The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-14
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
ssUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.

1919
suCUMCT SUMMARY OF a WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions and Top
los Discussed by the National Body OF
Law Makers.
In the senate on the 9th the bill to increase
the efficiency and reduce the expenses of the
signal corps Of the army and for the transfer Of
the weather bureau to the department OF agri-
culture was reported and placed on the calen;
dar. Among the bills introduced and referred
We're the f~ollowing:. For q monument to
John Ericsson; for the punishment Of Off
GERS and others selecting jurors with reference
iatry Of foreign-bni1t vessels by citizens Of. the
United United ! States Sta n, for employment ynoe1 in in foreign trade sha
$40 per month to the daughter of Maj Gen. w.
s sion O. ana sha 5n %isoM e n siGs 8 m %anre the P The
senate went into executive session and then
adjourned.
The speaker laid before the house a message
from tho president, transmitting the report Of
the Chippewa Indian commission. Referred.
A petit on of the Women's Industrial league
was presented, asking that Two women be APP
pointed on the worlds fair mmit of 1892.
Referred. MIR. Lawler, OF Illinois. presented a
petition signed by 500 ); railway pos a. clerks,
went into committee Of the whole and pro-
eeeded to the consideration of public building
bills. The following bills we're laid aside with
favorable Recommendation: For o public
building at Galesburg, III to cost $1,000:
for a public building at Ashland, Wis, to cost
NOO for a public building at San Jose, Cal, was
the object of u vigorous attack from Mr.. Cam
non, OF Illinois. After sharp debate tn, bill
was faycrably recommended, and it, with the
other bills mentioned, was passed after tho
committee rose. The Washington postofico
bill also passed. Adjourned
In the 6eJiate on the 9Th the following pub1ir
building bills passed: For Sterling, III, $780,
600; Helena, Mont, s4oo, o09. The bill appro-
up, and Senator Plumb movGd to reduce it to
100000. While the discussion was going or,
the"hour Of 2 O'Clock having arrived, the bill
went over without action, and the Blair ed
vocational bill came up as unfinished business.
Senator Hale oppoaed the bin. Senator hlair
addressed he senats. He insisted that the
the passage Of the bill and he pred ,cted that
II that party failed to make good its pledge that
fuct would put an end to the party. re was
not mistaken us to the source from which most
o. the misrepresentation Mt the north concern
ing the bill had come. The jesuitical power of
the country had decided that the way to get
control OF the schools WAS to first get control of
the press. The press had received irs full llare
Of attention and had. manifested it's full shari
monopolies of this worst kind and tie country
papers had been perverted and poi oned by
journed until Monday.
In the house Haugen, of Wisconsin, from the
comm1ttce on elections, reported q reso ntion
Thre entt vs. Hi'p Giark. eG 1Ie reso1e etfeSi0n rb inse wa %,
unanimously adopted, declares Clark entitled to
his seat. The speaker laid before tho house
the claim OF Woodbridge for his invention of
projectiies for riiled cannon. 1t was defeated
after some debate. The house went into COM
mittee of the whole on the private calendar.
Without trunsacting any business of import
ance the committee rose and the house took q
recess; AT the evening session the house
no G a1 W. N1i,,nf = NC ! II AVID ID iNr~r
Senate not in session on the sth.
In the house OF the 9Th numerous bills for
public buildings We're introduced none OF which
were all reduced from the original amount
named. The commissioner OF the general land
Office has ordered the chiefs of divisions to i'm
mediately re-eXamine oil suspended entries,
relieving them from suspension if possible.
Mr.. Dolliver. for Mr.. strlblo, presented a pc
passage OF the dependent pension bill. Mr..
Dolliver presented petitions Of Taylor post G.
A: r., Ct Laurens. TO-; Rowland post, Lohr,
at Glidden, praying on increase Of pension leg
i%slation; also petition of W. G. Crooks post,
Boone, and Rome post, favoring the service
pension bill. Adjourned.
In the senate on the 10th among the bills re-
ported from committees and placed on the cal
endar was one for the construction of postotfice
buildings in towns and cities where the post
office receipts have for the last three years been
$1,000 The committee on privileges and
elections reported an order for striking from the
Congressional Record the words inserted by
Senator Call in tho report of his remarks in
the discussion with Senator Chandler Feb.
20 and for the substitution of the original re-
port made by the official reporter Senator
Stanford offered Il preamble and resolution in
STRUGGLING the committee on finance to inquire
what relief Tor existing agricultural depression
may be furnished by the United States. and
particularly whether loans may not be made by
the government on mortgages on real estate,
independent of improvements. Senator
Plumb offered u resolut on, which was
ayr ed to-. calling on the secretary Of
holding the patents of lands within the limits
of the Union Pacific land grants. The bill up
propriating $500, O01 for u public building at
senator Sherman the bill reported by him from
the committee on foreign relations, providing
for the inspection of meats for expectation,
prohibiting the Importation of adulterated
articles OF food, drink, and authorizing tho
president to make Il p%roclamatiuu in certain
GASES and for other purposes, was taken from
the calendar. AT or executive session the
senate adjourned.
In the house on the 10th q resolution was
concurred in providing that the senate COM
mittee on immigration and the house COM
mittee on immigration and naturalization shall
| Jointly investigate the working of the vurious
laws of the United Stntes and of the several
states relative to immigration. The resolution
was amended so as to direct n Joint COM
American worhingmen which is likely TO
follow the purcbane of American industries
by foreign capitalists, and also report to con-
gross the official correspondence on the pro-
posnl to mako Bodloe's island. in New York har-
Dor, an Immigrant depot, and whether, in the
opinion OF the committee, such island is tine
best and most suitable place for such a depot.
A resolution was adopted calling on the eecre-
tary Of WAY for information relating to the de-
tectiye work on the Washington acqueduct
liable therefor. The senate bill was
passed with verbal amendments,
to prevent the Introduction of
contagious diseases from one state to another.
Bills were introduced authorizing the construc-
ton OF bridges at the 10Y wing points: Across
the mississippi river Mt Lyons, Ia. An nmendn-
tory bill was called up removing the office of
inspector OF boilers and hulls from Galena, Ill,
to Dubuque, Ia; This was vigorously opposed
by Mr.. Hit, of Illinois, and earnestly advocated
by Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa and it was finally
recommitted with leave for the committee on
commerce to report at any time. MIR,
Lacey. of Iowa, from the committee on
elections, reported a resolution for the
appointment OF d to make q
thorough investigation of the contested election
case of CLAYTON Breckenridge. Mr.. Lacey, at
the request Of Mr.. breckenridge, offered an
amendment directing the subcommittee to in
yestigate the events relating to tho contest or
arising therefrom after the election. This was
agreed to after a brief deblte and the resolu-
tion was adopted. The house then went into
territory bill. Without making much prog
ress the committee rose and the, house ad-
journed.
In the senate on the 18th the credentials OF
Senator Allison, OF Iowa, for his new term
commencing March 4, 1891, were presented and
ordered placed on file. The house amend
ments to the senate concurrent resolution in
structing the senate and house committees on
immigration to investigate the working OF the
various laws CT immigration were taken up
and read. They add to The scope of inquiry
the subject of the purchase of American indus
tries by foreign capital and the converting OF
Bedioe's island, New York, into IN immigrantd de-
pot. After discussion the resolution went over.
Senator Mitchell introduced u JOINT resolution
proposing an amendment to the constitution
providing for the election of senators by the
votes OF the qualified electors of the state.
agreed to, directing the secretary of the interior
to report any incarnation in possession Of the
department in relation to the authorizing Of
any lottery company by the Indian
territorial government OF the Creek nation,
Senator Dawes offered q resolution, which
was agreed to, calling on the secretary Of war
for copies of the correspondence between
Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan and Gen. Crook in regard
to the Apache Indians in 1856. Senator Hoar
called up the resolution for the exclusion from
the record of the. sentencesi nterpolated by SEN
ator Call in the report of his remarks in the
discussion with Senator Chandler some weeks
ago. The matter consumed the balance Of tho
session, O vote being taken which resulted yeas
27, nays II, No quorum. Adjourned. I