The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1888-01-12
By Mr.. Nelson:

10 rerer the claim OF Is. IL Bcaullou 10 the court
OF claims: for the relief of citizens engaged in
the Sioux Indian war in 1862; for tho relief Of
g. A. Lounsberry: granting . pension to the
widow and children OF Abner St Cyr: for the re-
lief OF HartweI Silver.
Mr. Nelson also introduced his bill placing
lumber, coal and sugar on the free list; his
bill of last session for the improvement Of the
condition of tho Red Lake Indians; for q
public building and term of court at Duluth.
and the railroad bills which have already
been mentioned Mr.. Lind introduced bill
placing books and pamphlets on the free list
and q bill to amend the interstate commerce
law. His amendment to the fourth section
provides:
1t shall also be unlawful for any common car
rier. subject to the provisions Of this act, to
charge or receive any greater compensation per
ton per mile for the contemporaneous transport
tation OF the same class of freight for shorter
than for longer distance over the same line In
the&am general direction or from the origin
point OF or to the same point Of arrival: but this
mon carrier, subject to- the provisions Of this
act, to charge higher rate per ton per mile for
longer than 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-
struing the granting and indemnity clauses
of the act of May s. 1864. granting land to
Wisconsin to aid in the construction of lail-
roads. Mr.. Spooner introduced bill to-day
providing for the establishment Of port Of
entry at Superior, Wis Mr.. Gear Of Iowa to-
day introduced the following bills in the
house:
Authorizing the construction Of q railroad,
at or near BURLINGTON, Iowa: appropriating
$50: 495 for completing the work Of improving
the Des Moines rapids in the Mississippi. and
Moines rapids in the Mississippi, and that the
$25. 900 appropriated for the completion of q
pier at the outer wall Of the Des Moines rapids
connecting the wall with the upper draw rest Of
the bridge Of Keokuk.
DAKOTA.
| Delegate Clifford of Dakota introduced
two bills for the admission of North and
South Dakota, already printed in the Pro
EEER Press; bills allowing the Duluth &
Manitoba road right Of way through the Fort
Pembina military reservation; throwing
open to settlement abandoned and useless
military reservations; providing for COM
mission to negotiate with the Sisseton and
Wahpeton Sioux Indians for modification
of present treaties and agreements; grant
ing section 16, near Rapid City, to
that town; granting certain sections
of land near Grand Forks to the
North Dakota university, and granting
the Yankton & Missouri Valley railroad
right of way through the Yankton Indian
reservation. Clifford also introduced bill
providing for the opening of the Great Sioux
reservation. It is practically the old Dawes
bill with the tribal patent clause stricken
out He also offered bills granting the Du-
luth. Watertown & Pacific road the right to
build bridge across the Missouri river at
some available point in Charles Mix county,
Oak to establish two new land districts
with the land officers at Pierre and Cham
berlain contingent upon the opening of the
Great Sioux reservations; granting section
of land to Aurora county. Oak. for the es-
tablishment of a reform school, and provid-
ing for an inquiry into the losses sustained
by settlers who had been deprived of their
rights on the Crow creek and Winnebago
reservations by the summary closing of the
reservations by order Of President Cleve-
land.
Mr.. Mitchell in the senate called up the
Joint resolution directing the selection OF q
cite for navy yard on the coast north Of
the forty. second parallel OF north latitude
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
first-class naval station. We cannot
afford to allow foreign conquests and &C
QUESTIONS to be carried to our very doors.
which our power, influence, wealth and
territorial location entitle us to maintain
among the nations OF the earth.
The resolution was referred to the com.
mittee on naval affairs. Senator Reagan
made speech in opposit ton to the Blair
educational bill, which cane up in the sen.
ate. 1t was not to the purposes oil 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 1880. 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.,; N. J. Benson, Torah. Mimi;
Atchison, Chatfeld, Mimi; Henry 6ilkker-
veer, Orange City, Iowa; F. A. Winchell
Kingsley, Iowa; L. j. Foulton, Cassel.
ton, Oak; C. e. Dudley, Marysviile, Mont.
Register OF land Offices: Gilbert w. Car
rington, Ashland, Wis; Henry Cornelius,
Menasha, Wis.,; w. M. Blanding, st. Croix
Falls. Wis; William Porter, Dee Moines,
Iowa; J. R. Whiteside, Deadwood, OAK;
William Colville, Duluth, Minn.; James
Greedy, Redwood Falls, Mimi; j. N.
Adams, Spokane Falls, Wash. Indian
agents: J. D. jenkins OF Iowa, Sisseton
Agency, Dak.; R. D. Gwydir OF Kentucky,
Colville Agency, Wash.
The speaker announced the standing
committees Of the house.
The president sent to congress q commu.
nication from the secretary Of the interior
submitting the draft Of bill ITO provide
for the protection OF the Round Valley In.
dian reservation in California.
Following is a comparative showing Of
the way Minnesota Jared in tho present
congress compared with the Forty-ninth:
Fiftieth Congress approximations
and expenditures in the war Department.;
Mcdonald, merchant marine and fisheries
and public lands; Wilson, commsrce and
coinage, weights and measures; Lind, post
Offices; Nelson, Indian affairs.
Forty.ninth Congress- Strait, public
lands and education; White, agriculture
and mines and mining; Nelson, Indian
affairs; Gillian, patents and revision Of
| the laws; Wakefield, p0stoHices.
All the Mlnnesotians seemed Satisfied
over the appointments. and spoke ~
though thsy had sottsn an that they
Both Houses adjourned Tor several days
70 allow the committeesst 60 ct n working
orfler