The Bottineau pioneer., 1890-08-16
CONGRE AL.
A Resume of the Proceedin
Of Congress During the
Past Week.
senate.


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senate, q
If the senate will take up and pass the r. yer
and harbor bill it seems quite likely that the
the 500 will not only 60 through the senate,
but will find little opposition ~ the nouse'
the speaker having been brought to realiz-
ing sense of the magnitude OF the improv.
ment. The tariff bill now has the right ol
way over the river and harbor bill, but 1t
will be laid aside in order to give this meas
ure of national Importance hearing.
Senator Allen has secured an amendment
to the sundry civil bill now in conference re-
lating to land surveys. It allows the 5000,
600 to be expended for surveys OF public
lands which may not be wholly agricultural,
and which will allow the survey OF lands not
settled upon In the new states to be selected
for the grants made in the enabling acts.
& house
Ths house adopted the conference report
--12O to 93-on the original package bill.
The report leaves the bill just as it passed
the senate, and makes its provisions appii-
cable to liquors only.
The conferrees on TIE sundry civil apprs'.
priation bill have agreed on every item oi
difference except the irrigation appropria-
tion. Another coference will be necessary on
this point The conference committee re.
duced the amount Of the bill $3, 706, 900, and
it now carries appropriations ot $2S,'
Again the river and harbor bill is post
poned by action of Republican senators in
order that debate may continue on the tarih
bill and that quorum may be kept in both
houses, 1t is fact that nearly every man
In congress has some little item in the river
and harbor bill and they will not remain
away from Washington when it is still pend
ing. ' a ..f-.
Vandever OF California introduced t.. to
provide for the irrigation of arid lands, the
use of reserve sites and the protection of the
forest of the public lands, and for other pur-
poses. The bill is the same rs oneintroduced
in the senate a few weeks ago.
The house decided to give George Matthews,
who was elected nearly two years ago dele
gate from Dakota, payment in full for tw o
years term. The amount which he was leg
islated out of when the territory was devided
and admitted as state was $6,679.9O, and
that amount was allowed to-day after two
hours of vigorous debating.
SENATE.
The concurrent resolution heretofore offer.
ed by Mr. Plumb expressing the desire OF con-
gress for the removal of the remains OF Gen.
Grant to interment in the Arlington nation
al cemetery and requesting the president to
convey to the widow OF that eminent man
such desire, rendering to her, on behalf Of the
nation. oil necessary facilities forsuch remov-
al and interment, was agreed to by the SEN
ate. IS g
About the only new point that came out
during the hour or more of debate on irriga-
lsnI A.
statement made by Senator Mitchell show.
ing the Importance to the Western states OF
repeating the law of 1883 with reference to
segregations of alleged arid lands Senator
Mitchell showed there are in South Dakota
5000 entries by bona fida settlers, involving
900, 900 acres of land which cannot be per-
.ected under the recent decision of the at.
torney general. The same number in North
Dakota. 100 90 tries in Montana, involv-
ing 700, 900 acres; $4,000 entries in Wash
ington, involving l, 800, 900, and s,944 en-
tries at four land Offices OF Oregon, involving
66S, TIC acres.
6 The conference committee on the sundry
civil bill struck out the appropriation OF
$75, ZOO to pay the salaries Of registers and
receivers in the land Offices which have been
created at this session of congress Two
were, in Washington State, two in Montana
eshN o"O III A1ouNu DohOud u0 uluCuiUy
can be remedied by an appropriation in the
deficiency bill.
The house finished consideration of the
general deficiency bill, and passed it.
40 SENATE.
Senator Vest announced that the Demo.
Gratis proposed to debate every paragraph
in the tariff bill as long as they had any.
thing to say, and Senator Edmunds pro-
posed to limit debate to five minutes for
each speaker by suspending the rules; but
as he did not care to take any technical ad-
vantage of Senator Morgan, who was talk
ing, he allowed the matter to 90 over.
There is'a prospect for lively times in the
senate, as any proposition to shut off de.
bate will be resisted with all the force at the
command of the Democrats. 1t is not known
how all the Republicans will vote on the
mish to bring the party into line solidly for
the proposed change.
The senate committee on postofices and
post roads ordered the antilottery mail
bill be reported to the senate witha q recon.
mendation that it pass. The vote was prac
tically unanimous.
Representative Comstock called upon the
senate members OF the conferences COMMITTEES
on Indian affairs and argued in favor Of the
amendment which appropriates about
$3.50 ,O00 for tho Chippswas in Minnesota.
The senate members are Dawes, Jones ol
Arkansas and Plumb, and they are said to
be in favor of the APPROPRIATION. The honse
mem bers--M Messrs. Perkins, Clifford and Peel
--are not committed, but two, at least. are
known TO be favorable to carving out the
agreements to the letter, and of appropriate
ing the necessary money this year.
Representative Frank of Missouri intro.
duced q bill limiting to fifteen the mum ber of
lady managers who may be appointed by
the worlds fair com ission. He states that
more than one hundred ladies have been an
pointed. = I. I
~ - SENATE.
The senate discussed the tariff bill.
The senate in secret session confirmed the
nominations of John Tully and George Steele.
agents for the Indians at Tongue River
Agency and Blackfeet Agency, Mont, res
spectively IA
Senator Blair, in behalf OF the majority
members OF tho woman suffrage COMMITTEES.
reported tavorably . proposed constitution.
81 amendmsnt TO give woman the right 81
suffrage. Ri
The pressure brought TO bear ON members
OF congress may result In action being taken
10 regard to the anti-lottery bill now ii both
houses. Action in the house depends largely
upon Speaker Reed, al in fact does all othel
legislation. 4 #
Why the Trains Wait.
It has pro badly puzzled many q
traveller, who, fitting impatientlv IN