The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-02-21

Jamestown &Northern railroad right of way
through Devils Lake reservation, and q bill
providing for the allotment Of lands in sever
| atty to the Oneida Indians in Wisconsin.
HoUsE.-The Sioux bill passed tile house
with all the amendments adopted by the
| committee of the whole at the special session
| held a week ago last Wednesday night These
amendments have already been printed. The
two amendmentsupon which separate vote
| was ordered IN the house were promptly killed,
although of very little moment. One of these
was the amendment offered by Breckenridge
of Kentucky, providing for free homestead
| entry, the other the soldiers homestead en-
try clause proposal by Payson of Illinois,
| The submission features of the bill was in no
| way challenged.
Representative Baker of New York to-day
presented bill simplifying previous meas
ure proposed by him and aiming to regulate
commerce between the United States and
| foreign countries with specific mention of
Canada. This bill was referred to the COM
mittee on ways and means and Mr. Baker
| expresses some hope that it will be reported
and passed this session, several senators
| having endorsed it. Its scope is evidently
one of retaliation in event oil pending legis
lation in the dominion.
Friday. Feb. 15.
| SENATE.-A bill introduced by Senator
| Spooner to-day provides that a system of
| farmers institutes shall be maintained as @
part OF the agricultural department A sup
erintendent OF Institutes is to be appointed
at an annual salary of $4,000 Meetings OF
| the institutes shall be regularly held in the
! agricultural sections of the country The
proceedings are to be published and au-
| thority is given the superintendent of insti-
! tutes to hi e lecturers at fair rate of com
pensation for the time actually employed.
The annual cost of the system of institutes
is not to exceed $500, 600, exclusive of per-
manent salaries and the printing of the re-
ports OF the institute meetings.
| HoUsE-In the house to-day Mr. Mills.
| from the committee on ways and means, re-
ported back thu Mills tariff bill with the SEN
! ate amendment and, by direction of the
speaker, it was referred to the committee of
the whole. Mr.. Mills also reported the fol
| lowing resolution, which he said presented Il
| question OF privilege and the consideration
| of which, he said, he would ask the house to
| enter upon on Tuesday next:
| That the substitution by the senate, under
| the form OF an amendment for the bill of the
house, No. 9051 (the Mills bills), of another
and different bill, containing general revi-
sion of the laws imposing impost duties and
internal taxes, is in conflict with the true in
tent and purpose of section 7, article l, ofthe
| constitution; and that said bill be returned
to the senate with the respectful suggestion
! that said section vests in the house of repre-
| SehIullNeS the SOIe power 10 originate Sucn
| measure.
The committee at it's meeting to-day prac-
ticaly decided to report a bill making an
estimate d reduct;o on i'll the revenues of about
$4,000, 900. After reading the report on
the senate tariff BILL submitted to day. the
committee took for consideration a revenue
reduction bill offered by Mr. McMillin oil
| Tennessee. The bill is substantially the
same as the Mills bill.
Saturday, Feb. 16'
SENATE Senator Davis introduced n bill
in the Senate tor the relief of James Healy, Of
| Minnesota for $466 80, for balance due him
on mail contract.
HoUsE.-The house lookup the Postoffict
bill. Mr.. Holman offered an amendment pro
viding that the aggregate salaries ofpost
office clerks as fixed by the new classification
shall not exceed the sum appropriated by
the bill CSC, 550,0O0) The amendment was
adopted after a brief debate in which Mr.
Peters (Rep.) of Kansas characterized the
civil service law as the froth of political econ
ONT, the morass of political honesty and the
excelsior of political hypocrisy. Mr.. Kerr o.
Iowa moved to strike out the clause
relative to assistant postmasters. Adjourned
The ways and means committee reported
favorably the following bill of Mr.. Rice
amending section 25O6, of the Revised
Statutes: And the produce of the forest O
the State Of Minnesota on the Rainey Lake
river and the Lake of the Wood and thei
tributaries owned by American citizens anC
sawed in the Provinces of Ontario and Man
itoba by American citizens, the same being
in part manufactured, shall be admitted
into the ports of the United States free O
duty, under such regulations as the secretary
of the treasury shall from time to time pre-
scribe"