Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-01-30
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
sUCCINCT SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Top
les Discussed by tho National Body o

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LEGISLATIVE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Top
les Discussed by tho National Body o
Law Makers.
Among the petitions presented In the senate
From the Ameril an Federation Of Labor In
favor of the Blair ed cational bill; in favor of
service pension law to all the surviving soldiers
Of me Tor the repeal e TIE lttoa m n
Yer; for q law TO prohibit speculation in grain
and other farm products. Among the bills re-
ported from &c committees ~. We're the + following:
Wyoming; to provide e temp rary government
for Oklahoma territory. Senator Spooner
offered resolution, which was adopted, in
structing the secretary of the interior
TO inform the senate whether 1t ia
true that the Indians Of La Point agency,
in Wisconsin, are in state Of desti-
tuition, and If SO to suggest o mode OF relief.
In motion cf Senator Spooner the bill increas-
ing to ~ 600, 900 the amount of the cost of the
public building in Milwaukee was passsed Jap
propriating 5000 J. On motion of Senator
Washburn the bill to constitute Minneapolis
support of entry aud delivery in the collection
district sf Minnesota was passed. Senator
Pasco then proceeded to address the senate
upon the paragraph in the presidents message
relating to the control of elections, which elic-
tied discussion with Senator har der After
executive session the senate adjourned.
The speaker OF the house on the 2sth APP
pointed the worlds fair committee, as fol ows !:
Messrs. Chandler, of Massachusetts; Hill, of
Illinois; Bowden, OF Virginia; Belden, Of New
Hatch of Missouri: Wilson, of West Virginia
and Flower. of New York. Mr.. Stono offered o
resolution for the payment of the special de-
posits in the sergeant at arms Office Referred
The following bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred: Calling for information
concerning the internatif nal conference to be
held in Berlin also defining options and futures
and imposing special tax on dealers therein.
instructing the ways and means committee to
report a bill repeating the labor tax. To pro-
mote reciprocity between the United States and
Mexico. Authorizing the issue of treasury
notes on deposits of silver bullion Secretary
WINDOWS biln. A resolution providing that on
Thursday, the 23d inst, the clerk shall call
dicate his choice for locating tho worlds
fair. If no p acc receives q ma
ority of all the vo.es cast the roll call shall be
of the votes cast. The votes being received the
special committee shall introduce a bill locat-
ing the fair at the place selected, which bill
shall be p ivileged and shall be considered
from day to day until disposed of. Referred.
Washington worlds fair bill. Appropriating
100000 for the ection OF o monument to
negro soldiers and sailors of the late war.
resolution providing for the disposal of funds
found in the office of the late SCI geant- -at-arms.
Referred. The house then weIt into commit
tee of the whole on the Oklahoma town 81
bill. The committee rose and Dunnell from
the committe on the eleventh census. reported
back the senate bill increasing the minimum
compensation Oh BQDefV1BOrS OF census from
$500 to $1,000. Tassed The committee on for
eign affairs reported back the various words
fair bills and they were referred to the special
committee having charge of the subject. I'D
iourned.
Senator Blair in the aenate on the 2lst pre-
sented a memorial from the board of missions
of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion church
of America in favor of the Blair educational
bill.s He also presented numerous other
memorials Of the same character, all of which
were laid On the table. The bill passed some
o,,t1, ,it tha ,aft o%
bridge across the Missouri river from Monona
county, Iowa. was recalled from the house 0
correct slight error. The senate passed the
following. TO create the offices of surveyor
general for the states OF South Dakota and
North Dakota. Joint re olution granting au-
thority for the removal OF the apache Indian
prisoners and their families from Alabama to
Fort Sill, l. T.. After executive session the
senate adjourned.
Much Of the time of the house on the 21st was
devoted to parliamentary tilt invoked by Mr..
Bland against ruling by the speaker The
question WAS upon correction of the journal
with regard to u motion on the Goth to adjourn,
which was lost TTs were asked
fused to appoint tellers. Mr.. Bland appealed
from the decision of the chair. After long de-
bate the appeal was laid on the table, yeas, 14s
nays, 136. The motion to correct the journal
was then lost yeas, 130; nays, 140. The follow
ing bills We're introduced and referred For the
creation of an agricultural commission to in
yestigate the causes of the present depressed
condition Of the agricultural interests. Au-
thorizing the secretary of the treasury to re-
nuce the reserve fund. The following is the
text of the measure That the secretary of the
treasury is hereby authorized to reduce the re-
serve fund now held in the treasury for the re-
demption of United States notes. to the sum of
SIS, 600 900; and he is hereby authorized and di-
rected to apply the remainder some S75, ,000, 900
to the payment of the public debt The house
then resumed in committee of the whole the
Oklahoma town site bill, but no progress was
made and the committee rose. Adjourned.
Among the bills reported and placed ON the
senate calendar on the 2?nd was ono increasing
to 50, 500 year the pension now allowed to the
widow of Gen. Fitzpatrick.
Senator Chandler offered concurrent resolu-
tion authorizing the committee on immigration
In the two houses to investigate ths working of
the various foreign immigration laws; and also
the working of contracts by the secretary Of the
treasury with the various state commissions.
The senate then resumed con liberation of the
bill to ascertain what percentage Of people own
their rarms, the number Of farms under mort
gage and the amounts thereof. The discussion
was kept up for nearly two hours. Finally Sc :
ator Hale expressed a willingness to have the
bill reeommitted in the belief that it would be
the best disposition Of it. The question of re-
eommittal was taken and resulted: yeas 26; /;
nays, 90; and the bill was recommitted to the
census committee. The Blair educational bill
was then tase up, Senator Blair demanding it's
reading i'll full. At the close Of the reading and
after some discussion it was arranged by unan-
imous consent that it should be post poned and
beco Ie then unfinished business" After ex-
ecutiye session the senate adjourned
The following bills were introduced in the
house and referred: For the Improvement of
st. MarY's river and the Hay Lake canal; to
forfeit certain land grants to aid In the con-
struction of railroads; making Des Moines u
port of delivery.
Nr. Grosvenor reported baak the senate Joint
resolution appropriating S250,0G0 for the re-
moval OF snags and other distractions from the
Missouri river between st. Joseph and Its
mouth. The committee proposed "a substitute 10
reducing the appropriation to $75 900. The sub
stitute was agreed to, and the resolution as
amended passed.
TIE house then went into committee of the
whole for the consideration of the, Oklahoma
town site bill. After the committee arose Mr..
Stewart reported a bill for the purchase CT two
cites for the erection of buildings for the con-
finement OF federal prisoners at cost of $780,,
0o0 each, and appropriating 100000 for the
erection of workshops. The house went into
committee of the whole and en- motion of Mr..
adopted providing for three buildings, one to be
located north and another south of the 39th de-
gree nd east of the Rocky mountains, and an
ond section provides that convicts be employed
exclusively in the manufacture of supplies for
the government. Two minor amendments We're
agreed to. Pending further action the COM
mittee rose.
Mr.. Mckinley reported back tho customs ad-
ministratiye bill and 1t was referred to the COM
mittee of the whole. Pending action the house
adjourned.
The credentials of w. A. Clark and Martin
Magnnis as senators-eiect from the state OF
MONTANA, were presented TO Une 5oHdte on bHe
2Sd Referred. A number of bills were then
reported and placed on tho calendar. At q
O'Clock Senator Ingalls, arose to address the sem
ate in opposition to Senator Buffers bill to en-
courage the emigration OF oolored people from
the United States. At the conclusion of Sena-
tor Ingalls, Address the senate adjourned till
Monday
A resolution was adopted in the mouse calling
on the secretary of war for information as to
the present condition of the government works
at he Rock Island arsenal and asking for an
opinion as to the desirability OF utilizing the
works for gun factory. The report OF the
committee on elections in the contested cleo
tion case of Smith Va. jackson from the Fourth
district Of West Virginia, was submitted and