Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-05-07
The ACTS OF CONGRESS.
SUOCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.

ion OF the land forfeiture bill was re.
5nmed. Senator Plumb discussed Senator
GAll's amendments ~ to lands in Florida.
4nator Plat interrupted to offer concur
INT resolution, which was agreed to, re-
H0esting ths president to return the
otlahoma bill. He explained that owing
- m error of his own the word west had
>4en used in the place Of east in the dis.
15ption of the boundaries.
s. Consideration Of the land forfeiture bill
eea resumed. On the motion to lay Ssna.
Calls amendment ON the table no
nm votedys.s, ~; nays, i4--bat -
-. % .sss "a ND sassSS ssgs 9B.s: M
ever quorum Was present and
the vote did not disclose that fact he should
insist upon the sensible rule that the sena-
tors present and not voting should be
counted. After some debate vote was
again taken and Senator Calls amendment
WAS laid on the table by strict party vote
Moody OF offered nays an TO- anendmsnt, nnssS,
which was agreed to, declaring tho act not
to be considered to confer any right on
any state, corporation or person to the
lands accepted in the grants. The bill
then passed without division. 'Senator
Mcpherson introduced bill granting
pension Of 81, 500 year to the widow OF
Gen. Mcclellan. Referred. The senate
then proceeded to the consideration Of the
Mckinley administrative customs bill,
after which the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 29th there
was a spirited and heated
skirmish when Mr.. Pierce, of Ten
nessee, rising TO question of personal
privilege, denied the statement made
a. few days ago by Evans,
Of Tennessee, to the effect that there has
been ballot stufipg in his district. The
speaker ruled that this did not present the
matter as personal privilege. This
in which the speaker was
contradicted BY Pierce, ana Mills. OF
Texas, accused him of fraud. The speak,
or declared Mills out of order, whereupon
he responded: Il am in order, aud the
speaker is more out OF order than the gen.
tleman from Texas. The ruling is simply
an outrage" The matter was then dropped.
The senate resolution was concurred in,
concerning the irrigation of the arid lands
of the valley of the Rio Grande. The bill
removing the charge of desertion from the
record OF VIM. Dawson was passed. The
senate bill passed for the disposal of the
Fort Sedgwick military reservation
in Colorado and Nebraska. The
house then went into committee of
the whole on the bill providing for the
classification Of worsted cloths as woolens.
After long discussion the committee rose
and reported the bill to the house. On
the passage Of the bill no quorum voted,
and there being no quorum present Mr..
Dingley moved on adjournment, which
carried.
In the senate the committee on foreign
relations reported concurrent resolution
requesting the president to negotiate with
the governments of Great Britain and
Mexico with view Of securing treaty dep
utations for the prevention OF the entry
into the United States of Chinese from
Canada and Mexico, and immediate con-
slderation OF it asked. Considertion
Of the custom administration resumed.
Senator Gray moved to amend the bill by
inserting provision giving the importer
who 10 dissatisfied the right to teein a
circuit court. This was discussed at length
aud the bill was finally laid aside without
action. The conference report on the
house bill for public building at Fremont.
Neb., was agreed to. The cost was 500, :
ONO, but there is no appropriation in the
bill Senator Platts resolution for the
correction of the Oklahoma bill was agreed
to and the senate adjourned.
After the reading of the journal the
house on the 3Qsh prOoseded TO vote upon
the passage Of the bill for the classification
Of worsted and WOODEN cloths. The bill,
passed--yeas, 1873; nays, 0--the speaker
counting q quorum. The bill authorizes
the secretary of the treasury to classify as
WOODEN cloths all imports of wOrsted cloths
which are not known under the name Of
w0rsted cloth, or under the name OF
worsted, or diagonals, or otherwise. The
committee on rules reported resolu-
luton providing for the immediate consid-
Grafton Of the senate dependent pension
bill, to which the Morrill, service pension
bill may be ordered % a substitute, the
previous question to be considered as or
dered at o'clock. Mr.. Carlisle protested
against the adoption Of resolutions of this
character, which took away from the COM
mittes Of the whole the right to
to vote upon them after Q briei
debate. II was not fair to the members oi
the house; II was not fair to the taxpayers
Of the country. The pension estimates
were neve. liberal enough and hs said the
expenditures under the senate bill would
amount to GAL, ,OOO, 600, and under the new
house bill to $50, OO0, 600. From this time
on he would protest against this system
and insist upon the rights Of the mem.
bers TO have an opportunity for dis
cussion and amendment. After further
debate an amendment was agreed
to ON the Morrill, bill reducing
the age Limitation from So to 60 years
The Morrill, bill was agreed to ~ substi.
tuts Tor the senate bill 1873; nays, n
Mr.. Yodor moved to commit the bill
with instructions to The committee TO re-
port back per disns pension bill. Lost
l6 to 161. The senate bill ~ amended b.
the substitute was then passed--l79 to 4
-amid load applause. The house then I'd.
In tho senate on the 1st Senator Vest
| from the sslect committee on meat pro,
cOmpanjed Il with an explanation. HI
asked, in the name Of the cattle raisers o,
the country, that the bill bs taken NJ
and considered at an early day
senator Cullom recognised the impor'
tance Of the measure and declared him.
self anxious 10 secure On early considers
| tisn. He asked Senator Vest whether ths
report would b very long Or whether il
could bs printed soon. Senator Vest re.
4 plied that ~ report covered about 1O(
pages OF type- written matter, and be sup
posed Il could b printed in . few days
The house anendmsnt TO the senate bill
for 8 pablic building q Aurora, H., Va
ncA concuyTed in aud conference asked
The customs administrative bill vas takel
up, the peudtna question being on Ssnato
Grays amendment. securing 20 tn
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