Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-09-21
Do1NGs OF CON-;
IMPORTANT MEASURES ~.
AND ACTED up yoss

At the Nations c.p,to,
Done BY the Senate .ns "n a.
Matters Disposed Of nm, y ho]
s'dered. -'ew q
ANOTHER attempt was mad.
pass the Chinese exclusion hin ~ u
Tho vote Wa unanimou.-ye.s ), W u. =
2 quorum. Upon call Of tho 9 o. "
senators-exactly Quorum .e senate
sherman and Hoar explaine,, essspond,
Trained from voting because , M u
Senate should delay finsI ase. they d
tanned whether the fscts e.lon Until
rested really existed. It r.s On q Nhiej
unenimous consent, that thu I'M nnally
the 7th.. The bill .appronri s sots sho
Postomce building at St.P.aatI'n: III
1avolnbly reported to the 'S 81, ANN
Military Com1aittee La r.n Seaa.A i
Gen. George Stoneman v;,h ~ b
Favorable reports have hs.r VI, ~ sank
On Ene D m granting rights Of v,v ,,
1noian territory to the Leavenss.t
Gnoe ana Inc st. Louis ana s ~
n1noaos: The House Resumed 90. eN
action. s"'ournst
By q vote Of 81 yeas and 3 n.r. j.,
exclusion bill passed the Senate ~
Senators Brown. Hoar, and w;l.o WV :,
ing nay; Mr.. Sherman did not ~"
motion to reconsider 10 pend;no WE T
the retaliation bill filed un fhes Lay
the House, and when the u, Waoll
It WAS agreed that q vote IN t.e
be taken 1T 4 O'Clock the s sue
principal point was made bv N, w
who contended that the rea.on r a ~
had not exercised the power conto me
by the oct OF 1887 was because ths =,
was 1t that very time neeot;.t az ~
Britain to settle the question -,
rights Of American citizens. y. sa1
by other members, who occnnied u,
adjournment. N Tue
Mr.. MAsox's bill to pension Eli, \
Chicago, who was Q nurse throurbon1
war. which passed the House, h., \
ably reported to the Senate. Tho !
sth, passed the retaliation bill Alta, i
cusslon by the following vote: Yess
the negatives being Bayne. III.
and White Of New York. The Hoa|
bills granting pensions to Lieut. y
Powell, late Of the Third ReRiment
Volunteers in the. BlackhaVk war,
A.. Tate, lite iof Company /, Forti.iII
Illinois Calvary Volunteers to Rscs1
dependent mother Of Jeremiah r b
Of Company II, Fifty.fourth Recir,s,]
Volunteer Infantry; and to Walter
Company D, Fourteenth Regiment
Volunteers.
The House bill pensioninc AM
Aikens' Of Chicago, an old army mi
rate Of s25 q month. was passed BY \
on the 10th inst. The Senate voted !
cur in the House amendments q ths \
sion the widow Of Gen. Kilpatrick ~
amount from 500 t6475 a month y
q conference. Mr.. VeAt's resolution \
ject of campaign work. by an emnh1
Senate was passed by the Senate, Hma
Of Congress agreed to the conferarI
on the army and fortifications
tions. This leaves The sundry civd
ficiency bills the only general AM
measures to be acted upon. The H.
in the Senate, while the conference hi
former was discussed by the Houml
ton being on the Senate amendmen'I
ating $250, 900 to investigate the i nls1
of reclaiming the arid regions Of h
states by irrigation. The Gebate occu|
ly the whole session, and WIS not
when the House adjourned. In the
Oates introduced u bill to amend the !
tion laws, providing, among other b
no alien who has ever been legally
of any infamous crime or ,o1I
ipvo1yS1oO moral t,,Yp;tnNo ~ ~
grated to the United States in vio.}
laws thereof, or who cannot speak ~
language and read the Constitutio|
United States in English, or who il
mist, an anarchist, socialist OF conI
+. belongs to any society or association
shall be naturalized or sdjudged BY
to be q citizen Of the United Stated
State; nor shall any alien be natunt
has not continuously for six years, n.|
ing such adjudication, resided within