Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-21
THE SEN ATE AND HOUSE.
NATIONAL LAw-nAKERs AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings Of the Senate and House Of
Representatives Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On - Gist Of tho
Business.
A REsoLuTroa was agreed 70 in the Senate on
the 9th inst calling on the Commissioner Of
Fish and Fisheriss for information ~ to the
mont to the 1irsct-tax refunding bin was nom
concurred in, and conference asked Sen-
ators Sherman, Morrill,. and Harris were
The fortiHcaion appropriation bill was then
taken up and an item Of 500, 900 was inserted
for The purohase Of q ma ne sorps
from shore stations. The several amendments
reported from the Committee on Appropriations
HOAX Ho Guliom,, and cooErell wers appointed
with tine presiding offcer) the Senate Commit
tee on the inauguration ceremonies. resolu-
presiding officer of tsllers on the part OF the
Senate In the counting Of the Presidential votes.
The Senate then resumed consade5atl1n o. re
through TIM Fort Custer military reservation il
Montana to the Big Horn Southern Railroad
Company; also Senate bill authorizing the con-
struction Of bridge across the Mississippi River
at La Crosse; also Senate bill granting to Ran.
States to certain lands In that county. The
House then went into COMMITTEES OF the whole
on the postofss appropriation bill L I,, being
postofice clerks BY ssoO,66o Pending vote on
House adjourned.
TIE credentials Of Mr.. Coke for his nsw Soma
toriai term were presented to the Senate on the
) 18th inst. and placed on file. Mr.. Dawes pre-
sented petition from ONE hundred and twenty
Indian students ct Hampton, Va, against
the continuance Of ths ration system to In.
recommending their equivalent In farming
implements and atock. The petition was 80 re-
ferred. In secrsb sess on tho Senate passed the
the interests Of the United States Ii Panama:
@Be enacted, ETC.. that there be and is hereby
out Of any money In the res
the United States and to provide for the security
United States at the fsthmss 81 panama in such
manner as he may deem expedient.' Ncn,ina-
tions confirmed BY the senats: Joseph G; Beck
Pension Agent ct Warrington; Thomas ]. An.
derson, Associate Judge Of the Supreme Court
ut e. IL the s ordered
Of bridge across tho Missouri River
yeas, is1 nays, ss-to consider the Smalls- Ell
1iott election case. Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia, de-
fsnded the South Carolina Returning Bosrd and
Smails to the seat. Pending further debate the
matter went ever. The Speaker appointed
Messrs.. Caswell, seney. and Oates a. conferrees
On tbs direct tax bill
ANoNa the Senate bills reported from COM
mittss and placed on the calendar in the Sem
ate on the 18th inst, was one to provide for the
enforcement of the quarantine laws and reg
ulations OF the United States and for the es-
tablishment Of q National Board of Health.
tns t.. following .nsa H sns bills Tsrs taken
the Court OF Claims to hear, determine and rem
der final judgment upon the claim Of the old
settlers" or Western Cherokee Indians to pay
5000 to Charles F. Swain, master Of the bark
Philens, Of New York. for going to and rescuins
shipwrecked seamen from an uninhabited
IL way to CAPE the Pine na sns
Water Company across Fort Lowell
mtasy II 2, Arizona The senste
tion bill. An amendment was adopted appro-
priating $4,000 for testing the Hurst guns, and
the PHI was sa bill
for lighthouse and iog signal on the
eastsrly end Of the outer breakuater In the
fayorably q bill for the erection Of lighthouses
ELEVEN Foot shoal, of Point Peninsuiar, Lake
house and fog signal at Squaw Island, Lake
Michigan. 70 cost not exceeding $685. 90; light
house at Old Msokinac Point, Michigan, to cost
on the end OF the west pier at AshtabuIs, to cost
not exceeding S7,ooJ.
Mr. EyARTs made speech in the Senate on
the 18th inst, in support OF his resolution In
structing the Committee on Elections to revise
the laws governing Congressional elections. The
Senate confirmed the nominations of Norman
] Coiman OF Missouri 10 be Secretary Of
Agriculture. and Ira NJ. Krutz Of tndi-
snnspoiis to be Register Of the Land
after one Of the lveliest debates Of the session,
settled the South Carolina contest case by CIV
ing the scat to Elliott, the sitting member The
By party Vote Of ias to f4s except that ssssrs.
Wilson Mimi and Russell tMassJ voted with
the Republicans The majority report was
judiciary Committee reported favorably
bill to amend the naturalization laws. The
bill. In brief, limits the classes Of foreigners.
who shall be eligible to citizenship Including
Indians adopting civilized life; prescribes the
form OF application; requires that the district
improper applications and that applications
shall be corroborated upon the point of resi-
dence; RESTRICTS jurisdiction to high State
courts and Federal courts; preserves the
rights OF aliens who have already declared
their intention; allows the right OF bona-fde
applicants 10 make homestead entries and to
quires that would-be citizens shall have
sided five years In the United States and be
able to read the Constitution In English. The
Senate and House met in joint convention and
counted the electoral vote, and formally de-
clared General Harrison elected President and
Levi P. Morton Vice President or the 4Ol
electoral votes they received 233: necessary to
choice, 20l.
Mr.. WILSON 1owa) made spsechin the Sem
ate on the 14th inst. in favor Of Fryes bill al
lowing State laws relating to the sale of liquors
to extend to imported liquors. The measure
was adversely reported from the Judiciary Com.
mittee last March he nomination OF Carroll
u. Wright OF Boston to be Commissioner OF La
Dor was confirmed The report of the Election
Committee was discussed. An amendment to
the resolution was offered instructing the COM
mfttee to so frame legislation on the subject of
elections that 1t shall not apply to any State
whose constftution and laws provide ample Sc
curty for the honest exercise Of the right to vote
and for the just and impartial counting
and return OF the votes. Mr.. Jones, OF
Nevada, reported fayorably, with q re-
Stewards resolution authorizing the APP
potntment OF O committee to investigate and
report on the irrigation and reclamation Of
Western arid land. The resolution was agreed
to- Two petitions from citizens OF Albuquerque
N. M, were presented TO the Senate denouncing
as misleading and false the allegations n
tanned in q memorial recently presented to the
Senate protecting against the admission Of the
Territory as State. The House issed the bill
to divide the Sioux Reservation In Dakota into a
number OF smaller reservations for the various
tribes, and to grant lands in severalty to such
Indians as desire The House voted to insfst
on its amendments TO the Senate bill for the i'd
for another conference. the conferress having re-
ported o tosal disagreement Mr.. Baker IN. "
then offered resolution instructing the Houss
cOnferreea but afterward accepted an amend
ment offered by Mr. Cox making them read as
follows: To exclude tho Territory OF New Next
co from the bill. TO amend the bill SO as 10
provide for the admission OF South Dakota by