The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-03-26
j Sings OF CONGRESS-

lion appoint Rev. j. 3. Butler. D. D.,
Of 3ahington chaplain. Among petitions
prs1hted aud referred to committees were
q nmbsr from local assemblies of knights
q Labor throughout the country favOring
che building Of the Hennepin canal.
Mr.. Ingalls, submitted o Joint resolution
proposing constitutional amendment
for the beginning Of the successive admin.
istrations Of the government, instead Of
March 4.
a message from the house notified tho
Aennte Of the death Of Representative
Hahn Of Louisiana. On motion OF Mr..
Eustis, out OF respect to the memory Of
the deceased, the senate adjourned. I'm.
mediatcly after reading the journal the
house adjourned out Of respect to the
memory Of Mr.. Hahn.
SENArE.-On motion OF Mr.. v, II Wyck,
tho house bill increasing the pensions OF
soldiers widows, ETC., was taken up. AIT.
or considerable debate and the rejection Of
several amendments, the bill passed ms it
came from the house. 1t now needs only
the presidents signature to become law.
1t increases the pensions OF widows and dc.
pendent relatives from 81 to SIC q month.
Mr.. Cockrell, from the committee on mill.
tary affairs, reported favorably the bill to
amend article 1O3 OF the rules and articles
OF war.
The pension bill reported to the senate by
Mr.. Blair provides:
Every person specified under the several
clauses enumerated under section 4. 6y3 of
the Revised Statutes who served six
months in the military or naval service
during the war OF the rebellion, and who
was honorably discharged. who is or shall
become disabled from any cause not the
result Of his own gross carclessness, shall.
upon making known the facts, be pluced
upon the pension roll, and receive u pen.
sion during the continuance OF such dis.
ability at rate proportional to the de.
gree OF disability. such pension to com.
mence ut the date OF filing Of the applica.
ton. The highest rate Of pension granted
under this section is fixed ut $24 for total
incapacity to perform manual labor.
Mr.. Cullom spoke in support OF tho sem
ate's claim to official papers on file in the
departments, and Mr.. Maxey addressed the
senate on the other side. Mr.. Dolph criti.
ciscd the president for tho removal OF OK.
Union soldiers from office.
HousE.-Bills were introduced to cstab
lish postal saving banks; to punish dis.
elimination by telegraph companies in the
transmission OF messages, and fOrbidding
those companies to sell new dispatches; a
resolution for u constitutional amendment
prohibiting polygamy. The bill to close up
the business OF tho court OF Alabama claims
passed. BY q vote Of 179 to 81, the rules
were suspended and a resolution adopted
fixing certain days for the discussion oi a
free silver coinage bill.
Mr.. Browne OF Indiana, risingto privil
eyed question in the house, offered reso.
luton proposing an investigation Of charges
against Luther F. Warder, assistant door.
keeper OF the house Of representatives, and
o. o. Steeley, clerk to Speaker Carlisle,
both OF Indiana, to the effect TINT the
former secured from citizens OF Jefferson.
Vile. during the last congress, sums Of
money aggregating $3.50 for alleged ser
vices in securing an appropriation 81 $780,
ing the lcvee OF Jeffersonville. The reso.
luton was adopted without debate and re.
fcrred to the committee on reform in the
civil service.
sENA1E.-Mr. Van Wyck offered the fol.
lowing resolution which was adopted:
Resolved, That the committee on public
lands he directed to examine the nature
and extent Of the alleged use and destruc-
ton Of timber on tho public lands adjoinins
the line OF the Northern Pacific railroad,
particularly by the Montana Improvement
islation is necessary to protect timber on
the public domain, and that the commit
tee have power to send for persons and
papers.
The chair laid before the senate the new
electoral count bill, and Mr.. Hour address.
ed the senate on the bill. Atthe conclusion
OF Mr.. Hoar's remarks the bill was passed
without q division.
The unfinished business being the Ed.
munds resolution, reported from the judi.
ciary committee, was then laid before the
To nj nrls
and continued his remarks in favor Of the
majority report Of the committee.
Just before the senate went into executive
session there was lively tilt between Sen.
ators Beck and Edmunds, which wus very
much enjoyed by the spectators in the
galleries. Mr.. Edmunds having objected tc
Beck g reierrinGto what had been done in
executive session in the Duskin case, some
sharp passages occurred between them, dur
ing which the acts Of the senate in executive
session were SO strongly limited ut b,
prevent further exposure, tho senate order.
ed the galleries cleared and tho doora
closed, and went into executive session
The controversy was not resumed. In the
executive session Mr.. Conger moved to IRE
consider the vote by which II. +. Dement,
was recently confirmed to be surveyor
general OF Utah. The motion to reconsider
suspcnds the action of tho senate in thu
case, and Dement'S nomination will b.
hung up until the motion to reconsider il
disposed Of.
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