The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-12-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
Weekly Resuue Of the Proceedings Of the Senate
and House.


and House.
Monday, Dec. 10.
SENArE:-Senator Farwell introduced bill
| to increase the salaries of the judges of the
supreme court of the United States. 1t pro-
| vides: The salary of the chief justice of the
| court shall be $40, 500 per year, and that Of
each of the associate justices $40, 900. The
retiring ing pensions shall remain as at present.
Senator Jones of Arkansas introduced the
Clifford bill to amend the act opening the
Great Sioux reservation. John H. King OF
Rapid City and ex-Congressman Kleiner will
push the bill and are very cheerful of the out
look. They are delighted with the strong
position taken by the Sioux commission in
| it's report and believe that it will have q
| great effect upon congress.
The senate committee on public lands re-
| ported back Mr.. Berry's bill to allow persons
who have abandoned or relinquished their
| homestead entries to make another entry with
| minor amendments and a favorable recon-
| mendation.
HoUsE:-Among the bills introduced were
| by one Mr.. Dubois, of Idaho, for the admission
| ofthe State; and one by Mr.. McAdoo, of New
Jersey, proposing constitutional amend
ment for uniformity as to the day OF chosin e
presidential electors and forbidding voting
| for any other officer than representatives in
congress on that day.
Mr.. Holman offered for immediate consid.
GRAFTON resolution reciting the charges
| made in the public prints that money had
been used to control presidential elections,
and instructing the judiciary committee to
investigate the charges and to inquire what
| legislation might be necessary to preserve
the purity of franchise. Mr.. Dingley. ofMaine,
| offered an amendment to the resolution, in
serting the following words: And also
| hot ,ne s,I, 4 l,, toll Tot
| made contributions to such fund"
Tuesday, Dec. IL.
| SENATE-The senate resumed considera-
/ ton of the tariff bill. Mr.. Vest, referring to
Mr.. Sherman's speech denied the assertion
that the election had settled the question OF
tariff legislation.
HousE.-The house went into committee of
the whole on the direct tax bill. Mr.. Hop
kins OF Illinois spoke in support of the meas
ure and in opposition of the proposed amend
| ment refunding the cotton tax Mr. Allen of
Mississippi could find no warrant in the con-
stitution for refunding the direct tax. Mr..
Seney ofO hio supported the bill, whose pur-
pose, he said, had been grossly misrepresent-
! ed.
Mr.. Whiting of Michigan opposed the bill
as being unconstitutional and unjust. Mr..
Enloe of Tennessee declared that the bill was
sustained neither by law nor by precedent,
, denounced it as subterfuge and q fraud and
charged that its aim was to perpetuate the
power of trusts to exact tribute from the
people by means of high tariff.
Wednesday Dec. 1s.
| SENArE:-The senate continued the dis
cussion of the tariff bill, and incidentally
discussed civil service reform and the recent
| election.
| Mr.. Riddleberger gave notice that he would
move every morning to take up his resolution
!, for the consideration, in open session, of the
British extradition law.
| HousE.-The event in the house to-day
was the passage of the direct tax bill. by q
vote of IT'S to 90. Of the Minnesota men,
! bers Lind Macdonald and Nelson voted for
the bill, and Wilson against it. Rice did not
vote.
| Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, from the COM
mittee on the judiciary, reported a resolution,
| which was adopted, calling on the attorney
general forinformation as to where any delay
/ in the administration of law in the United
States courts will result from the clause in
shals, restricting the sum which must be ad-
vanced to them. Mr.. Blanchard, of Louis
lana, reported the river and harbor bill, and
| it was referred to the committee of the whole.
Thursday, Dec. Is.
SENATE.-The senate committee on Indian
| affairs attempted to hold meeting to-day
for the consideration of the new Sioux bill,
but could not get quorum. 1t was consld-
! cred best by those present, however that
Senator Dawes should ask the interior de-
partment for full transcript of the proceed
! dings in all the councils held with the Sioux,
and when the senate met a resolution to that
effect offered by Senator Dawes was agreed to
HousE.-Thesenate committee on education
! gave hearing to delegates of the Sabbath
| convention, in support ofthe Sunday rest bill.
The consular and diplomatic appropriation
bill has been practically completed by the
house committee on foreign affairs. 1t does
emit year, which appropriated 81 ,419,942.
The legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill has been completed by the sub
committee of the house Appropriation COM
mittee, and is now in the hands of the full
1 committee. 1t will follow closely the line of
the present bill.
The house Democratic caucus after SEES
non lasting over three hours, adopted res
olution for the admission into the Union of
| Dakota, either as one OF two states, as the
people of Dakota shall decide, and for the adj
mission of the States of Washington, Mon
tana and New Mexico also. 1t is proposed
that these states shall be admitted by one
bill. Utah, although not mentioned in the
resolution, 1t was agreed should be admitted
into the Union, but by separate BILL
friday, Dec. IA.
| SENATE.-As Sena tor Davis predicted some
| days ago, the conference committees of the
two houses on the bill for the civilization of
the Minnesota Chippewas had no difficulty in
| coming to an agreement over the bill. The
| committee came together to-day and reached
| an agreement in an hour. The chief cause of
| difference was that the senate inserted q pro-
vision in the bill requiring any agreement
made with the Indians to be submitted to
congress for ratification.
| rr0uicinnc IF tho hill Tir,rr no Tn
| dams on the Red Lake and White Earth re-
servations are purely arbitrary, their lands
| being opened to settlement without negotia-
| tion Their reservations were set aside by
executive order, and not by treaty; and Mr..
Nelson, who framed the bill, said that negoti-
| lions with them were not necessary.
HoUsE.-There is q consensus of opinion
among the members of the house committee
on manufactures that no legislation as to
| trusts can be secured during the short life
time of the present congress- and all that it
| will be possible for the committee to accom-
plish will be to secure information that
| will be in use of the future.
The legislative, executive and judicial ap-
preparation bill, as reported to the house,
carries with it an appropriation of $40, 500, :
| 245, being $13S, 95 less than the bill for the
current fiscal year and 1885 ,24O less than
the estimates. The bill is the least interest
ing of any legislative appropriation bill for
many years. No new officers are created
and the bills almost entirely of routine
character. The board of pension appeals is
| reduced from six members to three and
three law clerks in the Office Of the secretary
| of the interior are dropped.