The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-01-31
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.

THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
suConCT SUMMARY Or A WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK:
Bills and Kssbludons ~intr0dHcsd and T6ps
les Discussed by tho National Body Of
Law Makers,
Among the. bills reported and placed OH the
Senate calendar Oh the 22na was ono increasing
to e2.500a year the pension now allowed 70 She
ai senst q esni siitRs sasssa / concurrent resolu-
tioh authorizing the committee on immigration
IN the two houses TO investigate the working of
the the w Taaioas . e sossr l%@'e eg sSs s .sT 3 spo 81 s sss
1hs senate then resumed con: Iteration 81 the
s BILL = }s asssEt sss S xhst est &c ssssg. 2. a; SsSpls n 9rn
gage, Ind this anobints thereof. The discussion
was kept up for nearly two hours. Finally SEE
sfE lr as1e aaRfsds ;n the E S Ss1iai tsss t. M naus the be
the best disposition Uf IL. The question Of re.
somtnittnl was taken and resulted; yeas, %
sayss se ss,niat shs PHI lhS Ess hire 5sso asaaUstIon e Ell snl
E Wss fnsa .i ssill a r s Ser eIosa B 81 I'D ae as,sing . iss
after some discussion It was arranged BY unan-
beco no then "~unfinfshed business. After OK.
ecutfve session the senase adjourned.
The following bills were introduced in the
house and referred: Forthe Improvement of
st. Mary's river and the Hay Lake canal; to
forfeit certain land grants to cid In the con.
struotion Of railroads; making Des &oines q
MI. GYosvenof reported back tho senate j5int
resolution appropriating S25O.00O for the re-
moval Of snags and other DISTINCTIONS from the
Missouri river between st. Joseph and its
mouth. The COMMITTEES proposed a substitute
reducing the appropriation to $4,000. The sub:
stitute was agreed to, Snd the resolution as
The house then went into committee, Of the
whole for the consideration Of the Oklahoma
town site bill. After the committee arose Mr..
Stewart reported q bill for the purchase OF two
sites fol-, the erection Of. buildings for the con.
hnement OF federal prisoners ct g cost OF $780,
0o each, and appropriating 100000 for the
committee Of the whole and on motion OF Mr..
C!unie, of California, ar amendment was
adopted proyiding for three buildings, one to be
located north and another south OF the seth de.
gree and east ct the Rocky mountains, and an
o,her west OF the Rocky mountains. The sec.
ond section provides that %convicts be employed
exclusively in the manufacture Of supplies for
the government. Two minor amendments were
agreed to, Pending further action the. com:
mtttee rose.
Nj. Mckinley reported back the custons ad.
ministrative bill and it WAS referred to the com.
mittes of the whole. Pending action the house
adjourned.
The credentials of W. A. CLARK and Martin
Naginnis as senators tetect ffom the state d
Montasa, we're presented to the Senate Oh the
25d. Referred. A number OF bills were Their
o'clock Senator Ingalls, arose to address the sen.
ate in opposition to Senator Buffers bill to en-,
courage TIE emigration OF oolored people from
the UG1te1 States. At the conclusion of Sena.
cor Ingalls, address the senate adjourned till
Monday.
A resolution was adopted Il, the ho+ss calling
She ptoset.t condition of the government works
at the Rock Island arsenal and asking for az
opinion as to the desirability of utilizing the
c comm tee on su eloc ieiesU1g in the thu o xsRers q e1 s@s
ton case Of Smith vs. Jackson, from the Fourth
district Of West Virginia, was submitted nnd
elected and entitled to a certificdte. Tne mi
pority Was granted leave to Ale a minority re-
port: The house then Vent into Committee q
the, whole on the customs administrative bill
PENDING action the committee rosc and the
house adjourned
The senate was not in session on the Path
On motion OF Mr.. 9.o5tenor the house insisted
ucen it, amendment!to the senate bill tor the
removal OF distractions from the Missouri rivel
and 9 conference was ordered, Tho house tibet
went INTO OF tire whole for further
confederation of the customs administrative
bill. The pending amendment was that offered
BY Mr.. Bayne, Of Pennsylvania, to section Is
The amendment was defeated. Mr.. Carlisle Of
fered a substitute for the whole section, the
chief effect of which is to allow ccutte to deter
mine questions Of fact as well as OF law fht
substitute was lost-122 to III. This leaves
committee arose Mr.. Perkins offered q join,
resolution, which was passed, appropriatinl
$4,000 for the purchase of food and clothing fol
the Indians at Lapointe agency. Mr. Peters
introduced a bill to promote the Interests
OF agriculture by irrigation. Referred. Ad
journed.
The senate was not in session OH the 25th.
III the house; after the reading OF the journa
the house went into committee Of the whole OF
the customs administrative bill. Acting undel
instructions from the committee on ways an(
| meana Mr. MCKiO1ev Offara1 m additional coz
ton, which was adopted. The committe,
finally completed consideration of the bill. Tn
the house favorably. The bill was passed
yeas, 1873; nays, 121. Mr.. Hit offered q resolu
ton increasing the membership of the world
fair committee from nine to thirteen, and prc
viding that the committee shall have jurisdic
tion over all questions relating to the fair 81
cept that as to location. The location to be 81
atives of the competing cities shall preser
their claims and on the following day the mem
beers shall vote for their choice OF location. Re
ferred to the committee on rules. Adjourned.
The speaker of the house on the 2sth az
pointed the worlds fair committee, as fol ows
Messrs. Chandler, of Massachusetts; Hill, G
illinois Bowden, Of Virginia; Belden. Of Ne'
York; Frank, of Missouri; Springer, OF Illinois
Hatch, of Missouri: Wilson. of West Virginia
and Flower. Of New York. Mr.. Stone offered
resolution for the payment OF the special de
poslts In the sergeant-at-arms' Office. Referred
The following bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred: Calling for informatio
concerning the International conference to b
held in Berlin also defining options and future
and imposing a special tax on dealers therein
lnstruct1ns the ways and means committee t
report a bill repeating the labor tax. To pro
mote reciprocity between the United State an
notes on deposits Of silver bullion (secretar;
WINDOWS bill. a resolution providing that OF
Thursday, the 2Sd inst, the clerk shall cal
the roll OF members and each shall in
dictate his choice for locating the world
ialI; - II no place receives a ma
repeated until one place receives a majorit
OF the votes cast. The votes being received tn,
special committee shall introduce a bill looat
ing the fair at the place selected, which bill
shall be D ivilesed and shall be considered
from day to day until disposed OF. Referred
Washington worlds fair bill. Appropriatinl
$1,000 for the erection of q monument tt
negro soldiers and sailors OF the late war. 4
resolution providing FOR the disposal Of fund
found in the office of the late Sol geant-at-arms
Referred. The house then went into commit
tee OF the whole on the Oklahoma town sit
bill. The committee rose and Dunnell, from
tae ommitt on the eleventh census. reported
back the senate bill increasing the minimum
compensation OF supervisors of census from
$500 to $1,000. Passed. The COMMITTEES on for
fair bills and they were referred to the speoia
committee having charge OF the subject. Ad
journed.
In the senate on the 9Th, Senator Hoar pre-
sented the resolutions adopted at the recon
Boston mass meeting on the subject of election
difficulties In the south. Referred. The bill
u1CQerGO phsSeu ZOE U Dr10Ge across tne Mis-
seuri river in Douglas county, Neb., was recon
sidered, slightly. amended. Senator Chandler
resolution calling on the encouragement
for O report concerning the maltreatmen
of Henry Faunce at Aberdeen, Mss, wa
taken up and Senator Welthall addresse,
the senate He said that it could no
be possibly pretended that congress ha,
any jurisdiction on the subject. Re
ferring to the hanging in ef6gy OF Score
tary Proctor at Aberdeen and the assault OF
Faunce he said that it was simply the wantol
conduct of a few persons, and disapproved b,
the community, Senator George spoke on tn
resolution US being unparalleled in the histor,
of the legislation of this country. He admitted
that the fact had been correctly stated by tn
senator from Kansas tho other day, perhap
with q little c~oloring, and he had no hesitation
in declaring that the transaction (the Faunc,
matter was such as demanded OF the legisla
ture OF Mississippi an examination and a repa
ration to the man ma1treated. Senator Chand
ler advocated the resolution. II the senate wa
not only to be tainted with the wrong, Of thi
klnd committed by being asked, What are 20,
going to do about itP" but also was to be to1,
by the senator from Mississippi. 4You have no
the right to inquire, and you dare not inquir
into o%utrages of this sort" then indeed had tn
senate fallen on woeful and lamentable times
Senator Ingalls, spoke on the matter, closing a.
follows 1T may be that you will succeed il
procuring q declaration that the senate of til,
United states, that the government of tn
United States, has no power either to inquir,
into O wrong against its citizens or to protec
them against invasions of their rights but