New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-05-14
COMPRESSION AL,
a Resume Of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.

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The senate confirmed the nomination of J.
| G. Donahower, marshall of Minnesota.
The pension legislation is to be tied up in
conference committee and q deal of trouble
! is expected before an adjustment can be
1 reached
i The Morrill, bill, which has passed the house
during his absence, was brought into the SEN
i ate as the first piece OF business after he en-
tered the cham Der. The house had amended
the senate bill by what is practicalythe sub
4 stitution of another BILL Senator Davis
/ moved that the senate non-concur in the
4 amendment and that the bill go back to the
committee. A conference c9mmittee will be
asked.
The house debated and finally rejected the
i International copyright bill. Mr.. Hopkins
i OF Illinois said that the ostensible purpose
OF the bill was to extend the rights of Amer
j lean authors to foreign authors but the
/ measure meant vastly more than this, The
inevitable result of it would be to create 9
gigantic publishing monopoly which would
d raise the price of every book and periodical
4 printed in this country.
Secretary Rusk has written to Representa-
! tive Picker that the first installment OF
seeds, which it is proposed to distribute
4 ia, have been forwarded to Aurora and Bon
i Homme counties.
SENATE.
j The senate passed the senate bill to amend
/ the presumption and homestead laws provid.
ing for the selection of lands for ed EDUCATIONAL
purposes IN lieu of those appropriated to
other purposes
4 The Republican senate caucus committee
4 on silver had another meeting. Several OF
j the members were absent, and no attempt
4 was made to commit those present to the
support Of any one OF the several PROPOSE
tions that have been before the committee
from time to time.
4 Senator Casey of North Dakota and SEN
ator over of Montana introduced bills pro-
viding Tor the survey of public lands in their
s, states. Senator Casey's bill calls for an APP
preparation of 100000. The compensation
per mile; 81 per mile for township lines; SIS
for section lines
The house committee on public buildings
has favorably reported the bill for a building
at Butte City, Mont, the amount of appro-
priation being 81 so, 900.
! The house went into committee of the
whole on the diplomatic and consular APP
preparation bill. Mr. McCreary (Kentucky)
made an argument in favor of reciprocity
with the South American republics. The Nc
Kinley tariff bill. he said, tended to close the
Canadian and other N arkets now open to
the surplus products of the United States
although the United States should have re.
ciprocity with Canada as well as with coun.
xries of Central and South America. He eulo.
4 sized the work of the Pan-American confer
ence, and declared that the example and wis.
dom OF the conference had FASTENED the
downfall of the empire of Brazil and the es
tablishment of the republic.
SENATE.
& There was an unusually large number oil
senator's present in the chamber, and of spec.
tators in the galleries this m orning when the
opening prayer was offered by the chaplain.
Mr.. Beck's desk and chair was covered with
black Grape, and feeling of solemnity per.
vaded the chamber. After the passage Of
resolutions concerning the deceased Senator
the senate adjourned.
On motion of Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, the
senate amendments to the customs admins.
tratlve bill were non-concurred in and con-
ference ordered. Messrs. Mckinley, Burrows
q and Carlisle were appointed conferees.
The following bills were passed under sus.
pension of the rules:
Authorizing the secretary of war to estab.
lish new barber lines in Portage Lake, Mich.
i Senate bill to establish two additional land
Offices in the state OF Washington.
4 Senate bill authorizing the Arkansas Pass
Aarbor com pany to improve Arkansas Pass.
house agreed to the conference report on thu
1 Oklahoma town site.
i SENATE.
i A meeting of the senate committee on pen.
] sions was held to-day, at which the Morrill,
disability and service pension bill com bined,
substituted by the house tor the senate de.
i pendent pension bill, was under considera-
Mon. Formal action was postponed until
i the next meeting of the committee 1t ia
/ understood, however, that opposition to the
\ house measure was practically unanimous
/ and that the committee will recommend the
senate to non-concur in the action of the
/ house.
i 1.-THE many prominent measures pending in
I botn houses ofCongress, and upon which the
4 friends of all are fighting for right of way.
has caused some bad blood among party
leaders. Chairman of committees are anx-
4 ious to get the large bills they have under
] consideration first before the house or
! senate, as the case may be. Then all
members with private bills want them con.
i sidered, but have to stand aside now until
/ the national measures are out Of the way
In the House the silver bill, river and harbor
! bill and tariff bill had the first OF q hard
i struggle for the supremacy, and the tariff
i bill won. In the senate the admission OF
i Idaho and Wyoming and the silver bills are
crowding each other for place. while other
i
! Thr death of Senator Beck dis arranged the
senate programme, and it is more than like
/ ~ that several bills will now have a tussel
for supremacy The tariff bill will be on in
4 the house at once.
SENATE.
Mr.. Gray moved to proceed to the consid.
Grafton of the bill to transfer the revenue
marine service to the navy department..
Agreed to;
The Senate then proceeded to the consider
alton of the senate bill authorizing the issue
OF treasury notes on deposit ofsilver bullion
The debate concluded with an executive
session.
i HOUSE.
Mr.. Rowell, OF Illinois, presented the report
4 OF the committee on elections on the Alabama
contested election case of McDufie VS.. Turpie.
| The report (which favors the claims OF the
contestant) was ordered printed
4 Mr.. Mckinley, of Ohio, moved TO go into
committee of the whole for the consideration
OF the tariff bill, and the whole day was spent
IN discussion, Mckinley and Mills being the
principal speakers.
Il SENATE. "a "a