The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-08
FlFTiETA CONGRESS.
Abstract Of tho proceedlnss OF the
Senate and House.


The senate finance subcommittee held
its first meeting upon the tariff bill. The
meeting was designed only to bring out he
views of the members as to the promr
course to pursue in the preparation OF the
bill. N' >'N
Several hours were spent in secret Sos.
sion ostonsihly discussing tho motion oi
Senator Sherman to proceed to the cOpsid.
GRAFTON ol 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 IL 10.
ficlency in the appropriation for rXpeus"s
OF collecting the revenue from customs.
The bill passed with amend nents, tho
principal one striking out the clause re.
pealihg the law making II permanent I'M.
nual appropriation of So, 500, 900 for such
expenses.
Senator Blair introduced JOINT reso,u
tion providing for the following amend.
nent 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 establisl, and ;aain.
tnin II system of free public schools, but
that no money raised by taxation shall
ever be appropriated, applied or given for
person. whereby instruction is given in
any doctrine, tenets, hclicfs and cerc.
monl;lls or observations peculiar to any
religious sect.
The speaker ai'l before tho House a let.
ter from tho attorney ..oneiul askin: for II
deficiency appropriation oi Sli0, 900 iur r.
the present fiscal year fur witness and
jurors fees in the United States nnu terri.
torial courts OF Utah.
The con:crces on the part of tho House
on Representative O'Seill's hill creating H.
department Of labor. have reached nm
agreement by acccptin. the Senate amend.
ments. which were merely formal
knntc Nelson filed in the house and re.
ferretl TO the committee ON WAYS am,
meansa letter from II. l.. l.nurks, oi Clear
Lake, OAK, giving reasons cnsently stated
why lnrm machinery should he placed on
the free list. lIe says that American bind.
ers cost moro aud are no better than Can.
adian binders.
The Senate committee to investigate the
jackson, Miss, election RIOTS, after a s,,s.
pension Of three or four weeks, has rpsum.
ed its sittinas, havim. secured nix frcsl,
witnesses frOm Jackson. The sittinrs are
continued with closed doors.
The sub romm il tee of the committee on
finance OF tho Senate having in charge the
investigation nf the tariff will consider tho
glass and cnr'henware schedule. and will
hear during the remainder nf the week
such persons as hnve information to give
respecting this schedule.
HOUSE.
Cauc',ses were held by Republican and
Democratic members OF the house.
The select committee OF the house which
investigated the late strike on the Reading
railroad will recommend some drastic
Legislation that lie likely to he unpalntablc
TO- both the railroa.ls and their employees.
lhc propositions UNDERGO ilsitlernt ion are:
An absolute provision for placing IN the
hands of Il receiver any railroad company
which as the result Of differences with ts
employees tails for ten ten days to operate
the road a requirement that ali train
crews hut no other employees shall give ton
days notice OF an intention to quit work;
and that the railroad companies must
give ten days notice to their employees ot
reduction OF wages
SENATE.
The senate in executive session adopted
the neutrality-suspicious. without II division:
That the Injunction Of secrecy he re.
moved from all proceedings of the
senate in reference to the treaty will,
Great britain now under consideration.
Motions from the Democratic side to
postpone the treaty until December and
to lay on the table The motion to sit with
open doors were ruled out Of order. The
motion made last week hv Senator Sher.
man t" proceed with tho "onailnra tim
OF the treaty was carried by u to 10.
HOUSE.
Tho agricultural appropriation bil as
completed, appropriatcS Sl,ool, SO an
increase over the appropriation for the
current year OF S392, 23O
The house considered the legislative bill
Mr.. Kerr of Iowa commented ON civil scr.
vice reform as practiccd by the Democratic
party, and sent to the clerk Is desk and had
read IL circular letter to federal u.'iccllnd.
ers in Iowa. written by the secretary of the
Democratic state COMMITTEES of Iowa, ask
ing for voluntary contributions. a sharp
interchange on the merits OF the civil SER
vice law and the attitude uf the twopa.tes
toward it then took place between Hicssrs
Weaver of Iowa. Steele "i Indiana, Cannon
Of Illinois and othcrs.
The army appropriation bill was report.
ed to the house to-day. II apprOpriates
s2I,2S?,7oO, which is S5Gl,!'>l more
than the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
Chairman Hatch of thu house commit.
tee on agriculture. to-day announced the
following subcommittee. which, as pro.
vi'led by IL resolution some days ago, will
begin the compilation Oi ~ general food
adultcratinn act ironl the various meas
urcs on the subject now pendin. before the
committee Mcssrs. burnett, ni Mnssn.
chusetts stahlneckcr, OF New York.
Davidson. ni Alabama; Con:er. "f inw;,,
and Laird, OF Nebraska. MIR. Hatch wa.
added I" the subcommittee by the sub.
committee itself.
The fisheries treaty WAS debated in open
session, Messrs, Forge and Beck making
the principal speeches.
In consideration of the lcsislltiveap appro.
priatinn bill considerable debate was had
over the clauses making an appropriation
for the office OF surveyors general.
The legislative bill az il stands cont aims
no appropriation for the salary of the
governor Of Dakota. Unless the bill should
be amended in the senate Gov. thnrch
will have to farm this year inr q living,
while bearing the llonors OF the governor
ship for glory alone.
The number OF forged notes ni the Bann
of France proves to he larger than was at
first supposed. Tic pa rir increases. and
confidence in the bank is shaken because
OF the refusal of he directors to- reimburse