Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-02-23
FlfTEETh CONGRESS-
Second session.
SENATE.

1~lgtions of the United States aud for the
establishment Of a national board If health
The senate a. l9:45 proceeded to executive
business. Villain i've minutes the executive
business was transacted snd the considera-
sion Of the ncval appropriation bill was re
sumed ind occupied the rest Of the session.
W~AsHINGTov, Fch. Ex-senator Hale pre-
scented the conference report on the Giplo-
na,ic and consular appropriation bill, which
was agreed to.
The hous sc bill granting to the s.. Paul
Minneapolis and Manitoba railway the right
of-way through he White Earth Indian reser-
vstion in Minnesots was reported and passed
with one formal amendment, on which 8
conference was asked.
On motion az Senator II par It was ordered
that FIVE minutes before today the soma t
shall leave It's cha Der ana proceed TO the
hall OF the house OF representatives., there 10
take ? It IA The proceeding for the ascertain
ment ami e%ountiDg II the electoral vote.
After fun tbcr uuimporfaut business was
transacted tn proiutment time arrived and
The senators t~her.upor, headed oy he officers
" tAE p'hA - tttN'A w lAl AhAt a ta" wv
or rcprese tat'ves. Tho eenste returned to
is owa thauDe u 2:25, wheu S major Man.
ccrscn, ON b,k>lf Il the senate t%elltrs, "
ported tbc result 81 the coutig ard asccr-
tainmcni OF the electoral vote Tor president
ard Wee Yrcelieat of III Utica Sta'ce. r.
port was ordered 10 b. entered ut Length o.
he journal.
Tire resolution reported from The commit
tee on privileges AMI elPctio -, instrlcting
hat c1nnit re I'D ,crts. az cyistlng Law reg
a'at,ug tnr election ~ members of congress
wa tskcn up and Senator Eyarts spoke in its
support.
W~AsRINGroN, Feb. l4-The resolution
select camuitta ~ sc2tu senators 10 luyesti-
gate lrrlgstioa no the reclamation Of etio
lands with clerk at 81 per day), wa
agreed to.
The senate blls granting richt-of-wsy TO
the Cherokee Ccatrtl Railroad company
through Tie INDIAN teri tory, aud 10 the
JsmcstoHn ard Northrrn Reload company
throughout DeyiI, Like T'dian reservation,
were r ported AID pioccd on the calendar,
TEe house bl' for thc allotment Il land IN
several'y 10 th" Iui'aa- o. Eiia reservation,
Wiz, wa reported back v,reeIy and placed
Oh the calendar.
Senator Nor an of urc1 mn amendment 20
the resolution reported from the committee
on prlyil yes and elections, which was laid on
;he table ami ordered printed.
Senator VII on, OF Iowa, addressed the
senate IN support o. a hll relating TO ina
ported liquors, Introduced by Senator Frye
on December q. iHcr, reported back ad
v%crsely from the judiciary committee on
March 10, 1875. aud ih,n placed on the cal
enisr. The bill reads:
The consent OF congress Is hereby given
that the laws Of the 8 al states relating TO
the sale Of distilled and fermented liquors,
within the limits Of csch state, may apply TO
such liquors v hen they have been imported
In the same manner as when they have been
manufactured in the United States.
A conference committee WAS ordered on the
legislative appropriation bin, and Senators
Allison, Dawes and Cockrell appointed con-
~fcrrees.
The senate then resumed consideration Of
the resolution reported from the committee
on privilege and elections and was addressed
by Senator Coke.
Without concluding, Senator Coke yielded
for other business.
After a bi!ef executive session the senate
adjourned.
WAsuIysroN, Feb. 15.-The senate bill 10
ratify and confirm the agreement with the
Euskogee Tor Creck) nations OF Indians IN
Indian Territory and op"n'ng To settlement
the unassigned land In Indian Territory, the
consideration being -. 81 100, was taken
from the calendar and passed.
The senate bill authorizing the president to
appoint William English second lieutenant In
the regular amy wa tak, II rom the calendar
and explained and advocated by senator
Daniel, who claimed that the sentence Of the
court martial under watch EnCiish was cash
tered was uuduly severe, and that a severe
reprlmand would have been quite sufficient.
The bill passed With an amendment author
Ting the president TO neuioste and with the
conseE: az the senatn % appoint.
Among the other bills taken from the cal
cndar and passed were the following:
The senate hill authorizing the president
TO place Gen. William Rosecrsns on the re-
tired list as brigsdicr-gereral OF the regular
army.
The horse bill granting the right-of-way to
the Fort Smith, Paris aud Dardanelle Rail
way compsny from Fort Smith, Ark, through
the Indian territory to or near Baxter Springs
Ia Kansas with smendments).
The senate then took up the individual pen
sion bills on the calendar and passed all Of
them, forty-one In number.
WAsHINGTON, Feb. 12.-The senate bill TO
eDablc the president 10 protect the interests
OF the United States ia Panama WAS referred
to the committee on foreign affairs, and leave
was granted to the committee to report any
time.
Mr.. Townshend, OF Illinois, introduced a
bill appropriat.ng $4,000 for a special dis.
play OF the farm products Of the United
States ut the Paris exposition. Referred.
The house then resumed consideration O.
the Smalls- Elliott contested election case.
Mr.. O'Ferrall and others argued the matter
at some length, and then the contestant,
Smalls, was accorded the floor to advocate his