Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-14
THE SENATORS
The Senate Confirmsth the Nomi-
nations of Porter, Croft
and Stone.
A Scheme for the Arid Lands
Senator Morgan's Congo
Resolution.
From "Wednesday Daily.

WAsHNaroN, Dec. 1O.-TheseDate finance
committee reported back adversely the bill
to provide for the organization OF national
banks with less capital than $4,000. The
co sideration was indefinitely postponed.
The senate this afternoon confirmed the
following nominations: Robert r.. Porter
OF New York, to be superintendent OF con-
suls; Lewis A. Croft OF Nebraska. commits
sioner Of the general land office; VIM M.
| Stone OF Iowa, assistant commissioner o:
the general land Office; James M. Townsend
OF Indiana, recorder OF the general land Of
fee.
The Republican senatorial caucus this
afternoon adopted the report OF Platt's
committee upon the reorganization OF the
committees.
The new committees are as follows: On
in migration (standing)-Chandler. Hale,
Evarts, Squire, Pettigrew.
Quadro centennial centennial OF the dis.
covery Of America (speciaD-Hiscock, sher-
man, Ingalls,. Cameron. tiawley. Farwell,
Stanford. Wilson Of Iowa.
Indian d%epredations (special)-Moody,
Paddock. Chandler. Allen.
TIE new senators are given memberships
as follows: Observation-Disclosures CHAIR
MANI, naval affairs, epidemic diseases, In
dian depredations.. Dixon, Rhode Island
Post Offices and post roads, patents. rev.
ton for the library. Moody, South Da-
kota-Indian depredations (chairman),
mines and mining. pension and
immigration. Squire, Washington
Coast defenses, public buildings
and grounds, immigration, fisheries.
Pierce, North Observation-Disclosures, pen.
sions, census, civ ! service and retrench-
ment. Allen, Washington-Public lands,
claims, woman suffrage, Indian depreda-
tions. Pettigrew, South Dakota-Indian
affairs, immigration. railroads, improve
ment of Mississippi river. Casey, North
Dakota-RailrOads, organization aud con-
duct OF executive departments, transper.
tation routes to seaboard, immigration.
To provide these places the caucus CON-
mittee had in the first place to fill the va.
cancies on several Of the committees, as
some of the older senators have resigned
from the others and the members of the
committee were increased. None OF the
more important committees are being
changed!
Among the bill g introduced to day were
the following: By Chandler, to amend the
laws relative to the elective franchise and
providing under Certain contingencies for
the CT nduct OF elections by the federal
officers on a petition OF a certain percen-
tage of the votes, tLat they believe the cleo
ton will be uniform if held by the state
officers, etc. By Spooner, making it the
duty of the proper officers OF the treasury
and interior department to adjust and
settle the claims of any state against the
United States for all lands disposed OF by |
the United States. they were to include any
grant OF swamp or o v>r1owed lands ofsuch
state. By Hawley, for the selection from
the national guard and military schools in
to be appointed second lleutenants
the erection of public buildings
at Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane Falls,
WASH. each to not exceed $500, 900. By
a memorial signed by twenty OF
his former constituents, praying that the
boards of trade, bucket shops and other
bodies and individuals be pro.
from fixing the value OF produce of
American farms by sales for future deliver
By Morrill,, a bill to provide for the
relief OF telegraph operators during the war,
who, although not performing strictly mill
tary duties, lost their ives or y ere i'm
prisoned. A resolution offered yesterday
BY Turpie as to trusts. was taken up and
Turpie proceeded to address the sens to
Upon it. H. said that trusts were the ri.
sin OF this age and generation. A
rust was a nuisance, open and notorious.
'ut it could not be grappled with and
Impressed as other nuisances, aud such
.egislation as was proposed in the bills in.
reduced by Sherman and George, and, in
with his own proposition,
pere the confscation OF trusts. Good laws
hould be enacted and enforced.
At the close OF Tarpie's speech the bill !
Or the eel, bration OF the four hundredth -,
anniversary OF the discovery of America
y holding an International exposition in
he city OF New York. introduced by Evarts,
as iead the first and second time.
The programme for the ceremonies in the
ouse tomorrow in commemoration oil the 7
undredth anniversary of the first inaueu. 4
OF George Washington as president c
as read and adopted. y
The senate then procee ed to executive :.
usiness and at 1:45 adjourned until to-