New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-12-17
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Proceed ings of Both Branches
Of the National Legisla.
ture.
Saturday December, 6.


SENATE.
Senator Gray finished his speech in opposi.
ton o the election bill
Mr.. Hoar asked unanimous consent to
have a reprint of the bill-the sections in
the original bill and in the senate su bstitute
to be IN parallel columns The motion gave
rise to long discussion, in which numerous
and somewhat variant explanations were
given by Republican mem bers of the commit
tee on privileges and elections to the action
OF the majority on the domicilary provision
OF the bill.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr.. Perkins of Kansas the
senate bill was passed by the house with UNI
important amendments appropriating $780,.
600 for the purcha se OF additional rations
or the Sioux Indians.
Monday December g.
SENATE.
Mr. Casey offered a resolution which vi.
referred to the committee on agriculture
calling on the secretary of agriculture for a
statement OF the progress made in the inves-
legation for irrigation purposes.
HOUSE.
The house passed the bill providing for a
rebate on tobacco in stock equal to the re.
duction made in. the internal revenue tax by
the last tariff bill. Mr.. Mckinley merely
stated that the bill was similar to the pro-
visions of the tariff bill, section so, which
had been omitted in the enrolling of that
measure, and on the declaration OF Mr. Mills
OF Texas that it was ''all right" no opposi-
ton was made to it's passage The house
also adopted the resolution declaring that
nothing i'll the tariff act should be construed
to impair the provisions of the Hawaiian
treaty
Tuesday December 9.
SENATE.
The senate indefinitely postponed the bill
to establish public farm in each county
within the limits of the republic
The Farmers Alliance subtreasury bills
have been transferred, in the senate, from
the committee on agriculture to the commit
tee on finance
Senators Berry and Daniel spoke in oppo.
sition to the elections BILL
The bill subjecting oleomargarine to tbs
provisions of the laws of the several statet
was reported fayorably. 1t provides thae
no state shall be held limited in it's power to
prohibit che sale or tax of oleomargarine, to
be delivered within its own limits for the
reason that it has been imported from some
of the other states.
Mr.. Dunnell, chairman of the house COM
mittee on the eleventh census, introduced a
bill making an apportionment OF represen-
tatives in congress. The bill provides that
otter the third day of March, 1898. the
house shall be composed Of $50 members.
BY this bill Minnesota gains two members,
and Wisconsin, Oregon and Washington
state one EACH
The senate resolution looking to tho re-
from Riverside Park to Arlington was de.
feated in the house to-day-92 to 153.
The Republican members of the house
held a caucus and selected a postmaster to
succeed Mr.. Wheat of Wisconsin. The re.
suit was personal compliment to Repre-.
sentative "a RI IF Mcntono Jopoos "
Hathaway, the man selected, is a resident Of
Helena, was formerly an Ohio man, was in
the army and has lived in Montana twenty
years.
Wednesday December o.
SENATE.
On motion of Mr.. Aldrich the house bill to
authorize the payment of draw back or re-
bate on tobacco Ito correct an omission in
the tariff billy was taken up. The bill was
passed, and it now goes to the president for
his approval
| The senate then resumed consideration OF
elections bill, and Mr. George spoke in op.
position to it, occupying four hours in the
delivery oEhis speech, all of which he read
from Manuscript. He was followed by Mr..
l. Wilson, of Iowa..
The house amendments to the senate bills
for public buildings at Madison, Ind, Sioux
City, Iowa, and Rock island, 1ll,were con-
Cured in, and the house amendments to all
the other public buildings of the senate were
nOn-cOccurred in.
Mr.. Parrott, of Indiana, asked unanim GUS
consent for the consideration of the senate
bill for the erection of a monument to Rob-
ert Dale Owen in the grounds of the Smith
sonian institute.
Thursday December II.
SENATE.
After passing the senate bill and concurring
in the house amendment for pu bile building
at Sioux City, the senate took up the reso-
luton offered yesterday by Mr.. Plumb, for
daily meetings of the senate at 10 a. m. and
for recesses from $50 to 8 p. m. Aheated de.
bate occurred after which the election bill
was taken up.
Mr.. Frye said that the pending bill was
not one.tenth part stringent enough-not
one-tenth part drastic enough in it's provis.
ions. IT, in order to secure the right OF the
American citizen to freely cast his ballot and
have it counted as cast, it was necessary to
put bayonet behind every ballot. he would
put bayonet behind it. mingled applause
and Kisses in tho galleries, which was prom pit
ly suppressed by the vice president.]
HOUSE.
The fertilization bill was passed, together
with bill appropriating 100000 to meet
q deficiency in the appropriation for print
ing and binding. In the committee of the
whole the house considered, without action,
q Dill to amend the antl-poly gamy law by
providing that the personal pr operty for
merly belonging to the Mormon church, but
which forfeited by congress and placed
in the hands of receiver, shall be placed in
the common school fund of the territory OF
Utah. also, the bill to indemnify the pur-
chasers of swamp land and to reimburse the
several states for lands due them under the
swamp lands act
Friday December So.
SENATE.
The electionsbill was then taken up and
Messrs. Blodgett and Walthall addressed
the senate in opposition, the latter stating
that large majority of ofhceholders in
some counties in Mississippi were negroes
and that negroes were much better treated
in the matter OF oficeholding in the South
than in the North.
HOUSE.
Mr. Evans intro duced in the house to-day
the bill to establish a limited post and tele-
graph service, submitted to the house COM
mittee on postoffices and post roads last ses-
sion by the postmaster general.
In the house to-day Mr.. Flower intro
duced Joint resolution directing the sec
rotary OF the treasury to extend the bonded
period TOR goods IN bond IN custom houses
from Feb. until July l, 1891.