The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-09-27
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
gatsrdaY, SEPT. Us.


gatsrday. sspt. is.
8nNArE.-The senate does not appear dis-
posed to take hurried action iii the matter
q the retaliation bill. All that has been
done y to refer the bin TO the committee on
loredgn relations. The committee postponed
action 10 await an answer from the president
~ The resolution Of Senator Hoar % to the
question Of the fact whether there had been
my recent outraess committed upon Ameri-
can nshermen and whether there had been
= seizures Of American fishing vessel
turing the season which has just closed.
HoUsE.-There u contest in the house be-
tween the appropriations committee, which
snndry civil appropriation bill, and the
}t5ends Of the Oklahoma bill.
Monday Sept. ~.
SENATE.-The senate, by q very scanty
majority Of one, SETTLED the Chinese exclusion
Dill which has been sent to the president,
Blair's motion to reconsidert the vote by which
the bill was passed being defeatsd-2O to 81.
". Sherman offered 9 resolution directing
the committee on foreign relatiOnss to i'm
quire into and report at the next session Of
congress the state Of the relations of the
United States with Great Britain and the
Dominion of Canada, with, such measures as
are expedient to promote friendly commerce
and political interest.
Senator Plumb reported from the commit.
tee on public lands d bill to provide for the
revocation of the withdrawal o Islands mode
for the benefit Of certain railroads in Mime.
sofa a Iowa. The secretary is authorized
TO make an adjustment of all land grants
giving all persons interested three months
notice to show cause why the adjustment
should not be made.
HoUsE.-On motion OF Mr.. Mcmillan, Of
~ l0nnnnaoo Mr. rov@o< Mar vc.lr .rcc -
speaker pro tenn, to act during the absence
Of Mr.. Carlisle.
The house bill to transfer to the state Of
Louisiana the possession ola certain tract
Of land for quarantine purposes was reported
and passed.
prohibit the deposit Of public money in the
national banks except for their continued
disbursement of public funds. Referred.
Mr.. Morrill,, OF Kansas, offered q resolution
calling on the secretary of the interior for in
formation, and directing him to- ascertain
whether undue influence has been used to Sc
cure the signature Of any of the Indians to
the Sioux treaty. Referred.
Mr.. Dingley, of Maine, offered q resolution
calling on the presidents for information az
To- whether the rights of American fishermen
have been violated by the Canadian authori.
ties within the past year, and, if SO, whether
he had retaliatcd, as he had authority to do
H OAANCAE EbGU VI HM6SCA " IlSt6EE6us
Tuesday Sept. Is.
SENATE.-There is no longer any serious
question AZ to the position of the senate
foreign relations committee with respect to
the house retaliation bill. Senator Sherman,
the chairman OF that committee, has declared
himself as irrevocably opposed to the policy
contemplated by that bill and as in favor Of
q policy the ultimate object of which shall
not be retaliation but political as well as
2RCrTn m ofOSn Il Ynr,Snn .hnk vyonsa %hn HI1nS%oI Ska4nes
and Canadn.
Mrs. Foster said she had been into the
mills and workshops Of New York and New
England and invited some of the female en-
plOyes to come to Washington with her and
tell the committee how they were situated.
upon examination testified to that their wa
rec in America were immensely greater than
In Europe.
The feature OF the House proceedings today
was Mr.. Cannon's political speech. The
speaker pro tenn. laid before the House a
communication from the postmaster general
In reference to complaints of illegal mailing
Of the tariff reform advocate at columbus, o..
The postmaster general says no such illegal
distribution through the mails has occurred,
therefore there's nothing to investigate. The
communication was referred to the postofice
c0mmittee.
HousE.-The Democrats of the house, at
3 VtACA IbuCuS3 ACluDCu v 6uppOTb III sitabtlOu
Of Oates Of A1abama to adjourn Oct. /, and
d~esignedly adjourned the caucus sine die
without taking q vote.
The proceedings Of the senate subcommittee
on the tariff were in refreshing contrast with
the average Of the last two months. About
fifteen well-dressed, fresh-looking ladies made
their appearance at the doors of the COM
mitee room ut IL o'clock, headed by Mrs. J..
Ellen Foster, president of the Women's Tenn
peraDce Union ofIowa, md were introduced
BY Senator Allison to his fellow members as
q delegation who wished to be heard in re-
spect to woman especial interest in the pro-
tective tariff. They were heard.
Mr.. Barnes, of Georgia, introduced O bill
offering reward of$1O0, 900 for the discovery
Of the true cause of the germ Of yellow fever,
or certain means of it's prevention, deetruc-
ton or material modification. Referred.
conference was ordered ON the bill amend
Ing the interstate commerce law.
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
SENATE.-The senate passed the senate bill
FORGETTING the lands of the Marquette & On
tonagon railroad. TkSsbili is similar to the
one which passed the house last session.
The rights Ofsettlers and purchasers are very
well guarded. The company has formally
given notice to the general land Office Of its.
withdrawal of all claim to q and grant ops
posite the reconstructed parts of it's road.
This is understood to be q final abandon,
ment OF Its claim to over two hundred
Thousand acres of land to which the com.
pany has : heretofore stoutly maintained
rightfhl title.
The members of the tariff subcommittee Of
the senate say is in not true that they have.
changed their purpose to report Q tariff bill
this session. or that they Rave ceased work
upon 1t. They have some important hearings
Tor the last of this week and the first OF next.
Their bill is nearly complete.
The house bill giving the secretary of war
control Of navigation in the st. Clair fats
canal passed the senate to-day, and will go
TO the president Tomorrow. 1t empowers
the secretary to make the same rules and
regulations that he is now empowered tx
make for navigation on the Des Moines rapids
raaal, the st. Mays falls canal. the Port
land canal and Others. The bill provides q
penalty Of $500 for attractions of the regu-
tati0ns.
HoUsE-Immediately after the reading Of
the jOurna2 1.-THE House resumed the consider
RtiOn Of tic .conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. And after q long
aebate an adjournment followed for want Of
ArQu6rnRr~@-.----~.
Thursday, Sept. 30.
SENATE.-The senate passed the bill ratify-
Ing the agreement made with the upper and
middle bands Of Spokane Indians, the Coenr
sdsAlepe, the Pend d'Oreilies and the Kooten-
ais in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
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