Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-02-20
TILE ACTS OF CONGRESS.
sUCCINCT SUMMARY OF WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.
Bills and RESOLUTIONS introduced and Top
les Discussed by the National Body Of
Law Nakera

les discussed by the NaHonal B0uT OF
Law Makers.
In the senate on the 10th the following senate
bills were taken from the calendar and passed.
Appropriating $500 600 for public building ct
Sioux City, Ia: s200oo flor q public building 1t
Cedar Rapids. Ia. Z; to amend and sitter the set
cf July Is 1888, authorizing the construction Of
bridge across the Mississippi river at
Clinton. Ia. Extending for two years the
work.; amending the act authorizing the con.
struction OF q wagon and foot passenger bridge
across the Mississippi river at Lyons, la. pro-
viding Q time and place for holding United
States district court in south Dakota in rela-
tion to the arrest of offenders against the
United States escaping from one district or
's site i and public building at New Orleans.
A petition was presented from the Indianap-
oils board Of trade asking for the repealiof the
Mississippi and Georgia praying for the pass
ing OF q national law to secure the right of suf-
frage and for the enforcement Of the fifteenth
amendment to the constitution. The vice.
president laid before the senatea a message from
the president on the subject of the recent me-
gotiations with the Sioux Indians and recon-
mending an immediate appropriation to carry
out the recommendations OF the commission.
Bills were placed on the calendar making ap-
propriations for public buildings as follows:
Adjourned
In the house the conference report swas pre-
ssntsd sen on the bil to @ remove snags etc. from
argument Ct the proposed new rules. Ad-
journed.
duced bill to prescribe, in part, the manner of
the election of congressman, and it was referred
to the committee on privileges and elections. It
provides that in all states of union represent
atives for cong ess shall be elected in and for
the districts Low prescribed by law until an ap-
portionment of representatives shall be made
by congress according to the census taken in
$780, any law of such state hereafter to be
passed TO the contrar notwithstanding.
After confederation of the bill to pro-
homa the bill went over Bills passed
The senate bill appropriating 100000 for
public building at Burlington, Ia. and
Neb. The senate bill for the relief of
It provides for Iegalizing land claims fled dur
bills introduced and referred were the follow
ing: By Senator Edmunds- Establishing Q
public school system in Utah. Also providingfor
hibiting the Importation of aduiterated arti-
cles of food or drink, and authorizing the presi-
dent TO make proclamation in certain cases.
By Senator Pieree-To create an agricultural
commission to investigate the present de-
pressed condition of the agricultural interests
of the country Adjourned.
The day was spent In the house in the dis
cussion of the proposed code of rules.
In the senate on the 18th q resolution was
adopt ed congratulating Brazil on the peaceful
establishment of republican government. A
resolution Inviting the king of the Hawaiian
islands to send delegate to the PAM American
wss also passed In = executive J, m ses
Adjourned.
The house spent the day debating the new
rules
In the senate on the 18th bills were reported
from committees and placed on the calendar
for the establish ment and maintenance OF In
dian industrial schools in Michigan and South
Dakota. The senate bill appropriating S50,0f0
for a public building in Portland. Gre. passed.
ta5 aSdsE A. passsa
y In the house the senate joint resolution con-
graduating Brazil on the establishment OF a
republican form of government was adopted.
Consideration OF the code of rules was pro-
ceeded with.
In the senate on the 14th sixty bills were
passed. among them the following: The house,
bill for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck Of
the United States steamers at Samoa; the bill
appropriating $25 600 for the relief of the Sioux
Indians at DevilsH H.alse agency, North Dakota;
o se o soldiers
sailors who enlisted or served under assumed
names to prevent the obstruction Of naviga.
De 20 poSds r ss Of
the Fort Sedgwick military reservation iE the
states of Colorado and Nebraska to actual set
laws appropriaiing 500, 900 for a public build
ing at Eau Claire to prevent the introduction
Of contagious diseases from one state to an
other; concurrent resolution for interna-
tional arbitration. The bill to declare unlaw-
full trusts and combinations In restraint of
trade and production having been reached on
the calendar, it was laid aside for the present.
After executive session the senate adjourned.
In the house after protracted debate the new
rules were adopted by vote Of 161 to 145 with
majority Of the committee. adjourned.
In the house on the 18th the senate bill
providing for the ascertainment OF the mort
gage indebtedness Of the country was taken
up in the house aud amended SO as to provide
penalties for any person who refuses to answer
any question propounded. After considerable
debate the bill as amended was passed Eu
logies to the memory of the late Hon. Richard
Townshend, Of Illinois, were pronounced by
Hooker, Compton, Cutcheon, Henderson. OF
Iowa and Messrs. Mcmillan. Williams Hen
derson Cannon, Lane and Springer, of Illinois,
and then as mark OF respect for the deceased
the house adjourned The senate amendments
were concurred in to. the house bill fixing
The senate was not in session.
In the senate ON the 18th Senator Dawes pre-
sented over 200 petitions from Massachusetts,
stating that over 5000 gallons OF Intoxicating
from the United States to Africa and
asking that the business be stopped.
from Mississippi, Complaining of the suppress
sion of the republican vote OF that state. and
representing that the so-called legislature OF
Mississippi had recently enacted zee az law .or ss -,
the 18th of August. 1890. the same
not to be submitted to the people for ratinca-
odon Of the aa1 democrats dem CT IS to employ frandu-
lent methods to deprive many intelligent citi-
gems OF their franchise. Referred TO the conf
mittee on privileges and elections. Senator
BIa;r presented e petition signed by $1,000
members of the G. A. r. in favor of pensions to
army nurses, and petitions signed by over A.
900 900 persons in favor of the educational BILL
Among other petitions presented were several
for per diem pension bill for the removal Of
the limitation on pension arrears, ana
spmy s1r who % served d in the war Of the rebeiifon
The house amendment to the bill to havd sta
tistics Of mortgage Indebtedness obtained in
the next census @ @ ana t con-
resolution (which went over calling on the at
torney-general for information regarding the
recent assassination OF United ~ states Deputy
king the president to confer the breyet rank on
officers of the United States army for gallant
services in Indian campaigns passed. Ad-
journed.
In the house Mr.. Carlisle referred to the pro-
tests that had been made by the democratic
side to the approval OF the Journal on the
ground that it contained the names Of certnin
members present and not voting. Last Friday
the house had adopted the code of rules proyid-
ing for such practice. Against this the demo-
crots had protested, and would protest. as an
tion which could not be decided in this house,
and whsnever g proper occasion arose IL would
go to some other forum 1t was the purpose OF
his side of the house to see that this occasion
should be made in such shape "a to permit Il
to be finally and decisively passed upon.
Therefore, he now saw no reason why the jour
nal OF the form which the house had the right
to prescribe should not be approved. This was
done A resolution setting Thursday and Fri
day, Feb. 20 and 81, for debate on the worlds
fair bills, and Monday, the Gath. for 3 VOTE was
adopted. The BIN for the relief OF the Sioux
Indians ut Devils Lake agency, North Dakota.
pc ssd under suspension Of the rules, Ad-
journed.
stola Repenue stanaps.