Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-12-28
House.

WASHINGTON, Dec lo.-SeNeral resolu~
tions aud bills were introduced, the most
important Of which was: A bill by
Springer to organize the territory of Okla
homa: a bill by Henderson, of Iowa, APP
propriating 100000 for the deficiency in
the appropriation for public printing and
binding: a resolution by Lacey, % Iowa,
directing the committee on elections TO in
quire into the contested election case OF
Clayton against Breckenridge, Of Arkansas.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1.-THE session of
the house was brief. After the introduc-
ton Of a few bills n resolution offered for
calling the states alphabetically for the in
mittee on rules, and as nothing could be
done the house ad iourned.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1s.-Under the call of
states the following bills were introduced
and referred:
To reduce the tobacco tax; 10 regulate
immigration and amend naturaliEAtion
laws; slso, TO prohibit aliens from acquir-
ing title TO lands in the United States TO
declare the forfeiture of all Unearned land
grants; 10 repeal pre- emp,ion and tim Der
.nltu re land laws 20 prsVise for a gradu-
ate income tar; 10 tax trusts; To preveAt
the contraction of currency; to repeal all
laws requiring an accumulation OF gold Tor
the redemption Of treasury notes; for the
free coinage Of silver; to permit the pre.i-
dent To vsuo separate items in the general
Eppropr. <tion bill.
BY SIR. Hitt-To promote commercial
union TO Canada.
BY Mr.. LawJer-To pay Colonel John
George Ryan 500 0 damages; he was ar
rested charged with being John Surratti
elso appropriRting sSOO,sOO TO repair the
postoffce building at Chicagoi also TO
olace letter carriers who have served
twenty years on the retired Ast on one half
oay; also TO remove the tar of = eeSts per
pound on oleomarsariue.
By Mr.. Wike-Declaring It to be the
sense of the house that the committee on
ways and means should report at an early
lay a plan and rate Of taxation By which
1880, 90, O00 shall be raised annually on in
comes and salaries in excess of S,OOO.
BY Mr.. Holmsn-To preserve n purely
electoral franchise.
By Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa-To declare
unlawful trusts aud combinations in re-
,traint of trade and production.
Ky Mr.. CONCENTRATING lard and m
posing a tax on it's manufacture, sale,
Importation or expectation OF compound
ard.
By Mr.. Anderson, of Kansas-To create
. postal telegraph for the United States.
BY Mr.. Perkins, OF kansas-To open to
somestead settlement certain portions OF
he Indian territory.
BY Mr.. Turner, of Kansas-To shorten to
;hxee years the period required in home
stealing public lands.
BY Mr.. Morse, of Nassachusetts-To re-
peal the interstate m law.
By Mr.. Dockery, OF Missouri-To ascer-
.ain the amount Of mortgage indebtedness
If the farmers OF the UAited States and
he percentage OF rme who are ten
ants; also 70 enlarge the free list and
s~qualize taxation.
BY Mr.. Frank Of Missouri-For the To-
:ation of the worlds fair At st. Louis.
BY Mr.. Spinola-For the retirement of
John q. Fremont with the rank Of major
general.
BY Mr.. Ewart, Of North c~arolina-For
he total repeal of the i~nternal revenue
avs.
BY Mr.. Butterworth-For fun reciproc-
,ty between the United States and Canada;
also TO regulate the manufacture and sale
If counterfeit or compound lard.
By Mr. G~rosvenor-To provide an in
:rease of pension To minor children; also
% make the minimum rate of pensions $
per month.
BY Mr.. Taylor-To restore the rate of
iuty ON imported wool
By Mr.. Englo-To prohibit gambling
contracts In agricultural and other pro
lucia also o resolution calling on the sec
rotary Of the interior for information In
tNkaAo W - 8-A
BY various delegates-For the admission
INTO the union Of Idaho, New Me-'eo and
Wyoming.
Among the bills introduced for the cree
don Of public buildings were the following:
Bloomington, Galesburg, Sterling and
Aurora, Ill. Sioux City, Cedar Rapids,
Burlington, Fort Dodge and Davenport,
la. I; Grand Island, Helena, Ksarney, Nor
;olk, Beatrice and Hastinss, Neb; Sioux
Falls, Yankton and AAsrdeen, 8. d.: Eau
Claire, Nanitowoc, Green Bay, Sheboygsn
and Racine, Wis.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE house was
sot in session-
WASHINGTON, Dec. 0.-A resolution was
paced, thanking Chief Justice Fallsr for
lis appropriate address delivered On tbs
,ccasion q the commemorst-on OF ike In
.Aaguratios Of George Washing on IA the
irst president-
Buls introduced and referred:
By Mr.. Adams, Of ulinois--Providing
tor the worlds fair In leoa.
BY Mr.. Ge~t Of Ilinois-Asking Rock
taland, III, = part Of entry; also, for pub
We buiidiass II Rock leland aad Mon
mouth
By Mr.. Funston, Of Ksases-Granting
Per disn services pensions
By Nj. Boatells-For the relief Of the
e the samoan disaster.
b. Mr.. Dwart Of North ,Carolina-A
~sesoluttoa reciting that 10 has been openly
md nosortossiy charged that The civil ser
sice commission refuses 90 select its clerk
IN ier the prosisions of the civil service
laws; that the civil servies qusxtions have
6esn stsisn and given oct before xanina
toz, end 0eher charges have bean pre-
fesrod agAinst the commiss1on directing