The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-06-14
'DOINGS OF CONGRESS

w QdIOuI 10 y AAesA
Have Been Doing the
Past Week.
The senate passed the house oil to aulnoI,
ia the president Of the United States ~
cnnae certain lands heretofore Withdrawn
from market FOR reservoir purposes 20 De
restored to the public domain subJecC TO
entry under the homestead law, with certain
restrictions. with amendments. The bill re-
feres to lanus reserved IN aid Of the con.
Etructions. OF the certain reservoirs at the
headwaters of the Mississippi and ~. Grolx
rivers, in Minnesota and Wisconsin, anq ~
the Chippewa and Wisconsin rivers ~ VIE.
cOnsin. sss
HOUSE
Representative Hall secured the addition
Of 50, 600 to the Indian appropriation bill,
to be expended in Goolhue county. Mimi,
for the relief OF the Perry island Indians.
They are about q hundred, all told, who
have been at times q burden on the county
officials and county treasury. They were
overlooked in. the first draft Of the bill. The
amount received win be ample to meet their;
wants and be q relief to the county
SENATE.
Mr.. Washburn presented an amendment to
the Mckinley tariff bill, which isdssigned to
put white pine lumber on the Tree list
. a. delegation Of about 100 importers APP
peared before the senate committee on I'M
ance to protest against the passage ofthe Me-
Kinley tariff bill.
The house bill passed by the senate open
ing to settlement the resurvoir lands on Ger.
tain rivers in Wisconsin and Minnesota WAS
$4,000 - 49, L. A-sErsrr N,1k fhn
paragraph relating to Minnesota. Senator
Edmunds made some objection, Tor he re-
garded the bin as one designed especially In
the interest of certain lumber dealers.
HOUSE.
Tho Republican representatives went into
caucus Immediately upon the adjournment
q. the house to consider the silver question.
It had been announced In advance by the
leaders that the real purpose was q confer
ence rather than q formal caucus. Much
talk was INDUCED in and q developed diver
sity OF views.
MIR. Morrill, Of Kansas to-day reported q
disagreement of the conference on the SEN
ate dependent pension bill. Tie house in
sisted OH it's amendments providing o serv-
ice pension, and o. further conferences was
ordered.
sENATE.
The silver bill was taken IN and Mr.. His
cock addressed the senate In opposition to.
the free coinage OF silver,
The following bills were taken from the
calendar n passed:
month TO the widow of Rear Admiral Ed.
ward Donaldson, and to the widow of Com.
mander Winalow, of the Kearsarge.
The senate bill to authorize the construc-
ton of q bridge across the Columbia river
by the Oregon Railway Extension company.
MI. Blair introduced q bill to prohibit the
exportation of alcoholic liquors to Africa
and the islands Of the Pacific ocean. Re.
erred.
HOUSE,.
The House discussed the silver bill, and BY
a,vote of 100 to lit concluded to dispose Of
the bill within W days.
NAT
Both houses OF congress are going fullspesd
tion of Importance now before congress.
An emphatic protest against the passage
by the senate of.the Mckinley bill from the
merchants OF st. Paul was laid before the
senate by Senator Davis.
Mr.. Blair introduced q general pension bill.
1t provides q service pensions for sthos who
served sixty days In the War ofthe Rebellion.
indian war prior to 1865. OF ! cent for
each day OF service monthly, not to be more
than $12 or less than $6 month In addition
= osner Pe.lsion gran ny
HOUSE.
Mr.. Lind OF Minnesota made the principal
speech on the silver bill. He represented. he
said, an agricultural district, the farmers oil
which were not poor, but not wholly prosper.
GUS. The distressed condition was due to
low price OF agricultural products.
Mr.. Picker OF South Dakota introduced q
bill to prohibit the importation OF alcoholic
Innluu,s lnoo AREA and the islands OF the
h;1;tm J.ean. - course Ttnere 10 no posi-,
oma; y I h.t w ~ VII ever De neard o
ta aaan rn ~ ~ asss acA.sI an oppor1unity
Asep op - isoru DO IroniDitionisI
SENATE
The senate passed the house bill 20 pro.