
II Representative Morrill, presented II. re-
port to the house from the committee OH
invalid pensions recommending that the
) bill granting pension to Joseph RomiRer
!. do pass, notwithstanding the presidents
veto. The committee expresses the opin-
$ ion that had it. not been for the failure Of
the clerk to submit to the president the
proper papers there would have been no
:occasio on to make the report in the Romi.
ser case. { K fssy'5ss5 g4!fiT " tsstt
I. Z SENArE.-The debate no the Joint resolu-,
= a fho
$100, 900, 900 to the payment OF the pub
lie debt was concluded and the resolution
& was adopted, the vote being POI yeas to
81 nays. $4s V g x III 4. ,,35
Mr.. Platt offered in the senate resolu-:
) tion providing that all veto messages trans-:
mitted to congress from the beginning OF
the government to the present time shall
/ be collected and printed in one document.
The sundry civil. bill, as reported from
I, the senate committee on appropriations,
Z provides the $13, 900 for heating apparat.
us to the public building at Winona asked
( for by the supervising architect, in addi-
1 ton to appropriating $50, 900 for the
! completion Of the building. The following
amendment is inserted for the court house
and postof6ce ut ST. Paul: ~. N, q Z
To enable the secretary Of the treasury
to purchase the ground, consisting Of kwo
lots adjoining, fronting not exceeding 10 o.
feet on abasba and extending back to
/ the depth ofsaid lots, $40, 900, or so much
HogssaT Tie he ss' PASSED the Morrison
4 joint resolution requiring the disbursement
Of the treasury surplus in EXCESS Of $780,
/, 900, 900 in the redemption ofinterest bear
ing bonds. The vote was over three to
one, the ayes being 2O7 and nays 81. OF:
I the affirmative fifty-nine were republicans.
Representative hite presented the reso-
buttons OF the Minnesota veterans inDako-
ia in favor OF q bill for the admission Of
Dakota, and also in favor OF the Grand
Army pension bills. 81
All the Democrats in the Virginia .delega-
! ton, except John Rand olph Tucker, went
4 to the president and urged him to renomi-
nate John Goode as solicitor general. not
Z withstanding his rejection by the senate.
J They said that 1t was believed that II the
case was retired Goodies confirmation.
might be secured u 81 Il.
5SENATE:-T hres reports were made on The
proposed investigation OF tho charges Of bril-.
J. berry In connection with Senator Payness;
election. The report signed by Senators
SPugh, Salisbury, Vance and EEustis, the
Democrat tic plembers Of the. committee,
sets forth the history Of the case, ecognizes
the transcendent Importance OF throwing
It highest safeguards against ting o mem-:
bsr whose title.was procured by bribery,
4 fraud or corruption, and describes tho pro-
B cess by which the signers reach the conclu-
sion that there Is no ground for further pro-.
4 ceedinas against Mr.. Payne. The report
says: That no member Of the committee
and no witness, representative or other
person has Expressed the opinion that
Payne is or was connected III the remotest
s degree by act or by knowledge with any
thing that was wrong or criminal or Inn
\ moral in his election; and on the whole
case us present ted they recommend that the
senate make no fnrther investiga ion Of
\ the charges involving the right OF Payne
to his seat. &. 81 4
Esnator Vanca submitted q proposed