Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-02-12
FIFTY FIRST CONGRESS
BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN
BOTH BRANCHES.


Disposition OF the Samoa Condensed
Report.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Morgan
ON behalf Of Senator Colquitt, gave notice
Of an amendment to the financial bill,
abolishing the tax on state banks.
The bill was passed for the erection of @
public building at Joliet, I'LL, ito cost $780, 900.
The senate then resumed consideration OF
the financial bill and was addressed by Sem
ator sherman at great length After short
addresses by others the senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13--In the house the
senate amendment to the bill for u public
building at Davenport. Ia, fixing the limit
of cost at 100000, was agreed to. The
house went into q committee Of the whole
on the army appropris ton bill. Mr.
BANDS amendment, providing no salaries
be paid to u. s. military officers detailed to
the military colleges or state institutions
was defeated, IS to IL Mr.. Bland raised
the point of no quorum. A quorum was
counted by Dingley in chair, only 100 votes
being necessary in the committee of the
whole. An amendment by Williams, OF
Ohio, to prohibit the drawing of pay by an
officer on the retired list while In receipt OF
any other salary from the government, was
adopted. After a long debate, which took
wide range, during which Mr.. Lodge, OF
Massachusetts,, paid his respects to Mr..
Stone, of Missouri, and without completing
tHe redulnB VI tue Dill, CH6 COHmkCtSe hFOS0o
The report on the ballot-box committee was
ordered printed. Adjourned
WASHINGTON, Jan. lathe financial BILL
was taken up and Senator ingalls, spoke for
q little over two hours on the subject. After
many amendments had been accepted and
rejected Senator Vest astonished the senate
by bringing forward, as substitute for the
bill, purely free coinage bill, which pro
vides that the unit OF value In the United
States shall be the dollar, to be coined OF
standard silver {412H grains) or standard
gold (25 $40 grains). Vest stated that his
substitute was similar to the free coinage
bill that passed the senate at the last ses-
sion. Aldrich moved to amend the snbstf-
tute by adding thereto the national bank
ing features OF the original bill. Lost.
Vests substitute was agreed to, without d.
vision, and the BILL as amended by the
substitute, was agreed to-yeas, 80; nays,
~. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-The mouse went
into committee of the whole on the army
appropriation bill. After some further de-
bate the house rose and the bill was passed.
The house then went into committee OF
the whole ON the District of Columbia bill,
but little was done. The committee rose
and the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Dawes,
from the committee ON Indian affairs, re-
ported q resolution, which was referred to
the committee on contingent expenses, d.
recting an exhaustive inquiry into the con-
dition of the Indians of North and South
Dakota, Montana and elsewhere. Senator
| MandeHsen introduced bill te-esta blish q
branch mint at Omaha, and Senator Nc
Connel one for mint at Boies City, Idaho.
Senator Morgan offered a preamble and
concurrent resolution On the subject of the
recent proceedings In the supreme court In
| connection with the Behring sea dispute.
The resolution declares that such proceed
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the comfy of nations and to the usual and
| amicable conduct of international relations,
| and not in consonance with the dignity of
| the government and the people, or with the
| respect due to the president of the United
States. Referred. The elections bill was
| taken up, and Senator Evarts spoke at
| length In advocacy of 1t. He particularly
| scored the new constitution of Mississippi In
| so far as it related to the elections and suf-
| frage. Senator PascO obtained the floor,
and the bill was laid aside informally. Sem
ator Hoar gave notice that tomorrow he
shouSd ask the senate to remain in session
until the bill is finished. Adjourned.
WAs<k NGToN. Jan. 15.-The free coinage
DILL was received from the senate and its
reception was greeted with applause from
the democratic SIDE The speaker an
nounced the appointment Of the special
committee to investigate the silver pool as
follows: Messrs. Dingley, Paine, Rowell,
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resigned and Mr.. Peel was appointed In his
place. The conference report on the Sioux
| Falls, S. D., bill was agreed to. The senate
silver bill went to the speakers table.
After considering some other conference re-
ports. the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Supplemented Pc
titions were presented against the passage
of the elections bill, from the states of Ar
| kansas. California, Delaware, Georgia,
Maryland, Missouri, North Carolina,
Virginia and West Virginia. They include
over 5000 signatures. Senator Mitchell in
troduced bill providing for temporary
government at Alaska; referred. At
the close of the morning hour, the vice.
| president laid before the senate as unfin-
shed business the elections bill. Senator
Pasco argued against it. The Notifications
bill was reported back with amendments
during the intermission. The conference
reports were agreed to on bills for public
buildings at Mankato, Mimi, 700, and
at Sioux Falls, 100000. The evening ses-
sion continued until a. m.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house went
into committee of the whole on the Dis
trict OF Columbia appropriation bill, and
Mr. Rogers, of Arkansas, took occasion TIC
discuss the silver bill and warned his re-
publican friends, who threw obstacles In
the way of free coinage, that they would
have to crawl in the dust to get back into
popular sympathy. Mr.. Shively, Of Indl-
ana. spoke in opposition to the ship
ping bill, and Mr.. Langston, of Vir-
ginia, made u strong SPECIFY In sup.
port of the elections bill. No progress was
made with the District OF Columbia bill
and the committee rising, the house took 9
recess, the evening session to be for private
pension bills. The house, at the evening
session, passed a bill granting a pension Of
$50 month to Gen. Franz Sigel, and one
granting pension OF 500 month to Gen
N. p, Banks. The passage of the latter bill
was greeted with general applause on botf
sides of the house,
WASHINGTON, Jan. I'm the senate thi
morning the hours between and were
spent in waiting for q quorum which did
not come. At the latter hour the sergeant
alarms reported In waiting as to the sue
cess or failure OF his visits to the senators
One of those reports stated that SENATOR
Berry and Butler were In the cloak room
and the former stated that he would come
when he got ready, and the latter refused
to obey the summons. The appearance O
Senator George at 5:45 O.. nj. completed tn,
quorum ON call and Senator Faulkner mad,
another start In his speech against TIT
bill, although there we're not twenty sena
tors within hearing of his voice. At
o'clock Senator George made another etfOr
to close the days session but the motion
was defeated on q yea and nay vote. A
the vote showed no quorum present, tn
senate found itself again In the same end
less round on which it had been revolving
for the last six hours. After numerou
amendment were offered, the bill was lai,
aside informally, and the senate at o'clocl
adjourned till Monday at II O.. m., after
continuous session of thirty hours.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house Wen
into committee Of the whole ON the Distrlc
of Columbia apportionment bill A Ion
discussion, foreign to the bill, ensued, Mr.
Richardson, of Tennessee, sent up " humble
!. of clinnings from Ohio naMspaners report