Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-01-28
FIFTlETH CONGRESS-
FIRST SESSION


Eucn lcglbiaLlUn as VIII prevent INC uSO"0N
snlent of currency, notes, etc, also Tor ia IL
~yestigaaion as to the present method q sup
plying postof1ce stamps, etc.
Among the bills introduced In the senate
today were the following:
by Senator yarts-Toindemnify settlerson
Hse Dcs Moincs river lands, above the Raccoon
ffrks, Iowa, for payments made upon Ian Is
s5tbsae aently taken from them, and also for
damages sustained thereby. Ii authorizes
Qe president to appoint three commissioners
tp lcsarrnine the amounts which should be
pSid to each settler.
BY Senator Cullom-For the establishment
sT a bureau of harbors and waterways in the
var department, to be Differed ty a corps oi
United States engineers. The proposed bu-
rl&G Is 10 be charged with the construction,
clnanct and preservation OF harbors and
waterways.
ssnator Vest, from the committee ON pabiie
-Ualdings and grounds, reported fovorabiy a
rall to appropriate 81, 100000 for the erection
81 public building at Kansas City.
Atlp. M. the senate went into executive
raesacn, and Mt 2 10 was considering Mr.. La
uiSrss nomination.
After dexoting three hours and a half tc
.exGssairc business the senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.-Senator Mander-
s1i offered a resolution calling on the secre-
Gsvy of>War for information ~ to the bridge
eUthoriyed to be built between Omaha and
iCmncii Bluffs and whether Il Is being con
' sffacted as q combined railway and wagon
a5ridgc 81 ~ q wagon bridge OILY. Laid
rafr.
Senator Sawyer asked unanimous consent
,ToF tho Immediate consideration Of the house
hill '1eIating 10 permissible printing or
,waiing on second, third and fourth-class mail
matter" such bill having been reported back
from the poStoGice committee without amend
ment. CeRecnt was given and the bill was
passed.
Senator Wilson, Of Iowa, offered a resolu-
zion, which was adopted, calling on the secre-
sary Of the treasury for a report as to the
amount Of revenue collected from each kind
at Lie nor each year since the passage of the
internal revenue Law, and from the special
s6ax. on brewers and distillcrs.
Senator Plumb offered a resolution calling
Efts Information relative to railroad and In
dian lands in Kansas.
gy Senator Wilson, of Iowa-Providing that
any person who in good faith settles upon and
approves public lands, believing the title to
boia the United States, shall be entitled to
Fdoad the title OF the United States 20 the
land Ia support OF his claim, the same as If
The United States were actually a party to the
ssn.
Frsin the committee ON pensions Senator
Ttupic reported fovorably the bill to increase
d Sc: per month the pension for total help
scasness.
Senator Quay, from the same committee
also reported favorably a bin to increase tc
k5Qper month the pension for total deafness
A, pension Mt a proportionate rate Is to b
grfshted for partial loss Of hearing.
The Blair educational bill was called up an,
Senator Bowen spoke in its favor, but 1t wa
GUs,orarily laid aside to edGblo Senator FRYE
Cd cnll up the senate bill TO amend thelaws re
dating to the inspection Of steam vessels. The
,hlI was passed.
Senator Blair then addressed the senate II
advocacy OF his educational bill. Hedoclarec
Chat much Of the opposition to the bill cam,
frum That large body Of people who did no
achieve in common schools a. a system OF cdu
catlon, bot that the opposition was dividc
anu he did not wish that question dragged
into the debate.
Adjourned.
WAsHiNGroN, Jan. tS.-Thc morning bust
r1ess being finished, the bill for the refundins
the direct tax OF 1851 was taken Up, the ques
az. .;r yn,.t,r =. ID, =, n ARIA ,,,,tfo,, q, ~
commit the biz. The motion was rejected
The question was then taken upon the amend
.sncnt offered 10y Senator Elmunds, requiring
all claims to he Gled within six years, and i
vas agreed to. Senator Berry offered al
amendment providing that no part of tn,
rnoncy collected from individuals shall be re
tssred by the United States as set-of against
any state indebtedness. The amendmentwa:
sgrccd to. Amendments to extend the pro
VISIONS OF the bill 10 the cotton ia,
coflcc1ed uadcr the law Of 1852, ant
Subsequent laws; restricting the terms
III the Grst section 90 moneys paid by state
srcasurcrs, and Inserting In the third section
II provision for the return to individuals OF
ahe SUMS paid by them; and 10 repay the In
como tax collected from military and naval
officers duIipg the war. were rejected. Sen
-xtS Plumb offered the. last amendment. The
It'll was then passed-yeas, rs; nays, 10.
The negative votes were those of Senators
Berry, Blair, Jones, of Arkansas; Paddock,
tlatt, Plumb, Salisbury, Teller, Vest and
WiIeua, Of Maryland. The bill directs the
secretary OF the treasury to credit tn each
state ard territory, and to- The District oi
GotsRibia, a sum equal to all the collection:
ssatde thcrcfrom or from citizens or inhabi
Sasts thereof, or other persons, under tn,
.urcct tax Of August 3, 1901. IL RENTS al
moneys still due To the United States undel
audi act, and IL ~appropria.es an amount neces
sary for such reimbursement; the sums col
icctcd directly from individuals TO be held IL
trast 10y the state for the benefit Of the per
sona from whom t!icy were collected or thci
legal representatives.
The Blair educational bill was then takeI
rap, and Senator Brown addressed the senat,
IN support OF II.
AZ the conclusion uf Senator Browns re
SHARKS Senator Blair continued his speech il
tuirdrt Of the bill.
Adjourned.