Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-12-21
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CONGRESSIONAL


THE Senate was called to order at noon on
the Sd by President-pro-tem. Edmunds. After
prayer and other preliminary proceedings.
the customary resolutions notifying tho
House and the President that the Senate was
ready for business were agreed to. A recess
n MiE ,rem .atc Was ana had ift for t tse daH' .Gle ah
Mcpherson called the House to order at twelve
o'clock. The roll-call disclosed 3l8 members
ggpessaa; by ' the Following III " 1nrs' yete eAy carlisle Mas e tBem1,
33l; keifcr (Rep), liz: scattering, s. Mr.. Car
lisle was then escorted to the chaiy, and, after
servative policy for the present session of the
House, he took the iron-clad oath of office.
When the roll was called for the swearing i'll
claims of Messrs. Manning and Chalmers
CMissJ, and pending a resolution to refer the
matter to the Committee on Elections when
appointed the House adjourned.
SEVERAL bills were introduced in the Senate
on the 4th, among which were the following:
by Mr.. Ingalls,, to amend the Arrears Pension
law by removing certain limitations in that
net; by Mr.Bcck. providing for the removal of
All disabilities imposed by the Fourteenth
Amendment; by MIR. Edmunds, torthc further
protection of colorcd citizens of the United
States against the violation OF certain rights
secured by the Constitutions; to establish the
postal telegraph system; by Mr.. Sherman, to
give National banks a circulation equal to
ninety per cent. of the market value of their
bond deposits; by Mr.. Blair, for a Bureau of
Labor Statistics, and to make eight hours u
So. 600 S ,SSS for by the Mr. ed dossn; to Of ffpP cSiR|aran,
and to provide pensions for Union prls-
oners in the late war; by Mr.. ,!Hoar, to
Of the office of the President in case of
the death, resignation or inability of both the
President and Vice-President: providing for
a uniform system of bankruptcy (thc Lowell
bilD; by Mr.. Van wyck, declaring that rail
road corporations shall pay within sixty days
the cost of surveying and locating the landsto
.hinh fhnyrn rn an St1n rsric N1nA t1,1,
lbe subject to State and local taxation, and
pre-emption and homestead entry; also, to re-
store to the public domain lands donated but
not earned by the railroad corporations, when
the roads are not finished within the time
specified in the grant; also, to protect all pre-
emption and homestead entries made after
forfeiture or failure to build IL road within the
time specified. The Presidents message was
received and read {. In the louise the Demo-
cratic caucus nominees for the minor Offices
bate was had on a resolution offered by Mr..
Tucker to refer to the Committee on
eases and all T rapers r apipG}1n!sati the e ths efr of i
representative from the First District of Vir-
glnia, with instructions to report as early as
Mayo and Garrison) has the prima facie right
to the seat, rescrving to the other party the
privilege OF contesting the case on its merits.
The Presidents message was read and re-
ferred to the Committee of the Whole.
In the Senate on the 9Th a joint resolution
was presented from the Massachusetts Legis-
lature opposing convict labor on the public
works of the United States; also one from the
Legislature of New Hampshire opposing fur
ther land grants to railroads and any renewal
providing for a Constitutional Amendment to
prohibit the, manufacture or sale Of
distilled ALCOHOLIC intoxicating liquors ex-
.ceptf for medicinal, mechanical. chemical and
scientific purposes, or for use in the arts, in
any States or Territories, and the importation
OF such R 1ii}9,H1 wsre except Ntzpt for the P9rpesss
Ter, to repeal the Internal-Revenue laws now
in force and abolish the Internal-Rovenue
ffy at t by by MI r. cu1 Hon, to reorganizc the
gan, to provide o for grating az s'' pubic Bic,
lands to soldiers and sailors of the late war.
ton case OF Garrison VS.. Mayo was referred
to the Committee on Elections, when appoint
ed, with instructions to report the legal ques-
the customary resolutions announcing the
death Of Thomas H. Hcrndon, of Alabama,
and in respect to the memory of the deceased
the House adjourned.
A PETITION was presented in the Senate on
the 9Th from the Legislature of Nebraska ask
Ing that railroads, when granted Government
lands, be compelled to take out patents so that
they can be taxed, or that the lands shall re
vert to the people, and one from the Chamber
OF of Astoria, Ore, praying that
road by the act of Maya, 1870, be forfeited and
thrown open to settlement. Among the bills
introduced were the BY Mr.. CAM
eron (Wis) to restore to the market certain
lands Of the United States in Minnesota
and Wisconsin, and authorize a sale
struct the Maryland & Delaware Free Ship
Canai as q means of defense; by Mr.. Ingalls,,
70 repeal the P~rc,emptlon and N~mber-Culture
EIapham introduced joint resolutions propos-
ing amendments to the Constitution giving
President tho right to veto separate items in
an Appropriation bill while approving the re-
1nalndcr. Adjourned until the 10th 49,. In the
House MIR. McCord took the oath of Office,
after which an adjournment was taken to the