The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-05-09
THE ACTS Or CONGRESS,
MCCINCr SUMMARY OF A WEEKS
LEGISLATIVE WORK.

Law MMk0ESs
In the senate on the 2Sth in connection
With q resolution in relation to the Missis
sippi river a discussion sprung up and wa
participated in by many senators, the poin
turning on the question whether the leye
rect q or whether there shout,
not be combination of the two. Senate
Vest said congress should adopt one sys
tenn or the other. Senator Reagan sal,
his investigations had convinced him tina
the levee system was q failure, as it ha,
been proved in the Yellow river of China
where the river raised and devastatin,
overfiows caused the loss of million
Of lives. The outlet system wa,
the true relief for the overiows of In,
Mississippi. After further discussic,
tho business of the norma.
hour was proceeded with. Sen
ator introduced q bill fol-
the admission of Arizona. Referred. III,
M forfeiture bill was taken up mud, afte,
soma discussion, went over without action
The senate bill incorporating the societ,
OF the Sons of the American Rovolutiot
was read. Senator Plumb made SON
satirical remarks about the efforts to en-.
courage patriotism lying around loose ir
the country" and moved to amend the bill
by providing that its privileges be extended
to the Grand Army. No Quorum voted
and without action on the bill the SENATE
adjourned.
ln the house on the 26th the conference
report on the Fremont, Neb., public build
ing bill was agreed to. The limit of cost
Of the building is 500, 900. The message
OF the president. returning without HIS an.
proyal the bill to allow Ogden, Utah, to
increase it's indebtedness, was referred to
tho committee on territories. The legisla-
tive, executive and judicial appropriation
bills passed without division. The house
then went into committee Of the whole
or bills relating to the District of
Columbia. The pending bill was for the
establishment of Rock Creek park. In the
course of debate Mr.. Hooker, of Missis-
sippi, alluded to the confederate graves in
Arlington cemetery, on the headboards of
which are carved the word rebel" He did
not object to this. Rebel" was mt n
word of reproach. 1t only showed that
they were the men who wereled by the sec
ond great rebel of America, Robert T..
Lee, George Washington having been the
first. The committee having risen the
Rock Creek park bill was defeated. Mr..
Eemphill, of South Carolina, moved II re-
consideration and the house adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th, after the
transaction of some routine business of
unimportant public importance, considcra-
ton of the land forfeiture bill was re-
sumed. Senator Plumb discussed Senator
Calls amendments as to lands in Florida.
Senator Plat ipterruptedtootf offer q concur
rent resolution, which was agreed to, re-
questing tn, president To return the
Oklahoma bill. He explained that owing
to an error of his own the word west" had
been used in the place of east" in the dis
crlption of the boundaries.
Consideration of the land forfeiture bill
was resumed. On the motion to lay Sena-
tor Calls amendment on the table no
quorum voted--yeas, 81; nays, 14-but as q
call of the senate showed the presence of
tift-two members Senator Sher-
man rose and said that when
ever a quorum was present and
the vote didnot discloset that fact he should
insist upon the sensible rule that the senn-
tors present and not voting should be
counted. After some debate IL vote was
again taken aud Senator Calls amendment
yeas, 30: nays, Is. Senator
Moody offered an amendment,
which was agreed to, declaring the act not
to he considered to confer any right on
any state, corporation or person to the
lands accepted in the grants. The bill
then passed without division. Senator
MCPHERSON introduced q bill granting a
pension of $4,000 q year to the widow of
Gen. Mcclellan. Referred. Tho senate
then proceeded to the consideration of the
Mckinley administrative customs bill,
after which the senate adjourned.
In the house on the 29th there
s was o w,ss SPIRITED R5s p,o. and heated
s,aconn ~, N -
privilege, Denied the Statement me- pe's m y
. few days ago by Evans,
Of Tennessee, to the effect that there has
been ballot stuting in his district. The
speaker ruled that this did rot present the
matter Us q personal privilege. This
resulted in some sharp talk,
in which the speaker was
contradicted by Pierce, ana Mills, of
Texas, accused him of fraud. The speak.
er declared Mills out of order, whereupon
he responded: Il am in order, aud the
speaker is more out OF order thar the gen.
tleman from Texas. The ruling is simply
an Outrage" The matter was then dropped.
The senate resolution was concurred in,
concerning the irrigation of the arid lands
of the valley of the Rio Grande. Tho bill
the charge of desertion from the
record of VIM. Dawson was passed. The
oOAuto UhAA Pdoocu lOT tue QlSDOSnl OIL lQ0
Fort Sedgwick military reservation
in Colorado and Nebraska. The
house then went into committee of
the whole on the bill providing for the
classification of worsted cloths as woolens.
After q long discussion the committee rose
and reported the bill to the house. On
the passage Of the bill no quorum voted,
and there being no quorum present Mr..
Dingley moved an adjournment, which
carried.
In the senate the committee on foreign
relations reported o concurrent resolution
requesting the president to negotiate with
the governments of Great Britain and
Mexico with q view of securing treaty dep
utations for the prevention of the entry
into the United States of Chinese from
Canada and Mexico, and immediate con-
slderation Of it asked. Constellation
of the custom administration resumed.
Senator Gray moved to amend the bill by
inserting q provision giving the importer
who is dissatisfied the right 10 tegin a
common law suit i'll the United States
circuit court. This was discussed at length
and the bill was finally laid aside without
action. The conference report on the
house bill for a public building Mt Fremont.
Neb., was agreed to. The cost was $780,
600, but there is no appropriation i'll tho
bill Senator Plattis resolution for the
correction of the Oklahoma bill was agreed
to and the senate adjourned.
After the reading of the journal the
house on the Both proceeded to vote upon
the passage of the bill for the classification
Of worsted and wooden cloths. The bill
passed-yeas, 1888; nays, O-the speaker
counting a quorum. The bill authorizes
the secretary of the treasury to classify as
WOODEN cloths all imports of worsted cloths
which are not known under the name of
worsted cloth, or under the name of