The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-16
FIFTiETR CONGRESS-.
AhSsl tfoceedinzs OF the
Senate and Housa.

SOEepOrG II Dil declaring all patents ior
public lands issued by tho, secretary ot the
absolutely void and requiring the attor.
ney general to brlng suits to vacatc ind
set them aside.
A bill for the compulsory education Of
Indian children is passed by the senate. 1t
makes it the duty OF the secretary Of the
interior to establish un industrial board.
ing school on every Indian reservation up.
tribe numbering 500 or more adult In.
dians. The pupils are to lie taught in the
branches OF useful labor in addition TO the
usual studies in primary schools. Nothing
in the hill is to prevent the education OF
the Indian in schools outside the rescrva.
tions with the consent of their parents or
guardians, mud no provisions OF the act are
to apply to the five civilized tribes, nor to
the Osuge Indians Of the Indian Territory.
The senate resumed the consideration
oil the G. A. II, pension bill. Mr.. Wilson OF
Iowa moved an amendment to insert the
words from the inlirmitics OF are, so as
to pension all ex-soldiers suffering from
the intir.nitiss, oi, ,'nse or from mental or
physical delility.n
Mr.. Vest nntle2n, rafting speech agninst
the amentiisnts proposed to Senator
Davis bill. hsad reifectfd severely uponsome
Presidenti,tanSn dklates in tho senate. lie
said: would SiSet avery disabled or de.
pendent salM4 Of khc Federal army, and the
widows nd "ofphnns oi those who had
lost their hives in the service, the last acre
oil land and the last dollar. would have
done the same for the Confederate soldiers
IL God had blessed our cause. Why the
talk that epugress. has nat done enough
%. s paid s ssss t@s osSSpt tcr
pensions-a liberality unparalleled in
the history OF tho So, world. Vi
war, there wsFe abplieantions from j, yeo,-
600 for pensions; on'Hccount Of disability.
Such military execution was never known
in the history OF the whole world.
Who believes thatsthese: pension bills
have not degeneratcd into, n political
abuse, wfiapesies ,H1o64 Id .tlir faces Of all
from Paris caused political candidates to
become as thick 'as leaves in Nallam-
brosa.' Mr.. Teller replied to Mr.. Vest
and the bill went over.
.xsts.stss:ss;
The hoiaa- -pa.sed- the hill to make
st. Paul IA port OF entry, and to
provide foE collector q the
dent. report abby tIe:th'lse- ro,h adetce on
commerce ITS a Substitute Tor Mr. Eice's
=
that there shall he in Minnesota two col.
lection districts, st. Paul: and Duluth.
The act provides for Ms ppointinent in
the district OF MixIsantn 81: q: t6llestor to
reside in st. Paul, Spd:AsdGppty oilsctor
to reside Mt st. Viiiesl, nd aiso Tor: the
a apRb" nln.n stsf les the dis fret
the whole tMr. Burrows, of Michigan. in
the chair for he consideration OF tho hill
authorizing the secretary to purchase
bonds with the surplus revenue. The bill
was passed AFTER a'ibns debate, which wits
chiefly devoted. tt.s the. t,.riii nnh politics.
In the course OF debate. Mr.. Randall
said It'll that he he did; nst: wisn -. TO
friend from ke,tAAy,s Z BrosLsnr,dse1
when he spoke OF tle past, except TO say
that he had no regrets. He was the moro
reconciled in that connection wiic,, he
heard from the gentleman from Kentucky,
prompted by a more liberal spirit than
had ever heretofore existed; that there was
n hope and he declared that there would
he'd, Of Il united party on the Democratic
aide. Loud and long .applanses by: tho
The senate considered the resolution re.
ported by the committee On FOREIGN ral,.
tons requesting he president to negotiate
treaty with the emperor oil Ilnna con.
tanning u provision that M Chinese labor.
ers shall enter the United States. 1t WAS
adopted.
Senator Palmer INTRODUCED. q bill ture,
The credentials OF Mr.. Wilson 81 Iowa
Tor a new term were lresented.-- The pen.
sion bill was 6snin, debatellin the senate.
,nent oiieraarz by Nir. wilson OF
Iowa TO add the. words: IRON tho
.ni, I Of age.n, Mr.: BECK snid that
amount OF expenditure under the amend.
ment if adopted. The bill would settle the
surplus in the treasury for all time. The
protected rolaHr:lkaron nipnopnfists could
not have drawn n bill In their own interest
more ndroitly than this hill wiAdrawn..'
Mr.. Plumb asked Mr.. Beck whether he
was in favor OF taking the tax oil whisky.
Mr.. Deck replied that there was no more
legitimate tax than that imposed on
Mr.. Bccl; whether he considered the rev.
enue policy vi Great Britain n free trade
policy.
Mr.. Bcck-The tariff bill will be before us
very soon and we can d,senss it Their.
Mr.. Platt-l felr. dot; - - 49,
:. Mr. ;,, T , the senator tell us when
Mr.. Beck-lt xaitnot rnrac II the Repub.
iican managers akshis -eal: Of sthe capitol
Their friends ndst5 vofs T. ta HI i an hui
to vote solidly against it, rs they did be.
sss , a"a essp as s"esr ns
ing it. We tried it before. and furnished
l36 votes to take up the. tariff bill,
ll.Ex E,,,, ;.t.
then every Republican charged The Demo.
erats with not bring forward II bill to re.
duce taxation. That is about as fair AN
the pretense Of Esppp3ifan .stnatorn TINT
they want to sase taessoidiers by absorb.
ing the soldiers surplus revenucs, willie
they are really aeekaaas to save the tariff
Without q vdtt on tie pending nmend.
ment the senatesdjourued from Thursday
till Monday.
THnusn. ;r,.''5 ,.
The joint resskatioti' authorizing the
Rsid IN .g sssf5 "s hs to be
posc OF Observation-Disclosures and enconr.
agin. reciprocal comiuer ciali relations te.
tween the Umte,fktates; md Central and
South America and Brazil, was nioptctl
by the house.
They adopted the joint eesqlution accept.
S Ss the invitati9giat;f Pr ak iadt,le LATED
exhibition to bGsarala-p.r;s! m ts:,:,
With an amendment appropriating -$23,.
The house adsPasi { sesSi"tiohi calm.
on the president for Indignation as tr
what steps have been.taaafesni iii nc ',lrcc
ton OF treaty stipulations or otherwise to
prevent the continued immigration u
Chinese laborers into the United States
hi fo nd