Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-17
NATIONAL LAW MAKERS
Summary Of the Daily Proceedings
the Senate and House at the
National Capital.


the house Mr.. White, of New York, introdno,
q bill for the protection and adminieration
forests on public lands. Referred.
In the senate on the 3oth, Senator sa,,,
from the postoffice committee, reported h,
adversely the proposition to reduce letter M.
ape to cent. Senator Plumb offered res 4,
tion instructing the postoffice committe.
ipouire into the cause OF inefficient ,o
service, especially in the west and Son.
The house bin regarding experimental agfic,
arpropriating money direct fron the trensS,
instead of devcting the proceeds of the spls
public lands to that purpose. Among the Ne,
nres introduced and referred We're bills
in wyoming, and authorizing the lease of sclt
and university lands in Wyoming; meme1
of the nm ionnl board of trade, favoring recnrr,
trade relations between the U. S. and CANA
The following bills were introduced into.
house: To place salt on the FREQ list. Dirs
ing the committee on postos!ices and postrOs
10 inquire into the expectancy OF reducing
postage or seeds, bulbs, etc, and of reducing
5 cents the fee 70, money orders for SIS Or h
Resolution declaring it the sense OF the hon
TINT in any proposed revision of the tariff.
principle Of protection to American indus
and the maintenance OF wages for AmoH1
workingnen ut an American standard, ougt,
be distinctly recognized and firmly adhered,
that the duties ought not to be imposed ol II
enue only, but the production OF those ar.ic
which the United States has abundant raw /,
terial and labor to produce ought to be prOtcc,
and that the articles on the Tree list shm
he selected from among such necessarles oil
ns were not produced in adequate Quantities
this country. Fixing the salaries OF tie
preme court justices and cabinet officers ut :
co., Mr. breckenridge, of Arkansas, introiu,
and had referrs,' TIC the ways and means CO
mittee the Hewitt adm nistrative tariff i
Adjourned.
IN the senate the 31st n bill was plaaed II,
the calendar for the construction of q bri
across the st. Croix river. A resolution ,
offered asking information concerning the 5
of the lands OF the Omaha reservation. A re
luton was laid over providing that the ire
with Great Britain be considered in open
sion and at once. resolution was adopted
structing the committee ON commerce to q
slider the advisnbility Of inserting Il provisior
| the river and harbor billrequlring that MI VIC
| be done by contract. A resolution in relat
! to the mail services was laid over. The bill,
| reported favornbly which passed The last sen
| following bills passed: Granting right-of.7
through the public lands irrigation purro;
| For the purchase CT site ind the erec.
| OF Il public building at Omaha
maximum limit of the cost to be sl,2oNt
| joint resolution proposing an ame
ment to the constitution. 1t provides d
| the term Of office of the president and the
| tieth congress shall continue until noon Of
| 3Oth of April, 1889 that the senators whose
| listing term would otherwise expire on the
OF March. 1889 and thereafterl. shall cont,
| in office until April 30 succeeding such EXP
| ton: that the Both Of April ut noon shall tht
after be substituted for the 4th of March as
| commencement and termination OF the Off
! term OF the president, vice president Sea.
| and representatives i'll congress; and that
| twelfth article OF the amendments to thee
| stitution shall be amended accordingly. In
| house, the bill WAS calendared which proyl
for authorizing the secretary OF the TREASURY
| invest the lawful money deposited in the TIE
| ury in trust by national banking u sociati
| for the retirement of their circulating 10:
The bill was calendared which required ID
| grant railroads to construct and operate il
| pendent telegraph lines. A bill was rcpor
favorably authorizing the secretary Of the ira
ury to invest money deposited by nG,ia
banks for the retirement of their circula.
in the purchase of United States bonds tcurl
market rates. Bills granting pension to
| widow OF Gen. Logan, and the senate bill
.creasing the pension of the widow of Gen. b
We're placed on the private calendar. resi-
ton was adopted assigning February q, y
25 and % for the consideration Of public b-
ing bills. A memorial Of committee rel
senting 81, 900 workingmcn asking an invest
ton of the Reading strike was ordered pri1|
Consideration Of Mr.. Wilkins banking bill
postponed two weeks.
IN the senate on the 1st, q memorial was
sented signed by the mercantile men of Ell Y
Tex, representing that IN extensive amoul
towns of Mexico and the United States uI
the Mexican free zone law, and asking thi
reciprocity treaty be entered into With Me1
to prevent such smuggling. The memorial
referred to the committee on foreign relAit
Among the other bills reported from the Il
mil fnnc Iy,1n $1,a np1 pIny ulre
following: For the inspection OF M
for eXportatjcn: prohibiting the imI!I
ton of adulterated articles of food Or an
authorizing proclamations by the presiiel
certain cases, and increasing. Ell penso1
soldil rs and sailors who have lost both hs1
Among the bills introduced and referred
the following: To place on the pension rC
officers and enlisted men who served ri
army OF navy between March H. 1861, and FL
airy !, 1866, ut q rate of l cent per month for
days service, this to be Service pension /
ana IN addition to invalid pensions for dlsaViI
In the house the committee on approlr!stI
reported the urgent deficiency bill, md il
referred to committee of the whole. AT tn
plratlon OF the morning hour the house
.ceeded to u consideration of the report oil
committee on commerce, rel tive to the
posed investigation of the Reading strike
ter much discussion the following reso,1
was adopted: Resolvr d, That u special |
mlttee Of five members be appointed to
tigate, forthwith, the extent, causes and 4
upon interstate commerce of the cont
failure by tho Reading Railroad conlpG
transport such commerce. and to report L /
house by Il bill or otherwise, for consider |
ut any time, such legislation us is necessa
secure to the public the regular and con-
execution by the railroad company of its Of
tlcn TO serve MS u common carrier OF inter
commerce; and to investigate the ditfereaf
listing in the Lehigh and Schuylkill 'egiG
pennsylvania between the corporations N
coal and the miners and further, to invest
all facts relating to the mining corporatioN
individual miners Of arthracite coal, III co.
ton herewith and report the same
house, with such recommendations as the
mlttee may agree upon.
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