Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-02-14
WOMEN WAGEWoRKERs DoINGs OF CONGRESS
IMPORTANT MEASURES CONSIDERED
AND ACTED UPON.

At the Nations Capitol - what Is Being
Il Done by the Senate and House - Old
/ Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Com
| s.dered.
THE House passed the naval appropriation
bin ON the I'D inst, with amendment appro-
priating 800 900 for tho establishment OF coal
| ing station at Pago-Pago, Samoa. There was
| considerable debate, In which several Congress-
tion and the necessity Of the United States hav-
ing first class navy to project the interests OF
its citizens in foreign lands, after which the
| House adjourned
| THE credentials Of Mr.. Manderson for his. new
Senatorial term were presented, read and
placed on file in the Senate ON the 4th inst Mr..
Allison, from the Committee ON Appropriations,
| reported back the legislative, executive and
| judicial appropriation bill and the House
ssa e
B. Eads. Mr. Evarts repored the testimony
taken in the Texas election Investigation, to-
| gether with q resolution directing the commit
tee privileges and elections to revise carefully
| the existing laws regulating the election OF
nr ~ ens NJ Wsa ps va on
| the calendar. Mr.. Dolph introduced q joint
resolution In reference to the s72l coo received
| Choctaw claim and his disobedience OF the order
of the court to pay over 1885, 900 OF the amount.
The following bills were taken from the ealen-
| dead and fallen timber on Indian lands; the
House bill for the relief Of the Trustees Of the
| First Baptist Church of Smithland KY. Almost
| the entire session Of the House was con-
sumed in the consideration of the bill to divide
! a portion OF the Sioux Indian reservation in
! Dakota into separate reservations and to secure
| the relinquishment of the Indian title to the
| remainder, about II, GOD acres. The discus
sion snoT such %a ps sSpg Who n 70 the
| charge, withdrew 1t from the confederation Of
the House. Bills were passed for the allotment
| of lands in severalty to the Oneida Indians In
Wisconsin and the united Peoria and Miami
| Indians in the Indian Territory.
THERE was q long debate in the Senate on the
| 9Th inst. over the reference Of the House bill
for Territorial government for Oklahoma Mr.
Platt moved that the bill be referred to the Com
mittee en- Territories, and after u long debate
the motion was adopted. The Senate
| agreed to the committee amendments to the
| legislative appropriation BILL the principal
one being to increase the salary OF the Presi-
| dents Private Secretary from $500 to $1,000
| The House joint resolution for payment Of
100000 to the representatives OF the late James
| B. Eads was passed by the Senate. The CON
| ference report on the Nicaragua canal bill was
called up in the Housa and the discussion of
! the bill and amendments occupied most Of the
| day. The Senate bill approprial ing $3.50, 900 for
| postofice building at st. Paul was fayorably
reported to the House, with an amendment re-
agreed to the Senate amendment to the bill to
| retire Gen William F. Smith The President
| visional agreement lately entered into with the
| Creek Indians by which the title to all lands
In the Indian TERRITORY OF elsewhere, except
such as are held and occupied homes, are
| coded to the United States. By it's terms the
| Creek Nation cedes to the United States the en-
| tire western half OF the domain OF the nation,
| lying west OF the division line established by
| tbs treaty Of 1886. The United States agrees to
pay to the Indians ~. $50 857-$2S 1857 to be paid
$4,000 900 to remain in the United States Treas
ury to the credit of the nation and bear interest
| ct the rate Of per cent; The nation agrees to
| tional purposes.
TIE Senate bill granting to the Big Horn
Southern Railway Company right of way across
the reservation in Montana was reported and
passed in the Senate on the 9Th inst Mr..
Chandler oes srs nn dSs
the Interior for statement as to
authority given by him for cutting timber in
Ponfe Agency. The resolution heretofore
offered by Mr.. Chandler. instructing the Com
mittee on APPROX iations . to investiga gate the tn.
over without action, also the executive and
after a long debate, agreed to the conference 70.
| port on the Nicaragua canal bill BY 2 vote q ~
yeas to 80 nays. Mr.: Chapman tMich) made the
principal speech in favor Of the report, declss.
| Ing that the House amendments which were
dropped by the conferrees were added to the
biz the de that .s sse ed satss
alliances. That day. he said. had passed. The
attempt to make it impracticable for American
sriss was too Pate iass The time bad come
| for naughty and dictatorial American policy.
and certainly a wise American policy. We are
| carrying the flag into that region Of Central
! America with the Endorsement of this Govern
| ment We have put ourselves where, though
| we may not be pscuniarily liable, we shall DO
morally responsible for the safety and protee-
| tion Of a great American enterprise which viii
| help to spread our country over the world. He
day when the flag shall wave over the state OF
| Nicaragua as q State of the United States Of
| America.
TIE Senate continued its discussion of the
eivil-service system the 7th inst, when it re-
sumed consideration OF Mr.. Hawley's amend
ment to tho legislative appropriation bill
! providing an additional clerk for the Civil
| Service Commission. The amendment was
ass the TO- as %
sist Of six members instead of three.
The bin then went owe. The confer
agreed to and it now goes to the President. The
Senate passed the bill au horizins he Monnt
Carmel Ill., Development Ccmn ~ to draw
| water from the Wub ASH River. htT ij!air intro
duced joint resolution providing for a consti-
tutional amendment extending the right Of suf-
| frage to women, and presented q majority re-
port Of the Senate Committee on Woman suf-
| frage favoring the same. The Senate passed
q substitute for the House bill to remove the
charge OF assertion from soldiers OF the late
war and of the Mexican war VIII re srch soldiers
afterward served faithfully till the piration Of
their s term Of liz, enlistment The The Hole passed
available for agricultural purposes. subject
to private entry, shall only be dispose of under
adopted striking out the provisions exempting
| Missouri from the opera ions oil the bill,
repeating the communication clause OF he home-
stead law and allowing persons who have aban-
doned or relinquished their homestead entries
tomake another entry The House passed the
| widow of Gen. w. II. Emery. Amendments
aggregating $6I $50 were added TO the army APP
propriation biz by the House The appropria..
| tion of $l00,C00 for the miita.y post at
Denver was stricken out upon the suggestion
that the item is covered in the sundry civil bill.
A Relic OF Famous Battle.
A white pine tree was cut recently
two miles south of Shade Mills, in
Garrett County, Maryland, near the
| conyertad into SHINGLES Ttvas q large