The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-05-31
.EIFTIETH CONGRESS-.
Abstract OF the Proceedings 81 the
Senate and House.


The senate decided BY q vote 81 90 to
81 not to consider the fisheries treaty IN
open session. The division was upon
strict party lines, except in the case OF
Senator Hale, who voted with the demo.
Gratis adversely to the Riddlebereer resolu.
ton, No time has yet been fixed for the
taking up OF the treaty.
In the house Mr.. McShape reported from
the Indian committee Mr.. Toole's bill to
provide for the sale Of certain lands pat.
eLted to the Flathead tribe OF Indians.
These lands are located in the Bitter Root
valley, Mont. "
The Senate comm ittee on agriculture
has ordered a favorable report on the
Hatch bill to enlarge the duties OF the de.
partment oil agriculture, and make it an
executives department.: ~~4
The COMMITTEES on appropriations has
completed the consideration OF the Indian
appropriation bin. 1t has made a net re-
duction Of $226, 600, making the total an.
preparation So, 172,OoO.
HThe best opinion now is that the report
OF the senate committee on Mr.. Fuller's
nominate will be q favorable one, and
that all the Republicans, with possibly
two' exceptions-Ingalls and Edmunds-
will vote with the Democrats to SO report
it. Undoubtedly q good many Republi-
cans will vote against confirmation.
HOUSE. ~ +
Mr. udd called UP and passed. in the
house today the senate bill to allow the
Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western road
right OF way through the Lac du Flam.
beau reservation in Wisconsin,. Mr.. Mel.
son introduced n bin granting tho Duluth
q Winnipeg railroad right Of way through
the Fond du Lac reservation. ,
The House committee on appropriations
has, ordered an s~unfavorable report on
representative Outhwaite's bill a%ppropri.
ating $113, 600 to defray the expense Of q
government exhibit at the Cleveland OK.
position next fall.
The senate has confirmed James D..
Jenkins OF Usage, Iowa, to be agent for
the Indians OF the Sisseton agency in d.
kota.
The presiding officer. OF, the senate an.
nounced as the. select committee. to ex-
anime into all questions touching the
meat product OF the United States, Sena.
Coke.
The Spooner bill putting telegraph com.
panies under the jurisdiction OF the inter.
state commission is likely 10.
be reported favorably to the senate. I'm.
less the bill is made more radical thar
the committee nov seem likely to make it,
the Western Union win make no OPP.
position to it. These people are in.
elined to favor a moderate bin
were under government regulation they
think it would stop, or at least turn aside
a great deal OF the adverse criticism which
is periodically showered upon them, and
stave off the day OF government telegraph.
Senator Vest introduced the house bin
granting the Duluth, Rainy Lake River &
Southwestern Railway company the right
to construct and maintain q pivot draw.
bridge across the Red River OF the North,
etwee Minnesota and Dakota. H. a5@
r +. s,...' 49, HOUSE
izing the committee on foreign affairs to
inquire into the facts concerned with the
imprisonment in an English Jail OF John
Curtin Kent, a naturalized American citi.
zen. Kent was recently convicted of q
dynamite conspiracy in London, and sen.
fenced to i'm Imprisonment. The American
consul general at London says the Ameri.
can citizenship OF Kent was shown in the
trial, and the conviction was in direct con.
AAS . sAS SAAA VI VAAO SoukVs 3 .
The postoffice appropriation bill was
passed. During the debate the inefficient
postal service in the west was thoroughly
ventilated. Mr.. Tools OF Montana and
Mr.. VOORHEES, OF Washington Territory
voiced the wishes Of the people OF the ter.
ritories for a more efficient mail service
than they were now receiving. The con.
duct Of First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Stevenson was the subject OF %unfavor.
abb Republican comment
: SENATE. FL
The senate finance subcommittee held
it's first meeting upon the tariff bill. The
meeting vas designed only to bring out the
views OF the members as to the proper
course to pursue in the preparation OF the
bill. 1851 -
Several hours were spent in secret SEES.
sion ~.ostensibly discussing the motion Of
Senator Sherman to proceed to the consid.
Grafton OF the fisheries treaty with open
doors but in reality debating the merits OF
the treaty itself Senator Morgan was
the principal speaker.
The senate considered the house bill
making an appropriation to supply q de-
fciency in the appropriation for expenses
OF collecting the revenue from customs.
The bill passed with amendments, the
principal one striking out the clause re-
pealing the law making a permanent an
nual appropriation OF S., SOC, 900 Tor such
Expenses. ~F - J. ~
Senator Blair introduced a JOINT resolu.
tion providing for the following amend
ment to the constitution: That no state
shall ever make or maintain any law re.
specting an establishment OF religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof. and
that every state shall establish and main.
tain o system OF free public schools, but
that no money raised by taxation shall
ever be appropriated. applied OF given for
any school. institution, corporation or
any doctrine, tenets, beliefs and cere.
monials or observations peculiar to any
religious sect. &
The speaker laid before the House q let
ter from the attorney general asking for q
deficiency appropriation Of $l1O, 900 Tor
the present fiscal year for witness and
Jurors fees in the United States and terri.
Etorial courts OF Utah.
The conferees on the part OF the House
ON Representative O'Neill's bill creating q
department. OF labor. have reached an
agreement by accepting the Senate amend.
ments, which were merely formal.
Knute Nelson filed in the house and re.
lerred to the committee on ways and
means q letter from III. Il. Loucks, Of Clear
why farm machinery should be placed on
the free list. He says that American bind
ers cost more and are no better than Cam
adian binders.
ENATE
The Senate committee to investigate the
jackson, Miss, election riots, after q aus.
ed it's sittings, having secured six fresh
Witnoaaea from .1nckann. The aittfnra ARA