The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-10

ship 29.range 9l, to tile city OF Aiinneapo.
lis Tor park purposes. This Is land on
the island near the bridge which the united
States still owns. Tho bill provides that
when the government desires to remove
said land for the purpose Of improving
navigation in the river that tho title shall
revert to it.
The Speaker protom laid before tho
House letter from the public printer in
response to n resolution calling on him for
information rs to discharges made by him.
The public printer made statement in re.
gard to these discharges. justifyins and ex.
pii inins them, defends the administration
o. o, ms Office md emphatically denies the
charge that tue congressional work of the
office is largely III arrears. He calls ntten.
ti"n to- tle'inct that during the forty.five
days ol the Fiftieth congress the printing
ordered by congress had increased 4G per
cent over that ordered during a similar
period oil tho Forty-ninth congress.
MIR: Henderson oi Iowa declared his ut
ter disbelief In the statement ot tho public
printer, that there were more Union sol.
diers employed at the printing Office
now than had ever been cmployc,iat any
previous period. He denounced the state.
ment as false.
Mr.. Cntcheon offered Il resolution for the
appointment OF u special committee to in.
vcstigate the present administration Of the
printing office. Mr.. Springer offered as n
substitute IL resolution instructing the
committee on printing, with the addition
of two members one from each side of the
house. to investigate tho administration
OF the printing Office during the incumbcncy
oi the present public printer and that Of
his predecessor. Tho substitute was agreed
to.
Among the bills introduced in the senate
we're the following:
MIR. Stewart, to establish a United
States land court and to provide for the
settlement OF private claims. Mr.. Mitch.
ell. to permit miners and mining compa.
mes to prospect and develop mining por.
tions of any Indian reservation on certain
terms and conditions.
bill was introduced by Senator Stew.
art to enfore restrictions on Chinese i'm
migration. 1t provides that after ninety
days from its passage Chinese laborers
shall not have the right to enter the Unit.
cd states on the ground OF previous resi-.
dencr. The secretary Of the treasury shall
have the right to change at will the form
"' ''wi'icates to be delivered to Chinese
Iel"ifting from this country for tho
purpose OF Identification on their return.
The secretary is granted power to make
MI ncctlnl rules and regulations to prevent
the unlawful entry OF Chinese into this
country.
Senator Davis introduced n bill granting
the Aberdeen. Bismarck & Northwestern
railway right of way across the Great
Sioux reservation.
ConSressnan Rice introduced o bill which
m eiicct rewards Sioux lndinns who were
I'm In Ia tto., a ~
in Minnesota in lSG2.
Mr. ~ Neil OF Missouri introduced a bill
in thr house to prohibit enlisted men from
being engaged in any employment where
they come into competition with civilians.
Mr. Brumm OF Pennsylvania presented
III the house the petition Of tho knights Of
.-'h"r '"r an investigation OF tho Reading
Record
Tile house adopted n resolution assign.
i,s Feb. 81 -, 23, ~ and 20 for
the consideration OF public building
bills provided that on each of those
days he house shall adjourn at 5 clock,
that the speaker shall entertain no dila.
tory motions aml that debnte on each
lill shall be limited 10 half an hour.
The house committee uu banking ard
currency reported ravorably TO the house
Mr.. pnsley's bill authorizing the secretary
nf the treasury To invest the mol..y de.
nosted l,y national banks for the ietire.
ment of their circulation in the purchase
oI lnitc'l States bonds at current rates
Tho house committee on commerce upoa
motion oi Mr. Davis OF Massachusetts. re.
considered its action on tho Anderson res
ontion referring the question OF investi-
gatins the lscatlins railroad strikes to the
Interstate commerce commission at n
ncet:ns recently, and adopted resolu.
tion, by II vote oi to &, requesting the
Interstate commission to investigate tho
strikes.
Chairman Culbcrson, of the house com.
mittcc OH HE judiciary. in behalf OF tho
subcommittee to which was referred the
bill of Representative Taylor of Ohio de-
filming pOlygamy, reported to the full com.
inttee the following substitute:
Section l-Polygamy shall not exist OF
be lawful within tho United States any
place subject I" their jurisdiction.
Section 2-PolygaIny shall consist OF the
marriage relation, by cOmtruct, or in fact,
between one person OF either sex and more
than one person OF the other sex.
Section :;-t'ongress shall enforce thisar.
ticie within the District OF Columbia and
tcrri' orics Of tho United States and other
places subject to their jurisdiction. and
shall have power concnrrcntly with the
several states to enforce the same within
the states by appropriate legislation.