Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-03-20
THE ACTS OF CON NGRESS.
sUCCTNCT SUMMARY OF A WEEK,A
LEGIsLATivE WORK.

.BIls ana Resolutions tnsronncsd and Top-
les Discussed by the National Body Of
Law Makers.
In the senate on the 18th the house bill for
bridges across the Missouri river at South
Pierre, 5. D., and across the Columbia river
between Washington and Oregon lsimilar to the
amended by few verbal changes and passed.
Senator Frye, from the committee on conn
merce, reported q bill to repeal the law Of the
last congress- requiring steamships to carry
rockets and guns for casting Iines in case Of
distress. Bills appropriating sIE0,0a0 for Hast
ings, and 81 0,080 for Saltwater, Minn., were
passed. Then followed a lengthy and heated
debate on the treatment Of the negro, after
which the senate adjourned. ~
iu the house on the 18th O bill passed grant.
ing right-of f-way through the Mile Lac Indian
reservation, Minnesota, to the Little Falls.
Mile Lac and Lake Superior Railroad com.
pany. At tho conclusion Of the morning hour
the house went into committee OF tha
whole, for further consideration of tha Oklahoma
bill. On motion OF Mr.. Tarsney an Amendments
was adopted for the establishment Of . land IN
No M MS Land. On motion OF Mr.. Holman an
amendment was adopted providing that no
person having fee simple to 160 acres Of land in
any state or territory shall be entitled to enter
and covered by this act The committees rosB
and reported the bill to the house. An
amendment providing that section 2l3s,
re ised statutes tprohibitins the in
production OF Intoxicating liquor into Indian
territory), shall be inferred in Oklahoma until
after the adjournment Of the first session Of the
legislature was agreed to by vote Of 1sa to les.
4 he bill then passed by vote Of 160 to 25 after
which the house adjourned.
In the senate on the 14th, among the Bills re-
ported from committees and placed on the
calendar were the following: Appl opriating
S75 900 for a public building at Aurora, Ill.
authorizing the construction OF a bridge across
the St. Louis river between Minnesota and
on appropriations, reported the urgency de-
ficiency bill and said he would call 1t up for
action on the 1Tth. The Blair bill was then
out act on. Senator Call gave notice
that he would on the 17th
move to modify certain rules as to executive
tions relative to the death OF Representative
Townshend and pronounced an eulogium on the
dead member. Other appropriate remarks were
made and the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 14th Mr. Henderson, of
iowa, presented for reference resolution Of
the general assembly. Of Iowa fayoring such
protect the life and limbs of railway employees.
Mr.. Perkins, OF Kansas, stated that an er-
roneous idea had gone out that accordfng to
Wednesday the Cherokee outlet had been de-
clared open to settlement under the homestead
laws. The statement should have been made
that the public land strips-not the Cherokee
outlet-had been opened for settlement The
Cherokee outlet. he said was embraced within
the limits OF the new territory, but was not
open to settlement under the homestead law.
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the private calendar The bill author
izing the president to retire Gen. Fremont with
the rank of major-genera1 was taken
up, but no final acton was taken.
The house then look a reoess, the evening ses-
sion to be for the consideration of private PEN
sion bi Is. The usual Friday evening routine
in the house was enlivened by the discussion
of the bill grantine pension OF $40 per month
to Francis Deming, Of Michigan. on the grounds
Of blindness. This is one of the bills vetoed by
President Cleveland. The discussion was par
ticipated in by Messrs. Stone, Of Missouri. Kill
gore Of Texas. and Lane OF Illinois. Finally
this bill and one other were reported from the
committee of the whole to the house, but be-
fore action was taken Mr.. Breckenridge, of
Kentucky, moved an adjournment which was
carried.
Senate not in session.
In the house on the 18th Mr.. Dalzell. from the
house committee on Pacific railroads, reported
the resolutions calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information as to whether the gov
ernment is the owner or holder Of the first
mortgage sec securities . OF any yaa Of the ne
the government, and if SO the amount Of such
securities, and when and in what manner and
by what authority. the same were secured.
Breckenridge. of Arkansas. offered q resolution
tion regarding the facilities at commaad
to guard the levees Of the Mississippi
and other works, and If there is reason to
apprehend unusual danger to human life, ate.
Adopted. A senate amendment was concurred
in to the house bill authorizing tho construc-
tion of bridge across the Missouri river at
Pierre, S. d. Public business being suspended,
the house proceeded to pay it's last tribute of
respecu to the memory OF Judge Kelley, of PENN
sylyania Adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th when petitions
were beng presented, Senator Cockrel rose to
present a remonstrance against the extradition
treaty with Russia, but was notified that that
was g. matter for executive sessions. After de-
bate the presiding officer submitted the ques-
ton as to whether the petition should be re-
ceiyed in open session and 1t wss decided that
it should be. The petition was therefore
presented and several other like petit
tions from German labor societies in st. Louis
and vicinity were likewise presented. Senator
setting forth the deep and widespread depres-
sion and decay OF the agricultural interests OF
the American people; the enormous and APP
agricultural lands; the total failure Of the
home markets to furnish remunerative p ices
for farmers productions; the palpabIe scarcity
the hands of the people with which
to transact the business OF the coun-
try and effect exchanges Of prop
efty and labor at fair rates, are circumstances
of the most overwhelming Importance to the
safety ana well-being of the government; !;
therefore, be it
gress in the present.crisis to lay aside all dis
cussions ana con liberation OF mere party is
sues and give prompt and immediate attention
to the preparation and adoption of such meas
ures are required for the relief Of farmers
and others and the overtaxed and underpaid
laborers of the United States.
The senate then Went INTO executive session.
When the doors reopened the house bill to ex-
tend the act granting the right -of-way to the
Kansas City & Pdcific railway through Indian
territory passed with a few verbal amend
ments. The Blair educational bill
was discussed. The urgent deficiency bill was
then taken up, and the following amendments.
among others were agreed to- Appropriating
$35, 900 additional for the expenses OF the inter
national marine conference; appropriating
S., 900 for boats, stores, etc. for new cruisers
the insertion of several paragraphs for the pay
ment of district Judges and district attorneys
and marshals for the state OF North and South
Dakota, Montana and Washington. The house
amendment to the senate bill for public
building ut Cedar Rapids, Ia. reducing the
amount from $500, ,00J to 100000, was concurred
in. Adjourned. ft v#s
In the house on the 18th the senate bill wss
passed, with an amendment striking out the
appropriation clause, increasing from S150000
to $300,0O0 the limit of the cost OF q public
building at Sacramento, Cal. joint resolu-
tion was passed calling on the secretary of war
for g further report as to the pacticability and
Approximate cost of tunneling the Detroit river
at or near Detroit, Mich. Mr.. Mcktnna under
instructions from the committee on the elev-
enth census, moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill author
enunierate the Chinese population in such q
manner as to enable him to make q complete
and accurate descriptive list of the Chinese
persons in the United States and give each
person enumerated certificates containing the
particulars necessary to fully identify him,
and such certificate shall be the sole right OF
such person to be and to remain in the United
States. The bill further provides penal
fer or dispose Of such certificate. The sum
of 100000 is appropriated. The. bill
passed without division Under suspension Of
the rules the following bills and resolutions
dent to invite the king of the Hawaiian islands
to select delegates to represent his kingdom in