The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
Weekly Resume Of the PrOces IIass Of the Senate
and H0uSs.
TneSilay. Feb. 10.


and HOuSs.
Tuesday, Feb, 10.
SENATE-Mr. Harris in the senate, called
attention to the large mum Der ofuncon tirmed
nominations. He held it to he as much the
duty OF the president to make nominations
to fill official vacancies as to perform amy
other official duty, ahd as much the duty OF
the senate 70 consider and confirm or reject
such nominations as to per ormance of the
senatorial duty He moved thai the senate
proceed to the consideration of executive
business, The motiOA was rejected by n
party vOte-yeRs ~, nays, 26.
Mr. Harris-l shall give the senate an OPP
portunity to vote on this motion every day
To the end of the session.
Mr.. Edmunds (irOncally)-That is right.
HoUsE.-In the house, Mr. Caswell submit
ted the conference report on the bill to repay
the direct tax. Democratic members there
upon thbustered, and Mr.. Caswell withdrew
the matter from the consideration of the
house announcing that he would call it up
tomorrow. In the senate, Mr.. Vests motion
to reconsider the vote by which the confer
ency report on the direct tax bill was agreed
10, was re;ected-S to 43. There is sus-
piciou in the minds of the friends of the bill
that the lively opposition in the house to tn"
RECEIPT. on OF the conference report on that
that bill and the fhbustering against its
consideration, were the result OF an lntlma-
ton from the president that he would prefer
not to have to choose between the approval
of the bill or a direct veto. If action ON the
bill IS delayed beyond tomorrow. or II there
should he failure on the part OF the senate
committee on enrolment bill to deliver the
I'LL to the president he.Ore next Thursday,
the president may avail himself of the consti-
tu;innal right to hold the bill ten days, which
would carry it over the 4th oiMarch, when it
could not be signed, and would therefore
4ai'.
Representative affoon. rom the committee
on expenditures III the war department, re
ported to the house a substitute for the bill
introduced by Representative {. R. BreCkin-
ridge providing tor the creation in the war
department of IL bureau of harbors and wa
terwayS to undertake all river and harbor
improvements. The substitute provides or
the creation of such department to be- Of
trered by corps of United States civil en-
gineprs, composed of an equal number OF
military officers and civilians.
Wednesday, Feb. 90.
SENATE.-CCngress has done all it can do
for the Four II, thprn territ, les. and did it
a. the last frankly and gramously. The re-
port of the conference committee was agreed
to by both houses this afternoon, by the
house OF representatives in fifteen minutes
without Il division and by the senate after
an hour OF seusalesS debate Also without a
roll call. 1t now goes to the president tor
his signature
The president today sent to congress all
the correspondence which has taken place be
tween this government and the government
of Great Britain in regard to the dismissal of
Lord Sackvi'le West as minister OF Great
Britain to the United States. Most of the
correspondence has already been published.
The senate committee on Indian affair held
a meeting to consider the Sioux bill passed
by the house SOM days ago A conclusion
was reached and the bill will be reported to,
morrow and passed by the senate. Few
changes were made in the bill except that the
Indian Defense ussocat ton got in its work to
q cOnsidera bic extent and the Sioux arr to
have Sl1 900 900 cold cash as an indi t
ment toward giving their consent to the
opening OF the reservation.
HOUsE:-The pOstpOnement of the election
of congressman in the new states until the
first Tuesday, i'll October may have no import
ant bearing upon the call for an extra session
Those who are opposed to an extra session
will insist that it will be inexpedient to at
tempt to organize the house and to enter up
ON the transaction of important business
with a scanty majority, when it is pretty Ger
tain that by the election in these new states
the Republican membership of the house will
lie increased by four if not by five. On the
Otherhand those who are insisting upon the ne
ccssity of an extra session maintain the fact
that the fyenew members who are to be ad
mitted to congress after October will not re
move the risks attending q narrow majority
before that time. and that it might happier
that there would be some delay in organizing
the new states or in obtaining admission fol
the new members. In other words, many o
the most prominent Republicans insist thai
it is necessary for the Republic ans to reor
Gauize the house at the earliest possible op
portunity. so as to provide against the haz
gard of the loss of organization by death o.
otherwise.
The house cOmmtte on agriculture decided
to report adversely a bill to punish dealing
i'll futures in agricultural products; also
bill to prohibit fictitious and gamb ing tran
actions on the price of articles produced b!
American farm industry. The object OF thcs
hills is to stop grain gambling on the public
exchanges and boards of trade.
Thursday Feb. 81.
SENATE.-As was stated to be POSSIBILITY
when the bill passed, the president to-day We
toed the bill for the relief OF settlers upon TIN
Des MUines river lands. The present meas
ure was drawn upon lines supposed to NEE
oh cctiOns which were urged on in the presi
dents last veto message sent to the Forty
ninth congress, but it seems that those oh
jections can in no way be met.
In the senate the committee OIL
public buildings and grounds reported
resolution directing the president o
the senate to issue his warrant commandin:
the sergeant-a arms forthwith to arrest anC
bring to the bar of the senate Thomas D
Fister to show cause why lie should not b
punished for contempt. Mr.. Morgan, re
marking that the resolution presented som
delicate points Of law, objected to it's prpsen
consideration, and it went over. Fister i
the emp!oye of the supervising architect 8 o!
fee who refused to answer the question as t.
the collection in the Office of money for polit
cal purposes.
Tho sen q TO pOmmittao IN Indian n ffoirs IN
day reported favorably the house bill open
ing the Sioux reservation. The Pine
Ridge reservation was changed a
to it's boundaries so as to make its lowe
boundary the northern edge OF Pas
creek on the White river, as it appeared il
the original bill the tribal patent arrange
ment was wiped out and the regular submis
sion clause is inserted in section 16. TIL
amount of land required for station purpose
by the railroads is fixed at twenty acres j
place of the indefinite terms fixed in tn
house bill. The amendment offered by Il
Toilette of Wisconsin in relation to the builG
iugs to be placed upon tn
grounds granted by the railroads. which wa
defeated in the house, was placed in the bi
by she cor Rat ces. The amount of money t
be paid each Indian is raised from $50 t
$50.
HoUsE-Mr. Randall introduced in tn
house o resolution which instructs the CON
of which is that the house shall proceed t
consider the vote upon the Cowles bill t
abolish the tax on tobacco and that no fl
clustering motions shall be entertained
the speaker to prevent. This resolution
after some Intellectual opposition on the PAL
of the free trade members of the committe
on ways and means, was referred to TIL
committee on rules. The proposed rule wi
be reported. 1t happens that on this con
mittee the free traders are in the minority
The committee consists of Carlisle, Mills an
Randall, Democrats, and of Reed and CaI
non, Republicans. Mr. Randall will vote wit
the two Republicans, and the rule will be r.
ported forthwith.
Friday, Feb, 2e.
SENATE.-The senate passed the sundr
civil and agricultural appropriation bills.
MIR. Reagan offered in the senate petitio
OF Gen. Daniel Ruggles of FrederIcksburi
Va, praying for an appropriation of 800
900 to be expended in developing his syste1
plrzoiy IL oy,l