Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-06-28
FoRK OF CONGRESS
- or PROCEEDINGS OF THE
uA. SENATE AND HOUSE.

,.cord OF the Important
dense. of Our National Law
kansa Tn. work Done I'm Both
t~spches'
~.A,ustor, June 19.-ln the senate a
tsnihs.tion was passed allowing the
ieSf war to apI ONT o commission
\ Fetaf' n examine and report upon
bnslhest aeepering the harbors of SUI
n and Duluth. ,,o
sar;f bill was laid before the SEN
pc - the request of Mr.. Plat the
anu onbs. 29S and 300, of the silk
nassed over Saturday, were
h faIe cd over to-day, and schedule
10 pass naner and books was taken
pup IThon the coal schedule was reached
u mn and Mr.. PETER jumped to their
The New York senator was recog-
and he sent TO the clerks desk an
e ant TO relegate bituminous coal
Enam Us n the free list, and made a
- favor of free coal and the re-
ecn" If democratic pledges. Senator
pu IA ba reserved the right to vote for
sah ,st the tariff bill, when l see
ssa; = as a fnality," ~passionately eI-
E.;ns "God kncws what the bill VIII
ru.o when it passes this senate and
ont of conference! God knows
more extortions and con-
~. will be wrung from the unwilling
s,On. . the committed" A. vote was
~ Mr.. Hills am eDdment ana 1t
nst-7 70 81. Messrs. Allen, Kyle,
y. populists): Hill and lrby Dem
p,a. Hansbrough and Washbnrn tke-
Es,ans voted in favor of the motion.
uonshrough moved that a proyiso
,idod 70 the paragraph placing BIZ
:aous coal on the dutiable list, to adj
aoaI free of duty to countries irpos-
M duty on coal exports from the
IA States. The amendment was laid
M table. Mr.. Squire moved to in
asa the rate on bituminous coal and
h from 40 to 60 cents per ton; was
n an the table. The finance commit
|. amendment placing a duty of 10
/. on hituminous coal and shale and
cpnts on coal, culm that will pass
Lorgb A half-inch screen, was then
tsS 10. Mr.. Hill moved to place coke
The free list. The finance committee
kppdment made it dutiable at 10 per
Defeated to 46, and the COM
noe amendment was agreed to.
Ehs Hatch %anti-option bill was taken
IN the house to-day and Mr.. Hatch
Ike in its favor.
Washington, June 20.-To-day upon the
trial Mai. Baldwin succeeded in
ting through the house his bill provid-
for the sale of the pine on the White
Mn and Red Lake reservations as
h as 100000 acres shall be surveyed,
anined and appraised. There was a
Eht disposition TO objection on the part
few members, but it faded away
\ en- the purpose of the bill was ex-
|. lied. Senator Washburn has promised
press the bill through the senate, and
7 kre is every probability that it will be-
be a law at this session of congress.
n bill is mandatory in its provisions,
i bviding that the timber shall be sold
the rei ult of the enactment will be
throw upon the market for next win
\ cutting a tremendous body of valu-
e pine. The estimates of this admin
ration have been over more than half
million acres of pine, and the work of
preceding administration was almost
|6rge, although that will probably not
included in the first sales made pend
the re-examination which is going on.
/ the timber estimated by the Douglass
Zee will go on the market at one time
all probability. The bill provides that
sale shall be proclaimed by advertise
PIT for four weeks in St. Paul, Mime
Pls, Duluth, Saltwater, Taylor's Falls,
Cloud, Brainerd, Crookston and Wi
pa, and a number Of Eastern cities,
shall be sold at public auction at the
pOkston land office. The lands hail be
Pred in forty-acre tracts, and in no
fat shall it be sold for less than it's
Pralsed value. The lands remaining
F@d after each public offering shall
I Fieafter be subject to private sale for
al the appraised value at the local
once. As the appraised value of
lumber is not less than SIS per thou
~ " will be seen that if all that is
dy IS sold it will make a transaction
tling up into the millions of dollars.
fle mouse went into commit e of the
Oe 10 consider the a%nti-option bill and
'oomps of New York spoke in oppo
|u 70 the measure. MI. kldrich Qtep.,
- followed in opposition to the bill.
,ne conclusion of Mr.. Aldrich's re-
As mere remsined but an hour of 8
LUX, and members were adverse to
lung their speeches up in two in
nuents, but at length Mr.. Fletcher
~ MIMI consented to fill in the
u'ai' and presented several letters
gram dealers protesting against the
were demanded by Mr.. Hill when
'oues offered the committee amend
sulke iron ore from the free list.
:" carrled-53 to 4, Messrs. Hill,
~. fefer and Kyle voting in the
Z list. ~
snington, June 22.-There vas a
sood attendance in TIE galleries in
anlu"on Oh the OF, Eihg of the income
ene When Vice President. Steven
saled The senate to order. As soon
eerA lad read the first section of
Ipms1 TAX provisions Mr.. Hill, who
|,bosai tne leadership of the opposition
eroa pio'lsions, took the floor and de-
Inns. : carefully prepared argument
IL upe Incorporation = an income
ia Tue tariff bill. Mr.. Hoar CRep.,
biD., ~sue a somewhat long argument
kr0as; IT. dwelling particularly on it's
ktanahhV In time of peace and its OBJ
|enna : features as a form of raising