Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1886-01-15

tne lalt@r including Senator ,IOar. be-
cause. as he explained, it dlsfranchised
the women of Utah. The bill passed as
it came from tue Committee. and is
most sweeping and severe in its provis-
ions practically putting the entire con-
troll and legislation of the territory under
direct national supervision, and if en-
forced must end polvgamy. In the
same body, an improIant and far
reaching measure to prohibit the letting
of government contracts to persons en-
ploNing convict labor, was introduced.
Having disposed OF the Utah bill the
exhausted statesmen of the upper house
adjourned till to-day.
Since the announcement of the stand
ing committees there is Il good deal of
"seasckmess' among the statesmen of
the Democratic ship, many failing to
pei what tiey wanted. conspicuous
among them beng the great Iowa
Greenbacll champion. Gem Weaver.
who expected to he put at the Lead of
the Labor Committee. as IA reward. not
so much for his hormeS -handed toll as
for his efforts to reinstate the Roth
chllds party i'm power. Instead, the
position Was given to a ST. Luu;s dude
hy the name of O'Nell. who wears a
bmtton-hole boul,et Il la Ben Butler. and
sports silk stockings and Silver-headrd
came. Foran, of OHIO. whom, the
worklngmpn really wanted, WAS also
discarded to make room for the man
with the boquet.
\ glance at the heads of the conn
mittiecs will convince the MOST incryd-
uous. not ony that llie most ulro wing
OF the majority is put to the front, but
also that the gentlemen who not long
ago wanted to destroy the Union, are
again welding the power. Out of the
fortypight ciairmen the solid South
gets twenty-nimr. With such men as
Aiken. of outh Carolina, at tile head OF
the Educational Committee, Turner,
nf Georgia.. on Elections. Cox. of North
Carolina, ON reform in the civil service
etc. great advance. purity and Il fair
count may confidently be predicted.
An"ng the nearly four thousand bills
already offered, one to establish MA
tional lives stock highway from Texas
northwald another To repeal the civil
service act, bills to limit
silver coinage, to prohibit .he
mailing of papers containing lottery
adveri@mnnts prohibit the ownership
of lanns i.A aliens. are among tie most
important
Some of the big men of Dakota have
arrived III town. representing that tnl-
hlyo state. including Gov. MeIlelle.
Edgerton and Moody. the embryo
United States Senators. and others.
''el't ON getting us nearly into the Union
"a 'asr;lhle. the prospect of which is
SOM what improved One of the party.
Mn j IL. Drake. a journalist nf Aberdeen
was i;mavOilablv detained at Chicago bv
a trlllng incident trlmped mp. 10y some
old enemy, with which a deputy sheriff
had something tO do. but come along all
right on the following train. W.D.
\ cirei.lar. regarding taking t stipno-
NY in final proof cases. issued by Com.
Sparks. and approved by the Secretary
1T the Interior. has been received by all
officers entitled to take such testimony.
The officers are compelled to cross ex-
anime witnesses and claimants. in the /
most rigid m:lnltt.
One party has been sent from the
Bismarck region to Detroit. Mich. i
for year and five months for perjury in
proving up on a clam. and another has
mrll convicted at Pierre ot .'makino
false statements concerning land
IhP:e are several others suspected of
a little from strict veracity i'm
and nnl,ters.-F -FnrGo SIM
Cures OF sciatca ae reported having
AIKEN place i'm Paris after single appli-
'ation of DR.. Debove's method of freeZ-
ng the skin above the painful parts
With spray of chloxide of methvl. The
ppllcation is said to be applicable also :
o facial neuralgia.
The proper division or Daknta should
ot he compromised for political colisid
ations. 1t would be letter for Dakota
o bide her time than to consent tn
upon Democratic demand -
IN ~ Democrat.
John Sherman has been reelected l..
senator from Ohio.
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