The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-04
D0INGS OF CONGRESS
What our Nationalt lawmakers
Have Been Doing the
Past Week.

SENATE.
The senate devoted the greater part Of the
DAY to discussing Senator Sherman's anti.
trust bill. Mr.. Sherman explained the uro.
viPions Of the bill. He said the bin did mot
interfere with the lnwfnl business, but dealt
only with such combinations a. we're unauthor.
ised ny law, ancient or modern, aud whose
sole object was to control prices and tstab.
fish monopolics which were Injurious to the
| public aud should be restrained by the courta.
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 rrenfer mart
ofths dny.. Mr.. Cheadle Of indiana made a
long speech IN favor of a service pension.
HE estimated that the total expense Of q
600. 900. and the additional expense should
the bill become o law, for thu next fiscal ven,
would not exceed $41 100000
SENATE.
The sennte took up the calendar and the
first bill reached was ono approDriatinQ
s3O0, 900 for q building at San Diego. Cal
MI sherman thought that from whit hesaw
OF San Diego on q late visit there, this was
rather large appropriation.
Mr.. Blur introduced another oAaeatonal
b,ll, and it was referred to the es4mittee on
education and labor. SENATE, dill. to pr,ymote
the efficiency Of the general land Office lin.
creaslng the salary Of the commissioner to
*o, =. on ana Of the sssistant commissioner
nj the end Of whsch II, was laid inside, without
action.
,, HOUSE.
Inc House today passed tho Senate hill
LOT a public building ut New London, Conn.
win az amendment reducing the limit Oi
cost IRON 900. 900 to SIC, O0O Ilonse hill
increasing from 10000 to $4,000 the
unit 81 cost for the public building ut Hobo
Ken. \: "; House bill authorizing the secre-
tary Of the interior to negotiate for tho pur-
chase OF part of the Crow Indian reservation
N Montana, ind House bill rerenlinr the
the timber culture law.
SENATE
lie bill to reimburse settlers and m,rchn &.
ers on even numbered sect ions Of mn blirlanis
witnln me limits Of corgress' Ionai grants, in
cases OF forfeiture of odd nv m herc,i scrtinns
was adversely reported in me SENATE ~ N'N
Senator Allen INTRODUCE i :. iii nv ontbor.
no the war department GO make surveys nj
several streams in Wa Iiilngton, state with a
H view 70 their impror cement for Navigation.
1 Inc OH names CIR .Ay's river, Deep river,
go 100 n IIsek an Skamawoka creek as the
work. A'e 80 p'se''"s "ee" 'o' s''''
-, vo' Oft to & the house committee
~, iS ~. g, weights and measures author
sii Iu s"' 4rman Conger to report the Window
eme. Till to the house, with n number Of
K "e' Icments. The first of these ia to section
The house committee on public lnnds re-.
ported favorably Mr.. McCurd's billto author.
ize the president to open up what are known
as the water lands" in Minnesota and Wis.
consin, which WINS withdrawn IRON the mar
ket in 1882 for reservoir purposes. They lie
chiefly along the Chippewa, Wisconsin. St.
Croix and Meuominee-about 10000 acres in
Minnesota nml l.4OO in Wisconsin. These
homestead entry.
The Sherman antitrust bill was taken up
in the senate and Mr.. George made II speech
In opposition toit on constitutional grounds.
Tho senate bill ceding public lands to Cal.
ifornia and other states in mid OF irrigation
| OF dry and arid lands wns reported bnck to the
verscly and mas lnueniftefs p liclards adj
Among the bills int reduced and referred in
the SENATE was one by Mr. Faulkner to give n
pension OF g, 900 u year to the widow Of Gen
| Crook.
The Chicago's Worlds Fair Till passed by
a large majority in the house, and Mr. Chan.
ler's amendment postp0ning the Fur unit
1888 was adopted without division.
Tho house committee on invalid pensions
authorized favorable report on the bill pro
| viding for disability pensions md O service
pensions to all soldiers who have reached the
| age of sixty-two years. The committee al
so authorized IL favorable report on bill
to increase pensions in certain cases.
\ SENATE.
A bill was introduced in the senate which
makes II fairly heavy call on the nationa
| treasury to carry out nll agreements that
have been made between the government and
the Sioux Indians In South Dakota. The
bill asks the following amounts
-Four hundred thousand dollars to FUR
chase 10000 cows for the Sioux; $3.50. NUC
for horses. oxen and agricultural mncl,n
cry; 100000 to support schools; $50,
900 to build thirty school houses on the res
ervation: $15O.O00 to pay interest ON In
dian funds held by the United States; 5000.
600 to reimburse the tribes ut Standing RocL
and Cheyenne agencies for ponies taken from
peaceable Indians at the time oil were dis
mounted by Gen. Crook; &187, O39 to pny
the Indinns on the Grow Creek reservation
for lands tuken from them by reason of in
accurate surveys; 100000 for beef and
other rations and $50 600 to purchase landl
for the Santce tribes who are short the reg
| ular allowance
The house committee on agriculture In,
authorized n favorable report, with amend
tive Rutterworth. defining Options ant
futures" and imposing special taxes OF
dealers therein.
The Republican members of the ways ono
means committee are bueily engaged in henr
ing representatives touching the tariff bill
ed.
The house committee on public lnnds fav
orably reported the bill creating O surveyor
generals district of both North aud Soutl
Dakota. This bill has already passed tn,
senate and will no doubt readily be accepted
general to be appointed arc fixed at $4,000
1t is likely That d. H. Sullivan will he reap
pointed in South Dakota, while +. A Will
Jams has been agreed upon for South Dakota
SENATE.
The amendments to the antitrust bill, a
| reported from the committee of the whole
were considered. The first amendment dir
cuseed was the one excepting from the pro
hibitions OF the law the combinations O
workmen and farmers.
The dependent pension bill was considered
Mr.. Plumb's amendment giving q pension q
$12 per month tn all who had served tire
months or more aud who nre suffering from
mental or physical disability which incnpacit
I ates them from the performance of Eaanun
labor Il the incapncity IL total, WIS after sbm
discussion rejected.
The committee ON Indian affairs appoint
ed Senator Pettigrsw subcommittee to ex
anime aud report upon the Sisseton On.
Wahpetop till and also upon the hill resom
by President Harrison to curry on
Rpdents of tts Int Sioux rom
GIs in ths ma TN 81 pe :. mix
reservation