Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-10-10
TUE ACTS OF CONGRESS.

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SUMMARY OF A WEEKS LEGis-
LATivE WORK.
r,,,. md Resolutions Introduced and Top.
,c. discussed by the National Body o.
Law Makers.
shnrn,nn offered a resolution for the
nnnointnent of committee OF two
snn,tors TO a Joint like committee on
the part of the house to wait upon
he shall have any further communication
the president and inform him that unless
to make the two houses are now READY to
adjourn. Agreed to. After executive ses-
sion the house bill in reference to contracts
for surveying public lands was agreed to.
The yice-president laid before the senate
three veto messages from the president. two
on bills referring to court claims. ana the
third Hill to prohibit bookmaking and pool
selling in the District OF Columbia Tor the
purpose of gambling. The presidents OBJ
lection to the latter bill is that it docs not
prohibit bookmaking and poolselliDg. but
on the contrary permits it In the case ofthe
Washington Jockey club and other clubs
owning race tracks. II that form OF gam
bling is to be prohibited, as the president
thinks it should be, the prohibitions should
apply to all persons and places The
messages were laid on the table. mes
sage from the house asking concurrence
in the resolution to make another corr
rection in the tariff bill was no: considered
on Senator Edmunds objecting. At 2:55. p.
M, the tariff bill, enrolled, was received
from the house with the speaker signature
and was Immediately signed by the vice.
president and sent to the president. Sena-
tor Harris offered resolution rendering
the thanks of the senate to vice. President
Morton for the dignifcd, impartial and
courteous manner in which he has presided
over the deliberations Of the senate. The
resolution was unanimously adopted, as
was also one offered by Senator Ran
som in compliment to Senator Ingalls,
as president pro tenn Senators
mittce, reported that the president had no
further communication to make to the sem
ate. A message was received from the
house announcing concurrence with the
resolution as to the negotiations with Great
Rritaiil and Mexico to prevent Chinese from
entering the United States. Vice-President
Morton then arose and made a brief speech,
thanking the senators for the resolution
adopted and for the cordial cooperation
he had received from ALL He then declared
the senate adjourned without day.
In the house on the 1St a message was re-
ccivcd from the senate announcing its
agreement to the conference report on the
tariff bill. Mr.. Mckinley offered a resolu-
ton for the appointment of 81 committee of
three members to a Joint similar committee
on the part OF the senate to wait upon the
president and inform him that congress was
ready to adjourn II he had no further COM
munication to make. Adopted. Mr.. Cas-
we'll, of Wisconsin, submitted a letter adj
dressed to the speaker by Postmaster Wheat
rendering his resignation. Subsequently
Mr.. Spooner, OF Rhode Island, from COM
mittce, submitted report. 1t states
that the charges were substantially es-
tablished; and although the relations
between Dalton (the previous postmasterl
and Culbertson, the mail contractor, gives
rise TO grave Suspicion, 1t seems q private
arrangement existed between them whereby
Dalton, during the Forty -ninth and Fiftieth
congresses derived personal profits out of
his contracts for carrying the mails, but no
absolute proof can be obtained. The report
is accompanied by a resolution declaring
the Office OF postmaster of the house vacant,
and directing the assistant postmaster to
perform the duties until postmaster shall
be appointed and qualified. MIR. Hayes, of
Iowa, submitted minority report dissent
ing in reference to Postmaster Dalton.
Pending discussion upon the question Mr..
Mckinley called up the resolution for final
adjournment, with the amendment fixing
the hour at O'Clock. and it was agreed to.
The Wheat resolution was then agreed to-
The speaker laid before the house IL letter
from Representative Conger, stating that
he had forwarded to the governor of Iowa
his resignation as representative from the
Seventh district of that state. The speaker
further stated that he had received a sub
stantially similar communication from Rep
resentativc DeHaven, of the First district
of California, but the letter was mislaid
The senate concurrent resolution for ne
gotiations with Great Britain and Mexico
for the prevention of the entry of Chinese
laborers into the United States was agreed
to. Mr.. Mckinley, chairman of the COM
mittee appointed to wait upon the presi-
dent announced that the president had no
further communication to make, and then
the house took recess. During recess
nearly all the members left the hall to make
preparations for their departure from the
city, and when the speaker reconvencd the
house lie looked down upon u vast array of
empty seats. He merely stated that ac-
cording to the concurrent resolution he de-
clared the first session of the Fifty-first
congress adjourned without day.