Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-12
APOLOGY DAY.
THE ORDER or BUSINESS IN CON.
GRFsS yesterday.
Voorhees, Apologies to the Senate. but
Not to IngaIIs-The Hewitt Explana-
tfon and Tarfn Talk In the House

npOAOkAZ0b 10 the SENATE Ou
Not to Ingalls-The Hewitt Explana
tion and Tariff Talk in the House
WAsHNeros, May s.-At the conclusion
Of the morning business senator vorheel
arose, and after stating that be had beer
i'll for almost a week, aid: Referring te
a iscussion in which I participates lac,
week, ! wish to say to the Senate thai
however severe the p~rovocation which wal
given, yet / made use OF language at thai
time contrary to the rules OF this body,
the parliamentary rules and usage and de.
corum Of the Senate. / regret having used
such language, and tender The proper apol.
ogy TO the Senate of the United States for
doing SO. My high respect for the dignity
OF this body, OF which / have so long been
a member, as well as my sel~f-respect. in
duces me to make this statement.
After the close of Voorhees, remarks In
sumed the chair.
CHINESE CRANKs.
Hoar presented d memorial oil the New
Ea land conference OF the Methodist Epis-
copal church protesting against the rati-
6cation of the Chinese treaty orany treaty
that precludes Chinese ministers OF the
Gospel or Chinese delegates to religious
conventions coming into the country and
characterizing it ne utterly unan.erican
and unchristiau. Hoar said thai until
there could be a N appeal from the American
p~eopledrunk to theAmerican people sober,
the matter might be considered settled.
He therefore asked that the memorial be
laid on the table. 1t was SO ordered. The
Senate then resumed consideration
biz, the question being on the amendment
offered yesterday by Palmer. Dolph moved
to lay on the table Palmer's amendment
{ o the Spooner's amendment being that
nothing in the act should be construed to
conrim any private entry for land
settled upon and now claimed
under the color of homestead or pre-emp-
ton laws, but that In all such cases the
Commissioner OF the general Land Office
and the Secre. AIRY OF the Interior shall hear
determine the claims OF parties re-
spectivaly according to the provisions of
the existing law. The amendment was laid
IA ShG " ANaF go, nays To- Duty
to lay on the table the amendment
offered by Spooner that the provision con-.
irming the title OF all persons holding or
claiming lands in the State of Michigan dis
posed by the proper officers of the United
States under the public land laws, provided
hat the Secretary OF the Interior shall be
that
THE CASH PURCHASES
we're made without fraud and in the belle |
hat the purchasers were obtaining a valid
title, shall not be construed as confirming
my sales or entries of lands upon which |
here were bona fde presumption or home
tead claims ON the first OF May, 1886.
The motion to lay on the table was defeat
IL, nays %. An amendment was
greed to--yeas rs, nays 16. Edmunds
moved to recommit the bill to the Com.
nittee on Public Lands. with instructions
o report it back amended as soon as
night be. The motion to recomlEit was
opposed by Blair and Dolph, and defeated
only nine Senators voting for it). After
ONE discussion OF the amendments affect.
ng Michigan lands, the bill went over.
FOLLOWING BILLS
or puDAc nulldlngS were reported n
or the calendar: Senate bills for
.eno, Nevada, SEC. 900; for Virginia City,
$4,000.
A message was received from the Presi-
emit on the subject OF tn. impressment into
ne French army OF John Prussia, an
.merican citizen, was laid before the Sem
tie and referred to the Committee on
Relations.
Stewart offered a resolution calling for
correspondence, remarking that the
IAN had been discharged from the French
rmy since the resolution had heen offered.
Paddock introduced a bill to amend the
ct to encourage the growth of timber on
ne western prairies. Referred.
The Senate then adjourned.
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