Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-15

| r,,l;4 ou.. Inc matter will go to the
n,.i,.ais committees Of the two houses. The
p pa"sislons IN regard to irrigation surveys
. Tho oeen postponed for further conference.
ons conference report was ordered printed
I Hoas men' over without action. Senator
aloot;,, from me committee on privileges and
,'nec.ons, reported substitute for the
mouse election bill, and it was placed on
the calendar. The minority of the com.
mlttee, he said, dissented from the report.
senator Frye gave notice that he would
ASK tne senate to take up the river and
narpor bill until Friday of next week. The
conference report on the fertilization bill
was presented, but went over without ac-
.!on' Inc senate then went into execu
tive session. Adjourned.
=, In the house on the 18th, on motion of
MT. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, resoIu-
tlon was adopted calling on the postmas
ter general for copies of the agreements for
the transportation of the mails between the
United States and foreign countries, the
condltlons on which the awards were made
and the rates of payment for service. The
mouse then went into committee of
the who'e on the general deficiency bill.
Mr. kogers moved to strike out the clause
| appropr.atlng $4,000 to pay Geo. Mathews
IN 1ull for the unexpired term of the Fifty
1lrst congress, for which he was elected as
delegate from the territory of Dakota.
| Lost. MIR. Clunie offered au amendment
granting an extra months pay to the en-
ployes of the senate and house. Agreed
to. When the bill was disposed of the
committee arose, all the amendments
agreed to save that granting on extra
months salary to senate and house en-
ployes, and then the bill went over.
Adjourned.
The senate on the Sth passed Senator
Plumb's concurrent resolution providing
for the transfer, with Mrs. Grants con-
sent, OF the remains Of Gen. Grant from
New York to the Arlington cemetery. Sen
atcr Call offered resolution, which was
agreed to, lLstructing the committee on
foreign relations to inquire and report such
measure as may be necessary for the pro.
lection of citizens of the United States who
were formerly residents of Cuba and sub.
lects OF Spain, against prosecution by the
Spanish government for offenses alleged
to have been committed by them. The
conference report on the fertilization bill
was taken up for consideration and aftel
some discussion the conference report wal
agreed to. The conference report on thu
sundry civil appropriation bill was thel
taken up and the action of the committed
on the subject of the bridge aud viaduct al
Rock island (decling to require thu
municipality to share the expense
and ownership was criticised b,
Senator Edmunds. who contraste'
that liberaiity Of the committe
fusing to the widow of the dead chief jus
tice the balance of his years salary
Senator Sherman expresses his regret a
the striking out OF the items for the fami
lies of deceased members and Of the lat
Chief Justice Waite. He would himsel
vote for law, general in it's character
giving to the family of every officer of th
government, who died in the harness, tn
balance of his pay during the calenda
year. The discussion then turned o
items in relation to the irrigatio
survey and the public land:
and it was carried on at muc
length. Finally the conference report wa
agreed to, and further conference ordere
on the irrigation item which had bee
postponed, and Senators Allison. Hill all
German reappointed conferrees on tt
part of the senate. The tariff bill was the
taken up, but went over without actor
A joint resolution was introduced to 81
cept from the national encampment, G.
r., statue and pedestal Of the late Ge1
Grant, to be elected in the capito
Adjourned.
The house on the 9Th resumed consider
alton of the general deficiency bill, tt
pending question being on the amendme1
granting months extra pay to employe
Of the house and senate. Tie amendmel
was lost. Mr.. Vaux, of Pennsyivani
made motion to recommit the bi
. with instructions to the committt
; on appropriations to report it bae
/ with the clause appropriating $22o,Ot
l for deficiencies in the fees and O.
, pensss of the United States marshals elm
mated, but it was lost. The bill was the
3 passed. Mr.. Cannon, Of Illinois, from II
S committee on rules, reported resolutlc
: providing that after the passage of til
8 resolution it shall be in order, after tv
l hours debate, to move that the house MOI
a concur in all the senate amendments
f the Indian appropriation bill, and to as
!. for comm ttee of conference. NJ
/. Enloe raised a question of considers
ton, in the interest, be said, of the prlva
: calendar. In order to obviate MIR. Enloe
objection to the resolution Mr.. Canno
8 stated that it was the purpose of the con
: mittee on rules to report aresolutlon glvll
e three days for the consideration of bills
Q ported from the committee OF agrlcultu
: ana LABOR ana ule cOD6lueIdIAOu u PlA'"
S bills. Mr.. Enloe thought something mo
: substantial than promises should be give
y and insisted on his question OF consider
e ton. Mr.. Cannon remarked that the ge
j. tleman by his action was delaying the CO
Il sideration of private measures. L
d house decided, yeas ITO, nays 6G, to co
% slider the report of the committee on rule
|, Mr.. Springer coutended that inporta
) public bills should not be pushed throut
J. under the whip of the committee on rule
j. Mr.. Cannon in sustaining the resolutio
If said that this morning he had proposed
,e the gentleman on the other side, that
l. house non-concur in the senate amen
" ments and the remainder of the day a
: to- morrow be devoted to private bll
le This proposition had been rejected by t
id gentleman from Tennessee, Mr.. Enl'
t. This rejection showed that the gentlem!f
" while protesting to be a friend of priv'
le measures was merely posing in that
d. pacity. An evening session was held
!. the consideration of private bills. A
if iourned.
N In the senate on the 9th Senator HI
te offered the following resolution which "
referred to the committee on rules:
Of Resolred, That the senate rules
IN amended by adding the following: Wh
es an, bill or resolution shall have been un'
ID consideration for reasonable time 1t sh