The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-03-28
CONGRESSIONAL.


A Resume of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.
Senator Pierce Of North Dakota surpsiasts
the aenators by making good speech In OPP
position to the Blair bill
senator Psttiersw expects to pass bnf.
and making it . separate collection diatriet
for internal rsvsnus. North Dakota to b ~
tached to the southern twln.
| HOUSE,.
The Nudd-Compton election case was ~.
gued In the house, but NO vote VIVA taken.
The house committee ON agriculture Or
dered Q favorable report on the Conger bill
defining and taxing compound lard, with
some amendments.
The house committee on pubsc lands dee3d-
Cd to report favorably Representative Con-
stocks bin for the relief Of settlers on the In
aemnity lands OF the Northern Pacific road.
Some amendments were made which do not
In the least change the general effect Of the
bill. being In the wording Of the measure.
Whore settlers have lived on the indemnity
lands in good faith they may select other
hnal proof, and lands selected by them rom.
government land may pass to patent They
are required to select the lands in AZ compact
form as possible. Where thu claims ant 10 dead
his widows Or heirs become beneHciaries of
the act.
The senate passed the bill to authorize thu
secretary of the interior to survey and mark
the seventh standard parallel between the
States OF North and South Dakota.
The senate bill nppropriating $50. 600 for
a penitentiary in the State OF North Dakota
was passed BY the senate.
Senators Teller and Dawes como to the
rescue OF the government to-day against the
charges that it had robbed the Indians at
Turtle mountain Of their valuable lands, and
is now looking on while they starve and
freeze to death in the riGors of North
Dakota winter. The amendment appropri-
ating $4,000 for their relief was adopted on
the ground that it was better to feed .
thousand worthless squatters rom Mantle
ba than to allow few of this governments
wards to die OF hunger and cold.
| HOUSE.
The bill to repeal the timber culture act,
the prvisions of which have been heretofore
| published. was up in the house 1t 10 com
bination OF bills introduced by Hansbrough
| OF North DakotN and Pickler of South Dako-
Ia. All the new state men arein favor of it,
| repeal
| A bill was introduced in the house by Mr..
Gest o. illinois granting bounty Of $50 to-
! all soldiers and sailors OF the late war who
served in the volunteer service for not lese
than ninety days and who were honorably
discharged.
! The senate committee on Indian affairs
instructed,SenutorP ettigrew to report favors
ably his bill for the relief Of settlers ON tho
Crow Creek reservation who lost the lands
settled upon BY revocation Of tho order Of
President Arthur; also to tavorably report
his bill appropriating @5, 900 Tor an Indiox
farm ut Pierre. s.. D.
| The Blair educational cill 10 thing of the
| past, 80 far a. this session 10 concerned, AZ
| cept that Blair will have an opportunity to
move reconsideration OF the vote BY which
it was killed. There was rejoicing even among
| the men who voted for the bill under pledge
or because they had voted Tor it before.
| HOUSE.
! Mr.. Butterworth made an argument to-dsy
| before the agricultural committee in favor
| of his bill to make ii unlaw nj to deal in "fut.
ure" on agricultural products.
| Mr.. Mcmillan introduced by request, bSIl
| extending the jurisdiction of the Circuit and
district courts OF the United States to the
great lakes and connecting waters
1t is thought that the bill providing for
the Sisseton and Wahpeton reservation VIVA
meet no serious objections. 1t has been ex-
| amined by the Indian bureau and by the sec-
rotary of the interior.
| SENATE.
| The senate devoted the greater part of the,
| day to discussing Senator Hherman's antt
trust bill. Mr.. Sherman explained the pro-
visions of the bill He said the bill did not
inter ere with the lawful business, but dealt
only with such combinations as were unauthor-
lied by law, ancient or modern, and whose
sole object was to control prices aud estab-
lish monopolics which were injurious to the
public and should be restrained by the courts-
| HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading Of the jour
nal the house went into committee OF the
whole on the pension appropriation bill;
| which was debated during the greater part
Of the day. Mr.. Cheadle OF Iudianu made .
long speech In favor o. q service pension.
He estimated that the total expense Of .
GOO, 900, and the additional expense, shouid
the bill become q law. tor thu next fiscal year
would not exceed al, 100000.
| SENATE.
| The Senate took up the calendar and the
first bill reached was one appropriating
$500, 900 for q building at San Diego Cal.
Mr. Sherman thought that rom what he saw
| ~ s'Au DsekO va q sdt0 SIOtV tutgcs tuIO W0D
rather large appropriation.
| Mr.. Blair introduced another educational
bill. and it was referred to the committee on
education and labor. Senate bill to promote
the efficiency of the general land Office lin
creasing the salary Of the commissioner to
| $1,000 and Of the assistant commissioner
to 81. 00O). gave rise to long discussion,
at the end of which it was laid aside, without
action.
| HOUSE.
The House to-day passed the Senate bin.
for public building at New London, Conn.,,
with an amendment reducing the limit q
cost from 100000 to STE, 900; House bill,
increasing from 100000 to SIS, 900 the
limit o. cost for the public building at Hobo
ken, N. j.; House bill authorizing the secre-
tary of the interior to negotiate for the pur-
chase Of part of the Crow Indian reservation