The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
weekly Resume Of the Proceedings Of the Senate
and House.
Monday Jan. Ia.

|
vice president in the hall of the house of rep
| resentatives on Wednesday. Feb. ID.
| measure was introduced by Mr.. Dawes in
the senate and referred to the committee
| on Indian affairs. 1t is the house sub
| stitute for the Clifford bill, with the submis-
zion clause of last years act submitted in
place of section 10 of the bill, which de-
clared that the interest of the Indians in the
| land ceased when the annuities and rations
| granted had been received by the Indians.
! Dawes cuts the price of the lands down from
| 81 20 to ST per acre Some other minor
| amendments are also made.
| HoUsE.-Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, intro
| duced u resolution calling on the secretary of
| the interior as to the number OF clerks up
| pointed in his department since March 4,
| 1885, without examination and certifcation
| by the civil service commits jiOners.
| The president sent to JngreSs q message
without recommendation, but accompanied
| by letter from Secretary Bayard and a
! large batch OF correspondence in regard to
| differential tonnage dues.
Tuesday Jan. 10.
! SENATE.-The senate today devoted most
| gifts session to the discussion of the duty
! on salt Mr. Voorhees,, from the library
committee, reported n Joint resolution ac-
! cepting the donation of the battle sword of
| Capt Samuel {. Reed from his son and
| providing FOR the presentation to the latter
of gold medal. Mr. Voorhees, said he would
! submit some remarks on the subject in q few
| DAYS. At 1920 consideration of the tariff
bill was resumed, the pending question being
! Mr. Vests amendment putting salt on the
| free list When the bill was laid aside, the
| senate went into secret session, and at 5:55
| adjourned.
HoUsE.-Mr. Springer, of Illinois, spoke in
| advocacy of the omnibus bill, which he pro-
posed to offer as substitute. He called at
tention to various provisions ofthe constitu
| ton of 1885, which he considered bore the
marks ofhaving been formulated hastily, and
argued that they presented another reason
| why new convention should he held. He crit
| icized the clause orthe constitution declaring
that all the existing archives, records and
! books belonging to the territory of Dakota
| should belong to the State of South Dakota
| Under that clause the secretary of state OF the
new state authorized to go to Bismarck
| and denude the capitol there of every scrap
| of paper and every book belonging to the
| territory
| Mr. Cox of New York believed that coz.
| gress had been derelict in regard to the ad-
mission OF Dakota and the other territories.
! He was in favor Ofthe omnibus bill with GER
| tain amendments, but he was willing to help
! any little conference between the two houses
| of congress which would result in elevating
| the territories into this rank of
| statehood, Every territory Except
| Utah) should be admitted into the union
when it had population sufficient I'M
| II
| Some gentlemen talked about the annexa-
ton OF Canada. 1t would be time enough to
| annex Canada when the nehulous territories
| had put off their rudiment1ry and donned
| their stately stOles of manhood. In con-
| cusi0n Mr. Cox paid glowing tribute to the
| great West and was warmy applauded.
Mr.. Clifford and Mr.. TOole both discussed
| the bill at some length and their remarks
were warmly applauded.
Wednesday Jan. 1G.
SENATE.-Among the correspondence con-
corning affairs in Samoa, referred to in
| President Cleveland's message to congress
| and which was presented to the senate to-
day. are instructions to Admiral Kimberly
| from Secretary Whitney, ordering him to
| proceed at once to Samoa and extend full pro-
| tectiont to American citizens and property, and
| protest against the subjugation and displace-
| ment of the native government of Samoa by
| Germany as in violation of positive agree
ment and understanding between powers, and
| form the German and British governments OF
| our readiness to cooperate in causing all
| treaty rights to be respected and in resting
peace and order on the basis of recognition
| of Samoan rights of independence endeavor
| to prevent extreme measures against the
| Same ans and to bring about peaceful settle
ment,
Mr. Blair said that the people of his state
| would be as glad to welcome the black
| people of Alabama as to welcome the white
| ones.
HoUsE-Ths was another interesting day
in the House on the territorial bill There
| were great volumes Of OratOry, most of it
| rom young orators, 1t was a field day for
the delegates from the territories, who gotin
| their work. Dubois, of Idaho, made his
| maiden speech.
Thursday Jan. II.
SENATE.-The senate resumed considera-
| ton of the tariff hill the pending question
| being on the amendment to the tin plate
paragraph. Mr.. Allison said:
The testimony before the finance committee
! showed that there now in this country
plantfor the production ofabout20O.O 900 tons
| annually OF the thin sheets OF steel and iron
used for tin plate, and that at least one-half
of that plant would be at once utilized for
that purpose. But the committee with a
view of making it absolutely certainly that
| time would be given Tor the establishment OF
that industry. proposed that the increase of
duty on the plate was not to take effect until
Jan. l. 1890.
A general debate followed in which Sena-
tors Vest, Teller, German and Sherman
took part.
HoUsE.-To-day was the field day in the
house for the territorial bills, and it has
been marked by constant and bitter
wrangling that the occupant of
the chair could not control. 1T
seemed to be settled from the start that
Springer was going to have q hard time be-
fore him controlling his party in the house
despite the caucus Judge Macdonald opened
the ball this morning with telling speech,
which showed he differed decidedly from
his Democratic colleagues upon the
subject of admission. He explained the sub
stitute which he had prepared for Springers
amended bill and showed that Dakota was
entitled to immediate admission and to
division without q vote upon that question.
Mr.. Adams Of Illinois characterized the
omnibus bill as transparent subter!uge.
Friday Jan. Is.
| SENATE.-The senate to-day continued
discussion of the tariff bill, the pending
question being the sugar bounty amend
ment Mr. Reagen spoke in opposition to
the amendment, expressing surprise that the
bounty was not to be extended to maple
sugar He quoted against the proposed
bounty Judge Cooley's work on constitu-
tional limitations. Mr.. Spooner reminded
him of decision in the Michigan courts that
bounty on salt was constitutional.
| Mr.. Spooner said:
He did not approve of every item in the bill,
but he was in favor of reducing the revenue
on the lines of the bill. He had no doubt of
the constitutionality of the sugar bounty
clause. The language of Senator Reagan
would come with i'll grace from any senator,
but came with particularly i'll grace from o
senator who, having once taken an oath to
support and defend the constitution, Joined
afterwards with those who sought to destroy
and overturn it.
HoUsE.-The committee on agriculture re-
ported adversely on the senate bill to en-
courage the cultivation and manufacture OF
hemp and fax.
Springer's omnibus substitute passed the
House by vote of 144 to 90.
Ii such thing could be, the House was
more noisy than on yesterday. From the
time the House convened until adjournment,
there was the widest possible excitement;
Party spirit ran high, and political blood
was at fever heat.
vote was taken Immediately after the
opening of the session upon MacDonald's
substitute VIII oh embodies the main features
of the omnibus bill, but provides for the i'm
mediate admission of Sovth Dakota. 1t
was rejected-yeas, lit; nays, 122.
Saturday, Jan. 10.