The Sully County watchman. (Clifton, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1894, 1888-11-03
CONGRESSIONAL.
THURSDAY, Oct. Is.

Senate.-The conference report ON the
bill for the allotment of lands in sew
crafty 10 the United Peorias and Miamis
in Indian territory was presented and
agreed 10. A memorial of five hundred
citizens of Connecticut workingmen,
wage earners, manufacturers and far
mers in favor of the Mills bill and the
admission of raw materials (particularly
wool, lumber, tin plate, etc. free of duty
was received and laid on the table.
The resolution for a recess from next
Saturday to the nineteenth of November
was taken up and passed.
House.--After lengthy debate on the
tariff and political matters generally, the
house concurred in the senate's resuiu-
tion to adjourn on Saturday the Goth
inst.
FRIDAY, OcE. 10.
Senate.-The senate resolI ion offered
yesterday authorizing the finance com
mittee TO continue its hearing on the
tariff bill was adoptnc. The resolution
offered yesterday ar reference to the
| purchase OF convict labor wagons for
the Indian hnrasu was withdrawn. Sew.
eral letters from tn commissioner OF in
| ternal revenue in reference to methyllated
alcohol, and the facility for fraud In con
| nection Herewith, were presented by Mr..
| Cockrell, and ordered printed in the
record. Mr.. Allison stated that the COM
munications, some of them dating back
to 1882, were of very little
value as illustrating the matter of re
moving the tax on spirits used in the
and manufactures. Every safeguard
suggested by the commissioner or inter
nal revenue in his last letter (so far as
respected the bonded wa ehouse) had
been provided for in the senate bill. If
the law now on the statute books was
sufficient TO prevent illegal distillation,
the same law would prevent redis-
tillation of methyllated alchohol. In
the course OF the discussion Sen. Al
lison assented to the suggestion made
by Sen. Dolph that the tax on spirits
used i'll the a-ts and industries had to be
removed, aud Sen. Cockrell called atten-
tion TO it in tone OF sharp criticism, but
Sen. Dolph explained that what he meant
was that If il could be done without
facilitating frauds on the revenue of
course, il that should be found to be
i'm pract lcable, no one would be opposed
to q removal of the tax. After further
discussion the matter WIS allowed to drop.
The committee on Indian affairs was
(at Washington the examination ordered
at the last congress, as TO the condition
of the Indian tribes on the reservations
in Minnesota, Dakota and Montana.
After the senate had taken recess on
motion of Sen. Allison il went into secret
session and at O'Clock adjourned until
tomorrow.
HOuse.-Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, objected
to request made by Mr.. Rice, or Min
nesota, for the passage of the bin .uthoriz
ing the city of Minneapolis to alter, repair
aud reconstruct certain public works.
The house then, at / o clock, adj journed
until IL o'clock tomorrow.
SATURDAY, Oct. 30.
Seadte.-Only seven senator's had :he
benefits of the final prayer of this session,
of the chaplain, namely: The presiding
officer (SeH. Ingalls) and Senators Ali
son, Cock-eu, Mitchell, PADDOCK, Sauls-
bury and Teller. During, and immediate
ly after the reading of the journal the
senate was reinforced by the presesce OF
Senators, Blackburn, Reagan, aud Sawyer.
On motion OF Sen. Allison committee OF
two senasors was appointed (Allison and
Salisbury to join like committee on
the part of the house to wait upon the
president and inform him that congress,
"having finished its business" was ready
to close the present session by adjourn
ment at ! O'Clock to-day. Mr. Blackburn
presented minority report of the
select committee on the operations of
civil service law, and it was ordered print
ed with the majority report. The last
bill of the session to be introduced was
one by Mr.. Mitchell proposing for an
amendment to the constitution providing
for the election of the United States SEN
ators by the people. About 1895 Mr..
Allison OF the committee to wait on the