Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1888-09-26
ES OF CONGRESS.
kNT MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.
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~ tt 1tfunsx Capitol - What IL Being
Doa3 ~ the Senate and House - Old
Alast Disposed Of and New Ones Con-
rnE sss exclusion bill now goss TO ths
rrosid lor his approval, the senate having
ssicctt u plar's motion to reconsider the
vote - ths bin OF tho i7th BY = v..s Of
Yeas kia. kbarn. Blair, Brown. Cali.
Cockxe lmunds, Evarts. George. German.
Haxnis Harris. Hoar, jones tArk.,. Morgan.
Coke, 0sJph. farweii, Frye. Hearat. His.
cock 3&1se tNav.f, Msnlcrson. Mitchell
escckiAi1l = Teller, vsst, walthail. II.
esnasU 6ndorson introduced a bill providing
that AsI nOrHbiy discharged soldier or sailor
~ liz IT. Nnf Who has once fil0d declArAtory
etateGn1 n1fa Aomestea entity, and who be-
lore ~ tfFAtj0n Of the SIX months allowed in
wh1e3 nAke his entry, has Abandoned the
e asp pn... 4 t0 sh. ni Is made
tox9l1X 81 asEt Y taah sAhA13teesnasiit Was
made y - psltsse o. srss~iAsics. = Nh -
authorize tho President T., appoint Gen. w. y.
Rosencrans . Brigadier General on the retired
OF Of tho army was introduced by Senator
Mander son. Senator Mitchell intro uced u bill,
which was laid on the tubie, to reduce letter
postage to one cent an ounce. Tho Senate
lassel tho bill FOR the erection OF Lew light
hou ., and fog signals on Lakes Michigan su-
p rior, Unfon aud Erie. and ranse-ishts on
Lake st. Clair and the Detroit River The House
got into n deadlock over resolution offered
by MIR. .O'Neill MOI assigning day for
the consideration OF labor legislation. As only
one member Of tho Commit, LEO ON Rules tAr.
Cannon is now IN Washington. Mr. O'Neii
moved its references to the Committee on Labor.
Tho vote resulted yeas, 81 nays, ~. Mr..
Bount GA, raised the point Of no quorum,
and after the tellCrs had stood ut Their posts
for al hour waiting Tor \ quorum the House id
iourned.
THE resolution Ivy Mr.. Sherman in regard to
the relations Of the United States with Great
Britain and Cannda was called up in the Seii-
alto oil tho 18TH but went over without action.
Tho deficiency appropriation bill WAS reported
to the nat an ordered printed. The House
has passed the bill authorizing the Secretary OF
War 10 prescribe rules and regulations for the
mana cement OF the st. Clair Flats ship canal.
Representa- TnTcs Ca introduced bill
Offering reward of $1,000 TO Gny person vino
II discover the true cause or germ Of yellow
fe,or, with any certain Insans of cffecting its
prevention. A debate occurred on the con-
ference r. port ON the sundry civil bill. but Il
wens ovcr without nction,
TIE Senate passed. tho following bills on the
18th; Appropriating $4,000 for u postofIics
building OF St Paul, Mimi, and $4,000 for .
pubic building ut kalamazoo Mich to forfeit
lands granted 10 tho State Of Michigan 10 all
In tho c. instruction OF a railroad from Muir
husbor appropriation bill OF 1881 in relation to
the nse OF tho St. Siarys Falls ind otter
canals; granting T., the Duluth AMI Win
nipes Railroad II hit Of way through the
Fond dn Lac Indian reservation, MINI -ota !;
Ia 5ho iziig the conardc ion OF bridge q 3
the r. ttaeky II vst and its tributaries by tina
Mss 1uri within mile Of the mouth OF the
MIN as Riy,r. The retaliation bill wa referred
to II sub -committoe Of the Senate Committe on
Foreign Affaira, consisting of SenaI ors Shci man.
Eyarts and Morgan. Tho House reached vote
Gil the conference report on tn sundry civil bill
nft u long discuss on on the &c ion reiatn to
the new lii airy building. Tho vote resulted
yeas, 81 nays, n; no quorum, and the House
nd ournod.
IN tie Senate the order reported by Mr.. Ed
nuids from the Committee on Foreign Relations
directing the tent on Of the Chinese exclusion
bin having been taken up the Goth, Mr.. Ed
mqnds said that as the bill had gone out Of
tn ossession of the Senate the order was
not a.piicable TO the resent state OF the case.
the resolution nigh bc lad on the tab.c. so
ORDERED. Tho Senate bill to ratify and confii IN
Ggre ,ncnfs with the upper md middle bands Of
niltce On Indian Affairs, explained by Mr..
aas y tho isSrnai NJ. B-rnss, u Missouri.
cal Oh VI tho conference report OF the sundry
civil appropriation bill, aud the House refused,
by voteof 81 10 ~. to agree TO it. bill was
reported TO the House from the Committee
IN Public l. ,nds relative 10 suspension Of
labd entries provides that all laws providing for
the disposal OF the public lands exccps the
homestead law and the laws in relation To min
| eral lands AMI the laws touching the selec-
ton of ublic lands by States Tor educational
aud o, her purposes shall he suspended until
tne pending legislation affecting tho public
lands shall be disposed on tho present Congress
shall adjourn. NO act Oh wGs iaken
TEE House bill to make the Department Of
Agriculture an executive department was
passed by the Senate the 21st, the section trans
ferrinS The Weather Bureau to tho new depart
nent being stricken out by a vote of-yeas, 33
nays, o. As passed, tho bill provides that the
Department of Agriculture shall he an executive
department undcr the supervision and control
of a Secretary of Agriculture, who shall DO
appointed by the President by and with tho nd-
vice and con sent OF the Senate. Another con-
ference report on the sundry vii bill was pre-
sented to Tho Senate and agreed 10. The Senate
b II forfciny he grant Of lands to the Stat, Of
Michigan to aid ia the construction of railroad
from Marquette to OntonagoI was passed by tho
House. after having been amended by striking
out thu provision limiting the forfeit ure to lauds
| alon. tbs unconstructs portion OF the road, ard
arp ying also tho forfeiture Of tho lands gran ed
to Mid In the construction OF rair lad from On.
tonnson to tho Wisconsin State line. The House
also p tsssd the bill to suspend the operation Of
the presumption timber-culture, and desert
land laws