The Wahpeton times., 1890-02-13

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ssnators Needy and Casey, q H. issiga
ton committee. sxpset n . ~ days 6 e
| through With tn alIaisU a IL eeoloG3oo
survey. who have bssn tstkiag i1lgation q
tAe0 1eI the past tA1eo weeks, and looeh ~
btu Tor North aad 1outA Dakota hrieatios
1y system OF aetsstaa wslls. 1f. 1oody
vidias for liberal appropriations for survey
iag eAd osqtnaiare sysesa Of irrigation Il
the semtafad land bsits.
HOUSE,.
The Democrats IN the house reached The
limit os a!bustsring and abuse ofths speaker
Toy nede The usual attsmpts 70 prevent
ease. But they only succeeded in consuming
about IN hour and Q hak Of time, whom they
we're again checked. No mors spithsts wsre
hurled at the speaker and only . fsW of the
hot. .bloods tried to make disturbance.
The house committee on territories finished
eonsideration Of the bill organizing the terri.
eistiug Of Messrs. struble, Springer ana Per.
kins: was appointed to draw up report on
the flll committee Monday The committee.
also determined to incorporate in the bill
aprovision making the laws ofNebraska ap-
piicable TO the new territory. Authority was
However given to the sub. b.committse to aub.
stitute the laws Of soms other state in the
place OF those Of Nebraska in the event Of it's
nndtnE that there were provisions In those
laws which were not compatible with the in.
terests Of the new territory.
SENATE.
Immediately after the reading Of the iour.
nal Mr Cameron announced the recent af.
niction In The families Of two members Of the
NAhinAf
was agreed to unaninously.
The hight IN the house began anew. When
the clerk had finished reading the journal
Mr.. Mckinley moved that tho journal b. ap.
Several Democratic started to speak. and
ment that i there was TO be any debate hs
would demand the prsvious question. There
seemed to b some difference Of opinion
among the Democrats about pressing this
point. AID nnally the yeas and nays were or
dsred on the previous question, and resulted
yeas 154, nays 0. Mr.. Reed countsd dossn
democratic present and not voting, and dc.
claFed the previous question ordered. The
journa! was approved by vote Of 15S to
none, the speaker declaring Quorum pres
snt. The Smtth'J Jackson election case was
then resumed.
The question then recurred on ordering the
previous question on the adoption Of the re-
port Of the committee on elections, and It was
ordered. Yeas 166. nsys o. This is the Hrst
time since the meeting Of congress that the
Republicans have had quorum voting, and
the result was received with applause. Four
roll calls were required before the vote came
finally on seating Smith. the contestant, but
at the end he was declared entitled to the
seat hy vote Of yeas Ice, nays o, amid Re.
publican applause.
Among bills introduced and referred va,
one BY Mr.. Wolcott for tbs admission Of the
state OF New Mexico, and one hy Mr.. Plumb
for the protection of the American bison.
Mr.. ingalls, presented . petition asking an
appropriation Of 800 per capita for emf.
grante to Liberia. Referred
Mr.. Plumb offered resolution (w..::ch was
agreed TOY calling on the secretary of war to
furnish copies Of the various reports of milit.
ary omcers in relation to affairs at Guthrie
and Oklahoma City, l, T.. since the opening
and settlement Of the territory.
HOUSE.
The delay in reporting a new code OF rules
10 not, It 10 thought, merely for the purpose
OF d.posing Of the election cases in the House,
IN q sdv.nes - Of action Of new rules. but is due
rather to the fact that the Repnbliea mem.
bars OF the committee and republicans Of the
House generally do not agree on one impor.
tant potnt-the manner OF the announcement
Of . visabas quorum.
Some Republicans, who believe that q
quorum in attendance is constitutional
quorum, also believe that the code should
enbody a ruis giving the spsaisrs | ssthorits i
to announce that q quorum is present. when
. majority Of the members are present,
whether they al vote or not
Speaker Reed. it 10 understood. holds that
he has, under the constitution, the authority
20 do this and that NO rule authorizing it
10 needed In the new code.
o ssHArE.
Senator stockbridgs introduced a bill in
the senate appropriating $50. 900 for max.
Ing . survey for ship canal from Lake Su-
psrtor to Lake Michigan. II provides for the
north to Lake Superior. This 10 prsliminary
TO cutting canal from one lake to the other
should the plan prove feasible after an inves.
tigetson BY the government Engineers. Tho
dtstancs 10 about forty miles, and the country
10 low and Fat.
Action wss taken which the representatives
from Idaho aud Wyoming soy u a. good az
2 pro%is. % On the part OF the majority party
ries as states will receive their votes.
Republican house caucus was held to con.
slider the new code Of rules, which was COM
pleted BY tho committee on rules Each mem.
Der present was furnished, in confidence COPY
OF the new code. Mr.. Mckinley then took the
floor and proceeded to explain in detail the
scope and purpose OF each Of the rules. The
reading Of the new code consumed a great
deal of time
SENATE.
There was not much legislation in the Sen.
ate or House of interest to the Northwest
Senator Davis introduced large lot of pri.
vate pension bills and petition asking for
law prohibiting gambling in farm pro-
ducts. Senator Casey introduced an i'm.
mense petition from the citizens of North
Dakota asking an appropriat ton for develop.
ing irrigation from any and every available
source in that state.
Senator Washburn. from the committee on
commerce, reported adversely the bill for
high bridge across the Detroit river at De-
troit. The committee were unanimous in
we're at first inclined to approve it. Tho
feeling in the committee is that no bridges
shall be built that will in the least impede
navigation until it has been demonstrated
that tunneling the river 10 impracticable.
HOUSE.
In the House, Mr.. Hall introduced q bill to
authorize the Duluth, Red Wing 4 Southern
Railroad Company to build bridge across
the Mississippi river near Rcd Wing. My.
Combstock introduced bill asking an sp-
preparation Of 4l0. 900 for surveying the Red
River Of the North abovs Fergus Fails with
. yiev to ascsrtainiug the cost Of building
h the lakes.
Business 10 Business.
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