Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-07-19
WORK OF CONGRESS
9EsUAIE OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Record OF the Important
Transactf0ns OF Our National Law
@akers-The work Done I'm Both
0ranches.

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action of some business of minor i'm
o.rtance the senate took up the navy APP
Dr6priation bill. Mr.. ALICE offered an
amendment, which wss agreed to, pro-
viding that all appointees as naval cadets
ehall have been actual residents of the
district from which they are appointed
Cor Mt least two years prior to their APP
sentiment. The bill as amended was
passed. The senate passed a house bill
- amend the avs relative to mining
saims. 1t provides for the temporary
lusItnsion of the requirement that a GER
ain sum of money shall be expended each
Oar on mining claims until a patent shall
yIre been granted.
SWsshington, July 1.-THE bill for the
omission Of Utah has passed the senate
Tithout a division. Senator PETER re-
Aged to permit the sidetracking of his
anibus Populistic resolution for the
m,st0fice appropriation bill in the senate
lay. The Kansas senator spoke on
Ex resolution at considerable length. ie-
!, ing the wrongs which he alleged had
Aafn committed agains. labor by the Pull
n company. Senator Davis of Min
Twota replied to Mr.. PETER, and made
Rigorous speech against all forms of
SiHlessress, and the attempts the strik-
are making to prevent the movement
trains. The senators gathered about
en- and listened with great attention.
Afrhs house to-day passed the bill open
rG the Uncompahgre and Uintah Indian
observations in Utah, alloting lands in
spyeralty to the Indians and restoring
nabout 100000 acres to the public do
rain. Most Of the day was devoted to
Rebate on a bill extending the act of
1890 declaring lands grated to railroads
not tben constructed forfeited to the gov
trnment so as to forfeit the lands TO
railways whose roads were not COM
pleted within the time specified in the
zSnd grants. 1t excluded from the opera
zion of the act, however, lands acquired
IN good faith by purchase from railways
confirming such titles. The bill involved
about 54.0O0,O00 acres. 1t was not die
posed of.
Washington, July by virtue OF
the adoption of a special order the house
was enabled to reach a vote on the Nc
Rae land grant forfeiture bill yester-
day afternoon, and it was passed. The
Gill amends the act of Sept. 20, 1890,
which, in substance, declared the for
~seiture to the United States of ands
heretofore granted to states and corpo-
rations to aid in the construction OF
railways to the extent only of lands
opposite to, and conterminous with the
portions CT such railways as were not
completed and operated at that time.
The bill passed yesterday extends the
forfeiture to the portions of the several
railways to aid in the construction OF
which the grants were made, which were
euncompleted when the time expired with
tn which the roads were respectively re-
.auired to be completed by the several
laws making the grants. 1t involves
,portions of the grants of twenty-five
xoads, the principal one of which is the
Northern Pacific, and will restore to the
pnblic domain about 54,0OO,0OO acres.
A proviso was added to the bill so as
TO prevent 1t from being construed to
forfeit the right of way or station grounds
Of any company, and also confirms 10
purchasers in good faith from such rail-
ways the title to lands not in excess of
800 acres TO each holder.
The senate is making up for lost time
and is now disposing of the appropriation
bills at a rapid rate. The record for yes
sfcrday is three-the diplomatic and con-
sriar, the invalid pension and the mill
4 ry academy appropriation bills The
only one Of these which excited any de-
bate was the pension bill and on this
a discussion Of the respective pension
policies of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties was precipitated. This
took a rather wide range, aud an at
tack on Commissioner Lochren and Sec
retary Smith broadened to a sharp ar
raignment Of the policy Of the Demo-
cratic party in general.
Washington, July 13.-The appropria-
ton bills are fast being considered in the
senate, and at the present rate Of prog
ress il is probable that next week will
se them all disposed of. To-day two
more important bills were passed. the
army and the Notifications appropriation
bills, while some progress was made on
the river and harbor bill. The only in
teresting discussions of the day occurred
Auvinr the consideration Of the army hill