Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-05-21
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.

THE ACTS OFCONGRESS.
sUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGIsLATlvE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Ton.
les Discussed BY the National BODY Of
In the senate on the 18th among the
petitions presented Was one by Senator
Quay from the business men Of Philadel.
phia demonstrating against the increase Of
the duty on dress goods made wholly
or partly from wool. Senator Da.
Wis, from tho committee ON pen.
sions, reported back ths house substi.
tute for the senate dependent pension bill.
with written report, aud moved that the
house substitute be NON .concurred in and
sconferencs asked. Agreed to and confer.
res appointed. Tho senate then resumed
consideration Of the silver bill, and Sem
ator Jones, OF Nsvada.. continued the
speech begun by him the day before. Con.
sideration Of the bill cons umed the entire
day, and the Same went over. After ex.
ecutivs session the senate adjourned.
ksmxnA1 n (xFfny{lrs1f
action Of routine business, that body went
into committee Of the whole, With Nj.
Payson, Of Illinois, In the chair, on the
tarilf bill. Mr.. Butterworth, OF Ohio, ad.
dressed the house at length. Various
amendments werc offered, but all were re-
lected, and after con sidering thirteen Of
the l66 pages of the bill, the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th the senate bill
was passed appropriating &1ON,0O0 for q
public building at Rock Island. Among
the bills presented and placed on the caleu.
dar we're the senate bills subjecting i'm
ported liquor to the provisions of the laws
OF the several stateB. In connection with
the latter bill, Senator Wilson, Of Iowa.
who reported 1t from the Judiciary commit
tee, said he would ask the senate to take II
up for consideration at an early day, Sen
ator Hoar, member Of the judiciary com.
mittee, explained that the bill was fen.
dered necessary BY the late decision OF the
supreme court. Senator Edmnnds intro
duced bill to establish university OF
the United States, and had it referred to q
select committee. Tho silver bill was
then taken up and Senator Teller ad.
dressed the senate until the hour for ex
CSutiNO neeb1Ous "u0D the UOOfo OF 2le
senate re-opened, adjourned.
In the house on the 18th, on motion of
MIR. Mertill, Of Kansas, the house insisted
upon its amendment to the senate depend
ent pension bill and conference was or.
dered. The house then went into com.
mittee Of the whole ON the tariff bill.
Various amendments looking to the reduc-
ton q ths duty on earthen china
cratic side, but met with nc success. After
considering sixteen more pages Of the bill
the committee rose and tho house I'D.
journed.
Inthe senate on the 18th, among the bills
reported from the committees and placed
on tho calendar, were the following:
To amend the laws relative to shipping
commissioners, and the house bill grant.
ing pension to Mrs. Della Parneil.
The senate then, at 1910 resumed
consideration Of the silver bill, and Senator
Teller continued hls argument in criticism
of it. Senator Coke also addressed the
senate iu favor of FREE and unlimited coin.
age. The bill went over and after executive
session adjourned.
In the house on tho 18th Mckinley, Of
Ohie, from the committee on rules, reported
a resolution providing that hereafter the
house shall meet at IL O'Clock; that
after the reading Of the journal
and the disposal Of conference reports
the house shall 20 into committee Of the
whole on the tariff; that the bill shall be
read through, commencing with paragraph
Ill, and shall be open to amendment
on any part OF the bill following
at noon. The bill, with the pending
am, ndmeuts, shall be reported to the
hcHse. Mr. Biount. ~ fieorci-. criticised
the majority Of the committee on rules
sharpy for reporting this resolution. He
protested against the resolution ~ un-
American, unwise and violent to parlla.
mentary procedure. Mr.. Mckinley de.
MED that the resolution bad any pur-
pose to stife debate. 1t Was in-
tended to concentrate debate on the para
graphs and provisions of tho bill.
Mr.. McMillin asked what would become
of the amendments offered in COMMITTEES of
the whole and not disposed Of at noon of
the 2lst. Mr.. McKiniey-Thsy will fail.
After further debate the resolu-
tion was adopted-l29 to 30.
Messrs. Morrill,, Sayre and Goder were
appointed conferrees on the senate depend
ent pension bill, The nouuse thep vent
into committee Of the whole on tho tariff
the remainder Of the day, and at its con
cluslon the committee rose and the house
took lecess. The house at the evening
session PASSED l39 private pension bills
and At 1880 adjourned.
In the senate ON the 18th the house bill
for the establishment Of new harbor lines
in Portage lake, Houghton county, Mich.
passed. On motion OF Senator Wilson,
OF Iowa, the act for public building at
Cedar Rapids, L., was recalled from the
president in order to have it modified.
The bills ON the calendar were taken up
and the following, among the others,
passed: To pay the assignees OF John
Roach H36, $40 for extra work on the monl.
tor Puritan and 32O, ,274 for the care Of the
monitor Roanoke; the senate bill to pay
$2J.O00 to the daughters Of Joseph Henry,
late secretary Of the Smithsonian insti-
tuition, in compensation Of his pub
lic services; the senate bill grant.
ing the state Of South Dakota . section Of
land for the insane asylum; ths senate bill
tho Sisseson and Wahpston bands Of In
dams for the sale and cession ot their
reservation 1t $3.50 an acre; the senate bill
Rxantipg the bnildings and one section Of
land at Fert Sisseton to the state OF South
Dakota for tho use OF the militia. The
senate bill sppropristing $lO0, 0,ooJ for .
bronze statue Of Gen. Grant haviug been
reached, upon motion Of ssnator Edmunds
the word 1ea~estsian" was stricken out.
| The bill was further amended BY incrsas-
ing the appropriation to $3OO, 900 and then
passed. After executive sassion the sen.
ate adjourned.
In the house on the 18th conference
was ordered on the senate antitrust bill.
| The house then went into committee OF
| the whole ON the tariff bill. Mr.. Mckinley
| asked that the committee would proceed %
promptly % possible to oct upon the
amendments offered by the committee on
ways and means. Then the other gentle