Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-01-28
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HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Thc committee on
merchant marine and fisheries reported the
Donnelly resolution, calling for Information
relative to the discrimination In tolls against
American vessels passing through the Wei
land canal.
Under cal tatcs the following bills and
resolutions were introduced and referred:
BY Mr.. Landes, Of Illinois To relnce Ire
treasury surplus and to grant boanties .o
wheat growers.
BY Mr.. Anderson, of Illinois-To establish
a national cemetery at Quincy, Illinois.
BY Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois-FoT the relief
Of purchasers of swamp and overlooked lands.
BY Mr.. Baker, OF Illinois-For the erection
Of "A public building at East 81. Louis.
BY Mr.. Mason, Of IllinoiS--To provide for the
retirement of United States bonds before
maturity.
BY Mr.. Lawlcr, Of Hlinois-Appropriating
100000 for the erection Of \ public building
at Chicago; also, to test the science of spell
ing and to provide for establishing 100 schools
for that purpose.
BY Mr.. Payson, Of Illinois {by rcqnest)-
Making grants of public lands to the state OF
Illinois.
BY Mr.. White, OF misunderstanding the
commissioner of public lands 10 furnish citi-
zens with maps at cost.
BY Mr.. Outhwaite, OF Ohio-Amendlrg the
Pacific railroad acts, and to secure to the
United States the payment of ali Indebtedness
of certain companies therein named.
BY Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri Placing all
kinds Of lumber on the free list; also, to re-
peal the law for the payment of attorney fees
on claims for increase Of pension on account
Of the increase Of the disability for which the
pension is allowed.
Mr.. Shaw, Of Maryland, chairman Of the
committee on accounts, reported n resolution
assigning clerks to all the committees OF the
house.
Mr.. Perkins, Of Kansas, offered an amend
ment providing that every committee have a.
many clerks as there are members on the com
mittee. After discussion this was rejected.
Mr.. Shaw's resolution was agreed 10 and the
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, d.. c., January IT,
A resolution appointing s. s. Cox, Of New
York, as speaker pro TEN. during the present
temporary absence of Speaker Carlisle, was
agreed to unanimously.
The Thnbc-Carlisle contest case has been
definitely settled. 1t was shown that Thebe
had NJ cause for cout6,; aud Mr.. Carlisle was
accordingly entitled to his seat.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. fS.-Mr. Grosvcnor. Of
Ohio, presented Z memorial of the board OF
centennial commissioners at Marietta, o., In
regard to the centennial celebration Of the
settlement Of the northwestern territories, and
it was ordered printed IN the record.
The committee on public lands reported a
resolution calling on the secretary of the intc-
rior for information rs to what legislation il
necessary for the disposal Of the public timber
lands, so IA to secure at the same time the
preservation Of the natural forest lands at the
headwaters Of navigable rivers, and put with
in the reach Of settlers legal means OF proviG
ing themselves with tiIber for building anG
domestic purposes. Adopted.
Mr.. Plumb, Of Illinois, asked unanimous
consent to offer for immediate consideration
IA preamble and resolution. The preamble re-
cites that the secretary of the treasury, acting
In accord with the views Of the president, has
pail out of the revenues collected from i'm
ports the sum Of $c,S52,0 l5 in prem ums to
holders OF government bonds, assuming that
In no other way, under existing laws, can the
requirements OF the sinking fund be met but
by the terms Of the ~refunding act. All of the
bonds called ~ per cents are payable at the
pleasure of the United States for thirty year,
from date of issue, a provision which, if IN
derstood and acted upon in accordance with
its manifest wording and intention, makes
possible not only the payment Of said bonds,
as fast rs any surplus available for that pur-
pose may accumulate in the treasury, but also
refunding the same ut a rate of interest that
would save the taxpayers more than S2o0, COO,
900. Said ~rcfunding act, however. has, as il
appears, without due authority been so al
tered and published In the statutes at a large
as to read payable at the pleasure Of the
Cnitcd States after thirty years" insteaG
of for thirty years." IA voted, thus entirely
subverting the manifest meaning of the pro.
committee Of five member TO make n careful
examination Of all facts connected with the
subject. The resolution was not received.
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the agricultural experiment stations
bill. The bill appropriates Ss5,000 TO estab-
lish agricultural experiment stations in con-
~ncction with colleges established in the sev-
eral states under the provisions of an act APP
proved July ,, 1862. The committee rose ano
the bill was passed.
The banking bill was then called up as I'M
finished business and an effort made to get the
friends and opponents OF the bill to stop thci,
Administering tactics. Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa,
would not give up his right 20 %autagonize tho