The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1889-02-28
The House.

WASHINGTON, req. 80. line mouse Dy
vote of yeas 50, nays 143, refused to
consider the Mills resolution touching
the constitutional rights of the senate to
amend the Mills bill. by means of a SUBJ
stitute dealing with the entire subject of
taxation. Twenty-eight Democrats
voted in the negative, then reported
from the committee on rules resolu-
ton providing for the meeting of the
house at 10 o'clock; that from 10 o'clock
until II o'clock business shall be trans
acted by unanimous consent, shall not
be received at any other time except to
ments to house bills or to pass senate
bills when presented from the speakers
table. Adopted.
The house passed the senate bill to
pension the widow of Gen. Sheridan
with amendments, making the amount
of the pension 81, 900 per annum.
The bill to retire Gen. Rosencrans was
taken up and passed after heated discus
sion.
The deficiency appropriation bill was
considered, but without action, and at
5 o'clock the house took a recess until
1880 p. m.
The house at it's evening session passed
forty private pension bills, and at 10
O'Clock adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-The house met
at 10 o'clock a. M, but no business was
transacted until an hour later, when Mr..
Peel, of Arkansas, called up the senate
bill, which was passed, to ratify and
confirm the agreement with the Creek
Indians for opening up unassigned lands
in the Indian territory for settlement.
Senate amendments to the house bill
for taking the eleventh census were con-
CURED in. The deficiency appropriation
bill was then taken up in committee of
the whole.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Filibustering
was the order of the day in the house. It
was begun as soon as the journal was
read, by Mr.. Bland, of Missouri, who
raised the point of no quorum. He with
drew his point to permit G. F. Booher,
of Missouri, to qualify as the successor of
the late Mr.. Burnes.
Mr.. Peel also made conference re-
port on the bill granting right of way
through the Indian Territory to the St.
Louis and San Francisco Railroad COM
pany. Agreed to.
The senate amendments were nom
CONQUERED in to the agricultural appro-
priation bill.
Mr.. Crisp then called up the contested
California case, and Sayers, of Texas. in
the interest of the deficiency appropria-
ton bill raised the question of consider
alton. The house decided to consider
the election case. Filibustering was re-
sorted to and continued until adjourn
ment,
WASHINGTON, Feb. T.-Senate amend
ments to the bill for the opening to set
Element of a portion of the Sioux reser-
walton were non-concurred in and con-
ference ordered.
The house concurred in the senate
amendment to the bill authorizing the
president to appoint William English as
lieutenant in the army.
Mr.. Randall reported the sundry civil
bill. The recommendations of the COM
mittee on appropriations were agreed to
and conference ordered.
The house then went into committee
of the whole on the deficiency appro-
priation bill, passed it ard took up the
Indian appropriation bill. Incidental
to the Indian bill a prolonged debate
took place on political outrages in the
south and bitter attack on speaker
Carlisle was made by Mr.. Kennedy of
Ohio. Great excitement and confusion
prevailed. Pending discussion the house
recessed until 8 o'clock.
At the evening session an amendment
was offered appropriating 81 ,912, GOO for
payment to the Seminole band of In
dams for the land in the Indian Territory
coded by that band to the United States.
Pending vote the house at 1890 ad-
iourned. -
Savannah River Thirty-three Feet Above
Low Water--Many other Streams Also
Swollen.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Feb. 20. The Savan-
nah river rose to the height of 80 feet on
Monday. Many portions Of the city ~
ing near the river are submerged. Rain
has been general throughout this section,
and all streams are swollen, threatening
railway bridges.