New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-05-23
FlFTIE:TTH CONGRESS,
Sostract OF the Proceedings az tna
senate and House.
SENATE.

SENATE.
~ Q business transacted
~ ~ senate committee on priyilepes and
az held a meeting to-day to consider
one urple case. After an hours cons;aar
$3.50 me com mlttee came to the unani.
~ - eooneiuslon that the determine ton.
under under the particular cireumstanc ss.-' -
ooals ease OF the title Gifts members to their
"a Is conclusive upon the senate and
Ytetore that the persons who votad IN
gle elecelon OF senator must be concInsive.
y ~ ~, 3iesuined to have been entitled to vote
fI11 consequently that Mr. Turpie must he
7ii - ne entitled to his seat.
HOUSE.
ne tariff speeches were continued tba
Rpranclpal one being that OF Mr.. Scott OF
pennsylvania. $500 -
SENATE
Senator Sabin offered in the senate 10.
gay an amendment to the bill to encour
ssse the schools which have been giyino
~ 80 me attention to Indian education IN tbs
w est ana to advance the cause Of educa.
Ulon among the Indians.
Fnator Edmunds reported favorable
S4 nous bill liking a term of the United
s1pateS district court at Duluth The bill
was amended, however, by striking ont all
alCef the enacting clause and inserting the
senate bill, which reads as follows.
ihaG hereafter and until otherwise pro
alaeo ny law there shall be held annually
IN IN the second Monday in Sep.
~ T1'il.1i q term OF court in the city
OF Duluth in said district, said term 10
be IN addition to the terms now
required to be held at the cities OF ST.
aul and Wlnona in said district and a.
grand ana petit jury may be summoned TO
9eEYe at SAID term OF court hereby estab.
BIS cuts out the provision for separate
ossfn1s OF dlstrlet and circuit court at each
~ tneSe places, and makes no change in
the TIME OF holding court at Winona or
St. Paul, as did the house bill.
IN Inc senate Mr.. Spooner presented 81
PetiCon from citizens of Stockholm, Wis,
ASKING an appropriation Of SIS, 900 for
Ihe repair OF the pier at that place It is
represented that the wa ter in the lake was
higher than ever this spring and that +ha
pier was partly carried away by the wind
thaice The money is needed this wear
Il 20 repair 1T II 1t is not to be swept entirely
4 away. -
The senate in secret session decided not
12copen the doors when the fishery treaty
4 Enaei consideration, nor to admit even
o4hclaI reporters This is a rejection OF
both the Hoar and Riddleberger resolu.
tions.
Mr. Hatch of Missouri, spoke eloquent.
~ upon the industry of agriculture
Representative Matson OF Indiana the
chairman OF the house committee on in
wand PENSIONS, reported from the commit
Zee bill extending the time for filing
claims Tor arrears of pensions so as to
give the benefit of them to all claimants
who file their claims after the expiration
OF the tlme limit, or who may yet file
@tskn'5 before the passage OF this BILL II
W bill should be enacted the cost to the
government will be $3.50. 100000
SENATE.
Senator Spooner offered an amendment
authorizing the secretary OF war to make
a survey Of Minnesota Point at the west
end OF Lake Superior and to ascertain, If
possible, the probable cost of the con.
demnation and purchase OF this point as
q reservation to be used in the preserya-
ton OF the harbors at the head OF the
lake.
In the senate the report of the commit
tee on privileges and elections in the mat.
ter OF Senator Turpie OF Indiana was
adopted and the committee discharged
from further consideration OF the memo.
rails and remonstrances on the subject.
The house bill to limit the hours OF let
tekcarriers passed the senate 1t provides
tNSt hereafter eight hours shall constitute
a days work for letter carriers.
Senator Allison presented an amendment
on the river and harbor bill providing for
an expenditure OF $500 an that Dor
ton OF the Missouri lying between the
Omaha q Council Bluffs bridge and a
point five miles above in the river. 1t also
provided for the expenditure OF $4,000
at and opposite Sioux City, Iowa.
In the senate Mr.. Davis reported favor
ably from the committee on pensions a
bill to grant a pension to Ellen St. Cyr,
widow of Lieut.. Abner st. Cyr who was
killed in tornado at st. Cloud some
years ago. A similar bill has passed the
house.
ar. Butterworth, spoke against tho
MS bill.
The house passed the senate bill TO al.
low the Washington d Idaho road right OF
way through the Ceur d. Alene Indian res
.ervation in Idaho.
SENATE.
The following bills were passed: Bill in.
PRODUCED Feb. 16 by Senator Sabin, author
izing the construction OF a bridge across
the Missouri river at or near Forest City,
Oak. by the Forest City & Watertown
Railway Company; authorizing the con-
strucrion OF railroad bridge across the
Red River Of the North by the Da.
kota & Pacific Railroad Company; au-
thorizing the construction OF railroad
wagon and foot passenger bridge across
the Mississippi river at or Muscatine,
Iowa; also, one across the Mississippi
river at or near Clinton, Iowa.
alter morning business the Senate took
upEhe Vest resolution providing for a Sc
Iect committee to examine the questions
touching meat and meat products of the
United States. Alter a long discussion by
Senators Vest, Henderson. Cullom
and Plumb, the resolution was extended
SO as to make the Investigation embrace
the trunk line association. the central
traffic association, and other agencies OF
transportation and was then adopted.
HOUSE.
In the House today, absolutely nothing
was done outside OF tariff discussion.
SENATE.
The senate passed two house bills re.
Iating to tresspass upon Indian and other
reserve lands, that will go far toward pro-
tecting the reservations from theencroach-
ments OF white persons who have hereto
=3|iSare looked upon these lands as their