Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-09
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BUSINESS BY CONGRESS.
SENATE in SECRET SESSION RATiFlEs
TIE cHlNEsETREATY.

THE cHiNEsETREATY.
Reagan and Coke Oppose the Animal In
dnstry Hin MS n Trust M~easure-The
River and Harbor Appropriation Bill
Passed by the House.
WASHINGTON, May s.-The chief feat
ures of the senate proceedings were Mr..
Reagan's and Mr.. C6ke's speeches Ia OPP
position to the, animal industry bill. The
latter had not finished his speech when
the bill went over without action.
A petition was presented from Alaska
protesting against a territorial form of
government there. Referred.
Anumber of house and senate bills for
public buildings were reported andplaced
on the calendar.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Vest,
and adopted, %instructing the library COM
rnitsee to inquire as to the expediency of
removing ~Greenough's statue of Wash
fngton from its position east of the
Capitol to some other place on the
grounds, and protectingi 1t with a suitable
canopy or otherwise.
A letter from Librarian Spofford was
read describing how the statue had been
injured by exposure, n suggested that
1T be placed in the Eastern Capitol park.
On MI. Sherman's motion The house
Joint resolution was passed enabling the
president to extend to certain Inhabitants
of Japan suitable recognition of their
treatment of the survivors of the Ameri-
a bark Cashmere.
The railroad land forfeiture bill was
then taken up. Discussion ensued on an
amendment offered by Mr.. Palmer, and
pending action the bill went over. The
house bill was passed restoring to the
public domain q part of the Unitah Val
ley Indian reservation, Utah.
The bill providing for a bureau of ami
NAL industry was then taken up, and
Mr.. Reagan spoke in opposition to it.
Many of ats features he said, were yiola-
lions of the constitution. The bill was
framed On the theory that the people Of
the states were incapable of managing
their own affairs, were, not capable Of
passing laws to secure the health and
management OF stock within dtfairlimts,
and congress must Go what the people Of
n states We're not capable of doing.
The criticism referred, of course, to por-
tionsi of the bill, and not to those relat-
ing to Interstate and foreign commerce..
He saidshe had received numerous letters
protesting against the passage of the
bill, and suggesting that its object was
to place the control OF the cattle Of the
country IN the hands of q few men in
Chicago.
Mr.3Coke followed Mr.. Reagan, also
speaking in opposition TO the bill. The
present law was satisfactory to the com
missioner of agriculture, and he was ut
terly opposed to the bill. Further than
this, his opposition to the bill YVES
strengthened by the remarks made in the
senate last week about the Chicago syndi-
cate having a lobby iii Washington work
ing for the bill. He trusted the. COM
missioner of agriculture because the
syndicate did not want him. Mr.. Coke
iassisss fieor without concluding his
speech, and the bill went over. The sen
ate then went into secret session, and at
6:10 p. M. adjourned.
House.
The feature of the day In the house
was the passage of the river and harbor
bill under suspension of the rnles.
Bills We're passed appropriating $500,
OD0 for he purchase of additional land
for appraisers warehousee in Chicago,
and limiting the cost of the proposed
building to S250,000..
The following among other bills were
introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. Plumb, of Misunderstanding
the secretary OF the tire asury to use any
money now in the treasury, or which
may hereafter accumulate therein, an
Yitra hla fnp tho na,.,o,+ Is 49, - II.
debt, for the payment of any of the out
standing interest-bearing obligations OF
the government known as Az and 4 III
cent. bonds, at par and accrued interest,
said bonds to be Cancelled In the manner
prescribed by law.
By Mi. Phelap, of Tennessee-Author
iziag the publication of the documentary
history Of the financial, fiscal and com.
mercial recordsof the Confederate states.
BY MI. McKinney-For the erection OF
public buildings at Rochester and Sum
merworth, N. II.
Mr.. Blanchard of Louisiana moved to
suspend the rules and pass the river and
harbor bill. Che motion wa seconded
yeas 1853, nays IA.
Mr.. Blanchard stated that the agcre-
gate of the bill WA only $2250, 600 greater
than when last considered in committee
Of the whole; that $3.50, 900 was giveE 10
Cleveland harbor.
Mr.. Sowden, of Pennsylvania, severely
criticised the bill. He queried whether
the president, pledged to the honest and
economical administration Of the govern
ment, would approve of the measure II
II was passed, by congress. He called
upon those who had opposed the direct
tax Dill to vote against an extravaganza
measure which.earried $40, 600, 000. Tht
motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill v then carried by a vote of 161 te
90.
An unsuccessful effort which failed FOL
want OF . quorum, was made by Mr.
bingham, OF Pennsylvania, to secure til,
passage Of the senate bill granting til,
right OF way across the Crow Indian
reservation to the Billings and Cool
City Railroad company.
a message from the president yetoini
o bill for the sale of certain New Yor]
Indian lends In Kansas, was laid befor
the house, but a motion to refer 1t to til,
committee on Indian affairs, was lost fo
lack of q quorum. The house then a
4:40 p. m. adjourned.
The Chinese Treaty Ratified.
WASHINGTON, May Sin secret ses
sion the senate resumed consideration 9
the Chinese treaty, and Senators MitcheI
) and Teller spoke in opposition toit. The
did not, however, demand a divisio
whenlit came to vote, and the treat
was ratified.
MT Edmnnds, from the committee o
foreign relations, submitted an advers
lwritten) majority report on the fisheri,
treaty, and Mr.. Morgan made a favorab
report on the part the minority. Mr.. u,