The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-03-07
ACTS Oh CONGRESS.
SUCCINCT SUMMARY Oh AWEEKsA
LEGIsLATIyE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions and Top-
los Discussed Ivy the National Body o1

Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Top-
les Discussed by the National Body ot
Law Makers.
In the senate on the 9th resolutions wsTs
presented and referred to the ommittee on
dealers held at Roston declaring it to be tina
sense Of the conyt ption that the city Of New
York affords advantages and facilities fol
the fair Of 1892 possessed by no other
city in the union and extending the
thanks OF the cony nlion to the New
england member who ha voted for locatina
It there. The following bills were taken from
the calendar and pissed: For the erection and.
location OF q bronze statue Of 4 christopher Co..
lumbus and the removal of a naval monument
to a new site to authorize the contraction Of q
railroad bridge ACROSS The Missouri river In
to amt nd the timber culture act. The senate
proceeded to the consideration of the blil to
declare unlawful trusts and coinbinations in
restraint OF trade a1d production and pending
action adjourned.
In the house the contested election case Of
resolution seating Atkinson was adopted by q
vote OF 1852 to o, the democrats not voting. The
speaker declared o quorum present, and the
new member was sworn in. Pending debate
on the urgent deficiency bill the house adj
journed.
In the senate on the 2sth Senator ingalls, was
elected vice president pro tenn. and will ohici-
ate during the absence OF Vico President Nor
ton in Florida. Senator Blair mnde a kick
tional bills were not sent out blythe associated
Press and intimated that the pres was
muzzled. Senators Hawley, Hall and Hoar de-
Tended the press and said it did its duty. Tho
pension bill for soldiers and sailors incapaci-
tated for mauua! labor was debated. The house
bill for the appointment OF two persons to
represt mt the United States in the Madrid con-
ference in reference to industrial property was
passed. Adjourned until Monday.
wa an 1 ps' s Dopse t the ap 1ngeniiSt app sssIs5s;eSa, tha
largest item being the appropriation of S21,-
COG, o9o for the payment OF pensioners Of the war
of 1872 and the Mexican wal. Forty-hve PEN
sion DlllS were missed. Adjourned. VI s-#.Fr "c+
In the house on the LIST, after the passage Of g
few private pension bills, the senate bill pro-
yiding for or an assistant Isl tai secretary Of war passed
called up the contested election case Of
Featherstone vs.. Cate, from the First district
it was decided to consider. Pending discus-
sion adjourned.
The sena'e was not In session.
In the senate on the Sd Senator Voorhees, Of
fered a preamble and concurrent resolution re-
sha seal shA' islands IN the Of r's alaska ls so ts Of
ih aR Ware cn not eomn eGeta'n VIII; Pboy ana d,r OF the
the secretary of the treasury to refra'n I rom,
executing or delivering the l-ase to the COM
senate. Referred to the finance committee.
The bill fixing the salaries of several judges Of
the United States district courts at 5000 per
bill was discussed. Adjourned.
In the house Mr.. ODonnell, of Michigan, at
the request OF the Seventh Day Adventista OF
the United States, presented q petition bearing
253, 600 names protesting against the passage OF
any bill in regard to the observance of the
Sabbath. Referred. The joint resolution
passed authorizing the appointment Of thirty
additional medical examiners for the pension
bureau. The Featherstone-C Cate election con-
test was taken up. Pending debate, adjourned.
In the senate, ON the 4th, the Joint resolutions
providing for the taking of the census OF Alaska
was taken from the calendar and passed. The
resolution offered by Senator Voorhees, In regard
to the lease of the fur seal islands in Alask q was
reported back from tho finance committee ad-
| versely on the grounds that the trea sury depart
mont had already made the lease and that the
committee had not power to interfere in the
matter. The resolution was indefinitely post
poned. Among the ills reported from commit
tees and placed on the calendar was the follow
ing: 10 amend the act for a bridge scross tho
Missouri river by the Forest City and Water
town company In South Dakota. The senate
bill apprcpriating $50, 600 for a monumental
column to commemorate the battle of Trenton,
N;,f.,, on condition. That an e1ua, aum is con-
tlibuted by the Trenton association. passed.,
Aftor executive session the senate adj urned.
III the house a resolution requesting the pres
ident to send to the house copies OF ali cor
respondence between the United States and
Mexico relating to the seizure at Tampico Of
the schooner Rebecca, in February, 1884, was
referred. The following committee appoint
ments were announced by the speaker: Messrs,
Tarsney, of Missouri, and Reyburn, of Penn
s%ylyania, on claims Brickner, of Wisconsin, on
Mississippi levees, and Cheadle. of Indiana, on
postofiices and 'postroads. The considera-
ton CT the Arkansas contested election oaso of
Featherstone vs. Cate, was resumed, pending
debate on which the house adjourned.