The Red Cloud chief., 1890-05-02
NEWS OF HI WEEK.
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AvsRv the disposition oe roustUe business
~ b senate on che 3lss esnatoe Reagan IN
troduced . bill 70 repeal oil laws for the ~.
tiroment Of army end navy Otlcers from
active servlce On pay. ecnseee P1unb In.
troduee0 Q ~cOncurrent resOIuttoN directing
the sccreeary Of the Treasury % increase
the treasury purchase snd coinsae Of silver
TO the maximum mount authorized BY law.
Tbs seeate then took up che 1louse
Worlds Fair bin which va debated
10 lsnath. amended and passed by q
vote u y 10 II Adjourned. :. In the
House NJ. Dorsey tNsb.) introduced q
bill for the coinass Of silver 70 the maximum
allowed by law. A bill psssed providing that
soldiers Who lost their limbs durins the war
shall be entitled 70 receive an sSsincial limb
every three ycars. The bill to pension on
prisoners Of war was called up when Mr..
Tarsney tMO.). who had been Q prisoner Oi
war. vigorously opposed III bIu. Tho mo.
e1on 70 suepend Tho rules and pnss the bill
failed and Inc House adjourned.
Aztec dispOsin9 Of u~nimporvaut routine
busIsess In tho mate on the Nd Senator
Tumb's resolution for tho increase Of the
treasury purchase n coinage ~ silver was
presented and Senator Eustis offered an ad
ditiOn To u that the FREQ coinage Of silver 10
essential % . sound financial policy. and oil
laws limiting its coinage Ought = be 70.
pesled. TIL subject went over and Senator
Mitchell addressed the senate In favor Of his
proposition Tor the election u United States
Senators by the people. The District Of Co.
1umbia Appropriation bill was passed md
the Senate adjourned. . In tho House the
Ways and Means Z Ommittee presented Q hill
for the classification Of wOrsted c,0ths ~
WOODEN. The Senate Amendments % the
WORLDS Fair bill were concurred In. The
Legislative Appropriation bill was then coa
sidered In Co'niaittes of the Whole until -.
jOurnment.
In the Senate On The nd Q coneurrsns r.so.
tuition vas adopted requesting thu President
to enter Into negotiations with Mexico In ~.
oaeiOn tO che irrigation Of arid iands In thu
valley Of the Rio Grandc. The conference
report on the Oklahoma Territory bill was
agreed to. After pasaing several bills
OF Q local or private character the
Land forfeiture Bit vac taken up
and became ~"unlnlshed business and the
senats adjourned soon after assembling
the House west Into COMMITTEES of the whole
on the Legislative Appropriation bill and
Tho debate that followed had but little refer.
cnce ~ che bill under consideration. A
j0urncd.
II the senate on the 3lth Senator uoar.
from the tlections Committee. reported .
bill to supplement- tho election laws of ths
United States. which was placed on thc
calendar. tcnator rngh. In behnif Of the
minority. disscnted from the blu In some
vigorous remavka. Thu bill TO hsnsfer tho
revenue cutter service from the Treasury
Department 10 the Navy Department
vas considered at soine length. The
Land Grant hill was then considered
until adjournment. . ZOO after assembling
the House went into Committee Of tho W hois
on the Legislative Appropriation bill. Tho
clause In the bill maiins appropriations for
ths Civii.scrviee Commission clicited = spicy
debate In which tho COmmissiOn and the law
wcrc severely attacked. and pending debate