New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-01-11

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made speech more carefully prepared
than IS his custom, every word OF it hav-
ing beer reduced to writing. It is to be
consldered in many respects as the plat.
form OF presidential candidate. Hewas fol.
, lowed by Senators VOORHEES, and Teller
Several recess nominations were sent to
the senate, including those oil the Interstate
commissioners and Eugene SempIe as gov
ernor OF Washington Territory.
Senator Davis offered in the senate
memorial rom the St. Paul chamber OF
commerce, praying for the establishment
OF more collection districts for the State OF
minnesota and various other memorials
and petitions. g ~
HOUSE. 49,
Among Minnesota private bills intro
'duced in the house were the following
By Mr. Rice, granting a pension to Mary
Month; to f.GW Travis, for services rendered in
the war with she Florida Indians: to Frederick
Eichler: to Albert Achley; 81 2 Der month to l..
w Huckln. for services in the Sioux outbreak;
60 Ell3n st. CSr: to Thomas Weekly: to remove
the charge Of desertion against the name of A.
n. Tobey; bill for the relief OF Minnesota
mounted rangers. + ~ - T..
The latter bill provides that all persons
who served full time of year or more shall
receive 500; those who served six months
or any time less than year, $66, and those
VINO served less than six months 1888. 49,
He also introduced a bill to allow Charles
A. Ruffee, late agent at White Earth agency,
81 800, being the difference between the
pay as agent Of the White Earth agency
+ alone and agent of consolidated Leech Lake,
Red Lake ard White Earth agencies The
agency consolidated March 81. 1879, and
Ruffee served from that time to Sept. 80,
1881 at the old salary.
PRESENTED BY MR. NELSON.
By Mr.. Nelson: ...=
d of Alvin Milfgan: granting pension to
Crimson; granting increase of pension to
owe: granting a pension to Joseph
u; to Jacob Neibels: to Morgan Johnson;
1he claim of B. Fl. Beaulieu to the court
IS: for the relief of citizens engaged in
TX Indian war in 1862; for the relief OF
,unsberry; granting pension to the
nd children Of Abner st. Cyr: for the re-
'artwell Silver
slson also introduced his bill placing
coal and sugar on the free list; his
st session for the improvement Of the
on of the Red Lake Indians; for
building and term of court at Duluth
D. railroad bills which have already
ngmentioneu MIR Lind introduced bill
Icing books and pamphlets on the free list
and a bill to amend the interstate commerce
law. His amendment to the fourth section
provides:
It shall also be unlawful for any common car
rler, subject to the provisions Of this act. to
charge or receive any greater compensation per
ton per mile for the centemporaneous Transport
tatlon OF She same class of freight for shorter
than for longer distance over the same line in
the same general direction from the origin
point of or to the same point of arrival: but this
snail not be construed as authorizing any COM
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 ceEtain legislation defining and con-
STRUNG the granting and ind emnity clauses
Of the act of May 5, 1864 granting land to
Wisconsin to aid in the construction of 1ail-
Dads Mr. Spooner introduced a bill to-day
:oyiding for the establishment of a port of
TRY at Superior, Wis Mr. Gear of Iowa to-
Y introduced the following bills in the
use:
authorizing the construction OF a railroad
Eon and foot bridge across The Missippi river
or near BURLINGTON, iowa: appropriating
Des Moines rapids in Me Mississippi, and
,25O for completing thu dry dock at Des
mes rapids in the Mississippi, and that the
900 appropriated for the completion OF q
: at the outer wall of the Des Moines rapids
al may be used to construct floating boom
meeting the wall with the upper draw rest OF
DAKOTA.
'elegate Clifford OF Dakota introduced
y bills for the admission of North and
Outh Dakota already printed in the Pro-
NEER pREss; bills allowing the Duluth &
]anltoba road right of way through the Fort
temblna military reservation; throwing
pen to settlement abandoned and useless
military reservations; providing for COM
mission to negotiate with thN Sisseton and
Nahpeton Sioux Indians for 4 modification
of present treaties and agreements; grant
ing section Is, near Rapid City, to
chat 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 a bill
providing for the opening of the Great Sioux
i, reservation. It is practically the old Dawes
bill with the tribal patent clause stricken
out He also offered bills granting the Du
nth, Watertown & Pacific road the right to
.'uilG q bridge across the Missouri river at
ome available point in Charles Mix county.
<; to establish two new land districts
III the land officers at Pierre and Cham
lain contingent upon the opening of the
feat olou& reservation; granting section
and to Aurora county, Oak. for the es-
1shment of a reform school, and proYid-
for an inquiry into the losses sustained
set ers who had been deprived of their
on the Crow creek and Winnebaoo
ations by the summary closing of the
Vations by order of President CleYe-
SENATE. I
IT. Mitchell in the senate called up the
resolution directing the selection OF a
for navy yard on the coast month of
forty' second parallel OF north latitude
Oregon, Washington and Alaska. MIR.
,chell spoke in favor OF the resolution.
If. Dolph said: Puget soupd possesses
the advantages that can be found for &.
St-class naval station. We cannot
ed to allow foreign conquests and &C
-sitions to be carried to our very doors.
,rs we do we shall abdicate the position
I~hlch our power, influence, wealth and
territorial location entitle us to maintain
among the nations OF the earth.
)" The resolution was referred to the corn
Anittee on naval affairs. Senator Reagan
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