The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-02-28
D01NGS OF CONGRESS
What our National Lawmakers
Have Been Doing the
Past Week.

ro!.el al ln0s0nS.ut Devils Lake agency Wus
reported and passed.
The bill to increase the endowment of the
tho Louisiana State University md AGri, ul-
tural college led to considerable debate,
participated in by Senators Gibson, Ingalls,,
Morrill,. Plumb and Honr. the objection being
on the ground that coloreli pupils were ex-
cluled from attendance. The bill went over.
Senate bills were then passed for the relief
of soldiers and sailors who enlisted or served
under assumed names while minors or othe :.
wise in the army and navy during the war al
the Rebellion.
HOUSE.
The new rules were then adopted by a
strict vote of yeas 1861, nays las.
Mr.. Chandler, of Massachusetts, from the
worlds fair committee submitted IL report,
which was ordered printed und recommittcd.
SENATE.
The senate committee oil privileges and
elections begun The hearing of the contested
election cnscs in Montana. Mr. Payne, coun.
sci for Messrs. Sanders md Powers. opened
the hearing with an argument Ginning that
the Legislature in joint assembly voted for
Sanders and Powers and claimed that they
were duly elected nnd entitled to seats in tho
senate, unless that body could go behind the
Legislature and prove that they were unqnul
ifled for the position or had Obtained their
seats by bribery and fraud.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Baker, from the committee on terri.
tories, reported to the House tn" Carey bill
to provide for the admission Of Wyoming IN
O state.
Mr.. Anderson. of Kansas, introduced IL till
appropriating $3.50, 900 for the purchase oi
a residence in or near Washington for the
President of the United States.
Mr.. Allen, of Michigan, presented In tho
House resolution instructIng I he secretnry
Of war to cause an examination to be made
Of the necessity. practical,ility and expense
of tunnelling the Detroit river mt or near the
city of Detroit, with view to the use OF the
tunnel for the passngc of railway trains FROM
the United States to Canada.
In the senate Mr. Plumb, from the com
mittce on public lands. reported nvornhly
the bill already passed by the house fnvorinp
tho creation oftwo land dstrictsi in Montana
Mr.. Moody introduced bill granting right
of way across the Sisseton ami WnlprtO on
reservation to the Browns Valley, Sissctol
& Wahpeton railway.
The honse amendment to the bill to have
the statistics Of mortgage Indebtedness oh
tanned in the next census was non concurrcd
in, and n con erence wOs asked.
Senat or Casey's Till making the two On
kotas n customs district with Neche: y. D.. {,
port II entry and delivery. and Sioux Falls
:. d., support of entry and delivery. came
up on the calendar aud will DO passed.
HOUSE.
The house spent almost NIL of the timt
until adjournment in warm debate over Il
ruling oi Speaker Reed. After the reading al
the journal Mr.. Carlisle arose aud said that
since Jan. % the Democrats hnd hen pro
testing against the approval Of the journal
on the ground that it contained an entry
made by dictntion of the speaker showing the
names of members present and not voting.
Inst Friday u code ot rules was adopted
which gives the speaker that right. Ag,iins,
fhnv ofi r,rn toI ,,lI !,
to do no AZ an unconstitutional practice.
Mr.. Chandler then reported the resolution
for the discussion of the worlds fnir bills on
Thursday and Friday and hallotiug on Mon.
day, unless the house shall have determined
by II vote Tint the worlds inir shall not hc
Tellers were appointed and the result an.
nounced us yeas l IA, maya 8. Mr.. kilgorc
made the point of no quorum. The speaker
declared that 172 members were present.
moro than quorum.
SENATE.
Senator Allen introduced five petitions
signed by several hundred citizens oi WASH,
ington State asking for the enactment Of a
Sunday rest law. They went to the commit.
tee on education and labor.
The senate adopted he report of the con.
ference committee on the bill requiring the
census superintendent to ascertain the
amount of mortgages OH farms, und the
The delegations of Idaho hustlers in Wasl,
ington are particularly happy because Sena.
tor Plntt to-day reported favorably the hlll
admitting That territory upon the constitu
tion framed last summer and adopted last
sall. 81.
The house committee on elections today
took up the cnse ofWaddll versus Wise from
the Third district Of Virginin.
The committee on public buildings and
grounds to-day reported to the senate favor
ably the bill appropriating 100000 for {,
public building ut Grand Forks. N. d.
Mr.. Wade OF Missouri introduced in the
house to-day bill approrriating 81, 300, 900
for government postal telegraph.
The house to-day consumed several hours
In discussing t he Oklahoma territori hill
hut an adjournment was taken without ac.
ton.
Representative Simonds, from tho com.
mittee OH patents, today reported the inter.
national copyright bill formerly reported
from the committee au the judiciary by Mr..
Adams us substitute for the ButterwortlI
bill
SENATE
The Senate passed. q bill for the sale of the
military reservation of Fort Bliss, Texas
and the selection Of II new site.
Mr.. Cullom. from the interstate com
merce committee, reported IL preamble and
resolution, which were agreed to, reciting the
allegation that by reason OF excessive lregh,
rates on the lines Of railroad. the great nee
ton of country lying between the Rocky
Mouutains and the principal food
distribution centers in the East, in unable to
murketits food products md obtain for them
the actual cost of production. and directing
the committee to Investigate such allegation
and to report to the Senate whether sucl
rates are reasonable or unreasonable ant
whether reduction of such rates il prevent
ed or hindered by reason of my provision u
the interstate commerce net, aud whether q
more stringent ell Orccmrnt of that act j,
practicable ind would remedy the evils com
planned OF.
Representative Limbs hill providing til,
terms and place of holding United Statel
courts in the district of Minnesota passed til,
House. 1t divides the state into ak divis
ions. The courts OF the first district ar,
to be held ut Winona on the first Tuesdn,
day in June and December: of iii,
second. ut Mankato, the the third Tuesday
in April and November: of tho third, at ST
Paul, the fourth Tuesday in June and tn,
second Tuesday in january: of the fourth
ut Minneapolis. the first Tuesday in Murcl
and September; of the fifth. Mt Duluth. til,
second Tuesday in May. and October; of tn,
sixth. at Fergus Falls the fourth Tuesday it
March and September.
SENATE.
Mr.. Sawyer introduced i'll the Senate tOdn,
n hill to amend tho law in relation to lot aries
| The law, MS amended. in to provide n fine %
, 800 to 5000 ind impriso0 ment for no
less thnn six months, for the olfense of mail
ing letter to u lottery company or recriv
inga letter addressed to such n company
The act OF mailing to become unlawful from
the place Of mailing to the place Of delivery
and NIL United States courts in the district
| through which it passes or whereit originu tcs
or delivered, are to have jurisdiction.
HOUSE.
| The speaker lnid before the House a lette
from the secretary of the treasury transmit
ting an estimate of deficiency nf SAC, OOt
in the approprnt ion for Indian School trans
po,t alton for the fiscal year ending June 30
1890. Also II letter from the secretary o
war transmitting the report of the chief q
engineers upon the survery ofproperty re
Gently donated to the United States by'th
city of Duluth, Mimi, for the purpose Of i'm
proving the Duluth canal or entry to tn
| harbor.
After some routine business had been dis
posed OF the speaker announced that the con
alteration Of the world y fair bill was there
ular order and recognized Mr.. Chandler Il
Massachusetts, the chairman Of the commit
teeln charge OF the matter. who made Estate
mcnt considering the allotment Of time 70
discussion by the committee. lie said it wa
the purpose OF the committee 10 allow on
| hOur tn div for tlle discussion Of 4 he ppner,,