The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-02-23
FlFTiETH CONGRESS-.
abstract OF the Proceedings OF the
Senate and House.

tOrs tnat tne two houses oil congress shall
meet in the hall OF the house OF represen.
katives; that tho chief Justice OF the
United States shall deliver an Grafton, and
that the president OF the United States, the
Justices OF the supreme court, the members
d the cabinet, the executives OF the states
and territories INT such other persons as
may hereafter be determined upon. shall
be invited to attend. Mr.. R~iddleberger
said that the pending resolution involved
an international matter, and proceeded to
speak OF matters in executive session,
when he was called to order by Senator
Sherman and sharply rebuked by President
ingalls,. The presiding officer directed Mr..
.Riddleberger to suspend his remarks and
promptly put the question on an amend
ment offered by MIR. Hale to strike out OF
the joint resolution the Introductory
phrase. The amendment was agreed to,
and the joint resolution passed. II, vr
Senator Platt began. but did not finish,
a speech on the presidents message. This
was one Of his utterances:
Either the president in his message in
tended free trade, or else he was o deal
ing fairly with the American people. The
method OF reduction proposed by the presi.
dent means the absolute and final destruc-
ton OF the. protective system. It means
practical and absolute free trade; SO that
thespirit and the result OF the message lead
to the same conclusion.
HOUSE.
The house finally disposed OF the Lowry
White election case. After full discussion
Mr.. Crisp, chairman OF the elections com.
mittee, moved the previous question upon
the resolutions submitted by the majority
Of the committee. Mr.. Rowell OF Illinois
moved as q substitute the resolution pre-
sented by the minority declaring the sit
ting member (White) entitled to the seat.
The substitute was agreed to-yeas, 1877;
nays, 105. The following Democrats voted
lin the affirmative with the Republicans:
, Anderson of Illinois, Bfggs, Bliss, Bryce,
Burnes, Burnett, Bynum, TT. Campbello OF
New York, Chapman, Cochran, Collins,
Fisher, Ford, Forney, Glass, Hare, Laffoon,
Lanham. Macdonald, Mahoney, McAdoo,
Mckinney, McShane, Merriam, Neal, Mich.
olas, O'Neill Of Missouri, Phelan, Ran.
dali, Rayner, Rowland. Rusk, Sayers,
Shively. Sowden, Springer, Stewart OF
Texas, Stone OF Missouri, Tarsney, Till
man, Weaver, Whiting and Wilson OF Min.
nesota. 4.
The resolutions as amended by the sub.
stitute was then agreed to, thus confirm.
ing Whites title to the seat.
Among the bills introduced in the house
were these: w. .
Mr.. Gambler OF Georgia, for rounding the
United. States a per cent bonds into * per
cent bonds. Mr.. LAWYER, to protect the
consumers of butter. by requiring whole.
sale dealers to pay an annual tax OF
$500 and retail dealers to pay an annual
tax of 81; also to repeal the oleomargarine
tax. Mr.. Henderson of North Carolina, to
divide the surplus money In the treasury
on the first OF July 1858, among the states
and territories to be used in aid OF COM
mon schools; also, to repeal the tax on
notes Of state banks used as circulation.
Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio introduced a
commerce OF the United States and Cana.
da. The following are points in the bill:
That whenever and as soon as the gov.
eminent of Canada shall permit all ar
ticles of trade. and commerce Of whatever
name or nature, whether the product OF
the soil or Of the waters OF the United
States or manufactured articles, live stock
and all minerals the produce OF
the mines OF the United States to enter the
ports OF Canada free OF duty, then all arti-
cles manufactured in Canada and all prod.
ucts of the soil and waters and all miner.
ais the produce OF the mines ofCanada and
all other articles OF every name and de.
scription produced in said dominion shall
be permitted to enter the ports. of the
United States free OF duty; provided. how
ever, that the provisions OF this act shall
not apply to any product or article upon
which an internal revenue tax is imposed
by the law of the United States. .
The most important bills introduced in
the senate were the following:
Mr.. Sawyer, providing that all soldiers
who served at least ninety days in the
late war and were honorably mustered
ont or discharged On surgeons certificate
OF disability, shall be entitled to receive
the same bounty to which they
would have been entitled had their
full term OF enlistment been served
out. Mr.. Stewart, to amend the mining
laws by providing that no person shall ac-
Same vein or relocate o vein which he has
previously located, and also requiring
that each patent for mining land shall re-.
serve the right OF way through or over any
mining claim for roads, bitches, canals,
cuts and tunnels for the purpose OF work
Ing other mines, provided the damages oc-
casioned thereby shall be assessed and
paid for according to law.
HOUSE.
The house passed the following bills:
To amend section 5000, Revised Stat.
utes. It provides for the punishment OF
bank examiners for making q false entry
in any report made by them to tho con-
troller OF the currency, or for suppressing
or concealing any material fact with n
tent to deceive that officer.
To amend the internal revenue laws by
abolishlng the minimum punishment in in.
ternal revenue cases, by prohibiting the
issuing Of warrants upon information and
belief, except upo afidavits made by a
collector or deputy collector or revenue
agent. and by authorizing the commission
or OF internal revenue to compromise any
case under the internal revenue law.
Relative to the emolument returns of
civil officers, it forbids the attorney gener-
III from advancing or paying any moneys
to marshals, district attorneys, or clerks
who fail to render their returns as required
by section S33, Revised Statutes. unless
and until such returns are made and a
valid excuse rendered for the delay
superintendents OF the railway mail SER
vice, at a salary of So, 500 each. This is
an increase OF two superintendents over
the number now authorized by law.
To relieve certain appointed or enlisted
men OF the navy and marine corps from
the charge Of desertion. 1t merely applies
to the naval service the same legislation
which now applies to the army.
The diplomatic and consular appropria.
ton bill was reported TO the house. It
makes q total appropriation Of $1.4O3,-
1865, as against an appropriation OF ST.
4l9,,942s for the current year.
Mr.. Rice presented in the house a petit
ton Of sixty-nine citizens Of ST. Paul to
make some classification CT the clerks in
the postal service in part possible. Gov.
many prominent business mon Were among
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