Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-07-11

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate on the goth the follow
ing bills were taken from the calendar
and passed: House bill to provide for a
term of court at Danville, H.. senate
bill to aid the state of South Dakota to
support a school of mines, donating so
per cent OF the money raised from the
sale OF mineral lands, not TO exceed
$l2, 600 year, nor to exceed the
amount contributed by the state. The
resolution by Call, directing the secre-
tary Of the senate to prepare a table,
showing the number of bills introduced
by each senator, and the number OF
them passed, was taken up and Mr..
Edmunds moved to lay the resolution
on the table. After an explanation by
Call as to his motive in Offering the
resolution, the motion to lay on the
table was agreed to, and the house bill
for the admission of Wyoming as a
state was taken up and Jones Of Ar
kansas addressed the senate. No def
mite action was taken. In the house,
the regular order being demanded, Mr..
bate upon the national election bill.
He proceededrto sketch the bill in out
! line, and said the act which it was pro-
posed to extend had been called into
existence by the gigantic frauds in the
city of New York prior to 1870 and
1871. Hemphill of South Carolina ar
gued it was unconstitutional, and was
! not national. but sectional. There was
no more Ubiquitous provision in the bill
than the one providing for the ap-
pointment of an unnumbered number
of men absolutely under the direction
of the supervisor. He examined in de-
tail the provisions relating to super
visors, and said the whole bill seemed
framed against the voters, and in IA
vor of the supervisor. The discussion
continued till adjournment, no final
action being taken.
In the senate on the 9th considera-
ton of the bill for the admission of Wy
oming as state was resumed and Nor
gan began an address in opposition to
it. Payne and Gray argued against the
bill, and Platt favored it. The ques-
ton was taken on Jones substitute,
(the enabling act for Wyoming, Idaho,
Arizona and New Mexico) and it was
rejected by strict party vote-yeas
Is, nays 49, Jones, of Arkansas, then
moved as substitute an enabling act
for Wyoming alone, and it was rejected
by exactly the same vote. The bill
then passed by strict party vote
yeas 29; nays 10. The bill for the ad-
mission of Idaho went over as unfin-
ished business till Monday. In the house
consideration of the election bill was
resumed. Haugen of Wisconsin adj
dressed the house in support of the
measure. He declared it was not pro-
posed to touch the state elections, but
did propose to supervise national cleo
tions-a clear right of congress. The bill
was not a local, but general one in
its application. Covert of New York
said the bill was an evidence of the
distrust felt by the republicans of the
government of and for the people.
The republican party was used to meet
ing emergencies. The conference re-
port on the legislative appropriation
bill was presented and discussed. The
house acceded to the amendment in
creasing the salaries of commissioner
and assistant commissioner of the land
Office and another conference was
ordered on the amendments relating to
| increase of salaries of senate employees
The speaker announced the appoint
ment of Messrs. Conger of Iowa, Wal
ker of Massachusetts and Bland of
Missouri as conferrees on the silver
bill.
In the senate on the 2Sth a message
was received from the house asking a
conference on the silver bill. 1t was
Immediately laid before the senate and
the conference was agreed to and
Messrs. Sherman. Jones of Nevada and
Harris were appointed as conferees on
the part of the senate. The calendar
was taken up and a number of bills
passed, including public building at
Jacksonville, Ill.,, appropriating $75,
900. The conference report on the
postoffice appropriation bill was agreed
to. The agricultural appropriation
bill and the pension bill for Mrs. Gen.
Crook were placed on the calendar.
The following bills were passed. SEN
ate bill to reclassify and fix the salaries
of railway postal clerks; referring to
court of claims the claim on account OF
use by the government of the Tice spirit
meter; senate bill to amend the census
act, providing penalty for giving a
fee or bonus to census enumerators or
supervisors or for receiving the same.
In the house the federal election bill
was considered. McAdoo of New Jer-
sey took the floor and made vigorous
speech in opposition to the bill. He
based his opposition on the principle OF
home rule and the right of people to
control their own affairs without fed
eral interference. McComas of Mary
land reviewed the various election con-
tests during the present congress to
show the necessity for passage OF
such law. Bland of Missouri twitted
McComas for having taken away from
the black men OF the District of Colum.
bia the power of local government and
never giving it to them again. This
resulted in an uproar, Bland and Nc.
Comas shouting at the top Of their
voices amid the applause of their col
leagues and the galleries. Henderson