The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-03-31
WORK OF CONGRESS-.
RESUME OF PROCEEDINGS OF THD
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record OF the Important
T~raMsactiOns of Our National Lava
makers-The Work Done In Both
Branches.

Washington, March 19.-Thc house to-
day resumed consideration of the sun
dry civil bill. When this is disposed Of,
which will probably be lone tonight, the
house will take up the four contested
election cases which are pending - the
ONeil-Joy clse from the Tenth Mis-
souri, district; the Williams-Settle case,
from the Fifth North Carolina; the
English-H ilborn case, from the Third
California, and the Whatley-Cobb case
from the Fifth Alabama. The U'Neil-
Joy end Erglish-H ilborn cases, which
were both decided against the sitting
members Republicans) by a strict party
vote in the committee OH elections, are
the most important and will require the
major portion of the time.
The n devoted itself to routine bus-
mess of no general interest. 1t is prob
able that the Notifications appropria-
ton bill will be reported from the COM
mittee, and if it should be, it will prob
ably be taken up for discussion and put
upon its passage. For the rest, there
will be an effort to dispose Of the gov
eminent printing site, the Russian thistle
appropriation and the McGarrahan bill,
and of u large number of special bills
en- the calendar.
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Washington, March 21.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was passed by the
house without division. The amendments
to the appropriation for the general land
Office, amending the provision of the act
of 1891 repeating the timber culture and
presumption act, which was adopted in
the committee at the suggestion Of Mr..
Holman, and which was bitterly opposed
INV tho Nocfo~r ~,nrohn~, xr~oc Infcntn1
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 annua reports by
the boards to the secretary of war, fell
under Mr.. Blacks point of order. The
bill as passed carries $4,000 more than
it did as reported from the committee on
appropriations.
The tariff bill was to-day fairly
launched on its way in the senate, Mr..
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 tenn, occupied the chair
this morning and the senate promptly
settled down to routine business and q
number of bills were taken from the
calendar and passed. Among the bills
passed was one granting right of way to
the jamestown l. Northern Railway
through the Devils Lake Indian reserva-
ton in North Dakota. At 2 o'clock the
sente 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 Column
bia, and after further debating it for an
hour without result, went into executive
session, and at $3.50 adjourned until to.
morrow.
Washington, March %. The house
spent the entire day in flibustering 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 flibustered and kept the house
dead-locked. The highest number of Dem
ocratic votes cast during the day was
1876.
The bill for the purchase of a site for
a 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 "Mahone site"
was passed. Notice for a motion to re-
consider the vote was given, however,
and at some future time the subject will
be reopened. The McGarraghan bill,
which was to have been taken up to-
day, ven over until Monday, and the
bill for the determination of the Russian
thistle shared like fate.