Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work Of the Senate and the Il.
Of Representatives.

Of Representatives.
M. TARwELL introduced q bill in tn.
on the 18th ult., authorizing and direct,
Presid ent to make q proclamation Won, rs
the importation OF products Of foru,r, 's
IN certain cases. Mr.. berry acdresse1 =, .eis
ate en- the sue. ect OF the president l.y.% Ie~
and IN advocacy OF tariff rsiolnl. s,','
bills were taken from the calendar nnl ,"'G.
by the senate. Among tLo more inn "sset
measures passed were the following: IT,. W.
building to $e5o,oOo. 10 extend the su, iAl.s
and western boundaries OF the state nj ,. eh
House bill to ratlfy and con1i1m an asre aus's
with the Gros Nentre anu o. her tribes oi e,ha
Indians in Montana, Wits amend1nenI. eios
lating to the inciosure OF certai points =. hs
terest on the battle field Of Getsysburr " IL
OF the Centennial and Mt mortal Asset; ~ I'D
Valley Forge. nnd to secure the WxshiMNah
BY the Contin entail army OF l,77-S. The uiihd
spent the day. IN committee Of the VIA hous
the Indian appropriation Lill MIR. Neis.S,
Minnesota, took advantage OF the cen.r.H
bate to speak upon the tar III and urge ,,, ei 70
fellow lie pubiicans the necessity of t,r'n
duction.
THE bill granting a pcns'o, OF $1,000 ,e, >.
mum to Mary &. Logan and the Senate Dl,
creasing to s., 600 year tho pension Of Ar.1
A, H..
sentatives on the 3oth ult., and alter lenl..s
debate were pissed, the first by o vote nf ,s.h
IS and the latter by l4s to 81. TwentyJn
other pension bills were passed by the iou,
BILE the United States to participate in tSs ~ !;
transitional exhibition to be held in Barcnlo.
Spain, in April 1883, wits passed. Tho Hm.I
non-concurred in tho Senate amend,rents }
| range conference with the Central and So,,,
American republics for the purpose Of enronJ
aging reciprocal CONNIE rcnl relations lhs,l
was no session of the Senate.
DISCUSSION OF tho Union Pacific railro,
funding bill was resumed in tho House AL
Anderson, OF Iowa, regarded it as ono of n ]
most important propositions ever brought i.
fore Congress. He said tnat tho career Of M
Pacific railroad companies had boon Grimm
and that thcy had robbed tho Trons.,ry O, IL"
lreds of millions of dollars was, he sniu wv.
cedel everywhere. They had absolutely DOM
mated the entire western portion OF tho coNpl,l
and extorted over and above whit was cvit1
mate i'll the way Of charges and ratios an arnon
greater than that which thOy Ind tnken iuec,|
~ from the Treasury. Nh. Strubo, of lyws1
tion of the Senate bill for tho erection o.
public building ut Sioux City. MIR. McMilln \
Tennessee. objected. The following bills NO
passel Extending tho appropriation for
san,o o to $4,000. Granting. right Of va
to tho Rio Grnndo and utnh huilway Comm
through the southern Uto Indian rescrya,u
in Colorado. Abolishins tho Office OF UN.ieI
| States Surveyor General Tor tho dist,ht !
| Nebraska and Iowa. For u celebration ut /, !
! National Capital in tho sprn. OF 1852 in !mn
| of the centennial of tho Constitution .. M
United Suites, Arproprintin,, sio.pOp for III
| establishment md maintenance OF a.. I
| dian industrial school III Michigan. al
prorriating sl75,0oO for u public building !
| Pueblo Col; nppronrintin. sZuo. 600 for Il lut|
lie building at Bay City, Mich. incroas,nSul
| aDSjn NJ Mig t,
month; to remove the disabilities of tho
who having Participated in tho rebellion, q
terward enlisted i'll the army und became Id
! abled. In the Senate, Mr.. Voorhees, intro,uctI
Gates redeemable half in gold coiu and lal !
silver bullion Bills were reported as follows
To confer brevet promotion on army Officer
particularly distinguished by heroic action |
Indian warfare; appropriatng $4,000 for ID
purchase from Mrs. VirSinin Lewis Taylor |
the sword which Washington wore on the IT !
sion ofhis tresigning his commission at Annapd
lis aud at his public receptions while Presidel
The tariff bill, with some amendments, w
presented to the House Oh the Sd lust. by 81
Mills, Chairman of the Committee OH Va
and Means, and referred to tho committee
the Whole, the intention being to Gal it u
nents slightly increase the duty on snsar,
as to make tie net reduction ~ per cel|
below existing. duties, and authorize Y
ciasslncatlOn OF worsted cloths as WOoiet,
The report OF the minority OF tho Ways as1
Means Committee was prepared by Mr.. McKI
| Icy and is signed by oil the Republican mell
bers of the committee. 1t denounccs tho d
fusal of the majority to receive mud consild
| the views OF manufacturers and others ailectd
by the reductions, and charges the Denocraj
ic majority with favoritism toward the South
that it lowers the tariff OH but two artirld
| OF Southern producton-sucar nlld rice Will
heavy reductions are made OH everythl|
produced in the North and Northwest M
Grain amendment changing tho bcgnnn. !
the Congressional term from March to jur
and changing Inauguration day from MurrhI
| to April 10 WAS Defeated in the House TN
Bond bill was further discussed by the senal
| without reaching q vote. Tho Memphis Eriis,
bill was passed, with oil nmcumeut rcquIlj
| the bridge to be SO constructed us to allow !
the passage OF wagons aud pedestrians Is wei
| us railway trains,