The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-26
FlFTIETn CONGRESS.

6fIl6In GUMUn6SSs
Abstract Of the Proceedings Of the
Senate and Houee.
Senator Stewart has introduced q bill
widow Of Chief Justice Waite.
Mr.. Hoar offered a resolution which was
adopted, %instructing the select committee
on the operations OF the civil service to in
quire and report whether there has been
within two years any fraud or maladmiE.
istration in the New York custom house
in regard to the importation OF sugar.
Conference reports on the bills to divide
the Great Sioux reservation into separate
smaller reservations. and to ratify and
confirm the agreement with the eros
Ventres and other bands OF the Blackfeet
Indians in Montana, were presented and
agreed to.
At the close OF Mr.. Stewards remarks on
the silver question the Senate resumed
consideration of the bill for the admission
Of the State OF South Dakota and for Tie
organization Of the Territory OF North
Dakota.
Mr.. spooner addressed the Senate in ia
vor of the bill. Abiding to the remark in
Mr.. Buffers speech last week to the effect
that the precedent sought to be establish.
ed would justify loo. 900 socialists getting
together in a corner OF q territory and
demanding admission as a state. he ask.
ed what was the objection to their petit.
tioning for admission? What harm had
petitioning ever done? They had the in
herent right to get into the Union az
states, just as certain states had claimed
that they had the inherent right to
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that south Dakota would be admitted by
this congress but he thought he might
safely prophssy that before long there
would be elected a congress that would
recognize her rights and gladly welcome
her into the Union OF states.
The motion in the House to suspend the
rules and pass the river and harbor bill
was defeated-yeas, 134; nays, 102.
Mr.. Wilkins, Of Ohio, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the following resolution:
Resolved, By the House Of Representa-
that section 2 Of the act making appropri.
ations for sundry civil expenses OF the
government for the year ending June 80,
'S2, and for other purposes, approved
March 8, 81, which is as follows: That
the secretary OF the treasury may at any
time apply the surplus money in the treas
ury, now otherwise appropriated, or 80
much thereof az he may consider proper
to the purchase or redemption OF United
purchased or redeemed shall constitute no
part OF the sinking fund but shall be re.
deemed and cancelled, was intended to be
a permanent provision of law, and the
same is hereby declared to have been since
it's enactment, and to be now, in the opin-
ion OF the House, in full force and effect.
Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, declared hat this
resolution meant nothing more than the
defeat and burial OF ti,y house surplus
resolution with the Beck silver amendment.
He appealed to the way and means com.
they did he appealed before God to the
country to visit r%etributive Justice upon
them.
The resolution was finally adopted
yeas, 1873; nays, Ga. Adjourned.
Mr.. Mcdonald introduced a bill declar.
ing all interstate pools or combinations
limiting or controlling the production, sale
OR price OF any article Of trade or COM
MERGE to be unlawful and a criminal con.
spiracy. He also presented q petition OF
citizens OF Goodhue county, Mimi, asking
for the passage OF the per diem pension bill.
SENATE.
Mr.. Stewart offered q resolution (Which
was agreed toy calling on the secretary OF
the treasury for a statement OF the
amounts OF United States money deposit.
ed in national banks, and whether the
banks are allowed to use the money with
cut the payment of interest.
Senator Cullom introduced a bill pro.
viding that in all cases where it shall ap-
pear that parties have paid $3.50 an acre
for lands reduced in price to ST. s per acre
by the act of June Is. 1880, the secretary
OF the interior shall be authorized to repay
to such parties the excess price OF $1.25
per acre for such lands.
On motion OF Mr.. Plumb, the bill to for.
felt certain lands heretofore granted for
the purpose OF aiding in the construction
OF railroads was taken up for considera-
ton. A number of amendments were
offered and ordered printed.
The Senate then resumed consideration
Of the bill for the admission of the state of
South Dakota, and the organization OF the
Territory OF North Dakota, and was ad-
dressed by Mr.. Vest in opposition to the
bill. The senator from Wisconsin (Mr.
Spooner) had waved yesterday that en-
shirt. " and scattered it's ruddy remains
around the chamber. He had spoken OF
secession, and said that there was 40 Diff
ference between states trying to break out
Of the union and states trying to break
into it. But what did that senator say of
states neither in nor out OF the union,
which claimed to exist as q state in spite
of the laws and in defiance of congress? If
any southern community had undertaken
would have been ar outcry Immediately
only exceeded by that in regard to Fl.
.Sumpter.
A resolution was reported and adopted
asking the postmaster general for inform.
atinn concerning the rates Of postage on
seeds, and whether Canadians are given
advantages over Americans engaged in the
same business.
A bill was reported for the location OF q
branch soldiers home in Grant county,
Ind.
Bills were reported for the erection of
public buildings at Sioux City, Iowa, New
Orleans, La, Brownville, Tex. Hot
Springs. Ark, Helena, Mont, and Racine,
Wis.
The bill to create boards of arbitration
for settling controversies between common
carriers and their employees, was reported,
az was the bill prohibiting Interpretation
OF convict made goods.
Mr.. Mills. Of Texas, then moved that the
House 60 into committee OF the whole for
the consideration OF the tariff bill. No OPP
position was made to the motion and it
was carried without q division. And then
Mr.. Mills made the leading speech or the
subject followed by Mr.. Kelly, OF Pennsyl.
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Mr.. Evarts, from the committee on,
foreign relations, reported back adverse
Ivy Mr.. Riddleberger's resolution to sus-
nn~l tI,n ~,,0nn 80 - n-oo,.%S, .n on4s~ - lr~
ing the consideration OF the fisheries treaty.
The Senate then resumed consideration of