The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-03-08
FIFTlETn CONGRESS.

FlFTlETR CONGRESS.
Abstract OF the Proceedings OF the
Senate and House.
T.. SENATE.
Senator Paddock reported favorably
from the committee a bin to require that
before final proof shall be submitted by
any person claiming to enter agricultural
lands under the presumption or
homestead laws such persons shall
file with the register OF the proper land
Office o notice Of his or her Intention
to make such proof, stating therein
the description OF the lands to be entered
the necessary facts will be established.
The bill to incorporate the Washington
Cable Electric Street Railway Company OF
the District of Columbia came up in the
senate. An amendment reported by the
committee having been reached requiringthe
rails to be OF American manufacture. The
vote was taken. and the amend ment was
adopted, 25 to II.
Senator Blair introduced a bill deelar.
and unlawfnllv knowing any female under
the age OF eighteen years shall be punished
by imprisonment for from five TO ten years,
and for the second offense during his nat.
ural life. A punishment of from ten
to thirty years is provided for
persons forcibly ravishing any female, and
for the period Of his natural life for any
person who carries out his ends by e
OF potions or drugs. The bill is made APP
plicable to all places within the jurisdic-
ton OF the United States.
Mr.. Payson introduced the bill hereto.
fore introduced by Mr.. Wilson OF Iowa for
the relief of settlers upon the public lands.
1t simply gives the settlers the right to
use the name of the United States in any
fully and completely as though the United
States itself were pleading it's rights to the
lands.
On a motion to take up the Hoar joint
resolutions, quite a long debate ensued,
though little interest was manifested. The
motion was lost, yeas 1923, nays 12S-not
the necessary two-thirds in the affirmative.
Mr.; Blount OF Georgia has intro.
duced in the house a bill provid.
masters and q Encouragement OF salaries.
Under it's terms, with the exceptions OF the
cities OF New York and Washington, where
the postmasters salaries are fixed at
So. 900 and SIS, 900, respectively, post
masters are to be divided into three
classes according to the revenues OF their
Offices.
Among the bills introduced in the house
were the following:
Mr.. Payson, for the protection OF settlers
on the public lands. Mr.. Simmons OF
North Carolina for the apportionment ION
the basis OF illiteracy) OF $65, 1000. 900
among the states and territories for edu.
cational purposes. Mr.. Jackson, OF Penn.
sylvania, to amend the homestead law so
as to provide that only 80 acres can be en-
tered instead OF 100 acres, and to per-
nit only citizens Of the United States to
enter homesteads. Mr.. Osborne OF Penn
s~ylvania, for the monthly payment OF pen
sions. Mr.. Clifford to establish an indus.
trial school at Bismarck, Oak. Mr.. Hudd
of Wisconsin, a joint resolution proposing
unconstitutional amendment extending the
presidential term to eight years.
A bill was introduced for the erection Of
public buildings at Burlington, Iowa, She
boygan, Green Bay and Manitowoc, Wis;
and Yankton, Oak.
Senator Platt introduced a bill to pro-
vide for the establishment Of In experiment.
al grass and forage plant farm, and for the
conducting OF experiments relating to
grass and forage plants.
Mr.. Hoar from the committee on priv
leges and elections, reported a resolution
authorizing that committee to continue
the investigation ordered last session, into
the events alleged to have taken place in
Texas, and set forth in the petition of
Stephen Hackworth and others.
Senator Allison introduced a concurrent
resolution of the legislature OF Iowa urging
the adoption OF a amendment to the re-
1,seaI ofo+,foo on fLo% kbo oloofson ~ TIr;f
ed States senators shall occur Of the Sec
ond Tuesday after the permanent organi.
cation of the legislature.
Senator Sherman presented a resolution
OF the Northwestern Laundry Union of
Minneapolis favoring and heartily endors-
ing the so-called Mitchell anti Chinese bill.
Senator Davis presented a batch OF bills
placing the names OF soldiers on the PEN
sion rolls; among them Charles W. Gore,
volunteers.
HOUSE.
The judiciary committee of the house re-
ported favorably a Joint resolution propos:'
ing an anti-polygamy amendment to the
Mr.. Nelson's bill giving the North Dako.
ia & Pacific road right to build a bridge
across the Red River of the North passed
the house.
D. Taylor Of Ohio introduced a bill to
change the common law of marriage to the
customs of modern civilization by the
emancipation OF married women in the Dis
trict OF Columbia and the territories.
Mr.. Wilson OF Minnesota, from the COM
mittee on commerce, reported a bill pro-
viding for q collector of the port of st.
Paul. It vas referred to the committee OF
the whole.
Mr.. Rice presented a petition from the
millers OF Minneapolis, asking a reduction
Of the duty or burlaps. Mr.. Nelson pre-
sented a petition in favor OF granting q
pension to Pierre Battineau. Mr.. Wilson
presented q petition from farmers at
Plainview, Mimi. asking a reduction of
the duty on foreign salt. .
Mr.. Newton, from the committee on pub.
lie buildings and grounds, reported favor
ably to the rouse Mr.. Rice's bill to author.
ize the secretary oil the treasury to accept
from the city OF st. Paul the donation for
q lot OF ground and directing that there be
erected thereon a building for the accom-