The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-03-30

uuopt tHc necessary HTcCNuti oUS OF ny Ottser
neglect of their duty as common carriers.
Senator C,ilon remarked that that was a
pretty im,oitand subject, and lc inquired
whether tic i%oriosc was rs have the commit
tcr or a subcommittee leave Washington and
carry oh the inquiry elsewhere.
Senator Plumb said that was a question
tfon which the committee WONT! decide for
itself. The ,c-olu.srn %as laid over. Adj
%lourncl till MnhiMy.
WAsn,NaroN, March 1T.-Senatc rot In
session.
WAsHINaToN, March 10.-The following
bills were reported aud .iacrd ON the calcn-
dar:
NnHse bill for establishment Of IL life saw
'ng station at Kcwancc, Wis.
House hill to divide y portion OF Sioux res.
~crvation in Dakota rt"scla;atc reservations,
and to secure the rci;nl uislmcnt of the In
dian title TO the remainder.
The senate proceeded to the consideration
of bills on calendar. The following bills
pissed:
Authorizing the appointment of q s%upcrin-
teridcnt of Indian schools and prescribing his
duties.
10 authorize ts.s sale OF timber ON The
MenotnInee Indian rcrcrvation In Wisconsin.
To settle and adjust the claims of any staAss.
for expenses incurred 10y 1t in ,l.scnsc Of the
United States during the war of the rebel.
lion.
ANpropriating $1,000 for the erection In
Washington OF II monument To tn. ,,,..y,,>
soldiers and sailors who gave tbcs.. lives for
the preservation Of soSctnncnt-ycas. 81:
nays. IN
taS y issue OF patents for donation claims
under the act of September %, 1850.
Tho committee ON civil service aud re
trcnchmcnt reported n bnl providing that
whenever persons who were not loyal to the
United States during the war shall be ap
pointed to Office IN the civil service .i:iis. who
were not dishonorablv discharged from the
military or navel aervice of the Confederate
and who are suffering from wounds or
disabilities resulting from such service, shall
lie preferred to other persons not shown to
have been loyal to the United States dur;ns
the war.
Senator Plat objected to second reading
and 1t went oycr till tomorrow.
Senatcr Teller introduced u bill for the all
mission of the state Of Wyoming into the
union. Referred.
Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March .0.-Among the Hills
presented and referred were the following:
10 relieve the treasurer Of the United
states from the amount nov charged to him
and deposited with the several states to en-,
courage the holding of a national industrial
exposition of arts, mechanics aud products of
the coiorcd race in the United States III 1855.
aud 1889.
To authorize the secretary of the treasury
to apply the anrrlHs money III the TREASURY to
the purchase Of United States bonds, and to
the prepayment of interest.
WAsn,ScroN, March 10. - Mr.. Mills.
of Texas, asked unanimaus consent
that the ways and means committee bc
permitted to sit during tho session of ;hc
house, but MIR, Burrows, Of Michigan, 81.
iccted,
The HIT toint resolution to promote com
me,csa! union with Canada was submitted to
the house and placed upon the calendar; and
II bill was reported and placed on the ,.lcn.
dar; and u bill WAS reported ana ,iacca on
the calendar fixing THE rate of postage on
seeds, plants, inulbs and srions AT l cent for
each two ounces.
A bill was reported to annex u pcrt;.~, of
Idaho to Washington and Montana. No,s,.
calendar.
The in':ssh% appropriation bill was reported.
Committee of the whole.
The house then went into co,cni3t..,,j nil,
whole for consideration Of thu %s;,.s,. a,,c,,a-
'nents to the urgent deficiency bill. On ~
commercially" 81 Tie committee on appeals
II" ".sn,imcnt was adopted arpropriat.s,.
sis7,Mo to reimburse the STATE nf r',Nas t,.
expenses incurred in rclrll'ns .~nNs.ioa and
supircsslnx la.lisn hcstisitics. Various SER
amcEd'ae,is We're concurrci or non.co,,,,.-
rcd Ill, according to the recommendation ~
the committee on appropriateness, and the
committee rose a#a ~ oItcd the bill to the
hunsc.
Tue house ratified the action off the ry,n,.
mlttce OF the whole, and Mnss e, tiprn,s,
sayres n McComas We're ay,n!ntr.i e~oricrcs.
Inc house taek $ tStcrs until $50.
inc ''r'is' at the evening session passed
th'f'Y-f'c pension bills and adiourur,..
WASHINGTON, Msr,s ...-Mr. O,N,ius az
missouri. is''m Inc committee on labor, called
't' .:e resolution assigning March 20 and u.
April Is and May IL for the consideration ,f
labor bills. He said the labor committee b,.,
becl allowed but seven minutes during thc]
entire session Of the preceding congress ,n1
labor bills had been throttlcd. After soma
the yeas and nays were or,,,r.,,
All" the house, b.y a vote of lso to Ls, refused,
10 REFER the resolution. O'Neill then moved
me previous question on which ayes and NAYS
taken r~esulting--ayes, POI: nays,a
MIR. Rogers, of Arkansas, moved to recon.
'ider the vote, and the morning hour having
'xpircd. the resolution went over Till n,yt
Mr. Iaulbcc of Kentucky, asked leave to
'her 1or reference q resolution for the an.
OF u commission of seven members
0 inquire into thecondition of civil service
all departments and branches of the oov.
rnment, and whether the civil service net
nd been at all times since its passage OBJ
'rved and carried out and what beneficial
suits, If any, have Injured to the civil scr.
&c OF the government by reason of said act. (,
r. Grosvenor objected and tile house adj
urned.
March 19:-Mr. Anderson.
offered n roeol,t;a. 1