Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-10-06
THE RECORD OF CONGRESS-

earlier in the daY.
THE RECORD OF COSGREsS
A Record Of Proceedings From Day to Ia,
Ia the National Congress
HOUSE. In the house on the Goth Mr..
Morrow of California, as question o
erivilese, offered a resolution recitins
the passage of the Chinese exclusion
bill, its signature by the presiding Off.
GERS OF both houses, and the fact that il
Is being withheld from the president by
the acting chairman of the committee
on enrolled bills, Mr.. Kilgore, and di-
reeting its transmission to the president
without delay. Mr.. Mcmillan of Ten
nessee and Mr.. Herbert of Alabama
both took the ground that there had
been no unreasonable or unusual DELAY.
After debate pro and con on the point
OF order, the speaker pro tenn decided
that the point was well taken and that
the question was not privileged. He
said the average time it took for a bill
to reach the president, after being
signed by the presiding officers of both
houses, was three days. He was not
prepared to say, however, that if the
resolution was renewed in q few DAYS
he would declare it out of order as a
privileged question.
SENATE. the senate ON the Goth
! the order reported from the committee
on foreign relations by Senator Ed.
munds came up, and Senator Edmunds
stated that as the Chinese exclusion bill
had passed beyond the possession OF the
senate the order was not applicable. and
moved to lay it on the table, which was
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agreements made with the Spokane In.
dInns was passed. The house amend
ments to the senate bill abolish cir.
cult court powers in certain cases were
disagreed to, and conference ordered
Among the bills reported and placed on
calendar We're: Senate bill amending
the act of 1871 for the relief of the
Stockbridge and Muncie tribes of Indi-
dams in Wisconsin,; Senate bill grant.
ing right of way to the Pensacola &
Memphis railroad company through the
public lands in Florida, Alabama, Mis-.
sissippi and Tennessee, and the military
reservation near Pensacola.
SENATE. the senate on the 21st the
house bill to make the department Of
agriculture one of the. executive depart
ments of the government was taken mn.
the question being the amendment 10 |
strike out the fifth section. which trans.
ters the weather bureau of the SIGNAL |
service to the department of agricnl- |
tnre. The senate decided against the /
transfer, otter which the bill was passed. |
The bill provides that the department |
OF agriculture shall be an executive de-
partment under the supervision Of u sec
Rotary OF agriculture, who shall be an.
pointed by the president by and with
the advice and consent of the senate
lie shall receive the same salary ne
y paid to the secretaries of each az
the executive departments Tile con
ference report on the sundrv civil ser.
vice appropriation bill was agreed to.
HOUSE. I'm the house on the 2tst a
bill to suspend the operation Of the pre-
emption, timber culture and desert land
laws was reported. 1t now provides
that during the tendency of the meas.
ures now before congress in relation +o
Inc forfeiture of certain lands hereto
lore granted by congress to railrond
corporations, and thereafter, no act
lone or performed by any such corpo-
ration shall IN any wise enlarge the
rlSht or claim Of such CORPORATION To
any lands covered by any such grant. ,
1r diminish any right now existing in
he United States to declare forfeiture
hereof This provision shall not he
construed to in any wise affect or dimin- !
sh or waive any right now existing n
)ehalf of the United States TO declare 4
orieiture OF any of the lands embraced
n any such grant. Unanimous consent
vas asked to offer resolution author ,,
zlnS the committee on judiciary to re-
Iort to the house at any time for imme- {
llate consideration bill providing by Q
egal and Judicial proceedings for the '
Impression and prevention of trusts. a
SENATE. in the senate on the oath '
he committee on public lands reported \
Dill allowing any person who has !
'Dandoned or relinquished homestead =
ntry before expiration Of the reouisite =
TX months, to make another entry NOT d
exceeding quarter section of land n
Dassed. Among the bills introduced y
no referred were the following: To b
FohlDlt the immigration of Chinese In a.
orers, and one Offering n reward OF 8
lOU,V9Q TO any person or persons who
hhli discover the cause, remedy and
reatment Of yellow fever; and for q
commission of medical men in Jaekson-
me- Fla. to observe and report upon le
iets relative to yellow fever, and the ell
esq methods for its cure, prevention N
NJ suppression, In connection with er
le two latter bills Harris presented q n
'!lesram from Memphis, Tenn. al. a,
lDGting the existing of yellow fever nj "
'ecatuf, Ala, and jackson, Miss. 10 h;
re unrestricted intercourse befweer VI VI
uba and Florida during the past two ~ y,
ears, snying that that demonstrated ~ ~
le necessity of perfect system oi wi wi
iarantine, and recommending the ~
Of a national board ~ n,
ATTN. a bill was introduced to antbor. ~ -,
the sale of timber on certain landa ~ ~
served for the use of the Chippewa ~ ~
Idlans IN Wisconsin and Minnesota, ~ ~
=. regulating the allotment in sever. IL,
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