Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-29

hibited fro, 10 discouraged or pro.
enterprise of developing the m;nas "a
country. Mr.. Chipman, of Mich ie y, . an
~ ~. me =, measure. The passape
OF this bill might result n a'sa q;
santlc corporations controlled nv
.oielgners who had no interest in o,r
m ounS,y. Pending further debate the
.nolnlng hour expired, and the hill went
over. The house then proceeded to con.
sslaeration of the senate agricultural COL
;;eee Dill. j. ID. Taylor, Of Ohio. smoke
~ favor of the proposed amend.
r men. 4: providing that the ap-
preparation be applied only to instruc.
E ~ ~ agriculture, mechanical arts. the
1ngtisn language and various branches of
."! physical, natural and eco
non. nomlc science, with special reference to
sne'I application in the industries of life
anu 10 the facilities for such instruction.
Alter long debate the amendment was
agreed to, and the bill as amended nassed :.
Adjourned. p"'''o'
In the senate on the Goth Senator Quay's
.esoution liking the time for voting on the
, ,aIin OIL and designating the other legis-
latlSe business to be taken up at this SEES.
Sion was laid before the senate. No action
was taken. Senator Hoar then spoke at
some length on his motion in regard to the
electoral bill, taking occasion to defend
inc Dill as we'll considered and neces-
sary' and calculated to remove
force and fraud from the elrc.
tlon OF members of our great representa-.
tive chamber, and to substitute for cleo
ton processes with which we are all un-
happily too familiar peaceful arbitra.
ton OF the courts of the United States. /,
Inc quay resolution was again being dis
cussed when the clerks clock struck 10
and the tariff bill was laid before the
senate as unfinished business. Senator
alanch was asked to let the tariff
blll be laid aside temporarily. but
he declined doing so, and so the senate
proceeded with its consideration, the pend
Ing question being on Senator McPher-
SON. amendment to strike out classifi-
cations and compound duties and to sub
stitute uniform rate of 45 per cent. adj
valorem in the cutlery paragraph. The
amendment was rejected. Senator Pad
dock was the only republican voting YEA.
The bill was then laid aside with but one
page disposed of. The house amendment
to the agricultural college bill and to the
meat inspection bill We're laid before the
senate and cuncurred in. These bills now
go to the president for his signature. The
house bill for the relief of settlers on
Northern Pacific railroad indemnity lands
Was taken from the calendar and passed.
Adjourned.
In the house on the Goth the bill to ex-
empt mining land from the alien land law
was laid On the table by a vote of so to ~.
The bill for the adjustment of the accounts
of workmen and mechanics under the
elght-hour law was taken up, but went over
on the expiration of the morning hour.
I hn N1,,f; g,
/ to Russia's prescription of the Jews was
reported and adopted. The house then
began the consideration of the senate meat
| inspection bill. The bill was then passed,
and the house then proceeded to the con-
sideration Of the bill defining lard. With
out dlsposing of the measure the house
adjourned.
In the senate on the 21st, after spending
| some time in considering Senator Plumb's
resolution for prohibiting liquor selling OF
drinking in the senate wing of the capital,
the senate took up the tariff bill. Nothing
was said about the Quay order of bust
ness" The pending question in the tariff
bill was Senator NcPherson's amend
ment to the paragraph referring
to table knives, forks, steels
butcher knives, ETC., and imposes
compound duties on them according tc
value classiications. The amendment il
to substitute for these duties uniform
rate of 80 per cent. ad valorem. The bill
was Temporarily laid aside and the confer
ence report on the bill for an increase of
clerical force in the pension Office was pre-
sented and agreed to. Senator Eyarts
presented telegram from the members of
the Grant Monument association, in New
York, protesting against the proposed re-
moval of Gen. Grants remains
to Washington. The house amend
ment to the senate bill to author
ize the construction of pridge
across the Mississippi river at some point
between the mouth of the Illinois and the
mouth of the Missouri was concurred in.
The bill now goes to the president. Con-
sideration of the tariff bill was resumed
and the pending amendment was rejected.
Senator Mcpherson moved to amend the
paragraph referring to the files and rasps
by striking out duties and classification by
lengths and inserting 25 per cent. adva-
loren. Without voting on the amend
ment the senate went into executive ses-
sion and soon adjourned.
In the house on the 2lst in the morning
hour Mr.. Buchanan called up the bill for
an adjustment of the accounts of laborers
arising under the eight hour law, and it
was discussed until the expiration Of the
morning hour, when it went over without
action. The consideration of the bill de-
timing lard was then resumed. MIR. Hem
derson, of Illionis, reported the river and
harbor bill, asking non. concurrence in all
the senate amendments and agreeing to the
conference requested by the senate. Mr..
Kerr, of Iowa, made the point of
order that the amendments must first be
considered in committee of the whole. Mr..
Henderson thereupon withdrew the report.
MIR. Mason, Of Illinois, said this was a
fight between the packers of impure lard
and the packers of refined compound lard.
1t was trade fight and had no place in
congress. He was as much opposed to
food adulteration as any man in the
house. The compound lard men were
charged with defending fraud and counter
feiting. That charge was false. This
bill struck down every possible chance for
exporting lard or compound lard from this
country. The gentleman spoke about the
poverty of farmers, and proposed to tax
the poor laboring man in his dis
trict in order to help the farmers.
Did the gentleman ever know OF a
farmer going hungry? Did they ever
know of farmer to stand out in the storm
with wife and children. in the presence OF
+ho Landlord ond sheriff? But the labor