The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-12-11
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.

Proceedings of the Senate and House of
Representatives Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon-Gist of tho
Business.
IN the Senate. Mr. Hawley, fronrthe Com
nittee on Military Affairs, on the Sd re-
ported and asked TO have put upon its
passage a joint resolution authorizing the
Secretary of War to issue arms and ammu
milton to the States of North and South
Dakota. Mr.. Henderson moved to amend
it by including the State of Nebraska, and
referred to the threatened uprising of the
Sioux Indians on their reservation there.
Mr.. Voorhees, said that if the PROPOSE
ton were one to issue a hundred thousand
ratiOnS of food to the starving Indians it
would be more consistent with Christian
civilization. Maj. Gen. Miles, he said, had
stated in public interviews that the Indians
were driven to revolt by starvation; and it
was in his Judgment crime on the part of
the Government to stand silently by and
do nothing except furnish arms to the
whites. In the House the copyright
bill was passed, the vote being 139 to 95-44
majority for the bill The affirmative vote
was given by 1O5 Republicans and "a Demo-
Gratis, and the negative by 90 Democrats and
26 Republicans. A large proportion of its
support came from the Eastern and Middle
States, while the bulk of the opposition was
from the West and South The bill is sub
stantially the same as that which passed
the Senate in the Fiftieth Congress and
failed to Oe acted upon in the House.
THE election bill was taken up in the
Senate on the 4th and Mr.. Pugh spoke in
opposition to it. He said the country could
not fail to understand the true character
and nature of the proposed legislation. 1T
was never intended to be put in operation in
Republican districts. Under its operation
there would not be single district in the
United States from which Democrats were
elected to Congress that would not be
subject to supervision by partisan Re-
publicans. The whole conception of
the bill was transparent and
audaciOus scheme, having no other end or
purpose than the capture of Democratic
districts. In the House the bill for the
punishment of every guardian, cOnServa-
tor. CURATOR committee, tutor, other
judiciary agent for the embezzlement of
the pensions of a ward was passed. On mo-
tion Of Mr.. Morrow, of California, the House
went into committee of the whole on the
pension appropriation bill Mr.. Morrow
said that the bill appropriated for the pay
ment of pensions the sum of S133, 173, 900. 1t
was estimated that this sum of money
would be distributed among 654, rs pension
erS. This was the largest lumber of bene-
fciaries ever provided for in any single
item in the statutes of the United States.
1t was estimated that the gross cost to the
United States of these pensions for the year
1892 would average 1903 each. He believed
there would be no deficiency next year
that there would prove to be slight excess
of appropriation.
THE election bill was taken up in the SEN
ate on the 5th, and Mr.. Gray spoke against
it. The bill, he said, was menacing to the
peace happiness, and freedom of the sew
eral States. Notwithstanding the sheer ut
tered by the President of the United
States as to the objections of those who OPP
posed the bill, there were many who be-
lieved the measure one that threat
ened the integrity of American insti-
buttons, State and national. Senator
Stanford introduced a bill to provide
the Government with means sufficient to
supply the national want of a sound circu-
l&ting medium, and asked that it lie on the
table, stating that he would hereafter sub
nit some remarks on it. The bill is the
same as that introduced by him last May.
1t authorizes the issue of 500, 900, 900 in
Treasury notes to be loaned at 2 per cent.
upon application by citizens owning unin-
numbered agricultural lands, the loans not
to exceed One-half the assessed value of the
land nor to extend for more than twenty
years. In the House the joint resOlu-
ton authorizing the Secretary of War
to issue one thousand stand of arms to
each of the States of North and South
Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska was passed.
The politicians had a lively fight over the
annual pension appropriation bill. The
Democrats charged that the total apprOpri
the amount that will be required during the
next fiscal year to pay claims that will be
granted under the pension legislation of
this Congress, and that the object was to
throw on the next Congress the necessity of
providing for heavy deficiency. The bill,
which appropriates something over $135.O0O,-
600, was finally passed.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Paddock
presented the rsotest of the Farmers Ali
ance in convention at Ocala, Fla, against
the passage of the Conger lard bill. Mr..
Sherman introduced three bills and one
amendment to bill, all of which were re-
ferred to the Finance Committee. The new
bills are as follows: To amend the law relat-
ing to the refining and parting Of bullion, to
amend the act authorizing the receipt of gold
coin in exchange for gold bars, and bill
authorizing the recOinage of subsidiary
coins of the United States. The amendment
is one to the Senate bill to reduce the
amount of United States bonds required of
national banks. The provisions of the
amendment are as follows: Section linn
it's the compulsory requirements of de-
posits of United States bonds with
the Treasurer of the United States
by national banks to the amount of
national bank, provided that the
voluntary withdra wal of bonds for the re-
tirement of national bank notes shall not ex-
coed So, 600, 900 in any month. Section pro-
V1deS that upon United States bonds depOS-
tied or which may be deposited, bearing
interest, any national banking associa-
tion making the deposit shall be en-
titled to receive from the Controller
of the Currency circulating notes of differ
ent denominations, not exceeding in the
whole amount the par value of the bonds
deposited. Section authorizes the Score
tary to issue United States notes equal to
retirement of national bank notes below a
circulation of $3.50, 600, 900. Section au-
thorizes the issue of United States bonds to
an amount not to exceed 500, 600, 900, to be
redeemed at the pleasure of the Govern
ment and to bear per cent. interest. They
are to be sold for lawful money or coin GER,
titicates, and the proceeds are to be applied
to the redemption or purchase of United
States bonds