New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-02-20
CORNERSTONE, ].
Weekly Resume Of the Proceedings Of the Senate
81 and House.

i w eekly Resume of the PROCEEDINGS of the Senate
and House.
Monday Fob. IL.
The naval appropriation bill was taken
up IN the senate to-day. The amendment
reported by the committee on appropria-
tlons tor the construction of two steel crrlis-
1 ers, or gun boats of 500 to 200 tons dis
/ placement to cost. in the aggregate tex
| elusive OF armament) not more than $780,.
/ COO; OF one steel cruiser of about
| 1000 tons, at a cost of not more than
800 900; and OF one ram for harbor defense.
was agreed to without discussion
The secretary of the navy sent o the senate
an answer to the resolution of Senator Chan
| dler us to the expenditure of the funds for re-
| pairs and construction the first six months
| OF the fiscal year. The object of Chandier's
resolution was to make it clear that the APP
| preparations for this purpose for the entire
| fiscal year were nearly exhausted in the first
SIX months, and that they were expended for
! campaign purposes The answer seems to
sustain this theory. At all events it shows
that the disbursements in the navy years adj
lacent to the close states increased very rapid
/ ~ shortly before the election and that the
/ amount expended diminished quite as rapidlv
/ Immediately after the election.
yolumnous substitute has been reported
TO the senate for the bill passed by the house
/ to prevent the use of the nails for the pur-
pose of swindling by the greengoods game "
| The su bstltute makes itunlaWful for any per-
son SO to use or induce another person to use
! the mails for the purpose of defrauding by
i the negotiation or sale of pretended counter
i felt money or securities under penalty OF a
fine of $500 or imprisonment Tor eighteen
months, or both. The use OF fictitious
name or address for this purpose is also
! made unlawful and subject to the same pen-
atty.
HoUsE.-The secretary of Warto-day trans
mltted to the house a statement OF the chief
signal officer of the army setting forth the
very unsatisfactory condition of the signal
corps and the ineffciency of the present lieu
tenants OF that corps. Gen. Greedy urges the
passage of a reorganization bill for the i'm
proyement of the service generally.
The speaker to-day appointed Representa-
tives Elmentrout of Pennsylvania and Baker
| OF New York to act as telers for the house in
counting the electoral vote Wednesday.
Representative Grosvenor to-day offered a
resolution to investigate recent events in
| the Second congressional district of rkan-
sas, which eliminated in the assassina ton
! of Hon. j ohm NJ. Clayton of that state
The house committee on pu bic landst day
reported he following bill: Whereas, certain
settlers in townships 135 and 1876. range 81
north and 1874, range 81 north, Hettinger
county, Oak, find that by reason of a mistake
III the preliminary survey their homestead
4 claims are on lands ofthe Northern Pacific rail-
road rather than on governments sections, tits
/ provided and empowered to give relief to
such homesteaders or others as have been
adversely affected by the government survey
| by an exchange of lands with the Northern
! Pacific railroad, section for section or frac-
ton thereof as the interests of the parties
! may appear SO as to admit of the company
| taking other lands within the idcmnity limits
IN lieu OF the tracts covered by real settle
ment: Provided that thesaid railroad com
mar Will ooo7
That the homestead residence of five years
required for holding said lands shall date
from the first occupation Of said settle
ments. y
Tuesday Feb IL.
SENATE.-lt is fully expected that Senator
/ Stewart will make his report within few
days upon the alien ownership OF mines and
mine property in the territories of this coun-
try: 1t shows that the foreign capitalism
/ vested IN mining stocks IN the territories
is $40, 5O3,75O. Dividends paid to foreign
ers, "a, 49,, 800: and that the foreign in
vestors contributed to labor in this country
$12, 100000
In the executive session OF the senate to-
day Senator Plumb from the committee on
agriculture, favorable reported the nominal
ton of NormanJ Colman to be secretary of
| agriculture. Objection was made by a Re-
publican senator to consideration at this
time and a Democratic senator then objected
to a discussion of the nomination, and under
the rule it went over to the next executive
session. 1t is understood that the nomina-
| ton will be confirmed, however, when it again
/ comes before the senate
! The senate committee on finance held a
/ meeting to consider the report of the sub
committee which has been giving hearings
| for some time to representatives of the
Knights of Labor and Others on the much
vexed question of the retention of the steam
presses now used in printing government Sc
curities. The committee agreed to a report
opposing the proposed su bstitution of hand
work for mechanical printing
HoUsE.-The house discussed. with out final
action, the Smalls- Elliott contested election
case. Mr.. Smalls spoke on his own behalf
Mr.. Townsend introduced in the house a
bill to amend an act authorizing the presi-
dent to arrange conference between the
United States and Mexico, Central aud South
America, Hayti, San Domingo and Brazil
q Mr.. Townsend includes Canada and recites
che advantages likely to be obtained by
so doing
The deficiency appropriation bill was re-
ported to the house to-day. 1t carries SID
4 54S, 1881. Among the items provided for are;
For equipment of vessels, $4O1, 06S: various
deficiencies in the navy, $1,4SS,OOO; for
army and navy pensions, SS,O00,000; for
inland mail service, 81 oo7 800; for payment
OF special marshals atcongressionale elections
S124, 900; to pay judgments of the court of
claims, $24S,00O.
q Representative Thomas of Illinois has been
substantially successful in the senate, not
Withstanding the opposition of Senator
a Chandler and some others. His plans for a
cruiser We're approved to-day and the house
proposition respecting them substantially
Incorporated in the naval BILL The recon-
a mendatlon will consequently without any
& doubt become a law.
Wednesday Feb. 10.
s SENATE.-The record of the proceedings of
the senate in executive session upon the
British extradition treaty, from July 5, 1886
until the 18th inst, when the Injunction OF
secrecy was removed, made a very long doc
ument, but the substance of it has, beenmade
. known from time to time through the press
Senator Stewart report on the alien owner
ship OF mines in the territories contains the
& following figures:
!. Dakota-Of the several companies working
! with foreign capital but four have made re-
turns. They state that S., $50 900 has been