New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-03-19
.CONGRE SSIONAI,.


Of Congress During the
Past Week.
r. The Senate committee on privileges and
elections. decided, by district party vote, to
i report in favor of seating Messrs Saunders
and Powers, the republican contestants for
the Montana seats in the United States SEN
ate.
The House today consumed the morning
1 hour discussing the bill providing for
the compulsory attendance of witness
es before resisters and receivers of land of.
/ ices which was passed.
The House. then, in committeeof the whole
] MIR. Payson, of Illinois, in the chair, resumed
the consideration of public building meas
ures.
In the senate number Of public building
bills were passed, and the educational bill
4 was further discussed without action
directly after the, morning business the cal
sndar was takeniup and a bill incorporated
local street railway company was debated
at some length. without action
Senator Pierce introduced q bill to author
lze North Dakota to transfer to the state
1 agricultural college section &c. township 146,
I range ~. in Cass county, as q site for the in
stitution.
4 HOUSE.
The resolution declaring Mr. Clark of Ala
bama, entitled to his seat was adopted and
4 several measures on the private calendar
were disposed of.
When the.report of the Threet-Clark con-
tested case had been agreed to, the House
pa pas, the Senate bill increasing from $3.50
i 900 to $1,000 900 the limit OF cost of the
house public building at Ell Paso, Tex.
Senate bill referring to the court of clairas
1 the claim OF w. %. Woodbridge for the use. of
inventions of projectiIes for rifed cannon,
was defeated, Ill to 1913. The house then
went into the committee of the whole on the
1 private calendar.
SENATE.
Resolutions were agreed to instructing the
committee on rules to report rule defining
the extent to which senator's shall be tliber-
ty to revise their remarks for pu blicltion in
the Record; calling on the secretary of the
interior Tor statement as to the causes OF
withholding patents for lands within the
limit of the Union Pacific land grant: and for
. a copy orthe compilation recently made re.
speeding the legal status of Indians and OF
lands within the Indian territory.
HOUSE.
Inc u ouse concurred in tie Senate resolu.
tion providing for an investigation by a Joint
committee OF the, Senate and House commit
Tees on immigration into tho workings of the
FEDERAL and state laws relative to immigrac
ton from foreign countries. The resolution
was amended SO as to direct the Joint com.
mlttee to investigate the effect on American
Sorklngmen, which is likely to follow the
purchase OF American Industries by foreign
capitalists.
The, Senate bill to prevent the introd uction
OF contagious diseases from one state ito an.
other was passed. A number of bridge bills
We're also passed.
& SENATE
Mr.. Mitchell introduced joint resolution
proposing an amendment to tho constitution
providing Tor the election ofsenators byyotes
OF qualified electors in the states
. MT. Daniels introduced q bill providing that
natIonal banks secure their circulation by
s deposltlng silver bullion with the secretary OF
the treasury, which shall be coined into dol.
lars in the event of the bank becoming in
81 solvent.
The ways and means committee have prac
tically agreed upon tariff bill and are ready
20 report 1t with the exception of that clause
relating to sugar. The difference OF opinion
now IS as to whether to wipe out entirely the
tariff on sugar or make Is per cent. reduc
ton.
The Democrats, under the lead of Springer
made q hard fight against the consideration
OF tne W yomlng admission bill, but there were
enough Republicans present to outvote them
8 and the bill was taken up. The Same fight
VIII be made on Idaho, and probably with
the same result.
MT. Enloe of Tennessee made motion ia
discharge the committee on invalid pensions
from further consideration of the resolution
to investigate the management Of the pen.
sion Office under Commissioner Tanner as
the committee had taken no action. Mr.. En-.
4 loe thought the matter should be investigat.
ed, concluding his speech as follows: The
day for shaking the bloody shirt as an ex.
cuse for robbing the public treasury ought
to pass. Ii there has been any robbery and
corruption, let the light of day be turned on
and let the men who were concerned in it be
consigned to eternal infamy.
! SENATE.
The concurrent resolution for the nvest:ga.
tlon of Immigrant matters, was laid before the
Senate to-day with the two house amend.
ments extending the investigation to the pur-
chase OF American INDUSTRIES by foreign cap.
ltal, and to the use OF Bedloe's island in New
York harbor as an immigrant depot.
Passed The resolution to exclude from the
Record the interpretations made by Mr. Calm
the report of the discussion with Mr. Chand-
Ter, was agreed to; yeas So, nays IA. -Four
Democrats voted in the affirmative viz:
Messrs. Payne, Pugh, Vance and Cockrell.
The educationalbil was then taken up. and
Mr.. George spoke in support of the bill. He
regarded the measure as generous offer
made by the Northern states to the South.
srn states.
HOUSE.
Along discussion occurred over the proposed
amendment prohibiting thesale of intoxicat t
ing liquors in the territory of Oklahoma and a
! high license amendment; but finally an amend
ment prohibiting the introduction of intox-
icating liquors into the territory until after
the adjournment of the first session of the
territorial legislature was adopted by vote
OF 20 to Al.
SENATE.
A question OF Mr. Eustis' in relation to
some remarks of Mr.. Hoar on The Southern
question precipitated a hot POLITICAL deba to,
which lasted through most of the afternoon.