Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-07-26
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.


- 4, hnmoer o. bills we're reported and placed
2h tne calendar, among them being fl,a ann.
asI evil appropriation bin.
=. ne oll To place John c. Fremont On the
teha,, u ,,9. as malor general Of the army, was
passed by a vote Of yeas 20; NAYS N
ne conference report on the most Office n.
Psropr'auoh OH was received and on motion
OF MI, Plumb the senate recefIed FIRM ;,s
n ,nnes known as the subsidy amend
HOUSE
On motion of Mr.. Clar,iy. Of Missouvi ,ho
senate Dill was passed authorizing the con-
hifuctlon OF a bridge across The Ariransas
river at Cummings Landing, Ark.
Inc mouse then went into COMMITTEES Of the
Mho,e Mr: Springer, of Illinois, in the chairl
being pending. '"'"''
MI Nichols, OF North Carolina. offered nj,
iected '' 'aAcs' NE
Mr, Sowden again offered his amendment
aoolibhing the tax on fruit spirits
Alter long debate Mr.. Sowden's amend.
ment was rejected by a vote OF al ~ IA
NJ the night session of the house a bin was
passed which appropriates 81 600 to sroct 8
range lighthouse mt Duluth. The bin author.
i1ing the Wlnona Southwestern Railway
company to build a bridge across Tho 'M;ss;s
sippi river at Winona, Mimi. was renortad
iavorably to the house
mere We're two pending amendments. one
offered by Mr.. Wise. Of Virginia. re,,eal;ng
tne TAX on cigars, cheroots and cirarettes
ana one by Mr.. Sowden, Of Peansylyania'
aeoiishing the tax on spirits distilled from
apples. peaches and other fruits.
Mr. Wise, amendment was tieieated--4a To
io-ahd AIR. Sowden's was withdrawn,
SENATE.
resolution instructinr the eon,mt4tae ~,
interstate commerce to inquire into the pro
priety of extending the Interstate con,merce
Jaw TO telegraph and express companies. and
70 raiiroad companies not now subject to il.
TO SIT during the recess of congress- and 10 |
appoint clerk and stenographer was Of
Tered by Mr.. Cuilom and referred to the com.
miItee on contingent expenses.
ne senate then proceeded to tho consider
aton OF the senate bin for the formation
1 M ADMISSION INTO the union of the state OF
NashingtoIi-to be composed of the present
territory. .'1o
Mr.. Hoar interrupted the reading of the
b,il and gave notice, at the request Of Mr..
RYE, who has the fishery treaty in charge
I'm the absence of Mr.. Sherman) that Mr..
Frye would next Friday ask the senate Go
proceed with the consideration of the treaty,
ana would urge the senate to continue the
discussion until il is ended, and then that the
vote be taken without further delay.
HOUSE.
After unsuccessful Efforts had been made by
Mr. Stahlnecker, Of New York. and MI. Bur-
rows, OF Michigan, to secure consideration of
Dilis Tor the erection of public buildings at
ionkers, N. y, and Kalamazoo, Mich, the
mouse went into committee of the whole, Mr.. |
spnnnger, OF Illinois, in the chair, ON the
On behalf OF the ways and means commit |
tee, Mr.. McMiin of Tennessee offered, nm
amendment providing that the bond required |
TO be given by cigar manufacturers shall be
In such penal sum as the collector of internal
revenue may require and not less thar, 800
with, an addition of $40 for every person
proposed to be employed by such nanufaet-
urer. Adopted
On motion Of Mr. Tracey, of New York.
primuline was stricken from the free lst
The first paragraph, which had been passed |
over informally-tbat placing cotton ties, or |
hoops, on the free list-was then considered
SENATE
The house bill to accept and ratify an
agreement with the Shoshone and Bnnnock
Indians on Fl Hall reservation, Idaho, was
accepted and passed with an amendment
The following bills were taken from the
calendar and passed:
The house bill to provide for an ADDITIONAL
justice Of the supreme court OF Dakota with
an amendnentl.
The senate bill 20 prohibit members Of ter
ritorial legislatures from holding certain
Offices
The senate bin relieving municipalities In
the territories in certain cases.
A bill passes the senate caneeling contracts
between the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany and certain railroads.
HOUSE.
After q little routine business the house
went into COMMITTEES of the who.e on the tariff
bill, the pending amendment being that of
fered by Mr.. Mills, OF Texas, restoring the
present rats of duty on tobacco.
Mr.. Lafollette, of Wisconsin. thought that
the motion made by Mr.. Mills was mo- actuat-
ed By any sympathy Tor hedomestic tobacco
Industry, but to help the demoeraticparty to
carry Connecticut.
Mr.. Mills amendment was then agreed to
without division
On motion of Mr.. Spinola, of New York.
the present rate Of duty was restored on
pipes, pipe bowls and all smokers articles
not otherwise provided for. The next few
items was passed over quickly, and amend-
ments restoring the present rate Of duty on
the various articles were voted down with
out division.
Mr.. Springer, addressed the committee in
regard to the bill. The debate would be re-
membered as the most remarkable which had
ever occurred in parliamentary history.
IL had awakened n lively interest, not
only in our own country, but throughout the
civilized world, and heneeforth as long as our
government should endure, it would be
known as the great tariff debate Of 1883.
He then proceeded to argue in support OF
the free wool feature of the bill.
The debate on the tariff bill closed with an
animated political discussion, and then the
committe rose and amid applause on the
dem ocratic side the bill was reported favor
ably to the house. Its consideration was then
postponed until Saturday.
SENATE
Senator Frye is authority for the state
ment that there will be at least dozen more
fishery speeches, most of which VIII be too
long to be delivered in one day.
Senator Chandler offered resolution de-
ciaring the recent appointment by the presl-
dent without the consent of the senate, of
James b. Angel and William l.. Putnam as
special plenipOtentiaries to make and sign
the proposed fishery treaty with Great
Britain was unwarrated by the constitution
The following nominations haye been con-
frmed: Hugh " Weir of Pennsylvania,
chief Justice OF the supreme court OF Idaho;
Roderiek Rose. associate justice OF Dakota;
c. H. Berry Of minnesota, associate Justice
of Idaho J. ii. Keatly ofIowa, United States
Judge of Alaska; Col Thomas l.. Casey, chief
of engineers with rank of brigadier general
Postmaster: + p. Smith, Faulkton. OAK;
Otto A. Kohler, Hutchinson, Mimi; Charles
W. Main, Tracy, Mimi.
HOUSE.
The deadlock over the river and harbor
bill has finally ended The conference re-
mort was agreed to by the house. The house
committee on agriculture has not been able
to come to an agreement on the SUBJECT Oh
aduIterntion of lard There are now two
propositions before the committee; one is to
reeommit the bill to the subcommittee with
INSTRUCTIONS to take further testimony and
to report to the full committee next winter.
The other IL to refer il back to the subcom-
mittee with instructions to make an immedi-
ate recommendation Of some Kind TO the
full committee
CONGRESSMAN Lind made an argument be-
f,,e the commerce committee in support OF
the amendments to the interstate commerce
hin as proposed by the Business Mems Asso-
citation of Minnesota. The object OF the
amendments is TO make the law conform TO
the Minnesota stase law.
The bill which some of the Republican mem
hers Of Ike comittee on ways and means ana
other Republican members of the house early
m the session thought it advisable 70 move
M a substitute for the Mills bill VIII not De
moved in the house, for the reason that
bill will be produced by the senate nnance
committee.
The new Australian act regarding thinese
;mtnioration has received the royal assent:
n prohibits the further NATURALIZATION Oh
Chinese. and provides that all chinese ieay-
ing the colony except these VINO nave ueen
paturalzed, shall on returning De subJec. ~ ~
lie art Thep tax has been fixed al sI00,
e.. afsapn n