Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-07
FIF7Y-F:RS7 CONGRESS.
The Terms Of the Senators
From Three New States
CIassed.

from Three New States
CIassed.
be Five Hundred and Five Bill
Is Presented-Windom on
D. Silver.
From Thursdays Daily.
'sI WASHINGTON, Dec. AIN the senate Hoa
reported back the reso 'ution offered by hiu
. on Monday providing mode for ascer
tanning by lot the classes to which the sen
: ators from the three new states, North Da
kota, South Dakota and Washington shal
be assigned as to their respective terms o
! service.
Cuilom thereupon presented the certifi.
ca'es from thetwo houses Of the North Da
kota legislature designating Pierce as the
senator for tie long term.
Hoar said the legislature had nothing to
do with the matter which expressly de.
yolved on the senate.
German remarked identically the same
case had been presented in regard to the
first senator from MINI esota, when the
legislature designated Rice as the senator
for the long term, and the senate decid ed
that the action could not be regarded
tby it.
The resolution was agreed to and the
drawing BY lot, as provided by it, pro.
| ceeded with. The result was that OF the
two senators from the State OF Washing.
ton, Squire was assigned to the class OF
senators whose terms expire March 8,
1881, and Allen to the class expiring March.
| 1898. OF the South Dakota senators.
Moody got the short term and Pettigrew
the long term. OF the North Dakota sena.
tors Pierce got the short term and Casey
the long.
"A petition was presented by Cullen OF the
| Short Horn Producers association in
favor nf subsidies for steam ships to South
| and Central America and in favor of
Chicago as the site OF tie worlds fair In
1892.
The first bill introduced in the senate
came from Senator Sherman and was
aimed at trusts. It is identical with the
antitrust bill reported by him last year
from the committee on finance. It de-
clares that all trusts are unlawful, and
gives persons the power to recover in the
courts whenever articles are advanced in
value by combinations, and declares that
the officers OF trusts are guilty OF misds.
meanor.
A resolution was introduced by Cockrell
Tor the Kansas City Commercial exchange
for st. Louis as the site of tie world q fair,
with Chicago as second choice; also one in |
favor OF 1-cent letter postage.
Many bills were introduced and referred, |
including the following: By Sherman, to |
make and alter the regulations as to the |
times, places and manner OF holding elec- |
tions for representatives in congress; by |
George, relating to the trusts and other /
acts in restraint OF trade and production. |
By Reagan, to define trusts, for the free |
coinage of silver, to repeal the act for the
sale OF bonds to redeem legal tender notes.
By Dawes, the extending OF the pension
laws (the bill prepared by the committee
Of the g. A. R.) By Stewart, to provide
for the free coinage OF both gold d silver,
and for the issuance OF coin certificates to
rect taxes concInded under The act OF 1861.
Spponer, two bills as to the election OF
members OF congress; also q bill to regu.
late commerce by telegraph. Manderson,
to grant pensions to ex-soldiers capaci-
ia, ed from manual labor; to prevent the
summary cancellation OF pension certif.
Gates, and to provide hearing in cases
rel .tiig thereto. Vance, to repeal the civil
service law. Evarts, several bills to in
crease the salaries OF United States circuit
and district judges. VOORHEES,, for pension
arrears on death or discharge. Cullem, to
equalize the rates OF pension in certain
cases. FarWell, to perpetuate the national
banking system. Haddock, for postoffce
buildings in towns where postofice re-
ceipts exceed $4,000 per year. Wilson
Uowa), q bill to osubject imported liquors to
the provisions OF the laws of the several
states. Davis, the ganting Of pensions to
ex.soldiers ,and soldiers incapac'tated Tor
manual labor and to dependent relatives
Mitchell, to prohibit objectionable foreign
immigration; to encourage desirable immi-
grafton and defend American labor. also
for the admission OF Idaho as state. By
Call. making it unlawful and providing for
the forfeiture of vessels owned by subjects
OF foreign governments fishing within three
leagues OF the coast OF the United States or
within any bays or head lands OF the
United States. Paddock, to exempt rail.
way mai! employees and postoftice inspec-
tors from the operations OF the civil ser.
vice law; TO provide for the disposal OF
Fort Sedgwiek military reservation in
init the organization OF natioI al banks
with q capital of less than $4,000 in
towns OF less than 5000 population. Nor
gan, bill from last congress referring the La
Abra claim to the court of claims for final
adjudication. Mitchell, extending the
Mexican pension act to all who served
thirty days or more in any war since
1S45. Turnip, granting a pension OF
cent month for each days service in
the army during the late war. Dolph,
that the states Of Oregon, Washington
and Montan4 shall constitute the tenth
judicial circuit with new circuit judge;
also a bill for the forfeiture Of q part OF the
Northern Pacific grant; also to repeal the
pre -emption and timber culture laws; also
appropriating 81 900, 900 to enable the sec.
retary of war to purchase the necessary |
sites for fortiilcations at such points where
such sites have not been purchased or &C.
quired. Mitchell, appropriating $1,000
600 for the construction OF boat railway
at The Dalles and Cello Falls, ana at
Three and T.n.mile rapids on the Colum-
bia river in Oregon. Wilson OF Iowa,
amending the interstate commerce act SO |
as to provide that any articleof commerce,
the manufacture and sale OF which Is pro-
hihted in the state, shall not be trans. |
ported and delivered within the state by |
any transportation company. Rsgan, |
giving all holders OF silver bullion OF tne
value of $50 or more the privilege
of having balion coined into sill. |
yer dollars on this same terms as gold. |
Cameron introduced the subsidy steamship |
bill introduced by him in the last congress.
Dolph introduced a bill providing for the
fertilization and other sea coast defense as |
recommends by the board appointed by
President Cleveland to select ports at |
which the .rtifications are most urgently |
needed. Among the ports selected are San
Francisco, New Orleans, Galveston Port
land, Ore, and San Diego. The bill appro-
pirates for the purpose $126, ,377 800 to be
expended over period OF twelve T years: s;s
The guns on the batteries on the Paeihc
coast may be constructed at the govern |
@ mens gun factory to be erected on that that
coast, at q cost not to exceed 81 600, 600.
Senator Cullom introduced bill for the
dieposal OF all public lands OF the United
States in California, Oregon, Colorado,
Nevada, WASHINGTON: Montana North
anu .nt.s that may be formed |
~ the territories Arizona, New Mex'