The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-04-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
A Resume Of the Proceedings
Of Congress During the
Past Week.
SENATE.

LHeTe WIS no quorum present, and the mat
ter went over without action.
The senate committee on census concluded
the hearing upon what 10 known az the "Chi-
nese census bill, Il delegation from the Pa
enc coast appearing in support OF the meus
ure.
Senator Davis, a. chairman of the com
mittee on pensions and having in charge the
dependent pension bill which is now under
consideration in the senate, gave the senate
some valuable inct& on the subject of pen
SIons, and discussed the pension situation in
way that commanded not only the attcn-
ton but the votes Ofthe senators as against
charges postponed to the committee bill.
HOUSE.
The house committee on elections passed
upon the election cases of Wnddcll VS. Wise
from Virginia and MrDuttie vs. Turpin from
Alabama, and in both cases by party vote
decided to recommend the seating of the
Republican contestant.
The ways and means committee decided
upon another RhCduo to-day, and fixed the
tHrit on Irvine and CordHge at one and one
halt cents per pound. La Toilette, Gear and
Burrows had ii established at hall cent,
but the Irvine manufacturers brought about
the increase.
SENATE.
Senator Davis secured without any ob;ec
ton or opposition the passage OF his Bill,
making a total appropriation OF s. ,422. 919
for improving st. Mary river and Hay Lake
channel.
On motion of Mr.. VOORHEES, the Senate bill
apprOpriating STA 670 for the purchase of
Capron collection OF Japanese works of art
now in the National Museum, was taken
up and passed. In the course of the discus.
sion Mr.. Hale satirized MIR. Voorhees, for his
advocacy OF the measure uB il it were one on
behalf of the farmers of the country, whose
depressed condition lie had pictured to the
senate last week. lie supposed that the
farmers Of the West would be very much sat
listed and pleased to know that congress
was hunting up the old relics from Japan.
For that reason he (Mr. Hale would not vote
for the bill.
After discussion OF two hours over a bill
granting right of way through the Indian
Territory to the Pittsburgh, Columbus { TT
Smith railroad, and without final action, the
House went into committee OF the whole on
the Army appropriation bill.
On motion of Mr.. Blanchard of Louisiana,
joint resolution was passed authorizing the
president OF The Mississippi river commission
to purchase or hire such boats as may be re-
quired to rescue persons in the overflow ofthe
Mississippi valley.
SENATE.
Senator Davis's pension bill passed.
At the request of Senator Squire the chair
man OF the commerce committee has request
ed the war depart ment to furnish information
relative to surveys for river and harbor i'm
provements in Washington.
HOUSE.
Among the bills introduced In the house
was one by Mr.. Herman OF Oregon to pre-,
scribe proof of naturalization to be furnished
with entries of public lands.
The new tariff bill was submitted to the
full ways and means committee and passed
upon by the committee The minority were
given ten days to prepare amendments in
committee and to prepare their views on the
| bill. 1t is estimated that the bill makes a
total annual reduction in the revenue OF
about $5O,000,O0
The house then went into committee o. the
whole (Mr. Allen, OF Michigan, in the chair),
on the appropriation bill. The action of the
committee adopting an amendment provid-
ing that no Intoxicating liquors shall be sold
to enlisted men at any canteen was reversed
by the house and the amendment defeated
yeas 50, nays 1876.
SENATE.
Ser. C4ui-o mad g consultation with
revenue officials with q view Of stopping
opium smuggling into the far Northwest
The Senate passed House bill authorizing
the Mississippi river commission to purchase
or hi1e such boats as may be Immediately
necessary to rescue inhabitants of the over
flowed districts and to Use the boats for tina It
purpose
HOUSE.
A bill was introduced providing that pen
SONS granted to the dependent relatives OF
deceased soldiers shall take effect from the
| date Of the soldiers death.
The house passed the bill removing the Of
ficer of the inspector of huIls and boilers from
Galena, ILL.,, to Dubuque, .Iowa. There was
something of o fight over the measure be-
tween the Illinois men on one side and the
Iowa men on the other
! The hill creating surveyor general, destined
for both North and South Dakota, passed,
| and will become law as soon as tho presi-
dent signs it.
The house bill was passed providing that
| affidavits and declarations in pension cases
may be taken before any officer authorized TO
administer oaths for general purposes.
SETATE.
Northwestern members are greatly elated
| over their victory to-day in securing the pas
! cage 0! the section in the urgent deficiency
bill which gives the secretary o. agriculture
| the authority to expend $2O,O 600 in expert
mental irrigation surveys.
The Senate began the discussion of the
| Montana election caae9 MIR. EdmundS,
from the judiciary committee, reported back
| the antitrust bill in the form Of q substi-
frte and sell, that there was one section in
the bill as reported which he thought went fur
Their than it ought to go. Owing to a little
necessity of health, lie would probably not
be in town when the matter would be taken
up. but some other member OF the committee
would take charge OF it,
HOUSE.
The House passed q number of less impor-
tant measures and discussed at length the
bill tor the admission of Idaho into the union.
) Mr.. Baker New York;, from the same com
mittee called up bill authorizing the con
struction Of a bridge aud approaches at New
| York city across the Hudson river TO fegu'
late commerce in and over such bridge be-
tween the State Of New York and New Jersey,
md to establish such bridge as military
and post road. The bill was passed.
sEVATs.
The Montana election case was taken up
and Mr. Gray finished his argument, in sup
Dort of Clark and Maginnis, the Democratic
claimants. The matter then went over.
The following public building bills were
+aken from hecalendar and passed: Aurora
III ST5, 600; IeadyilIe, Col, 100000.
The House bill to amend the cGlsus Law
nv providing for the enumeration of tns
Chinese population in the country was taken
ND and discussed, but without action went
over.
HOUSE.
The House after transacting the usua
amount Of routine business, resumed consld
GRAFTON of the Idaho admission bill. Mr.
Stewart, of Vermont spoke in support Of tn
bill, and denounced the practices and taach
ings of the Mormon church. The constitu
ton OF Idaho was in the line OF the Edmund
hill, and was for the same purpose, towlt
the extirpation of great public evil.
The Democrats carried their opposition t.
such a length that they requested a vote OF
the anal question and raised the point of NJ
Quorum, which, of course, was overruled b!
Speaker Reed, and who counted the Demo
Gratis as present and making quorum /
is the intention Sof the Democrats to carr.
their case to the supreme court and make
test case of it.