The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-12-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Resume of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.
SENATE.

Senator Davis bill creating q new district
OF the United States circuit court was read in
he senate to-day and went to the committee
on judiciary. The bill proposes to divide the
presided, and create the Tenth district, to in
clude Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da-
kota and Montana. The terms of court are
to be held the same as ut present. except that
the two terms are provided for in Minneapo-:
lis, one on the first Monday in February and
one on the second Monday in September. /;
Senator Butler introduced q bill to-day to
provide for the emigration of persons Of col
or from the Southern states Of the United.
States. 1t provides that the head of any:
family, or for himself, if not married, may;
make application to the nearest United
forth the TACT that he desires to emigrate to
o foreign country for permanent residence
and citizenship and that he is too poor to
pay the cost of transportation. A certif-
cate Of this statement shall be forwarded by
the commissioner to the quartermaster gen.
eral OF the army, who shall thereupon fur
nish to said applicant the necessary trans
portations by the cheapest route. For this
purpose the bill appropriates 100000.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Butterworth of Ohio, rising to q ques-
ton OF privilege. offered @ preamble and res
oiution, setting forth the fact that the Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette and other public
Journals had published an exact copy OF q
certain contract, said to have been entered
into by certain members of the house and
senate, and that this contract was q basis
for charges OF corruption and fraud in the
matter OF the proposed purchase of certain
ballot boxes, and providing for the appoint
ment OF q committee OF five to in%vertigate
and report by whom the contract was pre-
paired, and whether the appended signatures
are forged or genuine.
T. - The Co1,fhorn roorolouo horn o1,ocd- Am
Imenced their war upon the internal tax. Re-
preventative Brewer of North Carolina put in
the first bill of the kind to.day-repealing the
tax on tobacco-and had it referred to the
committee on ways and means. The ways
and means committee is not made up in the
interest OF this movement, the only Southern
members being from the Democratic side of
the house, and they are in favor of reducing
the customs duties instead of internal rev.
enue.
Senator Moody has been busy the past few
days preparing bills which he intends to intro.
duce. He is looking up authors so as to make
his bill for national prohibition in the prohibi-
ton states sound in the matter of constitu-
tionality. He does not ex pect it to pass,
but he wants to get it before the senate.
H. HOUSE.
Members of congress were to-day paid their
mileage at the rate of ten cents a mile each
way, which helps some of them out ofthe hole
I'm which they were placed by silcott. To.
those members near the capital the amount
is not great, but to those 'far away the
sum each receives is by no means insignii-
cam. Minnesota members receive on the av-
erage about $500, while those from the two
Dakotas rake in perhaps $340 each, Florida
1900 each, Texas same as Dakotans, Califor-
mans $500 and Oregon $3.50.
. SENATE. :
The House resolution for printing the
agricultural report for 1889 was amended so
as to provide for the printing of 10000
copies and vas then agreed to.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Mitchell was
agreed to, instrqcting the committee on the
judiciary to inquire and report whether
Chinese laborers, excluded under the exist
ing law, should be permitted to enter the
United States, for purpose OF transit, with
or without permission.
The concurrent resolution of Mr.. Ingalls,
providing for q holiday recess from Dec. 10
munds leading the opposition.
In the secret session of the Senate a num-
Der of consular and diplomatic nominations
were confirmed, among them that OF Solo.
mon Hirsch to be minister to Turkey. The
judiciary committee reported favorably the
nomination of David j. Brewer to be associ-
ate justice OF the supreme court of the United
States.
= 800 HOUSE.
A resolution offered by Mr.. Enloe, of Ten
nessee, authorizing the sergeant-at.arms
to offer a reward of $5, 900 for the arrest of
Sileott, the absconding cashier, was referred.
Mr.. Springer introduced O bill to organize
the territory of Oklahoma.
A bill was passed appropriating $3.50, 900
to meet q deficiency in the appropriation for
public printing and binding and $3.50, 900 to
meet a deficiency in the appropriation for the
census bureau. A resolution was adopted
instructing the election committee to take
up the MISUNDERSTANDING contest in the
Second Arkansas district, aud at $50 the
House adjourned.