Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-28
TIE SENATE AND uOI1sr
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND w,,..
THEY ARE DOING.

AAE1 AXE DOING.
Proceedings Of tho Senate an,, tr.,,
Representatives - Important Mo,....>
Discussed and Acted On ;st ~ =,
Business. e
lHE Senate continued tho dscuss;o, =. -.
tariff bill on tho 18th, several memhors - .ne
BODY making speeches, Mr. Vest e,.roo,o,,.' s.i'
inc measure as in the interest of New ,,,,n !,
inarions a. porr ne senate confirmed ,he l.om.
Spain and Willnm J. larkin ~ Mtin ,,.ea to
as army Post Chaplain The okiaoonn,ae a ,sy9;
Q: me Whole, AMI an anendmel. offe.oi ,l Lee
| Tyson iilll plovided that The r MI =" " MT
o. ny dlsehar cd Union soldiers to make o mon
VI Que puolc !nnus under the existing hnr,.,
laws shall not i'll any degrt be i,,; u'',n ~.
pl, ana mat heir rights under those Inv ~ ~, ne
provisions Mr.. Pay son in auswer, unaer It's
.lo*n), snid tnat the Government wn, " saver
~, Ine 81, iana and predicted that Mr. sr;neys
| 'ur. Springer declared that H.. r.n,.' Iliheht.
sGalnst IT, and characterized the prorosi,i vote
anihlasogicnl aud Inconsistent Mi Woay as
.ieided 20 no member i'll his devotion w. Ever yer
:. VINO carried the flag in the lat,. ~ .ue
.'ut inns amendment was pronosi WIZ
dG sup ~ me o PHI in he name of The Union son
a .1;. ne ma never card of Union solii so
"sIhing Tor such an amendment and IL VIC iu ,
y e4 m Ihelr interest. Mr. Warner ohio sa o1
u favor of tho amendment bur thew ,yor 'iu DO
me proposition is to purchase them. Mr. i .o1
s son Ys 56 that oklahoma would ombraeo
After lengthy debate and no action TIM H I.rip
adjourned. Wv Aiouse
Soon after the converting hour the House w,,.
into committee of the whole on thu Nicnr,ans
canal BILL on tho 18th inst Mr.. Paysor nm
offered an amendment providing that all shares
shall be issued from tbs principal office in US
York aud shall be disposed of ,n,',
Tor h% cash. t;o The eo+a amcnm n defeated
that vote should lie taken in the " Ho,so agreed
spinola offered an amendment limiiina tho
capital stock to slOoLOo,0y. The arae,nims sne
was supported by Mr.. Payson and onnosaI h,e
MIR. Bayne tPa.l, who declared thar tia NY ~
Would be passed this session if it occupied overv
appropriation BILL US reported to the Hnnaa'
carries m appropriation of S2O,sJ22I5 bs;nn
Sis 1913 less than the bill for the current fiscal
Representative Hooker Aliss.) introd,,csdo .
Joint Joint i resolution providing for holiday recess
Senate was not in session. e
SIR. CHANDLER presented to the Senate Oh ,ho
18th inst, IL statement from Ninety-nine citizens
OF Orangeburg County South Carolina. DECLARING
that they had been prevented from cyorcs;p,
inc right OF suffrage ilst month"; and peli.ion7e
ing tho Senate ., 20 make an Investigation Of
Inc Senate agreed to the conference re.
Tort on the following bills Relating to t,,n
CCiuppe"h Anulans III minnesota to retire Manor
General A: j. Smith colonel OF cayalrv
Granting right of WY to IL water company Il,
arizona. resolution was adopted by tho
House appropriating 5000 to pay the EXPENSES ses
OF the Ford investigating committee. On Motion
OF .. ME- Springer from the Committee Oh Terri
torres. the House passed resolution making
South Dakota and for the organization OF the Ter.
ritofy OF North Dakota u spcciul order
from 1i:1! Gay to- day until disposed of. pro-
us II substitute therefor. Thereafter other
bills relating to the admission of Territories
shall DC disposed OF in the order fixed by the
committee The House passeu II bill il cornorat-
ing the American His oricul A. ISOLATION. Goo
bancroft Andrew ID. White and Justin Windsor
providing for holiday recess from Dec. u until
} an. was passed. by the House and referred 10
[he FINANCE Committee by the Senate. The
House amended nnd passed the Se,,nta biz, in
crcasln3 to sG53,O00 tho limit of cost OF tho SIM
Francisco public building Considerable fiji
clustering occurred over tho Oklahoma bin but
no action WAS taken.
The resolution for evening sessions WIS
aiken up by the Senate tho lsth and al
amendment offered 10 it by MIR. Morrill,, pro-
,iding that, until otherwise ordered, the duilv
lour OF meeting OF the Senate be Ii Il. nl and
hat ut ~ each day u recess be taken till S
,. III. was lost Bills were passed to permit the
cons ruction of FREQ bridges across the lied
River i'll Dakota and Of !; railroad bridge across
iouls's Bay, Oregon. The senate then resumed
,e nssieration of the tariff bill, taking ii up ut
40, in reference wire rods, and
irious amendments wore rejected. A new
mt ts sen wo"n was
Introduced q b. III to remove the political dsibi!-
lies of Harriet Fl. Robinson, of NIiddlesex
zen OF the United States, with Ill the rights and
powers of citizenship, including the privilege OF
io1:ng or beins voted for the general appropri-
~ the House. Aftera general discussion OF IL
n,her political nature, n,llendmcnJ to
he river and har5or bill, the iiouso adjourned.