New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26
.FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Saturday, Sept. Is.

OF the retaliation 81. All that has been
done is to refer the bill to the committee on
8otelgn relations. The committee postponed
action to await an answer from the president
70 Ihe resolution of Senator Hoar as to the
question of the fact whether there had been
any recent outrages committed upon Ameri-
can fishermen and whether there had been
any seizures of American fishing vessel
during the season which has just closed.
HogsE.-There is q contest in the house be-
~ Zen the appropriations committee, which
has In charge the conference report on the
< sundry civil appropriation bill, and the
friends of the Oklahoma bill.
Monday Sept. II.
SEEATE.-The senate, by very scanty
majority of one settled the Chinese exclusion
bill which has been sent to the president,
Blair's motion to reconsider the vote by which
the bill was passed being defeatsd-20 to p
Mr.. Sherman offered q resolution directing
the committee on foreign relations to in
, qulre into and report at the next session of
congress the state of the relations of the
United States with Great Britain and the
Dominion of Canada, with such measures as
are expedient to promote friendly commerce
and politicalinterest
85enator Plumb reported from the commit
tegon public lands bill to provide for the
revocation of the withdrawal of lands made
for the benefit of certain railroads in Mime
sofa and Iowa. The secretary is authorized
to make an adjustment of all land grants
giving all persons interested three months
notice to show cause why the adjustment
should not be made.
HoUsE.-On motion of Mr.. Mcmillan OF
Tennessee, Mr.. Cox, of New York. was elected
speaker pro tenn, to act during the absence
of Mr.. Carlisle
The house bill to transfer to the state OF
= Louisiana the possession of q certain tract
OF land for Quarantine purposes was reported
and passed
Ir Of min +r
pFohibit the deposit of public money in the
national banks except for their continued
disbursement of public funds. Referred.
Mr.. Morrill, of Kansas, offered a resolution
calling on the secretary of the interior for in
formation, and directing him to ascertain
whether undue influence has been used to Sc
cure the signature of any of the InIans to
the Sioux treaty. Referred.
Mr.. Dlngley, of Maine, offered resolution
calling on the presidents for information as
to whether the rights of American fishermen
have been violated by the Canadian authori-
Ties within the past year, and, if SO, whether
ne had retaliated, as he had authority to do
under the act of March 3, 1887. Referred.
Ar Tuesday Sept. IS.
SENATE.-There is no longer any serious
question as to the position of the senate
foreign relations committee with respect to
the house retaliation bill. Senator Sherman,
the chairman of that committee, has declared
contemplated by that bill and as in favor OF
policy the ultimate object of which shall
not be retaliation but political as well as
commercial union between the United States
and Canada.
Mrs. Foster said she had been into the
mills and workshops of New York and New
England and invited some of the female en-
ployes to come to Washington with her and
tell the committee how they were situated
TssSese were the ladies present, all Of whom
upon examination testified to that their wa
ges in America we're Immensely greater than
in Europe.
The feature of the House proceedings today
was Mr. CannOn's political speech The
speaker pro TEN. laid before the House q
communication from the postmaster general
IN reference to complaints of illegal mailing
OF the tariff reform advocate at Coum bus o.
The postmaster general says no such illegal
distribution through the mails has occurred
therefore there is nothing to investigate. The
communication was referred to the postoffice
committee.
HoUsE.-The Democrats of the house, at
Their caucus, refused to support the relation
OF Oates of Alabama to adjourn Oct. l. and
designedly adjourned the caucus sine die
without taking a vote.
The proceedings of the senate subcommittee
sap the tariff were in refreshing contrast with
-s&e average OF the last two months. About
fifteen Well-dressed, fresh-looking ladies made
their appearance at the doors of the COM
mltee room at IL o'clock, headed by Mrs J
Ellen Foster, president of the Women's Tenn
.peraDce Union of Iowa, and were introduced
by Senator Allison to his FELLOW members as
delegation who wished to be heard in re-
spect to Woman's especial interest in the pro-
TGectlYe tariff. They were heard.
Mr.. Barnes, of Georgia, introduced bill
Offering reward of$1O0, 900 for the discovery
OF the true cause of the germ of yellow fever
or certain means of it's prevention, destruc-
on nJ,1r 1ato rin NJ Dofo,
conference was ordered on the bill amend
ing the Interstate commerce law.
Wednesday, Sept. 10.
SENATE.-The senate passed the senate bill
y SSorteiting the lands of the Marquette & On
fs6nagon railroad. The bill is similar to the
sOne which passed the house last session.
The rights ofsettlers and purchasers are very
well guarded. The company has formally
given notice to the general land office of it's
withdrawal OF all claim to q land grant op-
posite the unconstructed parts of it's road
This is understood to be q final abandon
ment of its claim to over two hundred
thousand acres Of land to which the com
pany has heretofore stoutly maintained
Cghtful title.
The members of the tariff subcommittee of
the senate say is in not true that they have
changed their purpose to report q tariff bill
this session. or that they have ceased work
upon it. They havesome important hearings
IOf Tile ldSG OF UnlS week an Une nfSG OF next
Their bill is nearly complete.
The house bill giving the secretary of war
control of navigation in the st. Clair fats
GIal passed the senate to-day, and will go
TO the president tomorrow. 1t empowers
the secretary to make the same rules and
regulations that he is now empowered to
make for navigation on the Des Moines rapids
canal, the st. Mary's falls canal the Port
land canal and Others. The bill provides q
penalty OF $500 for infractions of the regu-
lations.
HoUsE-Immediately after the reading of
the journal the House resumed the consider
alton of the conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. And after long
debate an adjournment followed for want Of
q Quorm.
Thursday, Sept. 90.
SENATE.-The senate passed the bill ratify-
ing the agreement made with the upper and
middle bands of Spokane Indians, the Ceur
d'Alene, the Pend d'OreilIes and the Kooten-
ais in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
x This bill really ratifes four separate agree
SI ments, but as the provisions were almost
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