Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1892-04-28
CONGRESSIONAL.
Doings of the National Senate and Bouse
OF Representatives upon Ma.
ti0nal Affairs.
A Brief Summary Of All Important
Measures Particularly Effecting
the Northwest.
All News Under this Heading is Shorn
Of all Political or Party Refer.
ence or Bearing.

In the senate on the 21st inst, Senator
Power submitted report, which was agreed
to, auth. rizing the secretary of the interior
to furnish the senate with detailed state
ment OF all moneys received by the general
land office and the cost OF survey and sale
| OF same; and for all new mineral lands
sold from the public domain during the
last ten fiscal years up to and ending June
~, 1891, within the area of the states of
! California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana
Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Da
kota, Washington, Wyoming, and the terri.
tories OF Arizona. New MEXICO, Okla
bona and Utah. The Information
to be arranged by fiscal years under re.
ceipts and expenditures by states and
territories and by land districts within the
same Senator Hansbrough reported
with amendment joint resolution rel.
alive to the erection OF pcnitentiary in
North Dakota. The amendment is in the
nature OF II substitute and provides that
the unexpended balance OF the appropria
ton OF 100000 shall be used in the erec.
ton OF a branch insane asylum on the site
OF the proposed penitcntiary. The reason
Tor this is because North Dakota already
has one penitentiary of sufficient size.
In the house Congressman Henderson.
OF Iowa, presented a petition of Raymond
Park lodge, Brotherhood OF Railroad
Ai"'hHen vi NOrtn DlROla, urging the
passage OF the bill for the protection OF
railway employees.
In the senate on the 22d inst, the army
appropriation bill was reported and placed
on the calendar, Mr.. Stewart giving notice
| that he would call it up Monday next, pro.
vided it did not interfere with the Chinese
bill. The urgency deficiency bill was then
taken up. and the following amendments
were agreed to: Appropriating 1920 to
q staf 10 n 60
penses in it's constitutional convention;
appropriating 100000 for continuing the
work OF the eleventh censue. The bill IA
amended, was then passed, and tho calen.
dar was taken up. A communication was
laid before the senate by President Pro
lem Manderson, from the secretary OF the
interior, recommending the granting of med.
ais and pensions to Indian police who SUP.
Dressed the recent ghost dance uprising
The communication closed with this curl.
! GUS sentence: 1.-The killing of Sitting Bull
was neither demanded nor directed by the
department or under its direction. John
w. Noble, Secretary Referred to the
committee on Indian affairs.
On motion OF Mr.. Villas and without Il
to pension bill increasing the pension OF
all aged and destitute soldiers OF the Mexi.
can war from IS to $l2 per month.
The Chinese exclusion bill was then tax.
en- up, and Mr.. Chandler proceeded to pre-
sent testimony as to the continuous intro
ductlon OF Chinese from Canada and Brit
ish Columbia, in order to show the
prevent the influx OF Chinese over the land
border. He favored the seventh section OF
the bill providing the penalty Of imprison-
mcnt in penitentinry for Cinnamon 80 in
troduced. Mr.. Davis, member of the
committee on foreign relations, looked up.
on the house bill as a rank, radical, un.
blushing, unmitigated reputation OF every
treaty obligation remaining between the
United States and China. He said that the
Chinese government was not anxious for
it's people to come to the United States.
But how was it, he asked, with the govern.
ment OF the Western hemisphere? There
was more matter for profound considera.
ton, he thought, in the attempts Of Mr..
| Cahensly, who had submitted to the pope
last year u proposition intended to demon
nlize American institutions, and to sup
plant them by the institutions of as many
nationalities us were to be found in Amer
lea, than there was in all the Chinese ques-
tions that had nrizen since 1858.
The house occupied nearly the entire
day in the consideration OF the contested
election case OF Noyes Va. Rockwell and at
the conclusion of the debate Mr.. Rockwell
was declared entitled to retain his seat.
In the senate on the 23d inst, after the
routine morning business, Mr.. Teller offer
ed II resolution requesting the President to
inform the senate what steps, if any, have
! been taken towards the securing OF an in
ternntional conference to consider the
question OF the free coinage OF silver ut the
mints OF the nations participating in such
conference or as to the enlarged use OF
silver IN the currency OF such countries;
nl-o to transmit copies OF all correspond
| ence between the United States and govern
! rnents expected to participate in the pro-
ceedings Of such international conference.
| MIR. Sherman suggested the insertion OF the
words iii not Incompatible with the
public interests" and MIR. Teller agreed to
the suggestion, although he did not know,
| he said, how such publication could hurt
| the public interests. The resolution as 80
modified was agreed to.
In the house Col. Graves, OF Duluth, was
on the floor OF the house and discussed
! with Castle certain points he had to make
| against the Washburn. Hatch measure. To
correspondent he said the bill was amend
ed ut the request OF the Minnesota grain
dealers who were in Washington month
or two ago and was less objectionable than
| when first drafted, but the grain men OF
Duluth he said would rather have
| no law OF this kind adopted.
They feared the passage OF an
anticipation bill would greatly disturb the
Ouoiucse IuCeEeoCo VI VIC oHGIto country.
Col. Graves says he came to Washington
| for his health, hut Indications strongly
| point to the fact that he is there to fight
the anti-option bill. The lobby against
this measure is being augmented daily, and
there is u likelihood Of a warm fight in both
| houses over it. Opposition to the passage
of the anti.option and Paddock pure food
bills appears to be taxing new shape. Con.
gresham Castle and other Northwestern
representatives have received q food OF
kilograms from various setions OF the
Northwest, requesting them to vote against
bnth bills.
Thoroughbred cowboys are unquestion.
ably the best riders in the West. but
young farmer named Will Snow, living in