Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-07-04

taa sse state of South Dakota to su,por,
~ lha 49, ol Oh m,ues, donate 80 per cent.
- - n'9hsy 1 ceiyed from I'll. s.le Of
.nu i'h'h not TO exec Il SID .ujiti a v..,
~. SAoseu Tue amount Contributed by
.oe STATE. Altar executive sess,n, m,
senate adjourned. ~
~ "a. house oL the Goth, upon motion
~. /. a1i. Dnnhe!l, o. Names tn. tue tou-.
VII WIN the senat am.rdm. uts. a,,thor,
Va .ae construction Of abrld4e across
ens sl'ss'ss'ppl river at Wlnona, Mimi.
was passed. The house bill was n,ssa,
siantlty fifteen days leaye to clerks
in first and second class nnstneicas
Inc regular order being demanded Mr.
Lodge of Massachusetts. began = aohnto
upon the national election bill, which oc.
cupledthe time of the gratest pa,t of tha
day. Mr.. Bingham, from the n%ostof;ce
committee, reported the senate amend.
nen1sto the postofice appropriation bill.
the morse n~on-concurred in them, Con.
s'deratlon of the election bill! was apain va.
sumed and after q very sp.r;ted discussion
the boise adjourned.
In the senate on the 9th consideration
OF the bill for the admission of Wyoming
Us a suite was resumed, and Senator Nor
gan began an address in opposition to it.
senators Payne and Gray argued against
inc oil and Senator Plat favored it. The
'luesti'n was taken on the Jones substi-
sute' IN enabling act for Wyoming, Idaho,
Arlzol ! and New Mexico, and it was re.
Jected0 BY a strict party vote-yeas. lS;
nays, y. Senator Jones, of Arkansas,
'hen moved as a substitute an enabling
ACT fo' wyoming alone and it was rejected
oy e1aitiy the same vote. The bill was
'nen lassed by a strict party vote
yeas y; nays, 10. The bill declares Wv
oMlne q state and the constitution which
the people of Wyoming formed for them
serves Do and is accepted, ratified and con-
nrmed The state is entitled TO one r-pre-
seneat We In congress. The other sections
refer 70 public lands, provisionsto tor schools,
agricultural college, etc. The bill for the
admission of Idaho was taken up and laid
over a unfinished business" till Monday
next. After executive session the senate
adjourned.
In tne house on the 9th Mr.. Dockerv
entered a motion to reconsider the vote by
winch the postal clerks bill passed, leav-
ing 1t pending for the present. Consid-
GRAFTON of the election bill was re-
sumed and again occupied the time
OF the house for the greater part of the
day, The speaker announced the appoint.
ment OF Messrs. Conger, Walker and
Bland as conferees on the silver bill. At
the ey9nipg session the house passed lO5
private pension bills and ct 1890 ad.
journed.
In the senate on the 2Sth a message was
received from the house asking a confer
ence on the silver bill. 1t was immediately
laid befoie the senate and a conference
agreed to aud Senators Sherman, J.nes,
OF Nevada, and Harris were appointed con-
ferees on the part of the senate. Senator
Morgan offered a resolution which
was agreed to, calling or the secretary
of the interior for information as to the
Spanish and Mexican land claims pending
in that department and in the United
States court. The calendar was taken up
and a lumber of bills passed. including
the senate bill for a public building at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, $75,oUO. The coufer-
ence report on the postotfice %appropria-
ton bill was agreed TO-. The
bill TO-: a pension for Mrs. Gen. Crook
ing bills were passed: The senate. bill to
SAho6A1y ouA la NC od4ttllCo VI IullWuy DUB
tai clerks; referring to the court of claims
the clLm on account of the use by the gov
ernmeht of the Tics spirit meter; the
senate bill to amend the census act, pro.
ysding.a penalty for giving a fee or bonus
to a CENSUS enumerator or supervisor, OF
receiving the same. A message was re-
ceived from the president announcing his
approval and signature of the dependent
pension bill. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 18th, Mr.. Enloe, of
Tennessee, moved to correct the journal SO
Us TO strike therefrom the titles Of q num-
ber of private pension bills passed by
the house the night before. He claimed
thar the bills were passed before the
house went into committee OF the whole
and we're not properly before the house.
The house, however, refused to agree to his
motion, so the bill stands passed. The
house then went INTO committee Of the
whole on the federal ele,ton bill. The
conference report OH the postot.ice appro-
priatlon bill wax adopted. A disngreelng
Conference report on the Legislative, ex-
ecutiye and Judicial appropriation bill was
alDpted.