Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-12-26
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
IMPORTANT MEASURES CONsDERED
AND ACTED UPON
kt the Nation's Capitol - what Il Being
Dune By the sensto ana House - Ola
Matters Dispossa of and New Onss Gen.


Matters Dispossd II and Nsw Onss Gen.
stered.
Nh, CHANpLRn prsscnted to the Senate on ths
l7th inst, q statement from ninsty- mine citizens
Of Orangsburg County. South Carolina, declaring
that they had been prevented from exercising
the right Of snffrase Isst month, and petition.
ing the senate 10 make an investigation Of
The senate agreed 10 The conference 70.
port on the following bills; helAting 70 tho
chippewa Indians In Minnesota TO retire Major
srantins right oi way 70 ! water compsny IL
Arizona A resolution was AdOpted by the
House apIfopriating s2.00 70 pay the expenses
Of Mr. SPRINGER from the COMMITTEES on Tsrri.
tories, the Hcuss passed . resolution making
The senate bill for The sdmissicn cf ths htssc q
fitory & Of North pssUtA D..., .,:, spssia. osasr
s thai .Ss 0DsSas r o.ll @sy e as:s s
III Xii 5 al:Bs.sa Il n A ssa's sss sla ss
Ing the American His oricai Asscciatiol. Goo.
Bancroft, andrew d. White and Justin Windsor
are among the incorporators. The reholution
Jan. was passe. by the House and referred to
the Finance Committee by the Senate. Tho
House amended aud passed the Senate bill in
Francisco public Suilding. Considerable I'LL
clustering occurred over tho Oklahoma bill. but
NO action was taken.
The resolution for evening sessions was
taken up by the Senate OH the 18Th, and an
amendment offered 10 1t by Mr.. Morrill,, pro-
yiding that. untli otherwise ordered, the daily
hour of meeting Of the scnats be II = M. and
that at 80 each day recess be taken till
p. IN. was lost Bulls wero passed to permit tho
.nd q
Youngs Bay. Oregon. The Senate then resumed
consideration Of the tariff bill, taking y up q
m rsss 70 wss sDI
movement toward woman suffrage was
begun in the Senate. senator LAwss
tiles OF Harriet H. Robinson, Of Middlsssx
County, Massachusetts, and to declare her cit-
izen OF tho United States, with all tho rights and
voting or being voted for The general sppropri-
alton BILL carrying nearly e2l 900 100, was passed
by the House. Altar general discussion. Of .
the river and harbor bin, the House adjourned.
Bur little progress was made on the tariff bill
by the senate on the 10th inst. only three pages
being disposed Of Mr. Voorhees,. after action
on several amendments, spoke on the Senate
substitute. which, he said, was conserved, not
for the reduction Of taxation but merely 70 gam
BY Nj Hawisy, on the other hand the debate
being quite heated. Tbs following reso-
luton was introduced BY senator Ed.
Foreign Relations COMMITTEES: "Rssotred. That
the Government Of the United states viii look
with serious concern and disapproval upon any
the construction or control OF any ship canal
across the ls hlnus OF Darien or across Central
America. and must regard any such connection
or control - injurious to the Just rtShts and In.
terests Of the United states and a. menace To
thor welfare. Reeoicsd. That the President Of
the United states 10 requested to communicate
this expression OF the views Of Congress- to
the Governments cf the countries Of Eu-
rope. The senate passed the House bill incor.
The House agreed to the contersnce report on
the bill retiring Gen. A. J. smith with the rank
OF Colonel OF cavalry. The House went into
committee Of the whole en- the river and harbor
bill Mr.. Blanchard I.s.l explained that every
item OF appropriation In the bill had been IN the
bill OF Last year, and that the $ll, 800 0U appfo-
amount recommended by the chief Of engineers.
After considerabie debate the House adjourned,
THE Senate non-concurred In the House
amendments to the dirsct-tax bill and con-
ference was ordered on the 9ath inst. BY
unanimous consent 1t was ordered that the
voting on the tariff bill and all amendments
January u, after which there shall bs
no further debate without unanimous consent.
An amendment was adopted fixing the holiday
recess from Friday Dec. 81, till Wednesday,
Jan. 2 Mr. Gibson offered . resolution, which
was ordered printed. for the appointment Of
the state of suffrage throughout ihe United
S.ates, especially 10 Investigate the election Of
State officers at the State elections held in No
vember in Rhode Island and Louisiana, and the
! residential election in New York and Indiana.
The House Joint resolution for the pay Of Con-
gressional officers, clerks. and employees on the
goth of December was passed.. The
bridge across tina Missouri River In Iowa aud
NeDraska was passed with amendments. The
tann bill was taken mp, beginning with the sec.
tion relating 70 tobacco and cigars. About ten
pages were disposed Of. The acton OF the SEN
ate on the direct Tux bill was recs n
sidered and the bill was referred to the
Finance Committee tn order to afford an oppor-
tunity for the presentation Of arguments before
the COMMITTEES In support OF the House amend
the lands nt Beaufort, y. c., somc sa0G.c00 Mr..
Call introduced a .oiut resolution, giving the
thanks 0f Congress to Supervising Surgeon
General Hamilton and other gem, raj ply sicians
for their fidelity and efficiency in the treatment
Of the yellow fever epidemic in Florida. Re
ferred All the pension bills on the calendar,
ninety IN number. were passed. Tho legis-
lxtive appropriation bill was referred to
the COMMITTEES on Appropriations. The Sen
ervations In Nevada was passed. The
senate in executive session confirmed al
the army and navy nominations that have been
seat In this session except the six new stan ap-
pointments Tho senate also confirmed the
nominations VI Thomas Burke, TO b Chief
Justice OF Washington Territory, and O. B.
Hallafn, to be Deputy Ffrs: Auditor of the
Treasury A bill sppropriatinR eos. 600 70 meet
deficiency in the appropriation for public print
Department observe ths eclipse Of the sun, WAS
whole ths Eouss resumed consideration a tbs
river and harbor bill