The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-02-07
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CONGRESSIONAL
weekly 1ssans Of the Proceedings of the Senate
and Hoase.
Friday Jan. sS.
SENATE.-The senate TO-DAY took mn
the bill to declare unlawful trusts and
restrain of trade andproduc-
Won. NAT. hoar offered an amendment to come
- an addltional section. 1t provides that il
one o tne purposes ofsuch O combination shall
~ sosompel any person or partnership ,orcor-
porauon TO become o party to it. orto cea
from doing any lawful business. or to sell or
dispose Of any lawful business, such person.
partnership or company may sue for and re-
Ioser damages also that any purchaser who
Aas lon account of such combination) to paw
IN increased price for the article purchased,
may sue for and recover damages from any
Rarty to the combination. Agreed to. Mr..
n asus.ls caled the attention Of Mr.. Sher-
nan I'm charge Of the billy to the fact that
!ne Dill did not seem to apply to exist
ing trusts: and he offered an amendment pro-
Vidlng (as an additional ~section) chat any
person who, ninety days after the enactment
~ 1ne law, shall act as manager, officer, trus-
zee or agent OF any such combination, shall
oe ,laoIe to the penalties provided in the bill.
" jill WIS Du8S0O
Dy the senate with but one amendment, ap.
cies. e@A'
HousE.-Before the tariff bill went to the
mouse from the senate this afternoon, there
was endorsed on 1t, in compliance with O mo-
t,on OF MT. Allison, adopted by the senate,
the statement that the senate adheres to it's
amendments and requests q conference This
Is an unusual but not an unprecedented course
20 pursue, and is adopted for the purpose
OF! expedlting the consideration of the
bill. This action of the senate caused
Q mild commotioD among interested mem
bers OF the house when it was made known
to them. The impression in some quarters
was that the senate had very cleverly trap
PED the ways and means committee. It
would he out of the ordinary course for
the house to refuse to accede
to the request of the senate for a con-
ference, yet if this request is granted
tne result will be to prevent the ways and
the senate amendments to the tariff
Dill. Again 1t is argued that if the house
Ashould refuse to comply this refusal would
put It in the position Of declining to second
the Efforts of the senate to secure speedy &C.
rtion upon the tariff bill. Several members of
the ways and means committee when spoken
to about the matter expressed the belief that
The request for q conference would not be
granted until the bill had gone through the
regular course in the house and committee.
~ Saturday Jan. 20.
SENATE.-Not in session.
HoUsE.-The speaker laid before the house
the Mills tariff bill, with the sena te substi-
tute therefor, together with the request of
the senate for a conference. Mr.. Reed moved
to concur in the senate substitute. Mr..
McMillin reserved the, point of order that
the substitute must first be considered in
committee of the whole, and Mr.. Mills the
point that it must be referred to the commit
tee On ways M means. Mr.. Reed in adyocat-
ing the Immediate consideration ofthe senate
measure quoted the sentence from the tariff
speech Of Speaker Carlisle, in which he says:
Tits the imperative duty Of the representa-
fore this congress shall adjourn. Thu bill
has been received by the clerk of the commit
tee Oh ways and means, and O meeting has
been called for Tuesday next to begin it's
consideration. 1t is the intention to discuss
the senate amendments thoroughly in COM
mittee and estimates will be prepared show
ing the probable effects of them on the rev.
enues. from the standpoint of the WAYS and
means committee. This will, it Is expected,
take some time and an early report upon
the bill does not appear to be probable.
Monday Jan. %.
SENATE.-The senate concurrent resolution
providing for the joint meeting of the two
houses of congress on Wednesday, Feb. 10,
to count the ELECTORAL votes was passed by
ID. Aoase ~a
The senate adopted the amendment to the
sundry civil bill appropriating $4,000 for
Investigating the best method of irrigating
the Grid region. :
The Republican senators lave agreed upon
the course they will pursue in relation to the
nominations now pending or which will be
made between now and the 4th of March.
Nominations 70 All ronnrosoc a,,nn INV
death or expiration of commissions will be
confirmed if there is not a very strong fight
made against the appointees, but in the case
of a man whose term would have expired aft
er Harrison's inauguration and whose resig-
nation at this time there is reason to pre-
sumo was rendered so as to enable his sue
cessor to serve q full term the nomination
will not be confirmed. The pigeon holes of
the various committees are full oil nominal
tions.
HousE.-Springer introduced his omnibus
bill, providing for an enabling act for the adj
mission of the Territories of Arizona, Idaho
and Wyoming as states of the Union.
Delegate Clifford of Dakota introduced o
bill opening to settlement all that portion of
the Fort Randall military reservation in
Dakota lying east of the Missouri river.
The senate bill vas passed by the house in
creasing the pension of soldiers or sailors
who nave lost both hands to 800 per
month. The senate passed the army nurses
pension bill. 1t allows q pension of $25 a
month to all women nurses during the wal
prior to August, 1855, h were approved
by Miss Dix, superintendent OF women nurses
or her authorized agent, or b was specially
appointed by the surgeon general or other
proper United States authority, who per-
formed six months service, or were disabled
and honorably discharged.
Postmaster General Dickinson has sent to
Chairman Blount, of the house committee on
postofices and postroads, q plan for the
classification of clerks in the first and second
class Offices were competitive examinations
are provided for. The assistant pOstmas-
ters are not to receive salaries exceeding so.
per cent Of the post masters salaries, and in
no cases are they to exceed $4,000 per year
except in the city of New York.
Tuesday. Jan, 90.
SEsATE.-The senate resumed considera-
ton Of The diplomatic appropriation bill, the
question being on Mr.. Gibson's amendment
to make the title of the ministers to France,
! Germany, Great Britain and Russia, ambas-
sadors. 1t, was agreed to: Yeas -; nays
"a. Mr.. Davis introduced the bill % increase
the rate N pension for the loss of one hand
or one foot, etc. which has been reported
.favorably to the house.
Senator Platt Is still trying to make head or
t0it out Of the house omnibus, bill for the ter
ritories. Heis studying it section by section.
The results Of bis study have Deen, mace
known to his associates on the committee and
it b not known when the next meeting will be
held. The Northwestern senator's n the
Bsskot8 people here are very hopeful that
some conclusion may be reached by the
committee and the senate in which
the house can concur. 1t is pretty well
understood that this is not possible unless
the house surrenders the provision making
statehood for South Dakota depend upon
the affirmative vote of North Dakota and
that making it obligatory upon South Da-
kota to hold q constitutional convention,
even after voting in favor of the Sioux Falls