The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1890-05-03
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THURSDAY. ArnlL "a.

education Tor lndlan childrcns House bill
to prevent deser.ions from the army;
House pension appropriation bill; a bill 70
amend and supplement the election laws o.
the United States, and TO provide for a
more efficient enforcement of such laws.
HousE-The Senate bill WAS passed Gre.
ating the customs collections district Of
Arizona
The House then went into committee or
the whole on the legislative appropriation.
bill. When tho clause apprupria,ing sal
aries for the Civil Service Commission.
was reached Mr. Cummings Of New TorAfl
made point of order that 1t was not prorNv
erly in the bill, ms the commission was
neither Legislative, executive nor Judicial.
After some debate the point of order was
oyc-ruled-
A heated donate followed as to the NOR
its OF Civil Service Reform, and finally the
motion 70 strike out was lost-i2O To 81
FRIDAY, AriuI 25.
SKSArr.-The Senate passed the House
Joint resolution appropriating $4,000 10 ba
used BY the secretary of war for tho relief
OF destitute persons Ia the district over
flowed by the Mississippi River and its
tributaries
After minor business the Senate ~
.umed consideration of the railroad land
forfeiture bill. MIR. Call began his arvu
mcpt In favor OF his amendment TO tho Tor
feiiuro OF railroad lands In Florida
Messrs George and Pascu also spoke
and the bill went over without action until
| Monday next
After the dellveraneo OF euioSies on The
late Representative Gay Of Louisiana, the
| Senate adjourned.
Hou-E-rhc resolution for relief OF Mis-.
slssipp. fiood sufferers was passed
BY vote OF leo 10 loo tho House went
n, committee OF the whole on the lesis.a
i've. appropriation bill
~, notion OF Sir. SAWYER Of Texas, a.
,.'s...,s, cat was adopted providing -hat
-, every new application for exam
irs,io,, ~, ore the Civil Service Commis-
100, -, 49,. upanied By the certificate %
a. oriocr. VII y his ofAciAl seal attached. q
the county sna -s,i,rr -ft'"-
sI,ss Us-,...tk evening session passed
49,, r-;,.,'sc,.l. Ton bills, and ad.our,sed
sArrRpa, ArIuI 20.
m. S,..,,,.. c bill 70 carry out h
-. ~, ,s-.r,. 90 ,b--A agyecfacn, with tse
Sioux Indians Of DAKOTA ~ ~ - q a
portion Of their re>ersst. -. .
ating e. $1,000 for ihc
porild zad pa.sssa,
The senate then prooc-sict ." 'ae e~len-
'aAr and paSScd The following;
Senate bill to validate prc-cs1t ~ 9.,. Il-a-s
and prc-etnptica proofs made -, -
States Of North and Soath nzkcS aaN1
tans and Washington House bin, @fP.el
Ing with amendments the funding - q
Arizona; Senate bili 10 amend tl- l '.s
state commerce act .as % he noo 81
procedure Adjourned.
HorEr-I-nr H,ruse went into entzHi;ts
Of the whole ca The legislative aPprvpFia-
uoD bill
Mr. SAysrs, o. Texas, raised T.esn: q
order AGAINST the cause PROV itiag for inr
appointment hy sAu sacrvtAry o. The later
Tor Of nine members Of The Board % Pee
sion Appeals AZ $40 per Jcar zach ne
polut WAS susiAiuea-
An amendment WAS aGefied rvqutrias
the heads OF dcnarfmcrt- - rcfor- TO Cnz
grcss tho number Of persons IN their er
nar,Hsn, ne-iclcnt. me committee thn1
rose and reported the bin 70 ,hr Hoa-c
Mr.. Byuam demanded ssiiesS aud a.
yeas aud nays were oriersst on The PRIV
yious question The vote resulted yea
l4i; zays, al-thc sraAxor counting seven
Democrats 70 make n quorum, auG ;ae
prrTioEs question was dcclArcd orusrrd
The Hose a; n o'clock sdicurneri
MONDAY. AFrIL IS.
SrNArE-Thcrc WAS an extended aiscls
sion on The question whether the seveF y
TEN. or the outlet system. ~ innlnAtles
Of the two was best sued % protect llf
people Of the Mississippi Valley lrql
Foods Various opinions wurc expfesHe@
as to the relative merits Of this two ~
TENS, as means Of preventing c'efnoNs0 o
the river.
The Land forfeiture bill was th,'n iAken
up, and after some discussion want WI
without action,
The Senate bin Incorporating the striev
OF the Sous Of the American Regoia uo5
was rad. Mr.. Plumb made some satirArei
remarks about the bin No queram bein>T
present tie Senate sdlourned.
HoCsE--Thc legislative, executive aisd
judiciary appropriation bill passed wiihcut
division.
The House then went Into committee q
the whole On bills relating 10 the DisiFie'
OF Columbia
Tho House committee on public LANDS
directed favorable report Gu The senate
bill 70 provide fsr the acquisition o. Land
for town sites and commercial purposes y
Alaska.
The bin for the establishment OF Rook
PARK was taken up After some debate
was defeated.
MONDAY. Arm. %
SENArE-After the transaction OF roo
tine business tho House amendment OF IN"
| Senate concurrent resolution concerning
the irrigattoa OF the arid land in the yaliel
Of the Rio Grando was coucarred in
The consideration Of the land forfeiture
oil! was resumed
MIR. Moody offered IN amendment, whlci
was agreed 10, declaring the act not 70 o
| construed 10 confer any right en- any St-ie
| corporations or person to lands eNceplea
IN tho grants, The bill then pas.ed MIN
out division
The Senate then proceeded TO tlie con
side ration Of the Mckinley Adminlstranye
customs bill. The blu was read and me
amendments recommended by the CON
mittec agreed to. Several others WeFr
submitted and went over without action
II having Deel oiScoteft1 DJ Tue
dent that there Is serious mistake IN tn'
phraseoloEy of tho Oklahoma bill, reso-
luton was passed by the Senate recaliinF
that measure, that IL might be corrected
HousE-Tho postofficc appropriation olA
was reported anc placed on the calendAl
The Senate bill passed for the disposal
of the Fort Sedgwick military reservation
in Colorado and Nebraska.
The House went into committee OF me
whole on the bill providing for the class
dcation Of worsted cloths as woolens
MIR Dingley said the object of tho Dill
IL. ..lnur the l.a..astinu which has