Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-06-06
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.

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SUCClNCT SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions introduced and Top
les Discussed by the National Body of
Law Makers.
In the senate on the 26tb, Immediately
after he reading of the journal, the oath
of Office was administered by the vice.
president to Mr.. Carlisle as senator from
Kentucky for Senator Beck's unexpired
tenn. Senator Carlisle was conducted to
his seat. His desk is in the second row,
on the extreme right of the president of
the senate. and was decorated with q large
basket of handsome roses. He was then
congratulated by a number of democratic
senators, the Kentucky delegation in the
house and other democratic representatives
who were present to See him sworn in.
Senator Sherman presented petitions in
favor of excluding from the ma1ls the Po-
ice Gazette and similar publications. SEN
ator Plumb introduced a bill to provide
tor the purchase of silver for use as law
full money and said that it had been pre-
pared by Banker st. Johns, of New York.
He desired it introduced with the indorse-
ment of MIR. st. Johns on account of his
recognized position on financial questions.
1t also met his approval. The bill was
referred to the finance committee. Sena-
tor Plumb offered a resolution instructing
port in connection with the tariff
bill a statement showing the duties
levied under the existing law,
the duties as they would be
under the house bill and the duties under
the bill to be reported by the committee,
such duties to be stated in parallel COL
umns. Senator Reagan moved to amend
the resolution SO as to require, in cases of
compound duties, specific and ad valorem,
a column showing the equivalent ad valo-
rem amount of the duty. Senator Allison
movedt to insert In Senator Reagan's amend
ment the words where practicable" The
son suggestion was agreed to. The res
olution was further amended by making
it apply also to reductions of duties, and
as thus amended was agreed to. Senator
George, from the judiciary committee, re-
ported q bill subjecting national bank
notes and treasury notes to state taxation.
Placed on the calendar. The resolution
heretofore offered by Senator Call, calling
for information as to the landing of an
armed force from the revenue cutter Nc
Lane at Cedar Keys, Fla, was taken up,
modified and agreed to. The senate then
resumed consideration of the naval appro-
ton was Senator Cockrelrs amend.
ment to strike out the provision
for three heavily armed battle ships at
$4,000, 900 each. There was a lengthy de-
bate on this, in which Senator Cockrell
commented on the recommendations of the
navy for the construction of q large num-
Der of vessels. Senator Blair moved to
amend the provision for three battle ships
by inserting the proviso that it shall not
be available until the government of
Great Britain shall have been requested
by the president to withdraw all her naval
forces from American waters and to dis
mantle her naval stations in both South
and North America and in adjacent islands,
and shall have declined for one yearto do so.
Senator Hale spoke of the defenseless con-
dition of the Pacific coast and the extern
sive British works and naval stations in
British Columbia which he visited last
year. Senator Blair's amendment was re-
jected, as was also Senator CockrelI's-the
latter by a vote of SO to Is. The bill was
then passed. Senator Mitchell offered a
resolution, which was agreed to, instruct
ing the committee on pensions to report an
amendment to the pension laws providing
in a more liberal name for the widows,
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deceased soldiers. Adjourned.
In the senate on the 9th Senator
Allison presented a remonstrance
against the imposition of duties on
ores from Mexico. Senator Spooner
called up his motion to reconsider
the passage of the bill some weeks ago
to appropriate $4,000 to Margaret
Kennedy for supplies taken for the
use os the army. The motion was indeti-
nitely postponed. Ionator Cullom offered
a resolution calling on the secretary of the
treasury for information as to the author
ity under which merchandise in bond, ap-
praised or unappraisel, and goods Of
domestic origin are permitted to be for
warded between the Atlantic and Pa
Canadian Pacific railroad, ETC.; also
to report by what authority merchandise
other than the products Of contiguous
countries is permitted to enter the United
States under consular seal and proceed to
its destination without entry examination
at the port of It's first arrival. There was,
he said, evidence of Irregularities, and that
the country was probably losing some of it's
revenue. The resolution went over. The
senate then resumed consideration of the
imported liquor bill, the question being on
the substitute reported from the judiciary
committee. After debate the bill went
over without action, Senator Wilson, of
Iowa, giving notice that he would ask the
senate to remain in session on the
2Sth until the bill was disposed of.
The vice-president announced the ap-
pointment of Senator Blackburn as a men,
Der of the committee on appropriations
and Senator Carlisle as a member of the
committees on finance, territories and
suffrage. The conference report
on the bill to simplify the law in relation
to the collection of revenues was presented
and agreed to. After executive session
the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 9th MIR. Mckinley
submitted the conference report on the
customs administrative bill. Mr.. McMillin,
one of the conferees, said he had declined
to agree to the report for the reason that
be believed the bill would increase taxation.
The conference report was adopted-yeas,
1877; nays, 49, the speaker pro tenn, count
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