Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-12-21
DOlNGS OF CUNyKr
IMPORTANT MEASURES coSs,,
AND ACTED UPON

At tho Nations Capitol
Donc by the Senate md
Matters Disposed of ant, New o'
S'eleretl. arcs
The tariff bill was further consia,r,a,
Senate on the eth inst. No vote Wa ~
any OF the amendments offered, ana ..te~
pages had boon gone over the bill w,s ~,
Resolutions were adopted continn;n's !ald al
Committee on Meat Products ant w. aS. 9! g
noh. NV WIN eo snaaa. resolution passed %
nation 90 to the expenditur.s in +i ter IN
building at Nich;ta nan The Snnu' sne PY
rom inc secretary OF State copios ~ ' I've
Inmates OF PRESIDENTIAL electors in ~ E Ene
Maryland, North Cnro.ina, and GaaraM:a n
they were referred to the Commute .a sla
lees and Elections MIR. But er u ,r On
JOINT resolution proposing n consrit,s.:
a amend ~, sn,arsing ,he Presidential ter,
The principal part of tie day was .I LIZ "a
the House in the discussion of tho INN si.l
bill. The usual resolution Tor tho die u. n,s
o. tho p,es:dents message was reported .,la
McMillin and adopted by tho House w
A RESOLUTION calling on the socr,to
Treasury for information as to wbs, ,a':s.
be furnished by the revenue-cuttcr service
tho ife-saving service to Americas w,
nI,rs,,
or the Arctic Ocean, WAS auontsI uas
House on the 18th inst. MIR. Form ~
from the Committee on Appropriations " ran "
.ne ' rfsrrad pensions bill MI
Crisp, OF Georgia, from the Commit, 40 ~. =
tons, submitted the report on the Sont ~ = -
lima contested election nse OF SnialIss sp Sa
a Elliott :; and it was placed upon the caensr
minority report presented BY Mr.. Rowsii =,
nois. also placed upon the calendar, provida.3
tho seating Of Smalls. TIE House then =
nso 1T Of cn tho whole Mr. Mo
the pending business being tile Sonata I XII
incorporate the Nicaragua Canal C"m uaa1
The House then adjourned. The Senate ua pa, ,
in session. won
The Senate resumed consideration of the o,
bill, on the 10th inst, the pending business bo;
on Mr.. Harris amendment to reduce th. q,
on beams, girders, joists. angles. etc. and
Structural shapes Of iron or stosl from one .
one tenth Gems per pound 70 six-tenths Of &C
all OF !" hich were voted down. Among tha HI
introduced in the House and rete red wsra ~ :
lollo w by Lswler lill-Creating pensi
OF 81. , month to honorably discharged soldit
,(Mass.)-To repeal the interstate Commerce Ia
By MaoDonaldFor q cons,ituI ional cr
. S,1 in the Territory Of North Dakota
G ;nhtta. !M amd ", the construction
HI
Erie and Superior. and authorizing the &C
struc ion of a railway bridge across tho Detr
River: BY Clardy MOI Appropriating sl5
Sarbo aor BY h outh%ppts oSak st. o
Dubois Hs oh idaho Fort Fof t 1s d admission
the State Of Idaho. BY McAdoo IN. J.l-P
posing . constitutional amendment providi
Dental electors and forbiddns the voting for a
other officer save Representatives. in Congrt
on that day. resolution WAS introduced a
referred looking to IN investigation and re-
edying OF certain election frauds and contr
uting money for campaign purposes.
CONSIDERATION and discussion of the to,
bill was resumed in the Senate on the 18th I'M
and occupied tho principal part of the day. ]
Chandler presented in the Senate petit
praying for an Investigation into alleged DEF
vations OF the right to vote for electors aud G,
gresham in South Carolina last month. u
petition is signed Ivy 1900 residents of Zies
precinct, Orangeburg County, South Carol
the registration law OF the Stase, but were p
vented from doing go, and then on the day
election were refused the right to vote. let
accompanying the petition says that 1868 vot
their rights of franchise. The names were Tux
at the polls as fast as their owners were refut
the privilege of depositing their ballots. I
petition and letter were referred to the Comm,
lee on Privileges and Elections. The Sent
agreed to Mr.. Frye's resolution instructing
Commit 90 on Foreign Affairs to inquire il
the condition Of affairs at the Samoan lslal
as far as the interests and rights of Americ
residents there are affected the relations of
United States to the islands md her obligatio
unler existing treaties, and what action by t
United states, if any, was demanded.
Edmunds, from the Judiciary Committee;
ported a resolution, which was agreed to, CO
ing on the Attorney General for informant
concerning the execution of the act of March
1887 in reference to bigamy, also to report
names of all United States officers vino hu
had any connection with such execution
what capacity, and what compensation
been claimed or received by them. The Hot
spent the day i'll committee OF the whole on
direct-tax bill