The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-07-04
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS,
SUMMARY OF A WEEKS LEols-
LATlvE WORK.

VAco VI Su0 senate, ana sou.
ator Flumb was appointed in his place.
The house bill for the relief Of the settlers
in the Northern Pacific railroad in.
d. unity lands was reported and
llaced on the calendar. Senator In
galls offered "a resolution md it was
ayr. ed to. instructing the committee on
PRIVILEGES n elections to inquire us to
the date when the salaries of senators
fiom Montana, Washington and North
aud South Dakota he. an. Tho senate
then resumed consideration of the az, lcul.
tural college bill. Morrill, offered a sub.
httitute for the various am ndmelts pend.
ing Saturday MS to the division of
the fund between the colored
n white schools of the state. Sem
atnr Pugh expressed his approval %.
Senator Morrili's amendment and with.
crew the one offered by him. After some
debate Senator Morrill's amendment was
adopted and the bill then passed.. The
conference report OF the dependent PEN
sion bill was taken up. After The discus.
sion closed a vote was taken aud tho con.
ference report agreed to-yeas. "a; nays,
IL. A conference was ordered on the
fortitication bill and Senators Dawes.
Plumb and German appointed conferees
on the part of the senate. After executive
session the senate adjourned.
In the house OF the 23d the speaker an
nounced the appointment of Messrs.
Brewer, Butterworth and Sayers as con-
ferees OH the fortitication bill. The house
then went into committee of the whole on
District of Columbia business. The com.
mittee rose without final action on the bill.
The conferees on the grand pension appro-
priation bill failed TO agree. The house
insisted upon disagreement to the senate
amendments and adjourned.
In the senate on the oath the conference
report on the naval appropriation bill was
presented and agreed to. The senate then
proceeded to the consideration of the most.
office appropriation bill. The first amend
ment of the committee, increasing the
item for mail depredations and p~ostofice
inspectors fees and expenses from
S20O,OOO to $500, 900 was agreed to, as wele
the other committee amendments, and the
bill passed. The senate then proceeded to
the consideration of the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill. Senator Sher-
man, from the committee on foreign re-.
l%ations, moved to increase the compensa-
ton OF the minister to Turkey from $7,5uO
to $4,000. Agreed to. Senator Ed
moved to amend the amendment
American conference by inserting the
words Information in respect Of" 80
as to make it read: "For the payment Of
tho share of the United States of the pre-
liminary survey Cor information in respect
Of an nter-continental railway, $65, OOJ."
He said ne made the motion so rs to guard
against any moral or implied engagements
to go on with the inter-continental railway.
Agreed to. All amendments having been
agreed to the bill passed. Senate bill
to adopt regulations preventing
and in relation to collections at sea
were passed. These bills embody the rules
agreed to by the international maritime
conference. The conference report on the
pensions appropriation bill was presented.
The senate receded from the only amend
ment not arranged in conference, that for
the appointment of two additional pension
agents, and the pension appropriation bill
now goes to the president. The senate
then adjourned.
In the house on tho Oath the senate
amendment to the house bill to extend the
time for the payment of the purchase
money for lands purchased of tho Omaha
Indians in Nebraska was agreed to. Mr..
Mckinley, from the committee on rules,
reported tho following:
Resolved, That immediately after tho pms
sage OF this resolution the house proceed to
consider house I'LL 1881 the silver bin with
tho senate amendments, anu Mt 9 o'clock,
Wednesday,, June u. the previous question be
considered as ordered.
He demanded the previous question OH
the adoption of the resolution, which was
ordered and twenty minutes iebnte al
lowed on either side. On motion of Mr.. Nc
Kinley the special rule was adopted with
out division. Mr.. Conger, chairman of
the coinage committee, presented the
report of the committee. 1t SIM
vNvvy Mn0<&v &4pn.1. Aha kLz IN
non.concnr in each md all of the senate
amendments to the silver bill and request
o reference. MIR. Bland, of Missouri,
moved that the house concur in the senate
amendments. With these motions pend
ing the balance of the day was spent i'll de-
bate without q vote thereon being taken.
Adjourned.
In the senate on tho 25th the bill to
prevent the transportation i'll bond of
merchandise between the United States
and Mexico and to restore that right
wherever zon libra is abolished, was re-
ported adversely. Tho day was consumed
In discussion of the Wyoming bill, which
was laid over without action. Adjourned.
In the house on tho 25th the conference
report on the naval appropriation bill was
presented. The previous question was
then ordered and the conference report
adopted. Debate OH tho silver bill was in
dulged in until 3 o'clock. The hour of 3
having arrived Mr.. Conger moved that the
voting begin. Mr.. Bland moved that the
house concur in tho senate amendments.
Mr.. Springer moved that separate votes be
had on each section and the first vote taken
was on the proposition to concur in the
first section of the senate bill, providing
Tor FREQ coinage of silver coins, to be full
legal tender, in place of the first section
coinage Of s4,5oo,0oO Worth of
silver per month. The motion to con.
cur in the substitute proposed by the SEN
ate to the first section of the house
bill was defeated-yeas. 1876; nays, l52.
The announcement was received with
cheers on the republican si!e. Mr..
Springer then withdrew his request for q
separate vote on each section and the house
then, by a rising vote of LAG to IS, non-
concurled i'll all the senate amendments.
The house then votedthat q conference be
asked with the senate OIL the bill. Mr..
Hit, of Illinois, presented the conference
report on the diplomatic appropriation bill
and it was agreed to. After arranging to
meet at II o'clock for six days, during
which debate is to continue, the house adj
journed.
In the senate on the Goth among the
bills reported from the committees md
placed on the calendar in the senate was
the house bill to authorize the secretary of
the interior to procure and submit to con-
gress proposals for the sale of the western
part of the Grow Indian reservation in
Montana. The house bill for the admis-
sion of Wyoming was then taken
up n debated, aud IN understanding