Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-02-08
THE SENATE AND HOUSE
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND VIVA,
THEY ARE DOING.

NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHA-
THEY ARE DOING.
Proceedings Of the Senate and House q,
Representatives Important Meaaur..
D;scussetl and Acted On Gist OF III.
Business.
BorH houses Of Congress adopted suitab,.
resolutions, on the oath inst. on the death ~
Representative James N. Burnss, Of Missouri
and then adjourned % mark Of respect to hi.
memory. A joint committee committing Of sep
Mansur, Stone, Wade, sayers. Bynum, Hend~'
son and Perkins was appointed TO acoompaay
the rsmsins to st; Joseph, NO. whore here the fna
committee. and was taken over tho PsnnsyI
vania Road.
In the Senate on the 25th inst, MI. Alliso,
moved that the Senate insist on its amendment
10 the tariff BILL and asked for conference with
the House on tho bill and amendment. III.
The District OF Columbia appropriation bin
was taken up, amended. and passed One
Of the amendments appropriates $2oO,0oo fora
Zooogical park near the city of Washington.
Conferrees appointed on the part of the Sen.
ate and then the following bills were passed: 10
10 certain members OF the Black Bob band Of
Shawnee Indians. For the presentation of suit.
able medals to the survivors of the Forlorn Hope
Storming Party" Of Port Hudson, on the 18th Of
June, 1868. The Senate bill TO establish two I'D.
ditiona land districts in the State OF Nebraska
TO authorize the construction OF bridge or
bridges across tho Mississippi al La Crosse
Wis. Among the thirty bills pdssed was one Z
Senate bill increasing the pension Of the widow
House went into committee Of the whole on the
sundry civil appropriation bill. rho appropria.
tion for repairs Of lighthouses was in,
appropriation for the salaries of lght-houss
keepers Vas increased from sS0o,0oo to
The for the
ings was increased from 100000 to $4!0,O0o
MIR. Randall, from the Committee on Appropria-
preparation Of $500, Oo0 for payment to The legL
Representatives of J. b. Eads. Referred to the
committee of the whole.
THE Speaker laid before the House on the goth
inst. the Mills tariff bill, with the Senate's sub
stitute therefor, together with the request Of
the Senate for conference. A lengthy debate
resulted. Statements were made in the debate
that the bill should be reported back from the
committee but there was no recorded or direct
agreement with respect to the disposition Of the
bill The decision of Speaker Carlisle was that
the bill rs matter of course, under the rules,
must be referred to the Committee on Ways
obtained to dispose OF it IN some other way;
that the question of high privilege did not at
tach to the measure until it had been
and that save by the same unanimous consent
the conference asked for by the Senate could
not be granted until the bill had been referred
to o committee The unanimous consent could
not, of course, be had for the proposition to
concur and the bill was referred to the Com
mittee on Ways and Means.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration Of
the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill
on the 2sth ut. The following amendments
$4,000 for Consul General Mt Apia,
Samoan Islands: Transferring the con
class $4,000 to class !s2, 500. and providing
| for consulate of the sdne class at Paso Del
| Norte. The army nurses pension bill
amended and passed. 1t allows pension Of
| S25 month to all women nurses during the
late war prior to August, 1863, who were
%omen BY Miss or px
who were specially appointed by the Surgeon
General or other proper United States authority
were disabled and honoraby discharged. Those
who are now receiving less pension under
special acts to be entitled to The benefits of
tnis act. The Senale bill passed by the
| House increasing the pension OF soldiers or
sailors who have lost both hands TO Shopper
Carmel dlll Development Company the privi-
lege of drawing water from the Wabash River.
The Senate's concurrent resolution was agreed
two houses Of Congress on Wednesday, Feb
ID, for the purpose OF counting the electoral
vote. The House Went into committee of tho
whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill
An amendment appropriating $50, 900 for the
education OF children OF school age in Alaska,
The TtsG appropriation for The Rock Island Ar.
senal was increased Sl5,50O. Reprentative
| Springer introduced his omnibus bill, providing
| for an enabling act for the admission of the
| Territories OF Arizona, Idaho and Wyoming as
States OF the Union. Delegate Clifford of
| Dakota introduced bill providing for opening
for settlement all that portion Of the Fort Ran
dali military reservation i'll Dakota lying east
of the Missouri River.
| The Senate, after adopting Mr.. Gibson's
amendment to the diplomatic appropriation
bill on the 18th ult., providing that United
States Nm Ministers to France ; Germany
| Ambassadors, went into secret session
on the Samoan amendments. On motion OF Mr..
! Sherman it was voted-yeas, %; nays, 2l--to
consider the amendments in open session and
| the doors were opened. Mr.. Sherman then pro-
ceeded to address the S. nate at length, giving
! which that body adjourned The following reso-
| luton was introduced Ill the House for refer
once: "Resolued That the present condition Of
| should aid the people OF those islands in secur-
ing an independent native government,
free from the claims Of territorial juris-
the end that this purpose may be speedily and
enc enc ect9aiiy accomp ished the President Of the
the restoration Of affairs in said islund rs the
same existed at tho time of the convention be-
tween the repre- sentatives OF the Governments Of
Germany, Great britain, and the United tates,
held IN tue city of Washington i'll June and July,
1857 That he further aid in securing q settle
satisfactory and solid foundation and in the
restoration of peace aud good order under
responsible nutive independent government, with
court of competent jurisdiction to determine
land titles and such other claims and controver-
sizes of foreign residents as may be properly
| equitable by such court, and that he take such
further steps as may be necessary to protect
the rights OF this Government and its citizens
in in s"ii l.. islands In the House Of Repre-
sentatives, Mr. Burrows of Michigan pre-
sented petition of $4,000 citizens Of Utah
against the admission Of that Territory as a
whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr.. Enloe, OF Tennessee, offered all amendment
! authorizing the secret service forcs Of the
! Treasury Department to be used in detecting
| pretended denlers in counterfeit money.
| Agreed 10. The committee rose and the bill
| was pussed. Mr.. Dunn. OF Arkansas from he
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries,
reported bill to provide for the better protec