Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-08-10
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Legislature.

army appropriation bill, the 18th
question being on the amendnon. u' ID
Hawley appropriating s75o oao ofsa
New York; 5000, oD fmoaaSet,ylis:
guns; $500, 600 for n'et ahs ,e,t Coz,
marine mines, and 500. CNS ,d nufchase
trollable torpedoes. The s a"a snbMy
ICY Mr.. Hawley's amendmonaat e a'ior
passed. The Senate then nroo. and
the fisheries treaty in open e avaVl
no action being taken. Two ppsseeeclNtiFs
were read and referred, and :. slldelt
Journed. In committee of tha III nie
resumed consideration of ths TSn moe
After discussion the bill was reoS TlSlatd
and an amendment adopted thnsa 10y oypd
mao oeen organized five years ". sn
po'n.ea ~ me President should 'i I,
from residents OF the Territory. 0s
The Senate again consideroa =,
treaty in open executive session Wv =.
it went over without action. IN. 'A'
appropriation bill was then co,.:s Sas
other amendments reported nnS 'aefe5
the following: increasing ha ', aa asree
repairs of lighthouses, etc TfppsopH
S3so, 600 increasing the ap,,ranri i.
aries OF lighthouse-koepers I tro ,a''o =
SEQ 900; increasing tho appran MN
iishtins OF rivers from SIS to1 ", 10
inserting M item Of S50 Ctn 70
penseS OF enforcing the alien
labor laws inserting an item of "a
1889 in addition to the pernan e ,,ens Gus
inserting an item of ss.oOo for apls'
station ut Neosho, Mo. and " ~. NJ
maintenance Of the same ;nsa.t ~ So,s
S10J,OOo for the survey and ra Is ~
boundary line between the I1n;to oae!04
Mexico west OF the Rio Granda
private war-claim bills were ~.
House. On motion of Mr.. Crohi, ass se
was passed authorizing the Brazns ", p!s
mel and Dock Company to imnroH, NV
the Brazos River, Texas. On ,no we
Hovey und.) a bill was passed for .' Nv
of marine hospital at Evansville ' It
ultimate cost of $4,000 At tho In IN
sion thirty-six private pension " y
passed. W
THE sundry civil service appronr;,.
was the principal topic in the Sem eor
the pending question being Gu tic no,
relating to the new Library Buildi,, :.
ingte n, which, according to yarions a,,..
Of the original bill, is to cost betwa M" ~
and S5,oo1,uJo, and will NEE. all Zen ren,;.
for fifteen or twenty years. The a,n
strikes out the House provision for n c..
of the work, and for new designs sSi
specifications for the building and IN
lieu of it n provision appropriatins s.U
the construction of the ives en-
OF the building under the dres,jr
of the army, and for the
of all contracts made for the constrr,.;s
building. A large number of minor unsr
were reported and agreed to, and IA. i
over. A bill granting right of way 10y
transit railway through the military res,
ut Fort Lenvenworth was rspor,ci ari
on the calendar. On the motion n
Cullom the Senate took up mi
the House bill to reimburse CnMI
Cookie, executrix of Washington
Postmaster of Peoria ILL.,, in ID
S199.So expended by him for lighting
i'll said Office. Tho senute agreed 10 cog
amendments to the sundry civil bill M
744 for Il hospital building ut Rock IsI1nil
nj, ILL.,, and 5000, 900 for repairs to dis4, ]
bankments of the water pool, ind iord]
and securing out mud at the same plsc
House was occupied with Il lengthy dsJ
III relation to the admission into the ur]
Washington Territory.
AN amendment to the sundry-ciyi! II
propriating s95o,ooo for the purpose
vcstigating the extent to which id
region Of the United States csp
deemed by irrigating was Offered
Senate the 30th by Mr.. Bowen. BY arid \
meant all land that isIncn-productiv viii
rigntion, aud this classification emtrsa
eastern portions of California, Oregon, W
ton Territory, and nearly the whole Of
Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico,
RADIO, Wyoming, and Montana while
ern portions Of Dakota, Nebraska.
sns, and Texas are, in some seasons
ously affected by drought. The ans;
with the following amendment was IN
And all the lands which may be desgls
reservoirs and canals for irrigation shall
served rs The property OF the United SIS,
shall not be subject to entry or sette!ns,
hereafter provided for by law" The nom
Of Surveyor Irish, OF Nevada, VS.
before the Senate in secret session The
Committee on Manufactures submit.
report on the trust investigation and il
dcred printed. The committee says il /;
unable to complete its investigation, vi
been mainly devoted to the sugar aud S.
oil trusts. The House devoted colsi
time to the consideration Of the d,fcie
preparation bill i'll committee of the whol
only amendment WAS one nppropriatinst'
for the completion of the Port Townseni
public building.
WHEN the Senate resumed consilerat!o
sundry civil bill the 31st, Mr.. Beck u
point of order on Mr.. Spooner's amentm
propriating $4,000 for public buildin.a
SOL, K,ls., that the Senate had no right 70
public appropriations to the bill. Aiis
discussion the point of order vas |ltA4'
MI. Beck and IL yea and nay vote taseS
proposition itself as u test Qce''
tecuing all the other public Vl
The amendment was rejected-!ea
to appropriating $3,Ol7 to repay II
of Omaha for paving the Court House ss
office; also one providing thai no part o.
preparations in the bill shall be used III
vestigation of any case or i'll the prose-,
any person in the mining region iof cu'
mining or domestic purposes any shoH
by timber unfit to be sawed OF n. aeS
lumber OF Commercial value; iI'
ing for the appointment OF co.,
OF five Senators to investigate the te's
commerce and trade between the lns,e:
and the British North American posses.
GLIDING the effect uEon tho coliiinei.ee r
rying trade of the United States OF tne ',
system of railways and canals, anu tns !
of the displacement of any existing ihoa
the United States by industries esss
there also: whether the obligations o.
treaties and OF international law afe d
been observed by such dependencies y. =,
pc PIE of tue United States, ana as ~ :.
Der. amount. and character OF eHls!hi:
aIliust Great Britnin Dy ren6On OF lie :
of such obligations toward the peo1p H.
United States in such dependencies. Nv il
postponed consideration OF the aeEei..
and went into committee OF the WIZ WIZ,
Senate amendments to the army app'
bill.
Mans InEiumanity to Aal''