Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-08-01
THE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
SUMMARY OF A WEEKS LEGIS-
LATIVE WORK.
Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Top
les Discussed by the National Body oi
law NJ.L.or,

Bills and Resolutions Introduced and Top
les Discussed by the National Body of
Law Makers.
In the house on the 21st Mr.. Payson,
of Illinois, from the committee on
public lands, reported a resolution
calling on the secretary of the
interior to inform the house by what au-
thority and why he has authorized and di-
rected the issue of patents to the Union
Pacific railroad company for lands granted
the company prior to payment of the debt
due the United States from said company,
and that he also report to the house
the amount of lands that has been
certified to each of the land grant corpora
tions of the Union Pacific railway
system up to this date. Adopted.
Resolutions were then unanimously
adopted expressing the sorrow
heard of the death of Representative
Walker, of Missouri, and providing for
the appointment of a commission Of seven
members of the house and three members
of the senate to take charge of the funeral
ceremonies. The house then, at 11:15, as
a mark of respect to the deceased, adj
journed.
In the senate on the 22d, the senate bill
giving g pension of $4,000 a year to Mrs.
Jessie Fremont was reported aud placed on
the calendar. The senate then proceeded
to consideration of the Indian a%ppropri-
alton bill. The paragraph having been
reached in regard to the removal of the
northern band of Cheyennes to o perma-
nent settlement together upon one of
the existing reservations in South Da-
kote, Wy oming or Montana, a motion
was made by Senator Pettigrew to strike
| ont Snnfh Doln{o HI ooiI tho,o x-o,o
already $4,000 Indians in that state, aud
no moro were wanted. Senator Powers
remarked that Montana did not want
them, either. After further discussion
the m of the three states were struck
out and the paragraph changed so as to
make the clause read, For the removal of
said northern band of Cheyenne Indians
to o permanent settlement upon any of the
existing reservations" Among other
amendments reported and agreed to
were the following: Increasing the
appropriation for the subsistence of
the Sioux and for the purposes of their
civilization from $3.50, 600 to $3.50, 900; in
serting an item of $3.50, 900 for one years
interest in advance on So, 900, 900 provided
for as a permanent fund in the act of
March 2, 1889, being an act to divide a
portion of the Sioux reservation in Dakota,
and for the REIMBURSEMENT of Indian title
to the remainder. Having disposed OF
half the bill, it was laid aside until to-
morrow. The house bill for the disposal
of the Fort Ellis military reservation I'M
der the homestead law passed with amend.
ments.) Adjourned.
In the house, on the 22d, Immediately
after the reading of the journal, the voting
began on the original pack, ge bill. The
first vote was on the Adams amendment
to the substitute, defining an original
package. 1t was lost-33 to lis. The
house then proceeded to vote on the house
substitute for the senate bill. The vote
resulted-yeas, 100; nays, "a. Owing tc
many changes of votes made the vote as
announced by the speaker was not cor
rect. Instead CT fixing yeas, 100: nays
81; it stood: Yeas, ll3; nays, 81. Mr.,
Grosvenor, of Ohio, moved a reconsidera.
ton, and a motion was made that that mo.
ton be tabled. The motion to table wa,
agreed to-yeas, 1lS; nays, IS. The vote
then REQUIRED on the passage of the senate
bill as amended and it was passed-yeas
176; nays, SO. The following is the house
measure: That whenever any article OF
commerce is imported into any state
from any other state, territory or for.
eign nation, and there held and offered
for sale, the sale then shall be sub
JoCG W tuo lhWS VI BuCu 6lutc, pro-
vided no discrimination shall be made by
the state in favor of it's citizens agains,
those of other states or territories in re-
spect to the sale of any article of com
MERGE nor in favor of its own products
against those of like character produced in
other states and territories; nor shall
transportation of commerce through any
state be obstructed, except by necessary
enforcement of the health laws of such
state" A conference with the senate was
aaked for and the house then proceeded tc
consideration of the bankruptcy bill, which
was discussed at length. Adjourned.
In the senate, Oh the 23d, consideration
of the Indian appropriation bill was re-
sumed. A number Of committee amend
ments to the bill were agreed to, and il
went over The committee on foreign re.
latlons reported a substitute for Senator
Pascoe's resolution calling on the presi.
dent for information touching the arrest Of
A. j. Diaz in Cuba, and it was agreed to.
Adjourned.
In the house, on the 23d, Mr.. Lacey, OF
Iowa, submitted the report of the commit.
tee on elections in the West Virginia con.
tested election case of McGinnis VS.. An
derson. The report, which finds in favo,
of the contestant, was ordered printed and
laid over. Discussion Of the bankruptcy
bill was then resumed. Mr.. Frank,
of Missouri, dwelt upon the i'm.
portance of the pending Legislation
to the business interests of the
country. The problem of how bankrupts
should be treated was one to which the at
%tention of the lawmakers had been TO,
years directed without their being able to
reach an entirely satisfactory conclusion.
Messrs. Adams, of Illinois; %Catchings, OF
Mississippi; Kerr, of Iowa; Wilson, Of
West Virginia; McAdoo, of New Jersey,
and E. B. Taylor, Of Ohio, spoke In advo-
cacy of the measure. Without action the
bill went over. Adjourned.
In the senate on the oath, Senator Nor
gan introduced a bill to fix the limit OF
value and to provide for free coinage of
silver, and 1t was read and referred to the
committee on finance The bill recites
that the market value of silver bullion is
rapidly approaching the value of gold on
the standard relation fixed by the laws OF
the United States, and that there is NO
provision of law for the coinage of standard
silver dollars or the purchase of silver
bullion by the government when the value
Of silver bullion exceeds 81 for 371ii grains
! of pure silver. 1t therefore provides that
the unit of value in the United States shall
be 81 of 412! grains OF standard silver. o,