The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1890-03-15
NGRESSIONA
A Resume Of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.
SENATE.

8ENATE. & a@F3
The senate In secret session debated at
behalf Of the special committee appointed
70 investigate executive session leakages,
calling for the aarrsst and imprisonment Of
A. J. Halford OF the Associated Press and
George 9. Balm OF the United States Press,
Tor contempt in refusing to divulge the
which they have sent out from time to time.
The senate committee on, territories has
agreed TO report favorably Senator Petit
Crews bill for o commission to establish the
.oundarie OF South Dakota, and will up
pr%opriate ZIG, 900 for the work. 1t contem-
plates carrying the seventh standard paral-
lei through the Sisseton reservation on the
the Same line as west OF The reservation also
TO carry the lire across the north end of the
sioux reservation where no surveys have
been made.
Consideration OF the Featherstone-Cate
Arkansas contested election case was resum-
ed soon after the House met and Mr..
Dalzell, Of Pennsylvania, too the foor in
support of the claims OF the contestant.
Winchester rifles, and bowie knives, he said,
had played an important part in this con-
gressional election. He charged intimida-
ZION and iraud; Pending the debate. the
ENATE
Mr.. ~Stockbridge presented petitions said to
have 3OS, 600 signatures of adult citizens of
the United States against the passage Of the
Sunday rest bill. 49,
The Senate passed q bill appropriating
Ind.
Blair's educational bill was then discussed.
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The contested election rose ofFeatherstone
W. Cate from Arkansas, was taken Up, and
the contestee, Mr.. Cate: took the floor in his
own behalf He said it was the duty of the
members not to elect a representative from
the First district of Arkansas, but laying
aside all prejudice and party feeling, deter
mine whom the people OF that district had
chosen to represent. He asked only justice
for $4,000 freemen. -
Mr.. Houk, OF Tennessee, made q strong pre-
sentation OF the claims Of the contestant. He
argued that the Arkansas bnlldozing CON-
munity" had entered into q conspiracy to
prevent the return Of Mr.. Fcatherstone to
congress. He appealed for q fair chance for
the colored people of the South, and said:
Let no man occupy a-seat upon this floor
rifle clubs and fraudulent ballot boxes"
Mr. Springer moved to recommit the case,
with instructions TO send a subcommittee to
to investigate tho election in the
disputed district.
Mr.. Boutelle, of Maine, suggested the pro-
priety Of o provision that the subcommittee
be permitted to return to Washington alive.
Mr. Springer's motion was defeated 1873 to
to lac. tieatherstons was then seated by a
vote of 145 to135 and the, oath of Office was
administered to him.
SENATE. .
Another day has passed without the senate
Nnvfnfnn IA a Hoosos4n+ ~H - -L-Au ~l-1 -
done With the newspaper correspondents who
refused to tell Mr.. Dolph's special committee
how they get news 1fproceedings in OK ,cutive
session. Only forty minutes were given to
the consideration OF business of the body and
then, on motion Of Senator Dolph, the con.
sideration of the resolutions reported from
his committee, was resumed with closed
doors.
The senate committee on military affairs
has made o favorite report on the bill to
transfer the weather bureau to the agricul-
tural department..
Senator Washburn presented q petition
from citizens OF Pipestone asking that the
Q park and made the site of an industrial
school for Indians. ."@
Mr.. Lind from the committee on commerce.
reported favorably the Comstock bill for
9 bridge across the Red River Of the North
for the Crookston, Grand Forks & Montana
railroad.
Petitions were presented by the Woman's
Industrial league for representation on the
worlds fair commission. and from railway
mail service employees asking for increase of
salary.
The senate bill establishing a customs col
lection district consisting ofNorth and South
Dakota was favorably reported.
PIX To- -"NEn ~s
SENATE.
The Senate committee on privileges and
elections decided, by q strict party vote, to
report in favor of seating Messrs. Saunders
and Powers, the republican contestants for
the Montana seats in the United States sen.
ate. eEe ~-
: The majority report win state that the
was canvassed by the only official board of
under the territorial law, and
that it was the House recognized by the Sen.
ate. Of whose legitimacy there was no ques-
ton. The committee cannot go behind these
facts. The minority, it 10 said, will report in
favor Of referring the whole matter back to
the people and holding q new election.
HOUSE.
The House today consumed the morning
hour discussing the bill providing for
the compulsory attendance Of witness
before ~resisters and receivers OF land, Of
aces which Was passed.
The House, then, in committeeof the whole.
Mr.. Pays0n, Of Illinois, in the chair, resumed
the consideration Of public building meas
ures.
In the senate o number of public building
bills were passed, and the educational bill
was further, discussed without action.
Directly after the morning business the cal
was taken up and q bill incorporates
local street. railway company was debated
at some length without action.
Senator Pierce introduced n bill to author
ire North Dakota to transfer Il the state
agricultural college section SO, township 146,
range 40, in Cass county, as q site for the in.
stitution.
HOUSE.
The resolution declaring Mr.. Clark OF Ala.
several measures on the private calendar
were disposed Of.
When the report Of the Threet-Clark con-
tested case had been agreed to, the House
parsed the senate bill increasing from $3.50
600 to $1,000 8O the limit ot cost OF tho
house public building at FL Paso, Tex.
Senate bill referring to the court Of claims
the claim Of W. e. Woodbridge for the use Of
was defeated, III to 1913. The house then
into the committee OF the whole on the
calendar.
Resolutions were agrosdsto instructing the
ON rules to report o rule defining
The extent to which senators shall he at liber.
" to revise their remarks for publiciltion III
The Record: calling on the secretary OF the
interior for q statement as to the causes o
patents for lands within the |
~ fha nni0n pnniAr land mran ~. onN ca,