Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-04-20
CONGRESSIONAL.
Work of the Senate and the House
of Representatives.

puo+. y, AZ yeas to 10 nays the Senate, on
the 4th inst, adopted Mr.. Beck's amendmehs 10
the bond purchase bill providing for the COM
nee of silver in excess OF the present monthly
limitation to take the place OF ns!onai nanA
bin to establish 100 schools to test the SCIENCE
of spelling was introduced in tho senate
by Mr. Palmer The House hhbnste req
direct Tux bill The climax Of obstruction w !s
reached when after d motion Tor recess Leo
been made and was pending NJ Breek, y, Tsn
nessee, lie excused from voting. In ruling upon
the point OF order raised by Mr. Reed OF Name,
the speaker ruled that the motion to excuse use
from voting WAS liz order under the rules OF tne
House. This being the case the question was
raised as to what limitation could 10 placed
upon this fer u OF ilitustering M Grosve enc
GUS fact that after one hundred years OF ex-
periencc in legislation and parliamentary prac-
tice the House had for the first time made ;, tne
ton for mn indefinite period. There are 80
members Of the House, and with separate
motion to excuse each one ana separate .ha mo no.
structionists may obtain ESQ roll calls on any
enc question.
WHEN the Senate took up the bond purchase
bill, on the 9Th inst, Mr.. Mcpherson withdrew
the amend ment offered by him the day prev
ious. Then the substitute as amended Wy Mr.:
the place Of su. rendered national bunk circu-
lat,on was agreed to without discussion aud
the Lil was read the third time and pahss "a;
the subject Of the Presidents Message. Tho
House spent the day in flibusterinE over the
bill to refund the direct taken. the time be sng
consumed in roil-ca;ls during tho interval in
the voting Mr.. Hatch introduced a resolution,
which was referred to the Committee on Con-
mercs, instruct;ng the Interstate Commerce
Commission to consider what can be done {,
prevent tho loss of life and limb in coupling
aud uucoupling cars. aud report 10 the House
tue result OF their inquiries.
THE bill creating bureau OF animal indus
try to facilitate the expectation Of live stock
and its products and to cxtirpate contagious
pleuro- pm eumona discussed by the Sem
ate OH the 9th inst, but no action was reached:
The Senate passed bills for u public building ut
TeXarkann, ARK, and to prevent obstructive de-
ton ,' was introduced by Mr. Riddieuer.
ger calling on the President for copies
Of letters, ETC., bearing on the recent
acquisition OF territory in Venezuela by Grent
Britain. Among the one hund red and twenty
seven private pension bills passed by the Sen
ate inside OF ninety minutes was one granting
Sc, u month to DIR. Mary +. Walker Mt ono time
Assistant Surgeon in the army. The widows
OF General JudHon Fitzpatrick. the famous cav
airy leader and General Robert Anderson the
hero Of Fort Sumter receive $l00 each per
month. The House spent another day flibus-
tering on tn direct tax bill.
The oppone nts of the direct-tax bill contin-
ued their tilibustering tactics in the House on
the 7th inst, and the day was consumed in
calling the roll on dilatory motione. In answer
to II call from Chairman Cox about l25 OF the
Democratic members OF the House met in
caucus in the evening, to decide upon line Of
policy to be followed by the party i'll the I'D
mission Of Ter. itories as States Of the Union
resolution was adopted declaring that an
enabling act for the Territories OF Dakota
Montana, Washington, ana New Mexico should
be passed. ut this session providing for Consti-
tutional Conventions in each Territory and tho
submission OF those Constitutions for rntfca-
ton or rejection at an election in November,
1883, substantially as provided for in tho bill
reported by the Committee on Territories.
ANOTHER day was wasted in the House in
flibustering against the direct tax bill on the
9th ult., the entire time being consumed in q
dreary round Of dilatory motions and roll Gale
In the Senate the bill for the admission Of
South Dakota into the Union was
up for consideration, and Mr.. Platt
spoke in favor OF it. The bill to author
ize the sale Of mineral lands to aliens WAS
taken up, and Mr. Faulkner spoke in opposition
to it. Mr.. Allison introduced d bill for q perma-
neEt court Of arbitration between the United
States ana Great Britain and France The SEN
ate, in executive session, confirmed these noni-
nations: William f. Purcell to be United States
Attorney for Dakota; Y. w. Grierson, Postmas-
ter at Calumet Mich !; j. Herman. Postmaster
Fort Howard, Wis. The President nominated
to the Senate Joseph j. Rogers and John Schlyer
to be Receivers Of Public Moneys at Grand
Forks, d. T.. and Wakeeney, Kan, respect