The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Resume of the Proceedings
of Congress During the
Past Week.



Senator Pierce Of North Dakota surprised
position to the Blair bill
Senator Pettigrew expects to pass a bill
separating South Dakota from Nebraska
and making it a separate collection district
for internal revenue, North Dakota to be at.
tached to the southern twin.
HOUSE,.
The Mudd-Compton election case was mr.
gued in the house, but no vote WINS taken.
The house committee on agriculture or
dered a favorable report on the Conger bill
defining and taxing compound lard, with
some amendments.
Tho house committee on public lands decid-
ed to report favorably Representative Com
stocks bill for the relief of settlers on the ill.,
demnity 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.
Where settlers have lived on the indemnity
lands in good faith they may select other
lands by making a showing sufficient tor
final proof, and lands selected by them from
government land may pass to patent. They
are required to select the lands in as compact
form as possible. Where the claimant is dead
his widows or heirs become bsnefcares
| the act.
SENATE.
The senate passed the bill to authorize the
! secretary of the interior to survey and mark
the seventh standard parallel between the
States of North and South Dakota.
The senate bill appropriating $50. 900 foI
penitentiary in the State OF North Dakota
was passed by the senate.
Senators Teller and Dawes came 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 OH while they starve and
| freeze to death in the rgors of North
| Dakota winter. The amendment appTopri
ating S5, 600 for their relief was adopted or
| the ground that it was better to feed n
| thousand worthless squatters from Manit O.
ba than to allow few of this government 1
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 is q com
bination of bills introduced by Hansbrough
of North Dakota and Picker of South Dako
to. All the new state men arein favor of til
repeal
bill was introduced in the house by Mr.
Gest OF Illinois granting a bounty of $50 tt
all soldiers and sailors oil the late war who
| served in the volunteer service for not lesl
than ninety days and who were honorablJ
discharged.
| SENATE.
| The. senate committee on Indian affair
instructed Senator Pettigrew to report favor
ably his bill for the relief of settlers on thu
Grow Creek reservation who lost the land
settled upon by revocation of the order o
President Arthur; also to favorably repor
his bill appropriating $4,000 for an Indian
farm at Pierre. s. D.
The Blair educational Gill is thing of tn
| past, so far as this session is concerned ex
cept that Blair will have an opportunity tt
move q reconsideration OF the vote by whcl
| it was killed. There was rejoicing even amonj
the men who voted for the bill under pledg
or because they had voted Tor it before.
HOUSE.
| Mr.. Butterworth made an argument tO-da
before the agricultural committee in favo
ure" on agricultural products.
Mr.. Mcmillan introduced by request, a bill
extending the jurisdiction of the circuit an,
district courts of the United States to tn
great lakes and connecting waters.
1t is thought that the bill providing TO
the Sisseton and Wahpeton reservation wi
meet no serious objections. 1t has been eS
amined by the Indian bureau and by the SEE
rotary of the interior.
SENATE.
The senate devoted the greater part OF tn
day to discussing Senator Shermans an
trust bill. Mr.. Sherman explained the prt
'-'-- of+h. bill. He said the bill did NO
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