The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Resume of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.

cn,lrus chose OK Representative Valentine OF
Nebraska to succeed W. l.. Cnnndy rs SER
geant-nt-arms Oi the United States senate.
The conference committees Oh pensions
hau meeting, and ngrced upon n bill, which
will probably be reported in n day or two.
lhe result is u concession on the part Of the
~, of tho principal point of difference.
lhe service clnuse in the Morrill, hill which
the house had instructed its committee to
insist upon. it was agreed on, should be
stricken out. Some more concessions were
made on the part of the senate, but in the
main the bill lie the dependent pension bill
reported by Mr.. Davis and pissed by the
senate.
The house committee on Indian affairs
fnvorablr reported the scnatc hill to enuhle
the secretary OF tho interior to carry out tho
agreement with the Sioux Indians for the
cession Of the reservation. The bill an.
proprinting S1.GII.n29 for tho purchases.
Representative Clifford, who makes the report
will, no doubt, have pretty fight on hands
hen the bill comes up for consideration in
the house. as there are plenty o. men who
VIII be found ready to make IL fight against
my pill carry ing an appropriation with it.
The house committee on judicinry considered
ut length the Wilson "nrninnl package" bill
and ii was developed that all the Democrats
and two Republicans were against it, and it
IL probable that The bill would not pass the
|
constitutional way. Should tho bill be re-.
ported by the minority it will bo fought very
hard.
SENATE
The following bills were taken up and pass.
ed by the senate: Senate bill for public
building Mt ltucine, Wis, to cost $3.50 900;
increasing cost of public building ut Duluth
from $50, 900 to S215.O0O.
The senate committee on finance consider.
ell and amended the house silver bill and
will oler it as II substitute TOR the senate
bill
Adverse reports were made from the n.
nance committee on Mr.. Stanforl's bill for
government loans on liens %. real estate and
on the bill to abolish metal money, and the
bills were indefinitely postponed.
HOUSE.
The dependent pension bill rs agreed upon
ny til" conference and reported To he house,
alter providing for the pr,isinning of depend
ent parents, says that all persons who served
three months or more in the military or
naval servic. OF The United States during the
War of the Rebellion and who have been
honorahly discharged thrr.from. and WHO
are now or who may hereafter lie suffering
IRON Il mental or physical disability ola
paramount character, not the result o
their vicious habits, which inrapacitaies
from their performance o. manual labor in
| such degree us to render them unable
he list "f invalid pensioners OF tho United
States to he entitled to receive n pension not
to exceed Zig per month and not less than
ST per month. proportiuned to tlicrinnlity
torlrn support. such pension to continue
during the existence OF surh disa hility. Runk
IN the scrvicr shall not he considered in mp
plcations filed under this net" Provision
Is made for lrnsionlng ut the rate of 81 pcr
month widows %! meu who served ninety
days without proving death the result OF
army service. md likewise granting 81 n
month to encll child under sixteen years OF
age. Ten dollars is fixed MS II limit OF the
ie" to bc charged by agents in preparing
cases under this act.
SENATE.
Senator Davis explained mt length the pen
sion bill MS it WIS agreed upon blythe confer.
ence committee. AS heretofore stated, the
service clause 10 stricken out. Provision is
made Tor graded pensions from So to Sl2 per
month in certain eases, according to the de-
gree OF disability. Another feature is analo.
Eous to the Mexican pension act, giving to
widows S. per month where the death OF the
husband is not the result of casualty, and
$l2 Der month where it is proven that death
is TIL" result of casualty
1t in said that the committee on rules has
decided that as soon us some %: the pressing
Legislation is out of the way they will fix a
day for The consideration OF the Davis 500"
hill This is only n lumor as the senate
managers of the bill have not been informed
that it would be considered.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Henderson of Iowa. from the commit.
tee on appropriations. reported to the house
an urgent deficiency bill nppropriating 81
IOS.O 900 for the payment of pensions and
$j,oI3.OOO Tor expenses OF tho eleventh cen
sus. Passed.
tee on appropriations. reported an urgent
deficiency bill approprinting S3,7os, 900 for
tho payment oi pensions and Sa,OI5,O0O for
the expenses of the til census. Passed
Mr. Hit, Of Illinois, from the committee
on foreign aifnirs reported back o the Lodge
resolution, calling on the secretary of the
| treasury for Information us to the refusal OF
the Cunard Steamship company to give re.
| turn passage to certain immigrants brought
to this country in violation Of the contract
labor lnw Adopted.
SENATE.
The Republican members of the senate
finunce committee have disposed OF oil the
schedules OF the thrift bill with the excep.
ton OF those relating to sugar and tobacco,
nnd they have been delivered to Mr.. Cor.
lisle, representing the minority of the com.
mttcc. 1t is thought the bill will be ready
to report to the senate in a few days.
Senator Moody presented nin,thcr batch
counties: >. d.. favoring speedy action on
the bill designed to counteract the original
package decision.
The Sun,lry civil hill carries appropria-
| tions for salaries und com missions of regis.
tiers and receivers at public land offices of
$55O,OO0. This il precisely the same as
was appropriated for this sumo purpose last
year. Since the last appropriation was
passed sixteen land offices have been created,
OF which two are in Washington, two in NJ on.
tana and two in South Dakota. The fact
that no additional appropriation was nude
to provide for these has caused considerable
tnik ut the department of the interior
W hlls the irrigation clause of the sundry
civil appropriation hill was under consider
ntion in the house, Carter of Montana made
II short talk. Ho claimed that the survey of
this country, whether il resulted in irriga-
tion by the government ornot. was npcessary
and fully as important as the const and
! geological surveys. The lands were now
I withdrawn from market and could not be
| taken except where the government had
ma de surveys and located reservoir sites and
| determined that sites could not be profit ably
locnted in cert ain sections. Mr. Carter says
| that the work %: survey in the arid region,
ascert aiming the height OF mountains, the
water supply and geological condition OF the
land, is IL benefit to the country
SENATE.
After some nnlmportant morning business
the senate proceeded to the consideruting OF
bills on the calendar.
The house bill granting the right way TO
the Duluth l. Manitoba Railway company
across the IT. Pemhna reservation in North
Dakota. was passed and also the senate bill
to credit Major Whum. army pay master,
| with S2S395 government funds of which he
WINS robbed in Arizonn III May, 1889. After
the pnsaage o: :I5 private pension bills the
| senate went into executive session.
HOUSE.
The speaker announced the appointment
of Mr.. L. G. Taylor, OF Ohio, Mr. Stewart
Vt.) and Mr.. Bland. of Mo, as conierees on
the antitrust bill. Mr.. Bland said that, az
the house had instructed its conierees to re-
cede from the amendment there was no fur.
ther interest in the matter and he nsked to
be excused from serving on the committee
SENATE.
Mr.. Blair introduced Joint resolution re-
9ucstiiig the president to invite I'm internn-
tionnl conference to meet in Washington
with u view 10 the formation of an internn
tionai alliance for the suppression of slavery
und the slave trade ol the traffic intox.
cutting liquors. firearms and destructive sub.
stances with uncivilzed people, and to pro
mote the esta blishment of schools of com.
mon knowledge, art and industry among
them; also to secure the disarmament of ma
tions and the organization of international
courts
The deficiency appropriation bill for pen
sions and the census was passed by the sen