The Red Cloud chief., 1889-02-01
NEWS of THE WEEK.


COS0B6A
In the Senate on Tie I'D Q ludierous p.
titjon Vas presented from . number Of dent.
lists asking that . bounty be paid on each
tooth extracted in order 70 encourage Amer
caa dentists and afford . better market for
thea taken up and consideration continned.
The debate aaally eioeed and the
bin passed By - ayes 70 % nays. . strict party
vote. Adjourned. 90. The House By . vote OF
100 ayes 70 10 nays refused - take up The con.
tested election case Of Smalls vs. Elliott and
went lnto Committee a the whole on the
River and Hasbor bill When The committee
rose the House sdJousned
In the Senate on the I'D committees
reported and the concurrent resolution Tor
counting ~ eieesosal vote was taken up and
passed. tn bin for the relief OF the State
National Bank Of Louis.ans caused opite . de-
bate, but finally passeA> On motion OF Senator
Frye the Pacific Railroad Funding bill was
given precedence over other special orders. No
other business Of importance was transacted
before adjournment. -. Immediately after the
reading Of the journal the House went into
Committee OF the Whole o. the Sundry Civil
bill. deosse % which continued It great length.
When the committee rose the House adjourned.
WHEN the Senate met on the 94th q mes.
saGe Was received from Tho House announcing
the sudden death Of Representative Burnes, Of
Missouri. and the passage oS . concurrent resO-
luton appointing three Senators and seven
Representatives - sstenA the funeral. tn
resolution vas coucurrod II. and Senators Vest,
Coke and CulIom Senator Teller afterward
substituted for Cullom) appointed on the com
mitteo. and the Senate adjourned. In the
House MS. Dockery announced the death Of
Hon. James N. Burnes and offered resolutions
Of respects which were adopted. and the House
adjourned. rrhe committee On the part OF the
House consisted Of Representatives Sayers,
Morrill,. Msnsur. Wade. Bynum. Stone and
Henderson1
In tho Senate on the 18th the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was reported
from the committee by Serstor Hale. On mo-
ton Of Senator Anisea the Senate insisted on
its amendment TO the Tariff bill (being the Sen
ate substitute for the House bill and asked for
q conference. A bill passed increasing the max
imum OF international money orders from go TO
t10r. Tho Pension Appropriation bill and Mill
taSy Academy bill were also passed. The
ill declaring trusts unlawful was then
taken up. considered and or iered printed with
amendments. The bin TO provide for the sale
OF lands allotted To certain Black Bob Indians.
and the bill to authorize the conveyance OF Ger
tain absentee Shawnee Indian lands in Kansas
passed Thirty pension bills passed. Adjourned
until Monday I'm the House the Army
Appropriation bill was reported and the House
went into OF the Whole on the Sun
dry Civil bill. which was considered until re-
cess. At the evening session twenty nine pen
SION bills passed.
q Senate Was not in session on the
e6th. The Speaker laid before the House the
Mills Tariff bill with the Senate substitute.
therefor. together with the request OF the sen
ate for . conference. Mr.. Reed me } moved 10
in the Senate substitute. Mr.. McMillin
CTenn.l raised the point Of order that the sub
stitute must FIRST be considered in
tho Whole. and Mr.. Mills Tex the point
that II must be referred TO the Committee on
Ways and Means. A long discussion followed
and the bill WAS finally referred 20 the Ways
and Means Committee. The Ford Immigration
report vas rec0mmitted. After passing the
Joint resolution appropristing 5000 TO the
legal representatives Of James b. Eads the
House in Committee OF the Whole. considered
The Sundry Civil bill until adjournment.