The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-30
WORK OF CONGRESS.
aEsuan OF PRosEEDINos or Tup
SENATE AND HOUSE.
cssAenseA Recsra sf the Important
Tfansaetlens sf 0ar National Law.
aakeRs-The WOPk D0As aa Beth
branches.

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AskeRs-The Work DeAe In Beth
branches.
Warrington, March 10-Thc house to-
day resumed consideration of the SUM-
dry civil bill. When this is disposed of,
which will probably be done tonight, the
house will .ake up the four contested
election cases which are pending - the
O'Neil-Joy csse from the Tenth Mis-.
souri, district; the Williams-Settle case,
from the Fifth North Carolina; tho
Engltsh.Htlb0rn case, from tho Third
California, and the Whatley.C Cobb case
flom the Fifth Alabama. The O'Neil.
Joy end English-H Hilborn cases, which
were both decided against the sitting
members Nepuhlicans) by strict party
vote In the committee on elections, are
the most important and will require the
major portion Of the time.
The senate devoted itself to routine bus.
mess of no general interest. 1t is prob
able that the Notifications appropria-
tion bill will be reported from the CONF
mittee. and If 1t should he, it will prob
ably be taken up fer discussion and put
upon its passage. For the rest, there
will be an effort to dispose of the gov
crnrent printing site, the Russian thistle
appropriation and the McGarrahan hill,
nnd of large number Of special bills
en- the calendar.
Washington, March o1.-The sunlry
civil appropriation bill was passed by the
house without division. The amendments
office. amending the provision of the act
of OH linz tn, tir,lNnv f,ultnra unI
pre-cmption 6et, which was adopted in
Holman, and which was bitterly opposed
by the Western members, was defeated
In the house. The clauses which sought
to require an accounting by the disburs-
ing officers of soldiers homes to the treas
ury department, and annual reports by
the boards to the secretary of war. fell
under Mr.. Blacks point Of order. The
hill as passed carries $217,OOO more than
appropriations.
launched on It's way in the senate, MIR.
Voorhees,, the chairman of the finance
committee, reporting it to the senate,
Washington, March 22-The critical
condition Of Senator Colquitt Of Georgia
was the inspiration of the prayer of the
senate chaplain this morning. The vice
president being absent Mr.. Harris, the
president pro tem., occupied the chair
this morning and the senate promptly
settled down to routine business md a
number of bills were taken from the
calendar and passed. Among the bills
passed was one granting right of way to
the jamestown Il Northern Hallway
/ through the Devils Lake Indian rescrva-
tion in North Dakota. At = o'clock the
scnte took up the unfinished business
Which was the bill to simplify the work
of deeds of conveyance and trust and
releases of land In the District of Colum-
bia, and after further debating it for an
hour without result, went into executive
session, and ut $3.50 adjourned until to-
morrow.
Washington, March %. - The house
spent the entire day in filibustering over
the O'Neil-Joy contested election case
from the st. Louis district. The report
of the committee is in favor of unseating
Mr.. Joy (Rep.), and the Republicans are
determined that this shall not be &C.
complished unless the Democrats produce
their own quorum. For five hours to-
day they filibustered and kept the house
dead-locked. The highest number of Dem
ocratic votes cast during the day was
1G0.
Tbs bill for the purchase Of site for
new government printing office con-
sumed nearly the whole morning hour,
and much to the surprise Of everybody
an amendment providing for the purchase
of what is known as the "Mahonc site"
was passed. Notice for motion to re-
CT tnsider the vote was given, however,
and ut some future time the subject will
be reopened. The~ McGarraghan bill,
which was to have been taken up to-
day, went over until Monday, and the
bill for the determination Of the Russian
thistlc shared like fate.
Washington, March 24.---In the house
the Democrats were again without
quorum, and the attempt to consider the
O'Neil-Joy contested election case was
abandoned until next week. The unani-
nous report Of the elections committee
in the Wheatley- Cobb case confirming
the title of tho sitting member to his
seat was adopted and the military acad
emy appropriation bill was passed prac-
tically without debate. The military
academy bill carries 800. .43S, reluc-
tion of $4,000, compared with the
amount appropriated for the current
fiscal year; .or,,,xc IN s.x
Archbishop Ireland Refuses to Con-
firm or Deny the Succession to
Rishop Zardetti.
st. Paul, March 24.---A telegram from
Milwaukee announces that it has been
learned ON good authority that Arch
bishop Ireland has moved in the matter
of successor to the bishopric of st.
Cloud which was rendered vacant by
the elevation of DIR. Zardetti to the dig
nifty of archbishop of Roumania. Ii is
said that Archbishop Ireland has for
warded to Mgr. Satolli the name of his
choice for the position, and that the man
to be appointed (bishop of st. Cloud) ia
Rev. Fr. Trobec, German priest of this
diocese. Rev. Fr. Bauer, vicar general
to Bishop Zardetti, has been spoken of
for the vacancy. Bishop Zardetti, nc
cording to a st. Cloud dispatch, has re-
ceived information from Rome confirming
his appointment as archbishop of Buchar-
est. Archbishop Ireland was seen by a
reporter to-day and positively declined to
say word either in denial or confirma.
tion.
Miss kern's Hotel.
Willmar, MiEn., March 24.---The Mer-
chants hotel at this place has recently
changed hands. Miss X. G. Kern now be-
ing the proprietoress. Miss Kern has