Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-08-25

| Record Of Proceedings From Day TO DGs
/ IA shs National Congress.

A Record Of Proceedings FROM Day 20 Dos
ia the National Congress.
House I'm the house on the 9th, Nell
son of Minnesota, from the committee
on Indian affairs, reported bill for the
disposal of the agricultural lands en-
braced within the limits of Pipestone
Indian reservation in Minnesota. A
message from the senate announced the
| passing by that body of a concurrent res,
| olution declaring that the members OF
both houses will attend the funeral OF
General Sheridan, Saturday next, and
that as a mark of respect to the memory
OF deceased, when both houses adjourn
Friday it will be TO meet Monday next.
| The resolution was concurred in. The
house then considered the deficiency ap.
preparation bill till the hour of adjourn.
ment.
SENATE. I'm the senate on the 9th Mr..
Palmer introduced bill for the pur-
,hase of the Portage Lake and River
Improvement company's canal, etc
referred to the committee on commerce.
| Mitchell offered resolution calling on
the secretary of the interior for inIor-
nation concerning his recent decision
in the Guilford- Miller land case, affect
| ing the title to Northern Pacific lands.
| Agreed to. After several bills were
passed the senate at IL 40 proceeded to
The consideration of the fisheries treaty
in open executive session, and Eyarts
resumed his speech in opposition to its
ratification. The matter continued UNI
Ter discussion till the hour of adjourn
ment
SENATE. In the senate on the 18th,
the resolution offered last week by
Edmunds calling on the attorney gen.
eral for copies of correspondence be-
tween the department of justice and the
supervisor of elections in the city OF
New York, on the subject of registration
aud election, was taken up, and its pur.
pose was explained by him. After brief
discussion the resolution was adopted.
The senate then resumed consideration
of the fisheries treaty in open executive
session, and was addressed by Call in
support of its ratification. Discussion
then ensued ON postponing consideration
of the treaty till December The matter
finally went over one day and the senate
adjourned.
HOUSE,. the house on the 18th Mr.
Dubois, of Idaho, offered resolution,
which was referred, calling on the at
torney general for list of the pardons
granted by the president to persons
convicted of unlawful eohabitation in
Utah and Idaho since March, 1886 Mr.
Davidson, of Colorado, introduced a
joint resolution appropriating 5000, 600
to aid in suppressing infectious diseases.
Referred. Bills relative to the District
of Columbia were then considered. The
senate bill was passed increasing TO $50
month the rate of pension for total
deafness. Unanimous consent for the
immediate consideration of the depen-
dent pension bill was asked but Mr.
Walker, of Missouri, objected.
SENATE.-In the senate on the 14th,
the house bill granting the right OF way
to the Yankton & Missouri River railway
through the Yankton reservation in Da-
kota was passed. The resolution offered
some time ago instructing the select
committee on Indian traders to continue
its investigations during the recess was
reported back and agreed to. The SEN
ate then resumed consideration of the
fisheries treaty in open executive ses-
sion, and was addressed by Morgan.
Having quoted from Chambers speech
some extracts rejecting on the secretary
of state, Morgan said the tongue of scan
| dHi had been let loose in this debate in a
way which might convince the world
that when the senate sat with closed
| doors nothing but scorpions were APP
piled to the backs of American citizens
who had been nominated for office or
who had taken part in the treaties. In
the discussion of the question of foreign
| fish, Morgan said that the New England
senators and the owners of fishing yes
uaIo ho1 ft,aYYcy thn,y
| the smartest sort of Job in irving to
use the treaty making power to issue
| proclamations of the non-intercourse as
means Of prohibiting the introduction
| of free fish,
HousE.-In the house on the 14th, the
senate bill to regulate commerce carried
on by telegraph was referred to the COM
mittee on commerce. The house COM
mittee on merchant marine and fisheries
| OF Alaska is directed to ascertain whether
contracts which have been made by the
government with any persons or compa-
MES have been violated, and report
whether any legislation is necessary for
! the protection of the seal fisheries.
| O'Neill, of Missouri, rising to question
of privilege, sent to the clerks desk and
| had read an article in Washington pa-
per to the effect that the effort Of the
democrats to pass a bill for the relief Of
the Cherokee freedmen was the result Of
bargain with J. Milton Turner the
freedmen's attorney and was intended
as compensation to him for his services
to the democratic party at the Indiana
polls colored convention. O'Neill SAID
he desired to brand the statement as an
absolute lie from beginning to end.
INDIAN DEPREDAT ION CLAIMS.
Washington special: To-day, in the
senate, Mr.. Paddock presented an
amendment to the house bill now be-
fore the committee on Indian depreda-
ton claims, which will obviate and cor
rect the absurd amendments tackled
onto that measure when it was consfd-
cred before the lower body. The
amendment, as proposed, is essentially
the same measure introduced some
months ago by Senator Paddock, and
which provides for court for the adiu-
dication aud payment Of claims arising
from Indian depredations. As amended
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