Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-03-14
THE'SENA1E AND HOUSE
NATIONAL LAWMAKERS AND WHAT
THEY ARE DOING.

Proceedings Of the Senate and House q
REPRESENTATIVE : Important Measures
Discussed and Acted On = Gist Of tho
Business.
AxENDNzNTs TO. the deficiency appropriation
biz veresconsidsrsd by the Senate on the cd inst
and ono appropriating s350 900 to pay the State Of
Nebraska on account OF the 5per cent. fund afis-
Various other amendments- wers o sred and
ruled out on point6 Of order. The !, was then
reported TO tho Senate. and y ,lsndments
to. except Hhsrss special votes we're required,
and the bill was passed The House amend
q bart i III siitsls sa Il
Fort Leavsnworth, Kansas was concurred In.
A conferences was ordered ON tho deficiency ap-
Coekrell were appointed conferress on the part
OF the Senate. The conference report on tue
sundry ciyil appropriation bill was presents
lighthouses at Humboldt, CALI. and on
Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior
sss o ths tax bill was
sented and read, and after short debate
the bill was passed over the Presidents veto
scented and agreed to ON the bills to amend the
interstate commerce law, the bill In reg ri to
tue salmon fisheries Of Alaska, and the naval
taken from the calendar and passed: The House
joint resolution appointing II. II. Markham. OF
"A m h s 81 'n an. @
pointing James A. Weymore being indefinitely
postponed; the House bill for the dispos ton
II II The &c mss & tss Indian n
reservation in Minnesota; the House bill for the
relief OF st Joseph Commercial College OF st.
Joseph, Mo. with substitute). bill passed
the House authorizing tho States OF Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio to prosecute suits against
The United States in the supreme Court on ac-
count OF the salos OF public lands in those
States. bill passed the House authorizing
tine Litchfeld, Hamilton and Western Railway
70 rags s as
The conference report on tho bill to amend the
interstatscommerce act was agreed to.
Born the Senate and House galleries were
packed with sight-seers on sunday, the Cd inst,
while the overflow crowd sureed through tho
corridors and importuned the doorke epers for
places where they could catch even a glimpse Of
the national law-makers at work. Both houses
met in accordance with adjournment, the ses-
sions being continuance OF that OF Saturday.
tho intermissions being simply recesses. The
conference reports ON the bilIto proyidefor the
allotment OF lands in ses crafty to the United
Peorias and Miamis in the Indian Territory and
the Indian appropriation bill were adopted by
the Senate, and the Union Pacific funding bill
the Pacific Railroad indebtedness. On the
sundry-civii bill the Senate conferrees receded
from the Waite amendment and practically the
g. cam pross amendment. the royalty remaining
at cent per thousand impressions. The House
adopted the conference report. The conference
on the deficiency bin came to an
ing the French spoliation claims amendment in
order TO secure the passage of the bill. The
Honse passed the Senate bill increasing to-
s1.5oJ000 the limit OF cost for the public build
ing at Detroit Mich, the Immigrant forfeiture
month to the widow Of GEN II. j. Hunt. The
conference reports on the Indian appropriation
bill and the bill for the allotment OF lands In
saveralty to the United Peoria and Miami bands
of Indians were also agreed to-
A CONFERENCE report upon the bill to settle
oil land grants in the State OF Michigan by for
feiting what are known as tho 4unearned lands"
was agreed to by the Senate on the lth inst. The
following resolution was unanimously agreed to:
aud are hereby rendered. TO the Hon John J. In
gals, President pro tempore OF the Senate, for
the uniformly able. courteous. and impartial
CREATIONS. After thanking the Senate for the COM
mandatory resolution, Mr.. ingalls, declared the
Senate adjourned sine die. In the House. the
feiting the lands granted to the State OF Michi-
gan to aid in the construction OF a railroad from
Marquette to ontonagon. The following resolu-
tion was adopted by rising vote: Resolved,
That the thanks OF Congress are rendered to the
Hon. John q. Carlisle, the Speaker, for the
S Ct the
Congress-. Mr.. Carlisle courteously acknowl-
edged the compliment and then declared the
House adjourned sine die.
In the opening prayer in the Senate on the
9th inst, illusions were made to the peaceful
and hopeful change in the administration of the
Government. After reading the journal,
tee which had been appointed to walt
on the President of the United States and
inform him OF the meeting OF the Senate in ex-
and had been informed by the President that he
would at an early hour communicate with tho
Senate in writing. The credentials Of Mr.. Mars
ton, appointed by the Governor Of New Hamp-
shire to I'LL the vacancy caused by the termina-
tion of Mr.. Chambers. term and by the failure
Of the Legislature to elect Senator, were read,
after which the oath OF Office was administered
to him by the Vice President and he took his
seat as Senator. Mr.. Pruden. one of the Presi-
writing being the Cabinet appointments5, and
on motion of Mr.. Hale the Senate proceeded to
consider them with closed doors. The Senate
promptly confirmed the appointments, and then
adjourned.
THE Senate met on the 9th inst, but adj
iourned Immediately. The Republican Soma
tors then held caucus, and considered the
was appointed to confer with the Democrats re-
garding minority representation.
VICE PRESIDENT MORTON was not present at
the session of the senate ON the It'll inst.
The only business transacted was the election
of MI. Ingalls, as President pro tenn. An amend
ment substituting the name Of Mr.. voorhees,
for Mr. J. Insslis was g. defeated s by vote
ators afterward held a caucus and appointed
Messrs. German, Cockrell, Voorhees,, Harris.
Ransom, Walthall, and Blackburn committee
10 confer with the Republican caucus committee
respecting tho reorganization OF committees.
Senator German was elected Chairman OF the
caucus. There is "a movement looking to the
abolishment Of certain useless Senate conn
mitteea
Julian Hawthorne ON Marriage.
A friend recently asked Julian Haw-