Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-05-17
FlFrIErR CONGRESS-.
Abstraot Of the Proceedings Of the
Senate and house.

senate and Rouse.
SENATE.
Ihs SENATE In executive session rati.
fed the Chinese treaty without q
division. Senator Ednunds reported
the fisheries treaty adversely. sub.
| mitting written majority report and
| Senator Morgan submitted the favorabls
minority report. Mr.. Edmunds gave no
tice chat he would call up the treaty q
/ week hence.
Senator Davis presented in the senate
resolution from the St. Paul chamber oil
/ commerce iavoring the bill introduced by
AFR. (rNeil in the house to prevent the use
Of convict labor in competition with free la
Dor in the manufacture OF any articles. He
also presented the petition OF the South
/ west Minnesota Union ex-Prisoners OF War
essociat ton in favor OF pensioning ex-pris
oners Of war. He also presented petit
| ton from citizens OF Renville county,
Mimi. protesting against the removal Of
| the duty from raw materials.
HOUSE.
/ Mr.. Brown OF Ohio introduced bill nod.
| lying the civil service law. IL makes eligi
| BILE for appointment without being requir.
/ e. to pass the civil service examination
all honorably discharged Federal soldiers
and sailors OF the late war upon sati siac.
tory evidence OF good character and capa.
bility.
BY a vote OF 16I to 50 the river and har.
Dor bill passed the house under suspension
| OF the rules.
After the transaction OF morning bust.
ness land while Mr.. Harris was In the
chair and Mr.. Ingalls, on the floor. Voor.
hees in a brief speech apoiogizsd to the
senate Tor the imparlamentary Language
used in reply to the speech OF Mr.. Ingalls,.
| Several hours we're then spent on the
railroad land grant forfeiture bin, without
i coming to vote.
The message from the President on the
subject OF the impressment into the French
army OF John Prussia, an American eiti'
! zen was laid before the Senate and refer.
| red to, the committee on foreign relations.
Mr.. Stewart, {who offered the resolution
calling for the correspondence remarking
/ that the man had been discharged from
the French army since the resolution was
offered.
Mfr. Paddock introduced bill to amend
the act to encourage the growth OF timber
on the Western prairies.
| HOUSE.
The message OF the President returning
without his approval the bill for the sale
OF certain New York Indian lands in Kan.
sas. was referred to the committee on In
1 dams affairs.
Mr.. Bryce OF New York, rising to a ques.
ton OF privilege, read the language
used by Mr.. Woodburn, OF Nevada, in
| reference to ex.Congressman Hewitt hav-
| ing apologized to the British minister
/ for offering a resolution of inquiry as to
| the case OF 0'Donnell. under sentence OF
death in Great Britain, but Mr.. Wood
| burn reiterated the statement, and said
be needed better authority than sne letter
over the signature OF A. $. Hewitt, the in.
| terested party, the defendant in the ease.
The subject was then dropped and the
House went into committee OF the whole
on the tariff bill, and speeches we're made
! by Msssrs. Stockdale. Hopkins, Mansur
j. ID, Taylor OF OHIO. Richardson, McAdoo
and Morrow.
ThB railroad forfeiture bill after being
amended was passed.
The copyright bill phssed-yeas35, nays
| 10.
ON motion oil Mr.. Spoonet the House
bill for the establishment of life saving
station at the harbor OF Kewaunee. Wis,
was passed with amendments inserting
other points,
Among the bills reported IRON commit.
tees and placed on the calendar were the
following: Senate bill for the appointment
Of a commission to select a site for a naval
| station on the Pacific coast. Senate bill
to transfer the survey of the coast to the
| navy department.
Mr.. Thelan, OF Tennessee, presented a
| conference report, which WAS adopted,
/ granting to the city OF Grand Forks, OAK,
| authority to build two free bridges across
the FED River
The House then went into committee OF
the whole {Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the
chaiI') on the tariff bill.
To-day had been set apart by the House
committee on agriculture Tor final action
on the Butterw orth lardine bill, but in
view OF the fact that only IL members OF
the committee were present the considera-
ton of the matter was again postponed.
| During the session there wss some discus
sion, without result, OF several PROPOSE.
TONS which have not yet taken the form
OF bills. based upon the Butterworth ILL,
hut generally OF wider scope and con.
| templating an inspection OF food products
generally and the imposition OF taxes up
on adulterated articles.
| SENATE.
| Mr.. Allison, from the committee on ap.
preparations, reported back the pension
appropriation bill, and the bill making ap.
| preparations to enable the executive de-
| partments to participate In the centennial
exposition of the Ohio valley and central
states in Cincinnati, from July to October
1883.
Mr.. Stewart gave notice that after the
animal industry bill was disposed Of he
would ask the Senate to consider the bill
for the admission OF Washington territory
as 8 state.
Mr.. Blair, from the committee on educa-
| ton and labor, reported back the House
bill to prevent the employment OF alien
labor on public works.
| The senate in secret session did not
reach any conclusion either upon the Rid
dleberger resolution for open discussion OF
| the fisheries treaty or the Hoar resolution
cally taken down for future publication.
| The subject went over until next week.
Mr.. Sayres, of Texas, called up bill
/ making appropriation OF $4e0 600 to sup
| ply deficiency in the appropriation for
the expenses of collecting the revenue from
customs for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1SSs. There is a clause in the bill repeal.
! ing the permanent appropriations for the
| collection OF customs. An amendment was
| adopted appropriating So. 500, 600 20 sup.
ply a deficiency in the appropriation for
the payment OF army and navy pensions
| to invalid widows, minor children and de
| pendent relatives, and survivors OF the
| war of 1872.
An amendment was adopted providing
that the appropriation OF $3.50. 900 made
| by the act OF March 3. 1887, for heating
| apparatus to be furnished before June 30,
| 1883. to certain public buildings, shall
continue available to enable the secretary
OF the treasury to fulfill contracts entered
upon prior to June 30 1888. The hill
| was then passed as amended.
| The House then went into committee oil
the whole (Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the
chair on the tariff bill.
SENATE.
No business transacted.
The senate committee on privileges and
elections held a meeting to-day to consider
the Turpie case. After an hours consider
| alton, the committee came to the unani-
NOUS conclusion that the determination
| of the Indiana house OF representatives
urlder the particular circums tances OF
| this case OF the title ofits members to their
seats is conclusive upon the senate, and
therefore that the persons who voted in
the election OF senator must be conclusive
| ly presumed to have been entitled Co vote,
and consequently that Mr.. Turpie must be
held to be entitled TO his seat.
HOUSE.
rhe tariff speeches we're continued. the
principal one being that OF Mr.. Scott oil
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Kate Fox Jencken was arraigned
at the Harlem court New York, charged
with failing to take proper care OF her two
| sons, Purdy aged thirteen and Henry aged
| Ratean Mrs. InncLan IL one Of The Enx