New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1889-03-06
THURSDAY. FEB. %.

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SENATE.-The Senate Bill No. 2511, as
l amended by thehouse, seems likely to become
i the law in reference to public land entries.
1 The conferrees of the senate reached an agree
| ment to-day, and the conference report will
be presented to the respective houses, to-
morrow Several of the minor house amend
ments were stricken out. The house amend
but not completed a previous home
/ stead entry to make another was
/ agreed to. and a homestea6e-, who bv rea-
sen of sickness or a failure OF crops, had been
/ obliged to leave his land is allowed leave of
. absence without FORGETTING any of his rights.
within the limits of forfeited land grants at
Sl.2o per acre was agreed to. This reduces
| the price of double minimum lands. Other
house amendments allowing homestead set
/ tier who had not entered themaximum GUAM
/ tity of lands to fill out his entry of $50
acres was also agreed to. The conference
committee on the land grant forfeiture bills
| came to practical agreement. 1t was ar
ranged to-day that the conference should re-
i port disagreement to the two houses and
ask instructions.
The senate committee on public buildings
and grounds will certify to the district at
/ torney of the District of Columbia Chic
! Clerk Thomas D. Fister, of the supervising
architects office, for prosecution for con-
tempt OF the senate. Fister refused to an
swer certain questions touching an alleged
4 collection OF funds for campaign purposes,
/ made in violation of law. This Will save the
thine of the senate when more important
matters demand attention.
/ HoUsE--ln the house Mr. Anderson of
Iowa submitted a conference report on the
| bill auth orlzlng the construction Of high
/ wagon bridge across the Missouri river at
Sioux City, Iowa. Agreed to.
The speaker having laid before the house
| the senate bill for the protection of salmon
! fisheries Alaska. Mr.. Dunn offered an amend
ment directing the president to cause one OF
more United vessels to cruise in Behring's
| sea and other Alaskan waters, and seize all
vessels found to be unlawfully engaged in
seal hunting. Mr.. Dunn explained that the
/ sole object the amendment was to enforce
| existing law. No less than $50 vessels were
being. fitted up to go to Behring's sea, and
/ would cover the waters with unlawful seal
| hunters. The amendment was adopted and
/ the bill passed
The Indian appropriation bill as passed
1 by the house makes no more extensive ap-
1 preparations than are absolutely necessary
/ to carry on the Indian service. No ex-
traordinary sums are appropriately ex-
| cept in the case of the Naturalization Sioux
! in Minnesota. Twelve thousand dollars
! is appropriated for this band of Indians to
! be expended as the bill puts it as $4,000
in the purchase in his Judgment he may think
1 IS,
| seeds, cattle, horses, food or clothing as may
/ be deemed best in the case Of each of these
| Indians or family thereof; 81 900 or so much
| thereof may be necessary to defray the ex-
penses Of expanding the money in this para
graph appropriated; and $1,000 for the COM
| pletion and furnishing of the schoolhouse for
said Indians authorized by the act of June
/ 20, 1888" The portion Of the bill referring
! TO the Sioux commission was stricken out, as
it was thought best to let that tub stand on
its own bottom. If the Sioux bill passes it
will be provided for, and if not, no useless
commission will be created.
I FRIDAY, MARCH 1.
| SENATE.-Senator Plump, presented a re-
port from the conference committee on the
forfeiture bill. In presenting it Mr.. Plump
said that the bill was in almost the precise
i shape in which it passed the senate with this
! qualification, that theconference bill contains
a provision for the entry of lands under the
homestead law only in favor of persons now
settled on the lands to be forfeited For the
| purpose OF arrangement, the order of the
! sections had been changed. and there was a
provision inserted requiring the attorney
! general to bring suit to determine the
question as to certain lands which had been
| tirst held by the land Office to be the property
! of the Northern Pacific road, and had been
afterward to be public land and which had
| been sold by the Northern Pacific road
| With these exceptions the bill was in the pre-
| else shape for all essential purposes, as when
| it passed the senate, Senator Edmunds in
| sisted that the report should be printed be-
| fore consideration should be given, and it
was informally laid aside.
| HoUsE.-The house to-day passed with all
amendment the bill raising the limit of cost
| on the Winona public building from SIC, 900
| to S15O,O0O. 1t took three days to get this
done, and Mr. Wilson had finally to leave
| the ma tier in the hands of Allen of Michigan
/ to secure it's passage. The senate aiterWard
| concurIed in the house amendment.
| Mr.. Holman presented to the house confer
ence report on the bill for the disposal OF GER
| tain public lands of the United States under
the provisions of the homestead law The
Statement accompanying the report explains
that the bill will only prevent the further
| sale OF any pubhl lands of the United States
adapted to agriculture and provides that
| these shall be disposed Of only under the
homestead law. Ihe bill further provides
that pre-emption settlers whose claims have
been heretofore initiated and are still sub
slsting may change their filing and entry to
| law. The right of location ofsolGiers' GER
| tticates is left as under existing law. The re-
port was agreed to-yeas lab, nays q
/ On motion of Mr.. Anderson of Iowa the
house passed the joint resolution to promote
commercial union with Canada. This reso-
| lutlOH WAS introduced Dy Af. sHlUU ana was
| reported unanimously from the committee
on foreign affairs. 1t provides that when
! ever it shall be duly certified to the president
that the government of Canada has declared
a desire to establish commercial union with
| the United States, having a uniform revenue
system, like internal taxes to becollected and
| like import duties TO be imposed on articles
| brought into either country from other ma
! tions, with no duties upon trade between the
United States and Canada, he shall appoint
a committee to meet those who may be like
wise designated to represent the government
| OF Canada, to prepare a plan for the assimi-
latlon OF the import duties and the internal
| revenue taxes of the two countries, and an
i equitable division ofreceipts, in commercial
unlon and said commissioners shall report
to the president. who shall lay the report be-
! fore congress.
| The vetoed Des Moines river lands bill was
again brought up in the house. Amotion to
/ pass it over the veto failed OF the necessary
two thirds the vote standing yeas l47, nays
| 1O3.