Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-07-13
CONGRESSIONAL,
Work of the Senate and Hous. oe,
resen.atives. w.

SENATOR DAVIS submitted to the senat. .,
the 18th ult, the report of the Com,ni,.ss %
Pensions upon eight vetoed pension bii,s on
passage Of which it recommends. t,e thsI
of the President notwithstanding. Th.e;tiCa,
saws "Usurpations move rapidly in re,nIi Ftnort
small objects to those of the erentes. aus iron
That the power exists in the executive to odge
But the duty undeniably also exists t;,s le'iiei
not be used i'll such manner or ,,nnn II Shell
cason or preteXt, as to make its eXars CIV oc.
NE as AN nf ~ upon the pows
right TO so use the power of execufi,.o' The
proyal us to change the ordpnrv 80, lsap
legislative. action by Il majority Vote .'ioa Of
proper subjects OF legislation, merely UPON
the executive differs from Congress ,, p,ecauss
snfliciency of proof of the experience , ". the
does not in the opinion OF your COMMITTED
tariff bill. The following commi+,aa'ho Mills
ments to the bill were adopted: Plucin, "aehi
free list German lookins-sass plntos nna p u, The
ing out pmms ma 9rs runes pulp for
seed or fiaxseed, and marble of ali k; iaie lin
motion of Mr.. Mills an amendment WIN Snii's On
to striking from the free list plnste~ "a sasFeel
when ground or calcined. VI paris
THE House has completed tho free ]ist =. i,
tariff the only additional chanses made ~, @s
being to strike out paintings in oil or ~. .'u
colors aud statuary not otherwise provided ~
in the manufacture Of cotton ayo used
md not not produced in this cou Hys1
had been read ME- f t e proceeded to r
mttee for attempting to nislcad the co,,n, LON
the effect OF the bill. prolonged dHi scnssy; "a
followed The House has ordered fur she.,s $40,
the previous conference having '''1 fo, pllI
At its evening session the I mas
passed forty-seven pension bills. The saS
ate resumed consideration of the army ,, "sn
priation bill, the pending question being ~ pIo
Hnwley's amendment to appropriate nItona. vi
$1,000 900 for the manufacture of steel U,
for various experiments with torpedoes, III.
Legislative. the diplomatic md consular n ,lls
the District of Columbia appropriation bills "1l
IN the Senate, while the river and horlor n,
was under discussion, tho La Salle and Ho,ro
pin canals gave rise to good deal of anno.e
discussion, the Both. An amendment had loo,
inserted in the bill for the survey of shin ,,na
from La Salle to Lake Michigan at u point naa
Chicago the canal to have width of not less tbs
160 feet ana to be fourteen feet deep. Mr., She,
man opposed the MONUMENT. He su d tint snn
a canal might cause tn. level of the lake IN ~
lowered, and il that was the result the consa1
Quenc s would be serious. Besides, he did mn
see the advantage of the canal, as its pripcns1
use seemed to he to provide IN outlet fc
the sewage of Chicago, and in his onino
Chicago should provide for that herself and
Teller advocated the scheme. The follown1
motion was agreed to: For the purpose of secnrj
ing continuous nnvigable water way between
Lake Michigan and the Mississippi River huyn1
capacity and facilities adequate for the passsr1
OF the largest Mississippi River steamboat
and of naval vessels suitable for defense il
time of war, the Secretary of War is authorizl
ed and directed to cause to be made th
proper surveys, plans, and estimates fo
channel improvement and locks and DAM
in the beds OF tho Illinois and Desl
PLANES Rivers from La Sale to Lockport SO al
TO provide nnvigable waterway not less ,hsu
1850 feet wide and not less than fourteen fee
deep and to have surveyed and located chanrs1
from Iockport to Lake Michigan at or near Ii
city of Chicago such channel to be suitable I'D
the purposes aforesaid, the necessary expenses
OF such survey, estimates, plans, and Location
to be paid out of tho sum appropriated for thu
improvement of the Illinois River The Hous
went into committee of the whole and seyers
amendments to the tariff bill were adopted
THE river and hnrbor bill was finally passed
by the Senate on the I'd inst. with the waterfall
and Hennepn amendments included as the .
II appropriates 22,474,7S3 IN increase Of s92
600 over the amount appropriated by TIL
measure as it pissed tho House, judge
| Tnrpo addressed the Senate on Tie
sent to the Senate tho following nomina
| tions Peter T. Knight to be United States Mar
shal for the Southern District of Florida, and
| Charles d. Blanc of Louisiana to be United
States Consul MT Puerto Cnbello Among hl
bills introduced and referred i'll the House vas
| one by Mr.. Anderson of Iowa providing for thu
| control and regulation of railroads acquired By
! the United stntes under Judicial foreclosure "a
| forfeiture. 1t is Il long measure and MI Anier
| son demanded its reading III order to consume
time and prevent us long Us possible the offering
| of a motion for tho passage of tho Union Pacific
funding bill under suspension of the rules.