The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-18
PROCEEDINGS OFEONGRESs

to tax railroad grant lands passed, and
was substituted for the house bill on Tho
| same subject, anlncommittee circumference
! ordered. MIR. Edmunds submitted an
amendment to the legislative, executive
aud judicial appropriation bin for the an.
I poiutmcut OF seven assistants to The secre.
tary Of the interior to expedite cases an.
peaied from the pension bureau.
liousn-Thc olcomargarine bill passed.
III to lul-aItcr being so amended as 10
rea;cc the tax from 10 to > cents per pound
The, late OF the bill in the senate is very
uncertain. 1t is doubtful whether it viii
be taken up by that body durin, the pres.
cut session. Thu current belief is that the
bill will be materially amended in It's tax.
ution features before receiving, favorable
action in the senate.
SaSArt.-A resolution was offered call.
ing on the secretary OF the interior for in.
formation us to the authority under which
the land commissioner issued an executive
order saspcuGiN. land entries. The con.
sH'ar ilrtd diplomatic bill was debated.
The bill to indemnify Chinese subjects for
losses sustained in the Rock Springs
(Wyu) riot passed 80 to 1o. The scna.
tons voting in the negative were Messrs.
Beck, Berry, Cockrell, Coke. Eustis, George
Harris, Nancy, Mitchell (Or.), and Vest.
The bill authorizes the p"csidcn. to ascer-
tam lIlt hEIliill losses SuStiliilct. by China
men by the riot ut Rock Springs, Wvo. in
September. 1855. and to pay such losses,
The amonnt appropriated for that pur.
pose is Sl5o.uU
Mr.. Ingalls, offered n resolution Of 1.-THE fol.
lowing import, which, on Objection By Mr.,
Beck, went over.
Calling on the secretary OF thcintrrior tc
inform the senate whether Il circular had
/ been issued bv the commissioner of the
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secretary of the interior, suspcndinc
land entries pending legislation by
congress on the report Of these acts.
The resolution directs the secretary of the
interior to inform the senate by what act
it was claimed that congress- had delegated
to the commissioner OF the general land
Office or the secretary OF the interior, or to
the officers Jointly, the power to suspend,
by executive order, the operation through.
out the United States OF the pre-cmntion,
timber culture and desert land acts, and
to deny the citizens OF the United States
their rights under sale acts.
HousE.-The civil service reform com.
mittce reported II resolution dischurging l..
+. Wardcr, assistant doorNceper, for i'm
proper conduct in securing an appropria-
ton for the Improvement OF the Jefferson.
vile lInd.) lcvce. \. substitute resolution
was adopted by the house, ccnsuring
W w ''h NV SiibS llll- ~ IDlll
was introduced striking from the free list
certain kinds OF fish and increasing the
duty on Others; being aimed at Canada.
SENATE.-Mr. Ingalls, called up his resoiu.
ton in the senate calling Messrs. Lamar
and Sparks to account, and was proceed
ing in his peculiar and haunting manner to
hold them up to public contumely and
scorn, when Mr.. Cockrcll came in. The
latter gentleman interrupted to ask what
was going on. Mr.. Ingalls, having a razor
edge on at thctimc, replied rather sharply,
and the Missouri senator said:
THE senator might have answered a po-
lite question"
HorSE.-Thc bill extending the bonded
debt OF the paciifr railroads seventy years
was considered through outthcd day. Thedc-
bate WAS marked by a fierce attack by
Mr.. Crisp oil Georgia upon MIR. Holman.
Every ear was strained TO hear the con.
trovcrsy, and Holman, h was nervously
pla ying with his spcctaclcs, arose and slrick-
cd out Il qucsticn.i Crisp $ fall face aud white
bald head had been growing redarr and rrd-
der, until his countcuancc rcsrmhied q
tnrnercsque view OF Venice. ana his power.
full voice fairly came back i'll c hoes from
the glass ceiling, as utterly ignoring the
great objcctOr he cried:
And these lren talk OF attorneys. II
either one OF them insinuate, suggest or i'm
intimate that | am su agent or attorney.
or counsel for, or IL any way Interested in
any railroad. | hurl it in his teeth us 20
uuniitirdly false.
SENArE.-Mr. Merrill, from the committee
on finance, reported a bill creating an as.
sistant secretary OF the treasury. He ask
ed immediate considerati2jb the bin, but
Mr.. Hoar objected. A resolution was OF.
Tered by Mr.. Dave relating to bonded
whisky. The senate then resumed consid-
Grafton OF the bill for the relief OF the An
napolis cadets. After Il long debate it
was laid on the table. A bill was passed
providing for commission OF three per.
sons to be approved by the president, to
investigate the truth OF alleged discoveries
OF the specific cause OF yellow fever. The
senate postponed indefinitely the bin to
disqualily justices of the United States su-
prcme court from sitting on the trial of
causes which had been previously heard
before them ut circuit.
HousE.-Mr. Kelley replied to the speech
OF Mr.. Wheeler against the late Secretary
Stanton. Mr.. Kelley opened by reading an
extract from the speech OF Mr.. Wheeler,
and characterizing the attack rs nconspir-
acy OF midnight slanderers to attack the
character OF a dead man. Mr.. Kelley ignor-
ed the charges made against Stanton
by Wheeler. except as to his relations with
the Union generals. In regard to this point
he read n letter written by Stanton to his
warm friend and adviser, Rev. Harmon
Dyer, an Episcopal clergyman OF New York
datad May is, 1862, defending himself
from the charge that he obstructed Gen.
McCieilan's plans, etc. He then read a
short abstract from n letter OF Gen. Grant
TO show the high opinion in which that OF
tcer held Stanton's character. He asked
the house to vindicate its orders; to pro-
tcct themagainstth this conscious, deliberate,
persistent invasion.
Mr. Morr;u,p ,,+ ,L,.1 f,,+L,, l;,,,s,t,,,
by moving to refer Mr.. Kelley's resolution
TO the committee on rules. Agreed too
to 81. The house then went into commit
tee OF the whole on the legislative, execu'
tive and judicial appropriation bill.
Morrow OF California introduced n bill
which declares unlawful and prohibits the
use and occupancy Of any part OF the pub
lie lands without claim or title made in
good faith under the laws.
SENATE.-The senate considered bills or
the calendar under the iive-minute rule
Among the measures passed were the fol
lowing:
10 legalize the corporation OF @nationa
trades unions. Amending section 3,S93 o
the devised Stntutes relating to the trans
portal,on OF obscene publication
the scope of the old scction). Establish
ing judicial districts in Montana. Creating
additional land districts in Dakota. Re
icrrlng to the court Of claims for examina
!loh and report to congress certain claims
Tor property seized by Gen. Johnston il
the Utah expedition II ISL.
Bills were reported iavorably in the SEN
ate approprinting the following sums fol
public buildings: Duluth, Mimi, $1,000 900
Tor repairs and enlargement OF the pnbli'
building mt Des Moines, Iowa, S153,o0o
making an additional appropriation o
1000 for the public building at kcoku!.
Iowa.
HousE.-The debated in the housc Wsdncs
day on the clause OF the legislative approprl
ntion bill practically multiplying the value o
the civil service commission was intensel.