Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1888-09-28
CONGRESSIONAL DOINGS.
The Senate.

ferred, instructing the agricultural COM
mittee TO investigate the purchasing of
seed by the agricultural department.
Mr.. Mitchell then took the floor and ad-
dressed the senate at length on the presi-
dents message and the tariff question.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Ex-senator Stew
art presented bill providing that when
a bill or resolution requiring the sigma
ture Of the president shall have passed
both houses of congress and shall have
been engrossed and signed by the presid-
ing officers of both houses, It shall be the
duty Of the presiding officer of the house
In which it originated to cause 1t to be
forwarded to the president forthwith,
and TO report the date when It was for
warded. The bill was referred to the
committee on rules.
Senator Edmunds presented the peti-
tion Of Angi r. Newman, who claims to
represent the Loyalists of Utah, In oppo-
sition to the admission Of that territory
to the Union while the Mormon church
remains in power. The document is
voluminous and contains newspaper ex-
tracts, testimony and extracts from the
laws OF the Mormon church to controvert
the statement Of Delegate Cane, made in
the house, that polygamy and Mormon
ism are dead issnes In Utah
The conference report on the sundry
civil appropriation bill was presented and
agreed to.
Senators Allison, Hale and Cockrell
were reappointed conferees, and at AIS
the senate adjourned until Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The senate
passed the bill introduced short time
hv IN "a IT, q 4. 4
soldiers who have made pre- emption or
homestead entries Of lands but have
abandoned them, shall have the right to
make other homestead entries not to ex-
coed a quarter section of land each. The
bill Is amended so as to make its applica-
tion general instead Of confning it to
soldiers.
Senator Call introduced a bill framed
in accordance with the ideas of the Jack
sonville Auxiliary Sanitary association
providing for the appointment by the
president Of medical commission, to
consist Of seven physicians Of different
schools. to go to the seat of the yellow
fever plague to conduct investigations
relative to the introduction and progress
OF the disease, sanitary methods and
other precautions against IL spreading.
DSuhtoI OIlSI-
ing a reward Of 500, 900 for the discovery
OF the cause, remedy and treatment Of
yellow fellow. Under the terms of the
bill all remedies entered for this compe-
tition shall have been copyrighted with
the librarian Of congress.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.-Mr. George
gave notice that he would address the
senate on the Hoar bill to establish in
quests by national authorities.
Mr.. Stewart offered a resolution call
ing on the president for any information
the government might have received
since the 7th inst. concerning the treaty
with China, recently negotiated.
Mr.. Edmunds suggested that the reso-
luton had better be considered in execu-
tive session, and accordingly on his mo-
ton the senate went into secret session.
Mr.. Sherman's motion regarding the
retaliation message was referred to the
committee on foreign resolutions, which
Mr.. Sherman said would act on 1t at
once.
The senate passed the house bill for the
relief Of settlers on the old Camp Sheri-
dan military reservation, and q large
number Of private pension bills. Among
the latter was the bill granting IS, 500
pension to the widow of the late Gen.
Sheridan. Mr. Berry, Of Arkansas, voted
against this bill. Within the space of
forty-five minutes, the senate passed all
the pension bills on the calendar, ia In
number.
The House.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-The house re-
fused to agree to the report of the con-
ferees on the sundry civil appropriation
bill, and further conference was Or
dered.
Representative Morrow, of California,
introduced resolution directing the
committee on enrolled bills to transmit
the Chinese bill to the president without
delay. This action was prompted by the
very general belief among those inter
ested in the bill and its passage, that the
committee on enrolled bills would hold
back the measure from the president
until some conclusion had been reached
by the Chinese government concerning
the treaty now pending.
The resolution was hotly debated. The
speaker decided that 1t was not privi-
legged question, but intimated that II the
bill did not reach the president in few
days, similar resolution might be con-
sidered privileged. At 8:15 the house
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 22-Mr. Dougherty,
of Florida, asked unanimous consent for
the passage of the senate resolution ap-
propriating 500, 900 for the relief Of suf-
fering caused by yellow fever. Mr.. Kill
gore, of Texas, objected. The house went
on with the private calendar.
Mr. CRANE, of Texas, asked unani-
nous consent of the house to introduce q
resolution empowering the committee on
the judiciary to report to the house at
any time for immediate consideration q
bill for the suppression and prevention of
trusts by legal and judicial proceedings.
Nh. Hopk;Bs, Of New York, objected.
At the evening session Mr.. Bingham,
of Pennsylvania, called up the bill grant
ing pension to the widow of Gen. Sher-
idan, but Mr.. Cheadle, Of Indiana, OBJ
jected, Subsequently Mr.. Bingham asked
unanimous consent to have the bill made
special order for December 0, but to
this proposition. Mr., Kilgore, Of Texas,
objected.
Thirty-two private pension bills were
passed and the house at 1880 adjourned
until Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The house has
passed bill authorizing the construction
Of bridge across the Mississippi river at
La Crosse, Wis.
The conference report on the sundry
civil bill was called up and agreed to,
but no decision was reached respecting
the congressional library building. A
further conference was ordered.
Mr.. Wheeler introduced bill to estab-
lish camp for yellow fever refugees. It
authorizes the president TO locate camps
in such places as he may deem proper,
and to equip them with tents, beds, camp
equipage, medical stores, nurses, etc, TO
be supplied to the camps out Of the e0O0,
900 appropriated for the purpose.
WASHINGTON, Sept. N.-The house ad-
journed at 1;30 p. m, after passing q
number of measures Of minor import
ance, among them joint resolution for
the creation Of q commission to negotiate
concerning the boundary pne between
this country and Mexico.
Last Of the Miamis.
MARION, Ind, Sept. 22.--Mrs. Mary
Peconga, widow of Charles Peconga, the
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