Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-06-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
In the senate on the 18th the reso-
luton offered the day before by Mr..
Edmunds appointing Edward X. VAL
entiue sergeant-at-arms OF the senate
was taken up and agreed I'd, an amend
ment offered by Mr.. Harris substitute
ing the name of Henry w. Wall of
Tennessee having first been voted down.
Mr.. Paddock said he had received sew
eral kilograms from Montana in regard
to the outrages by the Cheyenne In
dams in that state and asked the chair
man of the committee on Indian affairs
whether any action was being taken by
1t in regard to the matter. The senate
silver bill was then taken up and Mr..
Morgan took the floor. MFR. Morgan's
speech was mainly an Argument for
free coinage. The close of the gen.
eral debate on the silver bill has been
| postponed until Monday at o'clock
The house bill, as amended by the
finance committee, was substituted for
the senate bill. In the house the sun
dry civil appropriation bill was consid-
cred. Mr.. Cannon said the appropria-
ton carried by the measure was $685.
900, 000-$10, 900, 900 less than the reg
ular estimates and $13, 0b0, 600 less
than the regular and special estimates.
The sundry civil bill for the current
year provided for the expenditure of
$50. 600, 900. The apparent excess in
this bill was more than accounted for
by certain extraordinary items. The
fourteen regular appropriation bills re-
ported to the house exceed by $35, 000,-
600 the appropriations for The current
year. This excess was nearly all ac-
counted for in three bills-pen bill,
SIS, 600, 900; postoffice bill, $4,000
900, naval bill, 81, 100, 900. The other
So, 900, 900 resulted from the expansion
incident to the growth of the country.
The only bill not reported to the house
was the general deficiency bill, and
this would be reported before the close
of the fiscal year. There was pending
the sundry civil and Indian bills. In
the senate committee on appropria-
tons are the agricultural, diplomatic
and postoffice bills, and in the senate
committee on commerce, the river and
harbor bill. Pending in tho senate is
the legislative bill. The tortifcation
bill has passed both houses. The Dis
trict of Columbia, naval and pension
bills are in conference. The army and
military academy bills are ih the hands
of the president. This was a favorable
showing compared with tho condition
of the bills two years ago.
In the senate on the 18th the follow
ing bills were passed: Tho house bill
to authorize the entry of public lands
by incorporated cities and towns for
cemetery and park purposes (within
two miles) with an amendment in the
nature of substitute. The senate bill
to amend the laws relating to custom
revenue bonds, making the signature
of one member of the firm binding on
all the members. The senate bill to
provide for the reduction of the Round
Valley Indian reservation i'm Califor-
MIA. The senate bill for tho relief of
the Mission Indians in California. The
house bill to grant the right of way
through the Indian territory to the
Pittsburg, Columbus & Fort Smith rail-
way. The senate bill to provide for
the examination of certain officers of
the army and regulate promotions
thereof. The senate bill authorizing the
construction of a bridge across the
Missouri river between HERE and
Fort Pierre. S. d. The house
bill granting the right of-way to
the Duluth and Manitoba railroad
company across the Fort Pc mbina res
ervation, N. d. The senate bill to
credit Postmaster Wham with $2S, 345
of government funds of which he was
robbed in Montana. In the house the
speaker announced the appointment of
Mr.. Z. b. Taylor of Ohio, Mr.. Stewart
of Vermont and Mr.. Bland OF Missouri,
as conferees on the antitrust bill Mr..
Bland asked to be excused and Mr..
Culberson, of Texas, was appointed to
fill the vacancy. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the
sundry civil appropriation Till. After
a number of amendments of minor i'm
portance had been disposed of the |
committee rose and public business |
ceeded to pay tribute to the memory
of Samuel j. Randall.
In the senate on the 10th, the de-
ticiency appropriation bill fer pensions
and the census was reported and
passed. Mr.. Dawes introduced bill
to retire Gen. Banks as a major of the
United States army. Referred to the
committee on military affairs The
house silver bill was taken up and Mr.
Daniel resumed the speech begun by
him Friday. In concluding his speech
Mr.. Daniel said that the world moved
and that this was a land of progress
had never been better demonstrated
than by the fact that the great leader
of the republican financial policy in the
United States (alluding to Senator
who had carried the single
gold standard over two continents. had
come forward in his speech and laid
down at the feet of the double stand
ard and proclaimed that I'D was, at
last, an advocate of silver money
Mr.. Allison next addressed the senate.
Messrs. Ingalls, and Wolcott Expressed
Il desire to address the senate to-mor-
row on the silver bill. In the house
Mr.. Williams of Ohio presented petit
ton from eX-solders of Dayton, o., for
the enactment of law prohibiting the
sale, use, manufacture or importation
Of banners or flags representing the
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