Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-19
THE NATIONAL SOIo.
WORK OF THE SENATE AN,
OF REPRESENTATIVE hol

Our National Lawmakers md NJ,
Are Doing for the Good of ~. lat
Various Measures Proposed, III. a
and Acted On. 'e"
THE resolution ON Gen. n. Eeuet,a c,.
to discharges from arsenals and .r,.
agreed to by the Senate on the IN ivy.
master John b. Goshen OF Kinrs,en
confirmed by the Senate. The Senate IVA IVA
ing to the classification OF pos, yS nlil
emendatory Of tho act Of March Ii A. 1as,
from the calendar nnd passed. In t Mas
tho Senate bill was passed provi,i;nau =, ~
Secretary OF the Treasury NAV perrniee ~ tha'
petroleum as fuel on STEAMERS not c.rr .ne u,
sengers W iihout the certificate Of tho S ylng
are to 10 used. ~1e w
ArrEn several bitches in tho House ~.
question Of no quorum and objections ~
tine Senate bill to incorporate The MS
Canal Company Of Nicaragua was tox..
consideration. on the 9Th inst, but no n.;a W
taken. Ar: burnes OF Missouri offered e."
rent resolution, which was agreed to for w, w
poin,nent Of select joint committoa. " WI
Senators and three ReIresentariyes ~ W "
gate the work done on tho Wash,nn,o.,a s1
duct tunnel, the contracts made Tor fSa y
the bidding for and the letting Of the eont -
WOrl.
Catchings, OF Mississippi, from the Cow, !
on Rivers and Harbors, reported tho bill a,J1
priating $l6i.2D for completing the ,,n.l
mont and dredging Of tho6t. Clair Flat, shis
nal. Referred to the Committee Of the 'v NJ
At tho evening session twenty-teyen M9
pension bills were passed. r'|
The debate on tho tariff bill vas lpeyun ~
Senate the 9Th inst. and will occupy sau
DAYS. The Senate confirmed the following NJ
nations John H. Obcrly. Conmi ssiouer n
dian Affairs; L. w. Crotooo and c. +. Term
Slim, Collector of Customs, salura,' NJ n
The Senate passed the JOINT rasols,
providing for O commission to inquire ina
Washington aqueduct frauds. Among the .
and resolutions passed by tho House wsa
following: Providing for the disposal of ,ss
Wallace Military Reservation in Kansas n
vide for the warehonsins OF fruit brandy IND
stitute Lincoln. Neb.. n port OF delivery sn,Y
izing Gen. Absalom BairL to accept the 'sl
tion Of the Legion Of Honor from France /,
appropriating S5l0, 600 to establish camps tor
low fever refugees was favorhbly reported !,
House.
| The Senate resumed consideration q,
tariff bill and was addressed by Mr. Hiscoc,
the 9th inst. lie was followed by Mr. n
, The Senate passed the bill to make Lime
| Neb.. a port Of delivery. The resolution hi
man, a witness before the Committee on \
lie es and Elections in the Investigation
political disturbances ut BRENNAN, Tex.
adopted by the Senate. The House
| 10 authorize the building OF lri
or bridges across the Mississippi River
Lacrosse. Wis. was passed by tho Sonu,, !
amendments. Both houses Of Congress ia,
the till supplemental to the act providing
the meeting of Presidential electors. 1t moy
that the certificates shall DO forwarded Id
President OF the Senate forthwith after the
ond Monday in January. The House passs
bill appropriating S5o,OOO to enforce the Chi
| exclusion act. The conference report on the
allowing persons who have relinquished 10
|. ut cad entries to make another entry was al
| to by the House. The Senate bill npproprn
| s75, 100 to secure to the Cherokee freedmen d
portion Of certain proceeds Of lands under
| act Of March 3 1883. was passed..