Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-05-02

renor. Nc ny a quorum. The conference
r rrU.. on .ne bill providing for a temno'
toEvsas nm,ent at Oklahoma was agreed
goo. oo; nays, 5. The bill now
amend;no president. The house bill
authoriz,no '4 ~ net OF August ], 1889.
wagon bridge across the Missons; G,gn
~ or neal Sioux City was passed aver aver
1enase Dill Tor Improving Arkansas noss ~
aeAas, senate bill approriatine Sl4ls5a ~ ~
leimourse South Dakota for the srnonso
y! the constitutional convention. senaee e
plll amending and further ex.endinn tSe
nenents act of Feb. 8, 1887, providino far
,ne allotment OF landtin severalty tn ~
lnu1ans on the various reseryat1ons etn
senate Dill appropriating $50, OOD for tba
oonstractlon of a military store-house AID
olnces Tor army purposes at the Omaha
military depot in Nebraska, and for othar
tb upt tsE Inc land forfeiture bill was
'nen .aken up and the senate adjourned.
~ .ne mouse on the 23d Mr.. Harmer, of
nennsylVanla, presented a memorial of
the manufacturers club of Ph;lonainhio
iepIesentlng many millions of capital in.
vested In American Industries. and manv
thousands of workmen earning Americo1
Wages IN favor of prompt action on tariff
!eglsla.lon which shall check the iiaporta-
uon OF articles produced by our own peo-
PIE. he1erred. The house then went into
committee of the whole, Mr.. Payson- NJ
Illinois, in the chair, on the legislative an
preparation bill; the pending question he
Ing on the motion to strike out the clause
providing clerks for senators. After con-
siderable debate the motion to strike out
was lost. A lengthy discussion on the
veroal amendment then ensued. after
~hlcn the house adjourned.
In the senate on the Oath the house bill
70 transient the revenue cutter service to the
navy department was again taken up and
the amendments reported from the com
mittee on naval affairs agreed to.
Senator Hoar then reported from the
committee on privileges and elections n
OH to amend and supplement the election
avs and to provide for more efficient en-
1orcement of the same. Placed on the
calendar. Consideration of the revenue
cutter bill was then resumed and Senator
Sherman opposed it. The land forfeiture
bill was then taken up as unfinished bust
ness and the amendments reported from
the committee on public lands agreed to.
Adjourned.
The house on the oath went into COM
mlttee of the whole, Mr.. Payson, Of ILL
nois, in the chair, on the legislative appro-
pslation bill. The bill was discussed dur
ing the entire days session, and without
action tbs committee rose and the house
adjourned.
In the senate on the 25th the senate
bill to authorize the sale of timber on
lands reserved for the Menominee In
dlans III Wisconsin was placed on the
calendar. The senate then resumed consid-
Grafton OF the railroad land forfeiture bills.
PENDING discussion. the senate took I'M
and passed the house joint resolution ap-
propriating $3.50. 900 for the relief of des-
tltutlon in the district overfiowed by the
Mississippi river and tributaries. Con-
'tinuation of the land forfeiture bill was
then resumed, but without action the bill
went over. After the deliverance of eulo-
gies on the late Representative Gay, of
Louisiana, the senate adjourned.
In the house ON the 25th Mr.. O'Neill, of
Penn, presented q memorial of business
men of Philadelphia asking the aid of con-
gress IL promotion OF the building of
American ships to trade with foreign ports.
The petition of seventy-elgh dry goods
commission houses and WOODEN manufact-
urers of New York city was presenle ed,
asking for the passage of the bill classify
ing worsted with wooIens. Referred,
The committee on appropriations re-
ported a joint resolution appropriating
$50, 900 for the relief of destitute people
in the districts overtiowed by the Missis-
sippi and its tributaries and it passed.
The house Went into committee of the
whole on the legislative appropriations
bill. On motion Of Mr.. Sayers, Of Texas,
an amendment was adopted providing that
hereafter every new application for exam
ination before the civil service commission
be accompanied by a certificate OF an off
Ger with the official seal attached of the
county and state of which the applicant
claims to be a citizen. On motion of Mr..
Cumm ngs, of New York, an amend
ment was adopted providing for the
actual" travelling expenses of the
commission. instead of the "neces-
sary travelling expenses, as provided in the
bill. The appropriation for the office of
director of ths mint was taken ur. With
out competing consideration tue commit
tee rose and took a recess. The, house ia
its evening session passed thirty private
pension bits and adjourned.
In the senate on the 2Gth the senate bill
to carry out the terms OF the agreement
with tie Sioux Indians of Dakota for the
sale of a portion of ;beir reser-
Walton and making an appropriation
of SIS, COO. 900 for the purpose passed.
The JOINT resolution accepting the doua-
ton OF the sword Of the late Capt. Samuel
Chester Reed teLdered as il gift by his son,
Samuel C. Reed. and providing for the
presentation to him ty congress of q GOLD
medal was taken up. Much opposition to
the resolution was developed and it finally
went over. The senate bill to amend the
interstate act las to the mode
of proceuure) passed. Adjourned.
In the house On the 26th Mr.. Allen. of
Mississippi, rising to a question Of per-
sonal privilege. read extracts from especial
to a Philadelphia paper stating that in his
speech he had uttered a vulgar TRADE
against Senator Qnay and characterized
him as a thief, and close his speech with
an attack upon the piety of Postmaster
General Wanamaaer. He denied that he
had ever called Senator Quay a thief. He
did not know Senator Quay, but UNDER
stood he was a man of some good traits.
and be was no party to any conspiracy tc
injure or defame him. The house then
vent into committee Of the whole on the
legislatise appropriation bill. After the
adoption of several amendments the com
mittee rose and reported the bill to tbs
house. On ordering tn pr.vious question
no quorum voted, and a call of the house
was ordered. Only l0l members responded.
After five hours consumed in roll calls