Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-16
|FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS
BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN
BOTH BRANCHES.

/ BOTH BRANCHES.
Measures of Moro Less Importance In
trOtluced by Various Members and the
Dtsposition of the Samoa Condemned
/ Report
WASHINGTON, Jan. G.-Special But
seven senators were present at 10 O'Clock
when the senate was called to order After
a lapse of three-quarters of an hour a
Quorum appeared. A communication from
the secretary OF the treasury asking for an
appropriation Of $4,000 for the repair OF
the government building at Chicago. was
| laid before the senate and referred. The
morning business having been concluded.
the senate resumed the consideration of
the financial bill, which consumed the time
| of the balance OF the session,
| WASHINGTON Jan. G.-The bill repeating
the law authorizing the president to sus-
pend the tonnage dues was passed. Mr.
Farquhar move that the house go into COM
mittee of the whole for the consideration
OF the shipping bill. Mr.. Springer moved
slider the options bill. Rejected, 101 10 %.
Mr.. Farquhar's motion was agreed to. III
| to 90. The measure was discussed at
length. after which the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-The conference re-
port ON the public printing deficiency bill
was agreed to. The financial bill was taken
up and Senator Daniel spoke in favor Of
ecutive session Senator Edmunds, in a tone
Of bitter sarcasm, said: THE senate is
! drawing to an end and this most important
and Immaculate bill ought to be got into
the form OF a law at the earliest possible
moment, The country, OF course, is suffer-
ing for it. Disaster and bankruptcy are
said to be impending, and therefore we
ought not to leave a stone unturned to get
an immediate vote upon it," After execu-
tive session the senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. AFTER the senate
bill increasing from fifty to seventy the
number of army officers who may be de-
tailed to the military colleges was passed
the house went into committee OF the whole
on the shipping bill. Mr.. Herbert, OF Ala
bama, opposed the measures because it
proposed an indiscriminate subsidy
in the foreign trade. 1t was the natural
result of the Mckinley bill. Mr.. Dockery,
retorting. said he wanted to take the fact
home to the farmers Of the west that
900 was being taken from the treas
ury to sustain and support q few New Eng
land ship owners George Gould. he under
stood, was one of the ''lahoring men, to be
benefited. Mr.. Dockery then invited at
tention to the restrictive scope OF reciproc-
ity, as advocated by Secretary Blaine. So
feet that was fatal to a subsidy was alike
fatal to reciprocity. The farmer could de-
rive no benefit from reciprocity because the
South American countries had almost every
article necessary for their own consump-
tion. Let the country return to that pro-
pittous policy under which it explored
every sea and cast an anchor in every har-
Dor. Divested of artificial restrictions, our
commercial marine could renew and assert
Its Importance upon the deep. Pending
further debate the committc rose and the
house adjourned.
WASHINGTON Jan. S.-During the morn
ing hour in the senate a number of public
building bills were passed, after which SEN
ator Stewart called up his motion to vote
upon the financial bill tomorrow, and after
tedious discussion on Senator Stewards
proposition unanimous consent was given to
the proposition by Senator Ingalls, to the
effect that the general debate should close
on the finance bill at adjournment on Tues
DAY next; that the ten-mfnute discussions
shall be In order and the final vote on the
bill and amendments be taken before ad-
journment Wednesday. The house bill ap-
propriating 100000 for q public building at
Davenport was passed. Senator Turpie ad-
dressed the senate in support Of Senator
Stewards amendment for free coinage. He
was followed by Senator Call and the bill
was then laid aside. The vote on the Daven-
port building bill was on motion of Senator
vest reconsidered, amended and again
passed. After executive session the senate
adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. S.-A bill was passed
authorizing the issue of certificates of serv-
Ice to the telegraph operators who were
with the union army during the war. In
the committee OF the whole, Mr.. Fithian. of
Illinois, opposed the measure, and Mr..
wheeler, OF Michigan, favored it, Mr..
Grosvenor. Of Ohio also made an extended
speech In behalf of the bill, which was FREE
quently interrupted by comments from the
democratic side. Pending the conclusion of
Mr. Grosvenor's remarks, the committee
rose and the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-Several petitions
Tor and against the Conger lard bill and
resolutions deprecating any further legis-
latlon In regard to silver were presented.
The house bill for the relief of Mai Whan.
me army paymaster, crediting him with
s2s.345 or government funds of which he
was robocd In Arizona, was passed. The
conference report on the bill for public
building at Fort Dodge was agreed to. The
financial Dill was discussed at length and
laid aside. The senate bill appropriatine
100000 for public building at Joliet. nj,
ana the house bill appropriating 800, 900
Tor one at Rockford, ILL.,, were reported and
placed on the calendar; also the senate bill
creating the Office of fourth assistant post
master-general. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9.-The bill author
1zing Oklahoma City to issue bonds to pro-
vide right-of-way for the Choctaw Coal
q Railroad company through the city was
passed. The house then went into commit
zee OF the whole on the private calendar.
me first bill on the calendar was referred
70 the court of claims, the claim of the Cit
lZens' bank, OF Louisiana, growing out Of
Inc seizure and conveying into the United
states treasury OF certain moneys of the
DanK ny Gen. Butler. After long debate
tne OIL went over, the committee rose and
the house took d recess until 8 o'clock, tho
evening session to be for the consideration
OF private pension bills.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 10.-The vtce-prcsi-
Dent laid before the senate a protest Of
twenty-threc members OF the Idaho leeisla-
lure, against allowing Dubois to take his
seat; referred to the committee on nrivi-
reyes ana elections. Senator Dolph, from
the committee on public lands, reported
.ne senate Dill to amend the railroad land
forfeiture bill of last session so as to make
tne pcriod OF six months. for the assertion
OF me rights OF the settlers TO begin tn
run not from the time Of the mas
sage OF the act, but from the date
OF the restoration OF such lands to set
.lement and sale: and after an explanation
II, ~ was passed. The pension appropriation
OIL was reported and placed on the caien-
uar. message from the president wac
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