The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-02-17

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this morning the address OF the constltu-
tional convention of, Dakota faYoring the
division or tbo +orritorv and tbn admission
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OF the SouIher por'Ioh as d SIate' was
presented.
The following bills were introduced
ord rororrod.
anu iel'I'eu,
10 pay S''o'I Iof tne P"SS"S7 VI 0en
eral Lafayette and his family from France
to the United States rs the guests of the
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TN,
ny MI Fe'I-lo IN Ine Hun'O' Vi 0"'-
uments printed by congress, and known as
the usual number, at 100, ard to specify
the number OF certain documents to be
printed. lie had then taken occasion to
notice the gross abuse Of the laws and
practice in regard to the printing Of pub
lie documents. There were now in the
cellar Of the capital over 1000 bags Of
these documents and there was but one
living man (NIr. Amizi Smith of the sen
ate document rOOm) who knew what they
were. A senator had told him
that the only use he had
found for some OF the books was to send
them to young lawyers in frontier towns
who placed them on theic shelves Is they.
looked like law books. The joint resOlu-
ton was referred to the committee on
printing.
The senate then proceeded to the con
sideratiOn of the Blair educational bill
and was addressed by Mr.. Plumb in oppO-
sition to it.
The bill was laid aside and the resolu-
tlon in regard to the ineficiency Of the
postal service was taken up.
Mr.. Reagan addressed the senate in de-
I nfice Ion ,ag To,,'a anJ 1 nro,,od u tbo stt tha po od-
ministration had been misled by false
claims. He unde took to repeat the as
sertlon that very numerous removals from
f &n.I noi IL s,1 motivas anJ h n"o 9av 1ef the n nnm.
Der Of postmasters who had left office by
resignation. There had been very few
removals ior political reasons ana these
ioT Mr. I'll Ho ~. re marx ! orf tPst tha s tsta9mlpt
showed a very extraordinary instance Of
voluntary resignation from Office.
Mr.. Reagan-No doubt the postmaster
general has o n a great many things
which seem very extraordinary to the sen
ator from Massachusetts
Mr., Hoar-A great many.
Senators Chase and Aldrich ~endeavored
without success to get Mr.. Reagan to
state why the postmaster Of Providence,
X l., had been removed from office in the
face Of the fact that the management of
,1lat p~ostoffice had been highly approved
by the postmaster general. The resolution
went over.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 13,-In the house
,ndo, ne call of statas The fo,io,v;nr b;lls
u
anu F~esolulons were introduced.
10y Mr.. Peel OF Arkansas--Authorizing
the election of a delegate from the Indian
territnrv - t,a fftv-frst concroes
~ ~ u1.
~ 1irs Aiaech q MissouIiD request,
to prohibit fictitious and gambling trans
actions IN articles produced byaAmerican
farming indns,rv
70 |. $3.50 -
~ az. 9onnsson = 0VleA Saloaha
Proposing q constitutional amendment
limiting the membership OF the house TO
twenty-five.
By MI. smith OF Wlsconsin7-For the
establishment OF postal telegraph sys-
TEN.
By hr. Guenthers Of Wisconsin-to
| regulate telegraph companies. nA j