Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-12-12

UNA HOUSE VIII 10 COIuUpSSN VI lo
ana l42 Republicans. In the present House
tim political standing is 200 Democrats to E5
Republicans.
WORK FOR CONGRESS.
| SEINE of the Important Measures from
Last Session tn BE Acted UPon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-Congress will
! meet next Monday and will find its calen-
| dars loaded down with business left over
from the last session. The Senate calendar
Includes 299 bills and resolutions, most
| of which originated in the Senate. The
heavily loaded. The calendar OF the
| Committee of the Whole on the State
| of the Union contains III bills; the calen-
dars of the House itself 100; the calendar
of private bills 4G5, and 25S bills which have
passed the Semitic are are now lying on the
| Speakers table The Senate cleaned up the
House business pretty well at the last ses-
sion, but the House neglected the Senate
bills in a marked degree. Among the
earlier bills Oh the Senate calendar are the
following:
pend S5O,OO0,GO derived from the internal rev.
cnuc taxes ald sale of public lands for the ed
ucation of 81 the children living in the United
States.
Senator 8lair's bill to reduce revenue, pro-
mote domestic industry, and increase foreign
commerce.
Senator Blair's Joint resolution proposing
an amendment to tine Constitution IN relation
to alcoholic liquors and other poisonous bev-
A jtint resolution to give notice Of the ter
minstion of the Hawaiian Reciprocity treaty.
I,hp Committee on Foreign Affairs has report
ed adversely on this.
"A bill to repeal the Timber-Culture act.
a bill to fix and regulate the hours Of labor
Q lnborers, workmen and MECHANICS employed
IN ~ fhn Ht-n ~ " nDf DF tho L 4
bill to protect employees and serv ants en-.
gagged in foreign and Interstate commerce,
ana employees and servants IN the District Of
States.
A bill to mako the Commissioner of Agri-
culturc q Cabinet Minister,
Abi1l to Irohffbrrtt the mailing of newspapers
and other publications containing lottery ad-
vertiscmcnts, and prescribing a penalty for
the violation Of the same.
a bill to enable the people of that part OF
the territory of Dakota south OF the forty
sixth parallel of north latitude to form a Con-
stitution and State Government, and for the
admission of the State into the Union on an
equal footing, with the original States, aud
for other purposes;
graph system.
Judge David Davis bill to establish a Court
OF Appeals.
Among the Senate bills awaiting House
action on the Speakers table are the follow
ing:
e bhS saeiS Va INV VIA
certain lands reserved for the use of the Me
noMone tribe of Indians, in the State of Wis.
cOnSin.
Joint resolution expressing the appreciation
of Congress and the people of the United
states OF the generous act OF her Britannia
United States the Arctic steamship Alert
which wax given to us nearly a year ago.
N act TO authorize the construction Of nd.
ditional vessels Tor the navy.
Acts for the erection OF OF public buildings
at La Crosse, Wis, Winona, Mimi, Oshkosh,
Mis-; for the purchase of ground adjacent to
the Government Building in Springfield, ILL.,,
and acts for the erection OF public buildings
in New Albany, Ind, Pueblo, Col, and Detroit,
An act fixing the salaries of Judges OF Unit
ed States District Courts at $4,000.
An act to provide for the allotment of lands
%yations. and to extend the protection of the
laws OF the States and Territories over the In.
dams, and for other purposes.
Senator Blair's bill to appropriate about
S7o,WU,ON in the next seven years for common
schools.
An act to authorize the location of a branch
home for volunteer disabled soldiers in either
Of the States OF Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas,
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Or Nebraska;
al of the army OF the United States, upon the
retired list of the army,
in severalty to certain Chippewa Indians of
Lake superior residing III the State vi Wiscon-
Sin, and granting patents therefor.
Among the bills on the House calendar
are:
Abill v%acating all that portion Of the Fort
Rainfall military reservation, in the Territory
OF Dlkota, lying east OF the Missouri River.
a bill to amend Section 500 of the Revised
Statutes Of the United States, relating to the
division OF the State of Illinois into judicial
Districts, and to provide for holding terms of
count OF the Northern District at the city OF
Peoria.
a bill to declare forfeited certain lands in
the state OF Michigan granted to aid in the
construction OF railroads, and to enforce the
same by judiciary proceedings.
A bill to divide the State of Illinois into
three judicial districts, and. to provide for
holding courts therein.
An act to provide for the performance of
the duties of the Office of President in case
Of :he removal, death, resignation, or inabil-
lty both OF the President and Fice-President.
"A bill to. provide for the sale of the Iowa In.
dian reservation in the States of Nebraska
and Kansas, for the issQaAce 81 y patent fora
reservation for the Iowa M1oo g 1udiAlS il
the Indian Territory, and for other purposes.
= Dill to forfeit lands granted to the State OF
MicHsga0 to aid in the construction OF a rail-
road from Marquette to Ontonagon, in said
State.
bill to provide for the acceptance by the
United States OF the grant of the Illinois and
Michigan Canal and all its nppurtenances from
the State OF Illinois.
Report Of Attorney-Genera Brewster,