The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-03-06

THE NATIONAL Ion.
WORK OF THE SENATE AND Nbu
OF REPRESENTATIVE

Are Doing for the Good of the Country
Various Measures Proposed. Discussed
and Acted On.
AMONG the measures passed by the Senate on
the 9oth ult. was the House bill 10 pay ssl.e7
10 the heirs OF John H. Newman. late OF MISSES
sippi, on account OF captured cotton. The SEN
ate by q Vote OF 40 to =, passed over the Presi-
dents veto the bill to reimburse VIM. X. Wheat
ON and Chas. II. Chamberlain formerly officers
OF the California land office) for clerk hire paid
by them. Senator Hosr offered an amendment,
TO the deficiency bill authorizing the PRESIDENT
20 offer a reward OF 81, OOJ for the conviction or
the Arkansas bsllot-box thieves. The senate
agreed TO the House amendment 70 the bin
granting pension OF 500 month 10 the widow
OF Gen. fitzpatrick. II reduces the rate 10 SIS.
The army appropriation bill was passed with
amendments. Considerable time was wasted
In flibustering in the House after which the.
sundry civil bin was reported. The COM
mittee recommendations relative TO the
Senate amendments were agreed TO,
and Messrs. Randall Forney and
Ryan werc appointed conierrees. The House
non concurred in the Senate amendments 10 the
bill 10 open 70 settlement part o. the Sioux
Reservation in Dakota. and hes ordered con-
ference. The House then agreed TO the confer
report on the pension appropriation bill
and passed the deficiency bill Amendments to-
the latter measure were adopted directing the
Attorney General TO report 10 the Fifty first
Congress the legal status OF the per cent.
claims OF Illinois and Indiana and striking out
the appropriation OF 5000 for the bonent Of
Col. Lamont. This action taken ut the
quest OF Col Lamont The House then went.
into committee OF the whole on the lnjian ap-
preparation bill, but made no progress on the
measure mp 10 the hour OF adjournment.
SENATOR STEWART. Chairman OF the Commit
tee on Mines and Mining. on the 9th ult. made
sreport to the Senate on the resolution Gatho-
rizing the committee TO investigate the subject
OF the invesiment or foreign capital in mines in
the Territories. The amount OF capital in ested
in mines In the Territories by aliens, as near
as could be ascertainrd, is S2O5E, $40 and
the dividends paid thereon -, 137 500. Ihe COM
mittee recommends that the alien land act DO
so modified ~ TO permit foreign capital 70 be
used in the development Of mines Ia the Terri
tories. Mr.. Plat, from the Committee on Ter
ritoiies, reported two bills for the formation
and admission o, the States OF Idaho and
Wyoming. The conference reports on the agri-
cultural appropriation bill AMI the Sioux City
lowalbridge bill was agreed To. The Hons passed
the last OF the general appropriation bills-the
Indian bill. The Senate amendment appropri-
niing u, liz Coz 10 pay the seminole Indians for
the lands in the indian Territory ceded 10 the
United States was agreed to- The lands acquired
-2,057,0OO :res-are made open TO settlement
under the homestead law. OF her amendments.
we're adopted directing the comniss oners
thorized TO treat with the Cherokee Indians for
REIMBURSEMENT OF their title TO the Cherokee out
let, TO treat will the Prairie band OF Pottawato-
mics and kickapoo Indians OF Kansas Tor O.
sale OF n portion OF the reservation, and au-
tborizinR the President TO establish two land
Offices upon the lands open 70 settlement by this
act. Representative Oates reported back the
naturalization bill with new section. i bis sec
tion creates in the State Department. at Wash
OF all persons hereafter naturalized. and naakes
such registration essential TO The validity or
such naGuralizations. Tae Fort Worth lIex.)
puDlic-building bill was passed, with an amend
ment limiting the cost To 1900, Rlsoths OIL for
ihs relief OF the wi low of Col. Arno Yoss.
TIE Senate cleared mp lot OF pen hing lesis-
lation on the 2Sth ult. by the passage OF a long
list of bills Among them were bills authcris-
ing the construction of bridges at Leavenworth.
Kan; Columbiana, ILL.,; near It.
0Ed les, NO.. LYONS, Iowa. ana
near Red Wing, Mimi Following these
were number of measures giving richt
OF way through Indian reservations in the
Northwest 10 various railroad companies. The
Senate confirmed the nominations OF II. Carlos
Jewett. of Minnesota to bs Commissioner OF
Alaska at Sitks ;'Wiliiam s. Rosecrans, 10 DO
Brigsdier General. to be retired; w. r. smith.
10 be Major OF the Engineer orps, 10 be retired,
ana the following Postmasters: lndiana-John
b. Cheestrough, hentland; Alvin j. kitt, Good
lind. Mchigan-Mary l.. Thompson, Will
iamston; Mary While, East Tawas. Mis-
soari-Francis NJ setter, Albany. The Sem
ate passed the postoffice appropriation bill,
with amendments, limiting the amount 10 be-
paid for rent OF lhirj-ciass offices to 500 year
and for fuel and lights TO 900. Conference
ports on the army and fortiacation apIroprfa-
ton blis were agreed 20, and n conference was
ordered on the naval appropriation BILL The
Senate, after long debate tabled Mr.. Snerman's
motion TO agree to the House amendment 10 tho
bill TO amend the interstate commerce net
latiug TO the transportation OF petroleum in
tank cars. On motion OF Mr. Cullom the Senate
insisted on its disagreement to the two House
ordered. The House ordered conference on
the naval bill, after voting 10 non-concrr in the
senate amendments, and agreed TO the confer
ence reports on tue army and notification bills
TIE House passed the bills for the protection Of
Alaska salmon fisheries and tor a public build
ing at Kalamazoo, Mich. lappropriating SIS, 0J0),
and also agreed TO the conference reports on the
Sioux City Iowa bridge bill and the bills for
the relief OF Mexican war veterans. and 10 divide
the Sioux reservation in Dakota.
THE Committee Oh Public Buildings au-
tEorized by the Senate the LIST inst. 10 con-
tinue its investigation OF the Supervising Archi-
tects Office. The Committee on Mines was au-
thOri ed TO continue its Investigation timber
cutting on public lands and the Committee on
the improvement OF the Mississippi River was
also directed TO continue its inquiry. The
senate agreed TO the conference reports on the
bills 10 divide the Sioux Reservation in Da-
veterans. All the pension bills on the senate
Gale ndar fifty two-were passed. Among them
was one giving pension OF $50 month TO the
widow OF Gen. Hunt. The Des Moines Qowa)
river land bill called up in the House and
an unsuccessful effort made to pass IL over
mote commerca l union with Canada was passed.
The conference report on the bill providing that
public lands adapted TO agricultural purposes
shall here after be disposed of only under the
provisions of the homes tead law was agreed to.
The bill further provides that pre- -emption set
itiated and still subssting. may change
their filings and entry 10 a homestead 10 be
considered under that law. The right OF loca-
lion OF soldiers certificates il left under ex-
listing law. The House passed thirty five pen
sion bills at its evening session. The bill in
public building to $4,000 was passed by both
lOuses