New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1890-02-19
CON RE-.
A Resume of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.

Past Week.
The senate comHittee on Pacific railroads
continued consideration OF the Preific rail-
road iunding bill. The committee will meet
again on Fridannext, when it wsss UNDER
stood the bill VEili be com leted.
In the House the speaker announced that
the journal clrsk had been busy preparing the
new code of rules and that the journal was
not ready. The usual contest over, the ap-
proval OF OF thazi ournal, therefore,, did not
take place. After the passage ofseveral bills,
the bill appropriating $4,000 TO erect a
statue to Maj Gen. Henry Knot, at Thorn
aston, Me-, was reported and debated at
ground that the Tilted States should not
erect statues except in the District of Column
bia Pending action on the bill the House
adjourned
SENATE.
The Senate committee on territories order.
ed favorable report on the bi!T for admis-
sion of IdaL9 into the union .Bhe bill is re-
ported substantially as introduced. ia
yorable report was ordered also. o1 the bill ap.
proving, wish amendments. tbs funding act
of Arizona.
Among the bills introduced were these:
BY Mr.. Platt-To prohibit the manufacture
and sale ct Intoxicating liquor in the District
OF Colum hia. By Mr. Wilson. of Iowa-Pro-
vlding thatin. cases before thacourt of claims,
involving a sum less than $4,000, where the
decision Nall affect class Of eases or serve as
suprems.court wlthoutregaTd to the amount
involves also bill appropriating 500, GOO
Tor Fahlic building at Maseatine, Iowa.
HOUSE,.
The. House committee. on Indian affairs
heard, arguments on the, Senate resolution,
Proya1lng for the removal OF the Apache Ias
dian. prisoners of war from Mt. Vernon Ban
racas.to Fort Sill reserMation in the Indiaa
tezlitory.
Senator Allen reported favcrably his bills
fSP two additional land districts in Washing
aon from the commisttee on public lands.
Senator Squire introduced q bill providing
for federal survey of the proposed Lake
Washington and ahe Puget Sound ship.aanal
HOUSE.
Mr.. Wickhnus Of Ohio introduced in the
house for reference bill providing that the
representatives elected to the tiftv-second
congress shall be returned from the same dis.
trlcts as similar representatives elected to
the fifty-tirsi congress.
The senate committee on territories has di-
rected Chairman Platt to iavorably report
the bill for the admission of Idaho as a state.
and 1T Will be reported to ths senate on We'd
nesdny.
SENATE.
When the senate committee went into ex.
ecutive session Immediately after the routine
business the nomination of Indian Commits
sioner Morgan was again taken up for con-
slderatlOn. Senator Spooner made a long
and strong argument in favor of
confirmation. He answered seriatim the
charges rejecting upon Gen. Morgan's milit-
airy record and respecting his discrim-
nation against Catholics in the man apement
of Indian schools and the lei ting ofcontracts.
He refuted all these charges in detail, and
extoled the public and private character Of
the nominee. Senator Spooner was followed
by Mr.. Dawes, chairman of the committee on
Indian affairs. His argument was in much
the same direction and was strong in favor
OF confirmation. Gen. Morgan's nomination
was confirmed by avote of2S ayes to 16noes.
HOUSE.
In the house the debate on the code of
rules was continued. Messrs Dockery of
Of Missouri Morse of Massachusetts, Allen of
Michigan, Chapman OF Michigan and Hender.
son ofIowa defended the proposed rules, while
Messrs. McCreary OF Kentucky, Cummings
OF New York and Buckalew Of Pennsylva-
MIA spoke against them. Referring to the
election cases Mr.. Henderson said that if
there member on the floor entitled to
his seat the Republicans would stand up and
defend his rights, but if there was on the
floor one who held his seat by black
hearted fraud or red handed murder, they
would unseat him il they had the power,
SENATE.
In the Senate this morning number OF
bills were reported from committees md
placed on the calendar.
Among them one for the est a hliebnoon+ 49,;
maintenance of Indian Industrial schools in
Michigan and South Dakota.
Tbs bill appropriating $500 900 for a pub.
lie building at Portland, Ore. was passed
Consideration of the bill to provide a TEN.
porary government for Oklahoma was then
resumed, the pending question being Mr..
Plumb's amendment to include NO Mans
Land within the territory. The bill was
passed
The Senate joint resolution congratulatins
the people of the United States of Brazil on
the adoption of a Republican form ofgovern-
men 1T was passed unanimously
Consideration of the code of rules was then
proceeded with. An amendment was adopt-
ed requiring the titles of committee reports
to be entered on the journal
Mr.. Crisp offered an amendmet providing
that the speaker shall not in any case refuse
to entertain an appeal from his decision,
which. after some discussion, twas lost-yeas
Ia nays No. Pending further action the
House took recess.
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