Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1888-02-22

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ing all laws inconsistent thereto.
| By Mr., Brewer, Of North Carolina -Reso-
luton instfucting the committee on ways and
means to report what progress it has made
in the consideration of bills repeating the in
ternal revenue taxes and to state at what
time such bills are likely tobe-reported to the
house. In case the committee is unable to
agree upon these bills 1t is instructed to
to report the fact to Ethe house, and
the bills shall be placed on calendar.
i To prohibit fictitious and gambling transact
tions in articles produced by American farm
Ing industry.
i Proposing constitutional amendment linn
iting the membership of the house to $50
By Mr.. Smith, Of Wisconsin For the estab-
lishment of postal telegraph system.
I By Mr.. Guenther, of Wisconsin-To regu-
late telegraph companies.
Bills were introduced for the erection Of
puplic buildings at Galesburg, Illinois, Dav-
export, Iowa, and Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Bills were passed to prohibit any person Ii
Washington or Georgetown from making
books or pools on the result of any races or
games of base ball.
/ Adjourned
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Mr. Mills, from the
committee on ways and means, reported bill
to provide for the purchase of United States
bonds by the secretary of the treasury. Re-
ferred to committee Of the whole.
Mr.. Caswell, of Wisconsin, from the COM
mittee on judiciary, reported bill for the
relief of importers Of animals for breeding
purposes. Referred to committee of the
whole.
Among t he executive communications pre-
sented to the house was one from the secre-
tary of war in response to the resolution CALI
ing for information relative to the plan and
scope of the compilation Of the official records
of the late war. Referred.
Mr. Richardson, from the committee on
printing, reported the senate concurrent reso-
luton for printing 1000 additional copies Of
executive documents, and ffty-one on the
subject of cattle and dairy products Mr..
Martin, of Texas, declared that every farmer
in the land should have copy Of this yalua-
BILE book, and an amendment by Mr. Hatch,
increasing to 25, 900 the number Of copies to
be printed, was adopted. The resolution was
changed to joint one and an appropriation
of 1862, 800 made to pay for the publication.
Bills were reported and referred to COM
mittee of the whole for the erection of pub
lie building at Omaha and for the purchase
of additional land at Council Bluffs.
Mr.. Bennett, from the committee on labor,
reported adversely the bill to provide for
licensing railroad conductors. Laid on the
table.
The speaker announced the resignation of
Mr.. Cox, of New York, from the committee
on territories, and the appointment Of Mr.
Taulbee Of Kentucky, to fill the vacancy, the
latter retiring from the committee on the
eleventh census.
The house then went into committee of the
whole, with Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, in the
chair, on the urgent deficiency bill. In the
general debate, Mr.. Peters, of Kansas, made
speech In which he elucidated the legal
points presented in the Anderson bill requir-
ing the subsidized Pacific railroads to main
tain and operate separate telegraph lines. He
said the entire cost of the construction of
telegraph lines from the Missouri river to
San Francisco did not exceed $3.50, 900.
In answer to the contention that in the act
of 1862 congress did not reserve power
to amend its terms he declared that
the eighteenth section positively reserved that
power. The contract between the Western
Union and the Union Pacific was remarkable
document and resulted In the destruction of
competition in the telegraph business, which
was the very object of the granting acts to
secure. The Union Pacific in the contract
bound itself hand and foot, and he argued
that under the reserved power congress had
the right todcclare null and void any contract
which interfered with the carrying out of the
purposes Of the grant, and that no vested
right had accrued by. reason Of the contract.
The committee then rose.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, introduced bill for
the payment of 1922, 657, the amount paid
by New York city for principal and interest
on the bonds issued to the Union Defense
committee of New York in 1851 and 1869. Re
ferred.
Il I1Ousc duJOuIutu.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-In the house today
Mr.. Perkins, from the committee on Indian
affairs, reported bill granting the right-of-
way through the Indian territory to the Kan
sas City and Pacific railroad. House calen-
dar.
Mr.. Robertson, from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported bill for the payment Of
81 ,0G0 to soldiers who enlisted under the act
of July %, 1861, and who were discharged by
reason of surgeons certificates of disability
or by promotion before the expiration of two
years, and who have not received LOCO
bounty. Referred to committee of the whole
On motion of Mr. Dorsey, of Nebraska, the
bill passed providing that Nebraska shall
constitute an enaire judicial district, to be
known as the district Of Nebraska.
Mr.. Randall, of Pennsylvania, from the
committee on appropriations, reported q reso-
luton for the appointment of a special com
mittee to investigate and report what con-
tracts had been made for the construction of
the new library building, and the amount ex-
pended Hereunder; what caused the delay in
the progress of the work, and what persons
had been employed and paid from the appro-
priations for the purchase of site and the
construction of the building Adopted.
| The house then went into committee of
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