New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-12-19
CONGRESSIONAL.
Weekly Resume Of the Proceedings Of tho Senate
and House.
Monday, Dec. 10.

G3slrt shall be $40, 800 per year, and that O
eaen OF the associate justices $4,000. The
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Senator Jones of Arkansas introduced the
Glnofd bill to amend the act opening the
Great Sioux reservation. John III King o.
Rapid City and ex-Congressman Kleiner viii
4 push the bill and are very cheerful of the out
Iook. Ihey are delighted with the strong
position taken by the Sioux commission in
its report and believe that it will have a
great effect upon congress-
The senate committee on public lands re,
ported back MIR. Berry's bill to allow persons
VINO nave abandoned or relinuuished their
homestead entries to make another entry with
mlnoramendments and favorable recon.
msRdation.
S2otsE:-Among the bills introduced were
byone Mr. Dubois, of Idaho for the admission
0tthe State; and one by Mr. McAdoo. of New
Jersey, proposing a constitutional amend
nent Tor uniformity as to the day OF chosn Q
presidential electors and forbidding voting
1or any other officer than representatives in
congress on that day.
Mr.. Holman offered for immediate consid.
Teratlon resolution recitng the charges
made III the public prints that money had
'Geen used to control presidential elections.
ana lnstructlng the judiciary committee to
!nVestgate the charges and to inquire what
legislation might be necessary to preserve
the purity of franchise. Mr.. Dingley. ofMaine
'ogsEed an amendment to the resolution, in
'6e54jng the following words "And also
whether officials of the United States have
made contributions to such fund.-.
Tuesday, Dec. IL.
pENATE.-The senate resumed consdera,
'tion of the tariff bill. Mr.. Vest referring to
Mt Sherman's speech denied the assertion
that the election had settled the question of
tariff legislation
A0JTGE he bo, +o
the whole on the direct tax BILL Mr.. Hop
ms OF illinois spoke in support of the meas
! Fe'and IN opposition of the pro opsed amend
ent refunding the cotton tax. Mr. Allen of
At'slssippi could find no warrant in the con-
I EAtutlon for refunding the direct tax Mr.
#E9ey otO hlo supported the bill, whose pur-
sSe, he said, had been grossly misrepresent-
, Mr. Whiting of Michigan opposed the bill
as being unconstitutional and unjust Mr..
Enloe of Tennessee declared that the bill was
sustained neither by law nor by precedent,
denounced it as a subtertuge and q fraud and
charged that its aim was to perpetuate the
power of trusts to exact tribute from the
people bymeans of high tariff.
Wednesday Dec. -.
SENATE:-The senate continued the dis
cusSlOn OF the tariff bill, and incidentally
discussed ciViFserVice reform and the recent
election.
lAr. Riddleberger gave notice that he would
NE every morning to take up his resolution
for the consideration, in open session, of the
] British extradtion law.
HOUsE.-The event in the house to-day
- was the passage of'the direct tax bill. by
vote of 11S to 96. Of the Minnesota mem
bers Lind, Macdonald and Nelson voted for
the bill, and Wilson against it. Rice did not
vote.
Mr.. Rogers, of Arkansas, from the COM
mlttee nthe Judiciary, reported q resolution,
which was adopted calling on the ATTORNEY
general forinformation as to where any delay
in the administration of law in the United
States courts will result from the clause in
the bill providing for the payment of mar
shals, restricting the sum which must be ad-
Vanced to them. Mr.. Blanchard, of Louis
lana, reported the river and harbor BILL and
it was referred to the committee of the whole
Thursday, Dec. 13.
GNATE.-The senate committee on Indian
affairs attempted to hold q meeting to-day
for the consideration of the new Sioux BILL
but could not get a quorum. 1t was consld-
cred best by those present. however that
Senator Dawes should ask the interior de-
partment for a full transcript of the proceed
dings in all The councils held with the Sioux
and when the senate met a resolution to that
effect offered by Senator Dawes was agreed to
HOUsE.-The senate committee on education
convention, in support ofthe Sunday rest bill
The consular and diplomatic appropriation
: bill has been practically completed by the
house committee on foreign affairs 1t does
not differ materially from the bill for the pres
ent year, which appropriated ST ,4l9, 942.
The legislative, executive and judicial appro-
pIAation bill has been completed by the sub
mmittee of the house appropriation com
81See, and is now in the hands of the full
ommittee 1t will follow closely the line of
She present bill.
, The house Democratic caucus after ses-
SION lasting over three hours, adopted res
OlutiOn for the admission into the Union of
Dakota, either as one or two states, as the
people of Dakota shall decide, and for the ad-
mission of the States of Washington, Mon
rtana and New Mexico also. 1t is proposed
that these states shall be admitted by one
bill. Utah, although not mentioned in the
resolution, it was agreed should be admitted
into the Union, but by separate bill.
Friday, Dec. IA.
nSENATE.-As Senator Davis predicted some
days ago, the conference committees of the
two houses on the bill for the civilization of
the Minnesota Chippewas had no difficulty in
coming to an agreement over the bill. The
&C Rmittee came together to-day and reached
enlargement in an hour. The chief cause of
difference was that the senate inserted a pro.
:. vision in the bill requiring any agreement
made with the Indians to be submitted to
congress for ratification.
The provisions of the bill regarding the In
dams on the Red Lake and White Earth fe-
servations are purely arbitrary, their lands
being opened to settlement without negotia-
ton. Their reservations were set asiG by
executive order, and not by treaty; and Mr.
Nelson, who framed the bill, said that negoti-
lions with them we're not necessary.
= .HoUsE.-There is a consensus of opinion
among the members, of the house committee
on manufactures that no legislation as to
trusts can be secured during the short life
time of the present congress, and all that it
will be possible for the committee to accom-
.plish will be to secure information that
will be muse of the future.
The legislative,t exeeutive and judicial ap-
preparation bill, unsupported to the house,
"ies with it an appropriation of $40, 500, !
- being $13S, 195,less than the bill for the
ent fiscal year and $2S5,24O less than
lie estimates. The bill lis the least interest
agfofany legislative appropriation bill for
many years. No ne1y officers are created
and the bills almost entirely of q routine
character. The board ofgpension appeals is
reduced from six members to three, and
three law clerks in the Office of the secretary
of:the interior are dropped.
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