The diamond drill., 1888-09-29
Lth CONGRESS.

sENATE.-In the senate on Tire 10Th the
following bills were taken from the calendar
aud passed: The senate bill appropriating
$3.50 for postofce building at st. Paul,
MINI. The senate bill for the ascertainment
Of the amount due the Potaw attomic Indians
Of Michigan and Indiana. The House bill 10
amend the river and hnrbor appropriation
bill OF lSSS In relation 10 the usc Of the 81.
Mary's Falls and other canals. The House
bill granting 20 the Duluth and Winnipeg
Railroad Company right OF way through the
Fond du Lac Indian reservation, Minnesota,
amended 20 as to give similar rights a,ross
the Umatilla Indian reservation Ia Oregon Ia
the Oregon Railroad Navigation Company,
and also 80 a. 10 increase DoyOnd i2OOO acres
the extent OF the Imatllla reservation to bc
reserved after allotmcnts Ia scyeralty. The
senate bill 20 forfeit lands granted 70 the
State OF Michigan 10 aid la the construction
Of a railroad from Marquette tO Ontoragon.
The senate bill appropriation $1,000 for a
public building at Kalamazoo, Mich. The
Senate bill 30 accept and ratiiy the agreement
Of l4th OF May, 1870, submitted by the Shos-
homes, Bannocks, and Sherpcatcrs. Of the Fort
Hall and Lembi reservations In Idaho. Mr..
Edmunds reported from the committee on
Foreign Relations the following order: Or
dered, That thc President of the senate be
directed 10 withhold the transmission - the
House Of Representatives OF tie act (liouse
bill) 10 prohibit the coming ~ Chimes labor
ers 10 the United states until the further de
rccton Of The senate. lie asked for its inn
mediate consideration. Mr. Teller objected
10 it, present consideration, aud the order
went over.
HOUsR.-The House put in the cntre scs-
sion or the 18Th In wrangling over tho library
building appropriation Ia the Sundry Civil
bill. A vote, which was finally taken on the
retention of the appropriation, stood yeas o.,
nays ~, which only showed the want Of
quorum.
sgNATE.-Mr. Stewart introduced bin on
the 2lst regul ltlng the presentation of bills
and joint resolutions u the President ~ the
United States. After a brief discussion II vas
referred Ia the Commit = on Rules Itmskes
II the duty Of the speaker o. the House and
OF the President OF the Scnat' Ia have bills
aud Joint resolutions presented for them 10
the President la ps rxon, and e. have the fact
reported Ia the respective hou-es. Mr.. Stew
art also offered resolution ~ iting the state
ment in the public press that the pre.enfa-
ton Of bills "a the President IL frequently de-
layed for several days. and sometimes for
weeks, by the House Committee on Bills, and
resolving that the senate, a. a branch of the
Legislative Department Of the government,
calls the attention Of the House. VI Rrprescn-
iatives 10 such delays in presenting
bills 10 the President and asks The House Of
require Us officers % present such bills with
out unnecessary delay. The House bill "a
make the Department Of Agriculture one Of
The executive departments OF ule government
was uIen taken up, the question being on the
amendment reported by the Committee ON
Agriculture 90 strike out the iifth section.
which transfers the Weather Bureau OF the
signal Service "a the Department Of Agricul-
ture. After speeches by Senators Chandler
and Blair, Mr.. Reagan sent 10 the Clerks