Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-26

CONGRESSIONAL SUMMARY. !
T SENATE--Aresolutionw was adopted calling
on the secretary Of the interior for intorm,a-
zion concerning the work OF special age ts
appointed to investigate land frauds. Mr..
Hawley introduced bill relating TO the
taxa ton OF railroad lands, and i,a a speech
said the Northern Pacific Company had
paid the survey fees upon on, 3 a small por.
tion OF it's land grant. me bill granting
the ranking privilege tc. the widow of Gen.
Grant passed. Mr.. morgan concluded bis
speech against tn educational bill.
letter was <eceived from Secretary La
mar IN answer to . request. Lamar said:
am directed by the president to
say tdat If the object Of the resolution
IS "a inquire into the reasons for the sus-
pension ii Ward, these papers are not to
be considered as constituting all the evil
dence transmitted to him in relation there
to. am also directed by the president to
say that he does not consider it consist
emit with the public interests to transmit
copies Of unofficial papers from private
records held in my custody from him,
which relate exclusively to the suspension
OF the incumbent.
HoUsE-Bills were introduced tx, teclll;n-
ate certain treaty stipulations between the
United States and China; to grant q pension
OF IS, 900 year to the widow OF Gen. Han
cock; for the free coinage OF silver; to re-
vive the grade OF general in the army and
resolution for the investigation OF the tele-
phone scandal in all it's phases. The Fitz
John Porter bill WAS debated.
SENArE.-Mr> Cullom reported a substi-
! tute for the bill to regulate commerce re-
Gently submitted by the committee on
| Interstate commerce, and gave notice that
| he would soon ask the senate to set a day
! for its consideration. The important Sec
| tons OF She bill have been revised and
! somewhat modified by the committee. AS
| the biz now stands it's provisions apply 1t
the transportation OF passengers and freight
by railroad, or partly by railroad anG
partly by water when both are. used 10,
continuous carriage between The states anc
between the United States and foreigr
countries. The sections prohibiting unjus
discrimination and the Civ ing OF undue pref
i erences are not materially changed.
I HoUsE.-Mr. BANDS bin for the free
! coinage OF silver was reported adversely,
A resolution was adopted instructing the
committee on iudicin,y to investiga tie thu
state OF the law On the question Of the gov
eminent bringing suit to test the validity
of patents (referring to the Bell telephe n,
| case.)
SENATE--Bills were introduced for the e.
tablishment of an educational fund frp]
the proceeds Of public land sales and r
e,lpts from railway companies under tt
Thurman act; imposing a duty .et 25 pt
cent ad valorem on all goods Che produt
OF countries east OF the Cape OF Good Hor
except wool, raw cotton and raw silk: al
propriating. $780, 900 for mon,1neist t
Gen. Grant in Washington. The bal fc
punishment OF trespassers upon India
lands (designed especially TO cover Il
cases OF the Oklahoma boomers) passed.
HoUsE-The Hennepin canal bill was r,
ported fa"orably. Bills passed ma King tn
allowances for clerk hire to first andlsecont
class postm astcrs cover the COST o2clerica
labor in thc money order bushes s: redu,
ing froK eight to five cents the charge f..
money orders not exceeding IS, asnd to III,
tect homestead settlers wRthin. railrna
limits. The debate on the Fitz John POI
ter bill was resumed.
sEN1TE.-Mr. Edmunds, fro1 the juesici
airy committee, presented reso lutions ant
a report on the relatiors,of TIE senate an
the president in the master of. the suspen
sion of officials. After'the rel port and res
olutions were read, Mr.. P, Ugh, from ia
committee said: "As 10 tt 10 report Jus
made, desire to state that the na;uorit
OF tho judiciary cornnittee knev
nothing OF the contents of the re
port$until it was read to the COMMITTEE
this morning The minority desire 10 ore
pare a report, in which tlaey will prese1
their views; and to enable. them to do 81
they have until Monday W eek within w}cl
to prepare the report, audit is understood.
that the majority report, and the res sofia
tiona accompanying it, will not be callet
up Tor consideration until get leave 1t
file the minority report. The time give,
us to do SO is nos to extend beyond neg
Monday week."
So the minority report and discussio1
will probably be postponed until the liz
OF March.
Among the petsa5ions presented in the sen,
ate and appropriately referred was one bv
Mr.. Hoar from *'Citizens of the Unitef
Ststes'-citizens whose names, Mr. Hoa
said seemed to:ndicate they were foreign
bi1th-praying Tor the submission by COZ
gress to the several states of q peoposei
constitutional amendment abolishing tn
presidency.
MoUsE.--A bin amen ding the Pacific rail
road acts, compelling the roads to pay t.
( the government tho amounts for survey
! ing lands, was reported.
The Fitz John Porter bill was passed b.
the house the vote standing: Ayes LA
! nays 113. The debate was closed by Gen
! Bragg. in q speech of considerable force
in which no showed great familiarit.
! With the movements of the troops on tfr
Bull Run battle field, having been an :aetiv
participant and in command OF a briEad
on:the Union side upon that occasion. H
denounced Pope and Mcdowell.
Many of the points made by Bragg wer
applauded on the Democratic side, an.
publican side when Steele or Cutcheon auc
ceeded in injecting some pointed questio7
or remark into Bragg's speech.
SEyArE.-Mr. Henderson introduced Il
resolution directing the secretaries of stat
and war to investigate and report upo
soldiers. The Blair education bill was d.
bate1, several Southern senators bein
among those who spoke against it.
Mr. :Edmunds, Arom the committee O
the Judiciary, reported favorably, bills t
remove the political disabilities OF Alexar
der P.'Stewart of Mississippi, Thomas I
Rosser, of Virginia and Edward G. w. But
Ter of Missouri. Ike bills were at once pass
ed, Mr.. Edmunds remarking that one G
the parties was ansold gentleman and desi,
ed, before 'eaving:t this world, to be at peac
with the United States.
Mr.. Beck said he did not know of an
smaller Susiness fortthe judiciary commit
tee than tie be peddEng out removals q
disabilities in this way.
Mr.. Edmunds replied: ~ ~
| All that the United States asked OF an,
person: before relieving him OF the pen
atty ,imnpsed upon him by the con