The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-06-08
fIFTiETH CONGRESS.
AbstrScfo f the Proceedings of the
Senate and House.
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y The senate in executive session adopted
the following resolution without a division:
That the Injunction OF secrecy be re-
moved from all proceedings OF the
senate in reference ia the treaty with
Greht Britain now under consideration
Motions from the Democratic side to
postpone the treaty until December and
20 lay on the table the motion TO sit with
open doors were ruled out Of order. The
motion made last weel. by Senator Sher-
mai to proceed with the consideration
Of the treaty was carried by 81 to 10.
HOUSE.
The house considered the legislative bill
Mr., Kerr of Iowa commented on civil SER
vice reform as pTacticed by the Democratic
party, and sent to the clerks desk andhad
read a circular letter to federal O~fiicehold.
ers in Iowa, written by the secretary ofthe
Democratic state committee OF Iowa, ask
iEg for voluntary contributions. A sharp
Interchange on the merits OF the civil ser
vice law and the attitude o the two parties
toward 1T then took place between Messrs.
Weaver OF Iowa, Steele ofIndiana, Cannon
OF Illinois and Others,
The army appropriation bill was report.
ed to the house to-day. 1t ~appropriates
24,2S9, 700, which is 1854, 9S1 more
than the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
Chairman Hatch, OF the house commit
tee on agriculture, to-day announced the
following subcommittee, which, as pro-
yided by a resolution some days ago, will
begin the compilation OF q general food
adulteration act from the various meas.
ures on the subject now pending before the
committee: Messrs. Burnett, OF Massa.
chnsetts; stahlnecker, OF New York.
Davidson, oil Alabama; Conger, OF Iowa,
and Laird, OF Nebraska. Mr.. Hatch was
added to the subcommittee by the sub.
committee itself.
The fisheries treaty was debated in open
session, Messrs. Forge and Beck making
the principal speeches.
HOUSE.
In considerat' N of the legislatiy We
4 priation bill considerable debate was had
over the clauses making an approx ration
Tor the Office OF surveyors general.
The Legislative hill as y ctcnds contains
no appropriation for the salary Of the
governor Of Dakota. Unless the bill should
be amended in the senate. Gov. Church
viii have to farm this year for a living,
while bearing the honors OF the governor
ship Tor glory alone.
SENATE.
The executive journal, covering every.
thing CONNECTED with the fisheries treaty
from the time it reached the senate, is to
be printed in the Record. IL shows that
Senator Hoar made the motion which has
been credited to Senator Sherman, and
which was adopted, that the consideration
OF the treaty be with open doors. Mr..
sherman was, however, one OF the three
Massrs. Dawes and Teller being the 9th.
ers1 who voted in favor Of the Riddleherger
resolution after it had been adversely re.
ported from the committee on foreign re-
sations. The resolution was lost by a
vote Of Al to 3.
The Pacific railroad telegraph bin was
favorably reported to the senate. It is
the house (Anderson) bill amended by
striking out the word construct 1t re-
quires the subsidized roads to maintain and
operate public telegraph lines, but the ef.
feet 81 the amendment is to permit their
acquisition by purchase, or in any other
way the companies see fit.
HOUSE.
The conference report on the bill to es-
tablish q department OF labor was agreed
to BY the senate The house also adopt
ed the conference report and the bill pass.
ed in substantially the same shape as it
came rom the senate.
The house committee on the judiciary
amended the senate bill relative to DISPOSE.
tionE in the United States courts, SO as to
require the United States law to conform
with the state law in taking those DISPOSE
tions. A favorable report was ordered on
the senate bill to make judges Of circuit
AMI district courts interchangeable.
SENATE.
The senate COMMITTEES on the judiciary
faile1 again to reach a conclusion in re-
gard to the nomination Of Melville W..
Fuller to be chief Justice. 1t is understood
that snrther information from Chicago is
y. -LQ
brought against Mr.. Fuller are those from
MIR. Dnnlevv OF Chicago. Tkay allege that
the clerk Of the court and Mr.. Fuller we're
Jury commissioners 10 1881, and that Mr..
FulIer drew a Jury before which a case in
which he was himself heavily interested
was tried.
HOUSE.
Dir. Mills OF Texas moved that The house
% into committee Of the whole on the
tariff bin, debate on the first paragraph
to he limited to twenty minutes. Mr..
Holman OF Indiana spoke in favor Cf
cheap lumber. Mr.. Mccormick OF Penn
sylvania maintained that there was no
such thing az a lumber trust, and that the
existing tariff on Timber was entirely rea.
sonable.
SENATE.
The senate passed, among Others, The
following bills.
Senate bill to authorize the Paris, Choc-
taw Il Little Rock Railroad company to.
construct and operate q railway. tele-
graph and telephone line through the In
dian Territory.
Senate bill creating IN additional retired
list 81 the army Tor eighty officers now on
the active list, but incapasitated Tor ac-
i've service.
House bin to protect lands belonging to
Indians from unlawful grazing, With
amendments.
The senate bin authorizing the president
to place on the retired list. with the grade
sof major, Mai. Gen. William M. Averill.
HOUSE.
III tho house Mr.. Mills moved TINT the
rifles Do suspended and evening sessions
ordered Tor the consideration Of certnin
bills, but, as he would not consent to an
~amendmapt setting apart certain eessiene
for the considerations Of pension bills,
the Republicans REUSED 70 vote Az no
quorum could DO secured, Mr. Mills with
drew his resolution.
The house. coslmibtee on public buildings
decided unanimously to recommend that
the house pass the Allentown (Pa.l rub.
lie building bill oycr tha presidents veto
The ~connniktee's report will contain no re-
will hold that the COMMITTEES has better
facilities than the executive for ascertain
Ing the neede oil the town whore it is pro-