Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

WASHINGTON, February 1G.-In the House
the committee on ways and means report
ed back the Mills tariff bill with the Senate
amendment. Referred to the Of
the whole.
Mills also reported the following resolu.
ton, which, he said, presented the question
OF privilege, q consideration OF which he
would ask the House to enter upon Tues.
day: "Resolved, That the substitution by
the Senate, under the form Of an amend.
ment, for the bill OF the House, No. 9,O51,
1.-THE Mills billy, OF another and different
bill, containing q general revision OF the
laws imposing import duties and internal
taxes, is in conflict with the true interest
and purpose of section z, article 1 OF the
constitutions: that said bill be returned to
the Senate with the respectful suggestion
that said section vests in the House OF Rep
resentatives the sole power to originate
such a measure"
Mckinley said the constitutional oblec-
ton raised by a majority OF the m
to a reduction of the revenue had been
called to the attention OF the committee
only this morning. He therefore reserved
to the minority the right to file their views.
Reed OF Maine, reserved the point OF
order against the resolution
AMERICAN INTERESTS IN PANAMA.
The committee onforeign affairs reported
back the Senate bill appropriating the
to enable the president to pro-
Itect the interests If the United States in
Panama.
McCreary of Kentucky urged thenecessity
lof making an appropriation to relleVe the
flour or five thousand American citizens
lon the Panama canal who may be in destl-
Itute condition.
THE TERRITORIAL BILLS.
! Before action was taken, DILL laid aside
Temporarily, to enable the House under
.;special order to consider the resolution in
'structing the House conferees on the terri
torial bill, as to the method they should
pursue in arriving at an agreement. line
pending motion was to table The motion
to reconsider the vote, by which the
House agreed to that portion OF the reso.
luton directing the conferees to so amend
the bin as to provide for the admission OF
South Dakota under the Sioux Falls con-
stitution by proclamation OF the president
without a new vote On the division. The
motion prevailed; 1874 to 100.
The remaining instructions, relative to
the admission OF North Dakota, Montana
and Washington territory by proclama'
ton, was then agreed to without division,
and the bill was again sent to the confer
ence, after the adoption of the preliminary
instruction clause, 149 to 101.
The House then passed the Senate bill
appropriating $25O.OOO for the protection
OF American interests in Panama.
~LEGIsLATING On l. AFFAIRS.
Senate bill to confirm the agreement with
the Muscogee Tor Creek) Indians, in the
Indian territory, opening to settlement un-
assigned lands in Indian territory, the con.
sideration being $2,2sO.S5, was taken
the calendar and passed.
Ransom gave notice that he would, to-
move to take up the House bill to
establish q United States land court, and
provide for judicial investigation and set
Element OF private land claims in New
Mexico and Colorado, and would renew
that motion every day until the vote on
the passage of the bill a reached.
The Senate amendment to the fortitica-
ton appropriation bill was honoured in,
and a conference ordered. The pension ap
preparation bill was also sent to the con-
erence.