The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-20
FIFTlETH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Senator Hoar'e sprrrh on tho fisheries
treaty. is likely to II" the .;rvcrcst url1,ir:rri-
ment of Secretary Bnyarl and thu admins
trntiop that has been heard during tilc pres
Cnt session.
Tho senate adjourned until Monday with,
out waiting tn have thu resolution extending
thu appropriations nf The lns fiscal year APP
proved Ivy the presiding officer III tho senate.
Tl'" enrolling fore" nf '!r nous" WIZ uu;,r-
countahly slow in lis work. nn'i tn" srni'r.
after waiting for sumo tiE,' for thu lln,ls" aud
taking n recess tn rnal'lr TIL" resolution to br
submitted, adjourned
In tho lolso Mr. Holman called M tho son
nte land grant "r',i'urr Hill. with ;mrml-
inrnts made hv the house committees. tstht,S
amended III" hull which. us il came from The
senate. prup"sr,l io forfeit .r;lntsapplyinm to
lands lNingoppuSiirpur1in ions of he hi,lrlrohl.,
N"t now completed. declares II forfeiture nj
tltr lands lying orositn thu portions nf tho
roatls not completed at The time specified in
the granting acts AI:rr sun,".liS,.ssiuu. thr
committees substitute WIS tlIrn adopted.
and tho question recurring on the JHi:Sagr nf
thc hill as adopted. tin vet" resulted. yea;
M may. I'm" quorum. The bill remains
az unfinished business
SENATE.
A mcmlcr Of thu Scnat" committee on an.
populations. in sl," nl,iing upon the iiu;,l
adjournment. remarked: There is about
four weeks work an general appropriation
bills yet Ia In transacted.
Tursr.
The speaker pro tom. laid l"F"rc he house
message from TIL" president. returning With.
ont his approval tbs hill mrau,,n" ~ pension
10 .Jm!ia Welsh
Nv ilatcn. Of Mi':sau;i. presented IN" IN.
port nj the r"nf''rcrs ON the agricultural bill
10 tho ci'ert that thry had rr.rlr,l an ;:.r."
mcnt upon NIL points of 'l.n'c except iiu
senat" amendment armpltin'ins Sldn.p"o
ioI sorghum sn.nr experiments.
The rrrularur.lrr v.s ,l,u,lrmIu'l"I hong
mn ave and ~ ,ut" illr r,s ,::" at il,"
land grant ir,irl'ni" i'Iil. aud ,h" v"i" va,
taken, resulting, ay". III. nors $, +" TN" till |
was pi,s..r,.
Thu lo,,s" then wont into c"mm,fi,"' "f tl'.
wi,rleon tl,c tariii Hill ib" r"'rlln: Iara.tariI
hein.r thai 'tlatins IN iron OF hf,"l railway
fish pilates sl,iI,n bars.
Mr. Nun, hnuaus n,,t"n Ia siriE" out
the paragraph VIZ, r"mciri.
The r,.rliu. ni Ia" Hill then progressed rap
idly. motions m;rl" IN III" republican sill" to
stink. out many IN" Photographs l"ing ~
icrrl. guurrair without division and With |
little debate
A delegation of about thirty wnrkin-mrn
by the sra'" tariff subcommittee. They
submitted ~ schedule, which they said jus,
covered III" ,liil.irn'r hm, a,"n w:,."s here
AMI t'l"s" abroad, and IL" larrl thai it wumI,l
"" linrossii'|' I"r them I" "nniur" 4" r",nivr
I their present compensation ii duties were mt
down below the figures they submitted
,lnraG
1h. house passed tn" senate hill proyi,]jnr
for the sal" "f th" sl,r "r f",i Omaia. Nrh..
and nrproria'in:. #2no.uoU f"rtlIr purchase
Of now site and the construction of suitable
buildings thereon,
A Joint resolution WIS passed selecting
Leonard VI liniris nfOho. John A. Martin
nj Kansas. aud john Il. liariranli of Penn
sylvania. In ill varan'irs an thr hnirl al
managers oil national homes for Disable.
solir,s.
The HOUSE passed 80 private pension hills
M" for th" relief "f Mrs. lrlilnh Whips was
Introduce" by Mr. Macdonald. another by
Kellogg. Mrs. Whips is Is her husband
served IN I'll" war al iSl2. krIln"g is ~ vet
r,nn OF til" Mexican war. The pension grant
I'd him is ST.. !, month,
lbr r"nir'r,s on he river and lnr,,ur hill
arrived at an agreement ON all items except
three. which irlatc To hnrhors on the Pacific
coast
Tho s"nat" considered thc senate li ~
hmcnd "" in,crst;i" commerce act Mr.
ltcaGrn offered an ;iInnlitlnnnt which WAS
agreed tn, giving to thn United STATES cir.
rmit and district courts jurisdiction oi viola
tons of TIL" ne, upon lhn relation ui any per
son "r tirm with power In S>u"a l,lrmptory
mauam,i..
MIR. Reagan in,imm,rl tim, tho commission
had shown tao much ut viriliatin. ,!isIm,si-
tie'n in "niMs will, til" riiirnal companies.
NV. Wilson al Iowa also criticised tlrcuIu-
mission for constituting som" provisions al the
law to tii" nlvini;i"" ui til" railroad COM
panirs. TIL" hill lrH>"i. Its principle oh
!ect is To prevent evasion oi the law by under.
billing. etc.
The House discussed tho tariff hill. Mr.. |
Wrlkinsnn. of Louisiana denied that the su. |
Enrindustry of Louisiana was IL languishiny
industry.
Mr.. Fu'r. of Iowa, offered an Il ,rmcut
placing all snsar AMI monsscs ~, thu f,cr
list: Herril">rl the committee I'M WAYS
and means for lmvin. retained on the pro-
tectc'l list an nllrl" thu production of
which in this country WIS 81 insignificant
for TIL" purpose or retaining Louisiana in the
palno"ratir column, and h" Denounced 1Ilr
bill as bring illo.i:ily aud badly rui,s rutnl
and as having for it's chief characteristic its
extreme srrti"ualIsm Mr.. Furr's amend
ment WIS rnjrrt"l
Mr.. Dinglrv. of Maine niIrr. an nnen,l-
ment fixing I'll" rate "f duty on SUGAR not
nbove No. ~ dutch STANDARD testing. not
above IL degrees. nj ToiOu of !, cent ,mr
pound. with an additional duty uf > 100 cent
p"r pound f"r each additional ,l,..l,. or fr;,r-
ton ot !; tir"rr". "" i" that III. rat l,r,,.
posed 10y him was "xar'ly nu"hnlf of the
existing rates. and if his proposition were
adopted he would follow i, with amendments
making similnr reductions in the utl,nr
grades. II" dill not rr,I",,.. t., sci nsil" IN"
protectiv" duty in regard ,r sugar, hut he
"a ia. f.,t,, 4 q .l,,,.. n
with II duty higher than that which was Inc
nveran" aud v;,iurm rIuvn|"ut an manu-
featured goods. The amendment was lost,
R6 to los.