Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-01-12

considered IN many EE u,fnl.
torm III \ presidential candidate. hs~T
49, ~ Senators VOORHEES, ami leusr.
5000 recess nominations were sent =
~ ~sa,Ic Including those oil the ihterst"'e
sarn,Ssaiaper and Eugene Semp3e as Eoe
$780, ~ Washington Territory.
senator Davis offered in the senasS
t,emorial from the st. Paul eh1nSsi
mi praying foe the estSssa -
I'd mnrs eoIIection districts Tor the ot~ts -
v;nnasala and various other memorials
and petitiops.
HOUSE
Amon- Minnesota private bills nitro
snssS ~ me house were the following;
N, NJ R,,s granting a pension e Mary
y Z ~ 80 3 M Trsvss, FOR services rendered IN
~ var with the Florlda Indians 70
Fschler; TO Albert Aehlsy; 81 PEI mon.h - =
y, 1iI ! - cxr. 70 Thomas Weekly; q renios"
~ shasSs az irssrtion against the nance OF a
NJ Tabey; a sbla for the relief Of Ainhesos~
mounted rangers oarsons
Win served a fun time OF year or more shan
.nsivs $40 those who served six mouths
~ auy time less than a year, S6O, ana those
~ served less than six months S3S3S
~. also introduced a bill 10 allow Charles
Rueas late agent at White Earth agency.
81 $50 belng the difference between the
Nv as agent of the White Earth agency
sIone and agent of consolidated Leech Lake,
Red Iake and White Earth agencies Inc
sg.uev consolidated March 81. 1873, ana
Rnffee served from tina time 70 Sept 80,
1881 at the old salary.
PRESENTED BIZ Mr. NELSON
By Mr.. Nelson:
To remove the charge OF desertion from we
record OF Alvin MilligAn: granting a penslsn ~
Il p JahnSou: granting increase OF pension 70
John Rowe; granting q pension 70 Soc.
Mulioron; to Jzcob Neibels: 20 Morgan yo1nsol
"a refer tire claim Of b. II Beauiien TO the court
~ ciaims. FOR the relief OF citizens engaged N
the sioux Indian war in 1862; for the rcileI o.
g. A. LOunsbsrry: granting . pension 70 tne
widow and children OF Abner 81 SNrt kOf az
lief OF Hartwell Silver.
Mr. Nelson also introduced his biz placing
lumber, coal and sugar on the free hsti ms
fGll of last session for the improvement OF the
condition Of the Red Lake Indians: for q
public building and term Of courts at Dnlalh,
ard the railroad bills which have already
been mentioned Mr.. Lind introduced a bh'
placing books and pamphlets on the free ilst
and a bill to amend the interstate
Law. His amendment 10 the fourth section
provides:
IL shall also be unlawful for any common car
her, subject 70 the provisions OF TINS Acs 70
charge or receive sny greater compensation PEI
tAI NHL HlAIt AAA NAAd &AN11
tAtion OF the same class Of freight Tor = shorter
than for a longer distance over the same me ~
the same general direction or from the oflSln
point Of OF 10 the same point OF arrival: but this
shall not be construed As authorizing any COM
mon carrier, sahjecf to the provisions OF tins
act, 70 charge 3 higher rate per ton Per lniie iota
longer than a shorter distance.
WISCONSIN AND IOWA bills
Senator spooner presented the petition of
the board of supervisors OF St Croix county,
praying certain legislation defining and con-
strung the granting and Indemnity clauses
of the act of May 5, 1864. ~grsnting land 10
Wisconsin to aid in the construction of iail-
roads Mr. Spooner introduced a bin to-day
providing for the establishment of aport Of
entry at Superior. Wis Mr., Gear Of Iowa to-
day introduced the following bills in the
house:
~1uthoriyfnR the construction OF a railroad,
Wagon aud foot bridge across the Mtssippi river
at or near Burlington. Iowa.; apprOpr1ating
$50. 9 for completing the work OF improving
the pes Moines rapids in the Mississippi. and
Sl6.50 for completing the dry dock a. Des
Moines rapids in the Mississippi, and that the
$4,000 appropriated for the completlon O.
canal may be used to coEstruct a floating boom
connecting the wall with the upper draw rest Of
the bridge of keokuk-
AKoTA.
Delegate Clifford OF Dakota introduced
two bills for the admission Of North and
South Dakota, already printed in the Pro
NEER PREss; bills allowing the Duluth &
Manitob. road right of way through the Fort
Pembina military reservation; throwing
open 70 settlement abandoned and useless
military reservations; providing for a COM
mission 70 negotiate with the Sissetop and
Wahpeton Sioux Indians for a modification
Of present treaties and agreements; grant
ing section I6. near Rapid City, TO
that town; granting certain sections
of land near Grand Forks to the
North Dakota university. and granting
the Yanktsn L Missouri Valley railroad
right of way through the Yankton Indian
reservation. Clifford also introduced a bill
providing for the opening of the Great Sioux
reservation 1t is practically the old Dawes
bill with the tribal patent clause stricken
out he also offered bills granting the Du-
luth. WATERFOWL 4 Pacific road the night 20
build q bridge across the Missouri river at
some available point in Charles Nix county,
Oak TO establish two new land districts
with the land officers at Pierre and Cham
beIlain contingent upon the opening Of the
Great Sioux reservations; granting a section
Df and to Aurora county. Oak. TO. the es-
t~ablishment of a reform school, and proyid-
ing for an inquiry into the losses sustained
by settlers who had been deprived OF their
rights on the Crow creek and Wiunebago
reservations by the summary closing OF the
reservations by order Of President Cleye-
land
SENATE.
Mr.. Mitchell in the senate called up the
joint resolution directing the selection of a
cite for a navy yard on the coast north OF
tie Farru.karnna $50 F,1 - ...rNh Iu4s..a-
in Oregon, Washington and Alaska. Mr..
Mitchell spoke in favor OF the resolution.
Mr.. Dolph said: Puget sound possesses
all the advantages that can be found for a
hrst-elass naval station. We cannot
afford to allow foreign ~sonquests and ac-
QUESTIONS TO be carried to our very doors.
II we do we shall abdicate the position
which our power, influence, wealth and
territorial location entitis us to maintain
among the nations OF the earth.
The resolution was referred to the COM
mittee on nava affairs. Senator Reagan
made a speech in opposition to the Blair
educational bill, which cane up in the sen.
ate. 1t was not to the purposes OF the bill!
but to it's methods that he was opposed
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment to the
second section, providing that the money
shall be distributed among the states and
territories in proportion to their popula.
ton according to the census or 1850. No
action was taken on the bill.
Among the nominations sent to the sem
ate recently were the following:
Postmasters: T. b. Conn, Kilbourn
City, Wis; \. J.. Benson, Torall, Mimi:
Thomas Hall. Preston, Mimi; II. L.
Atchison, Chat6eld, Mimi; Henry Sfkker.
yeer, Orange City, Iowa; +. A.. Winchell.
Kingsley, Iowa; L. j. Foultop, Cassel.
ton, OAK; c. E. Dudley, Marysviile. Mont.
Register OF land offices: Gilbert W. Car.
rington, Ashland, Wis: Henry Cornefj1s
Menasha, Wis; w. ". Blanding, St. Croix
Falls, Wis; William Porter, Des Moines
Iowa j. X Whiteside. Deadwood, Oak:
William Colvilie, Duluth, Mimi; James
freely, Redwood Falls, MINI; j. NJ.
Adams, Spokane Falls, Wash. Indian
agents: j. d. Jenkins of Iowa, Sisseton
Agency, Dak.: X. ID. Gwydir OF Kentuetey,
Colyiile Agency. Wash.
The speaker ~nnouuce the staudins
committees OF the house.
IN president sent to congress a commu-
nieation from the secretary oil the interior
submitting the draft Of a bill "to provide
ior TIE protection OF the Round Valley In
dian reservation" in California.
Following is a Comparative showing ~
the way Minnesota Jared in the present
congress compared with the Forty-njnth.
fiftieth Congress-Rice, approuriations
and expenditures in the war department.
Mcdonald, merchant marine and fisheries
and public lands; Wilson, eommeree and
coinage. weights and measures: Lind. most.
offices; Nelson, Indian affairs.
f~orty-ninth CongreSs-Strait oubli,
lands and education; White. acriculturs
and mines and mining, Nelson, Indian