The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-06-21
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Resume Of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.


Of Congress During the
Past Week.
sEnATE
The Republican members or the senate Mt q
caucus chose ex-Representative Valentine of
Nebraska to succeed w. r. Canady as ser
g~eant-at-arms OF the United States senate.
HOUSE,.
The house committee on Indian affairs
favorably reported the senate bill to enable
the secretary o. the interior to carry out the
agreement with the Sioux Indians for the
ceseion Of the reservation. The bill APP
propriating $1,674.O29 for the purchaser.
Representative Clifford, who makes the report,
VIII, no doubt, have a pretty fight on hands
when the bill comes up Tor consideration in
the house, as there are plenty Of men who
Will be found ready to make q fight against
any bill carry ing an appropriation with it.
The house committee on judiciaryconsidered
at length the Wilson original package" bill,
and it was developed that all the Democrats
and two Republicans were against it, and it
"a probable that the bill would not pass the
house owing to the opposition developed in
a constitutional way. Should the bill be re-
ported by the minority 1t will be fought very
hard.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SENATE. %4-SS&5@%+aeE#%T&H *
The following bills were taken up and pass
ed BY the senate: Senate bill for public
building at Racine, Wis, to cost $15O,OO0;
increasing cost Of public building at Duluth
from $15O,OOO to $275,OOO.
The senate committee on finance consider
ed and amended the house silver bill, and
viii offer it as q substitute for the senate
bill.
Adverse reports were made from the f.
nance committee on Mr.. Stanford's bill for
government loans on liens OF real estate and
on the bill to abolish metal money, and the
bills were indefinitely postponed.
HOUSE. ~
The dependent pension bill as agreed upon
by the conference and reported to the house,
after providing for the pensioning Of depend
emit parents, says that all persons who served
three months or more in the military or
naval service of the United States during the
War Of the Rebellion and who have been
honorahly discharged therefrom, and who
are now or who may hereafter be suffering
from a mental or physical disability of
paramount character, not the result, OF
their vicious habits, which incapacitates
from their performance OF manual labor in
such q degree as to render them unable
to earn a support, shall be placed upon the
the list OF invalid pensioners of the United
States to be entitled to receive a pension not
to exceed $12 per month and not less than
rs per month, proportional to their i inability
to earn a support. such pension to continue
during the existence of such disability. Rank
in the service shall not be considered in ap
plications filed under this act" Provision
is made for pensioning at the rate of So per
month widows OF men who served ninety
days without proving death the result oil
army service, and likewise granting 80 q
month to each child under sixteen years of
age. Ten dollars is fixed as q limit of the
fee to be charged by agents in preparing
cases under this act.
SENATE. s. ~
Senator Davis explained at length the pen
sion bill rs it was agreed upon by the confer
ence committee. As heretofore stated, the
service clause 10 stricken out. Provision is
made for graded pensions from Sc to $12 per
gree OF disability. Another feature is analo-
gous to the Mexican pension act, giving to
widows So per month where the death OF the
husband is not the result of casualty, and
$12 per month where it is proven that death
is the result of casualty.
1t is said that the committee on rules has
decided that as soon as some OF the pressing
legislation is out of the way they will fix q
day for the consideration OF the Davis 'Soo''
bill. This is only n rumor, as the senate
managers of the bill have not been informed
that it would be considered.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa. from the commit.
tee on appropriations, reported to the house
an urgent deficiency bill appropriating 3d.
70S, 900 for the payment of pensions and
$3,O75, 900 for expenses of the eleventh cen.
sua. Passed.
Mr.. Henderson. Of Iowa, from the commit
tee on appropriations, reported al urgent
deficiency bill appropriating 50, 7OS, 900 for
the payment OF pensions and $3,O75, 900 for
the expenses of the fifth census. Passed
Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, from the committee
on foreign affairs reported back to the Lodge
resolution, calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information us to the refusal oil
the Cunard Steamship company to give a re.
turn passage to certain immigrants brought
to this country in violation Of the contract
labor law. Adopted.
sENATE.
The Republican members of the senate
finance committee rave disposed OF all the
schedules OF the tariff bill with the excep-
ton o. those relating to and tobacco,
and they have been delivered to Mr.. Car
Isle, representing the minority of the com.
mittee. It is thought the bill will be ready
to report to the senate in a few days.
Senator Moody presented another batch
counties. !. D., favoring speedy action on
the bill designed to counteract the original
package decision.
The Sundry civil bill carries appropria-
tions for salaries and com missions of regis
ters and receivers Mt public land Offices Of
Il $550, JOG This is precisely the same az
was unprecedented for this same purpose last
year. Since the last appropriation was
passed sixteen and offices hive been created,
of which two are in Washington, two in Mon.
tana and two in South Dakota. The fact
that no additional appropriation was made
to provide for these has caused considerable
Talk at the department. of the interior.
While the irrigation clause of the sundry
| civil annrOnriafiOn bill was under cOnaider-
alton in the house, Carter of Montana made
u short talk. He claimed that the survey of
this country, whether it resulted in irriga-
tion by thegovernment ornot, was necessary
and fully as important as the coast and
geological surveys. The lands were now
withdrawn from market and could not be
taken except where the government had
made surveys and located reservoir sites and
determined that sites could be proftably
Ilocated in certain sections. Mr.. Carter says
that the work OF survey in the arid region,
ascertaining the height OF mountains, the
water supply and geological condition Of tt
land, is q benefit to the country.
NAT
After some unimportant morning business
the senate proceeded to the considerating Q
i bills on the calendar.
The house bill granting the right of way tC
the Duluth & Manitoba Railway company
across the TT. Pembina reservation in North
Dakota, was passed and also the senate bill
to- credit Major Wham. army pay muster,
with $28,395 government iunds Of which he
was robbed iii Arizona in May, 1889. After
the passage Of 85 private pension bills the
senate went into executive session.
HOUSE.
The speaker announced the appointment
or Mr.. E. Taylor, OF Ohio, Mr.. Stewart
Il (Yt.l and Mr.. Bland, Of Mo-, ais conferees on
the antitrust bill. Mr.. Bland said that, as