Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-01-16
FlETY-FlRST CONGRESS
BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN
BOTH BRANCHES.
Measures Of More Or Less Impersnnee H.
tr0ducsd by various Membses - -
Disposition o. ths Dsno-A ConAsneea
Report.

WAsHINGroS. Jan. 6.--Durlng tho morn.
Ing hour In the senate q number o1 public
building bills were passed. after which Den.N
ator Stewart called up his inotioa 70 voes
upon the financial bill to- morrow. and aetAes
. tedious discussion On Senator Stewards
proposition unanimous consent Was given q
the proposition BY Senator Ingalls, % ~
eject that the general debate should Olcoo
ON the finance bill Ut Adjournment On Tues
day next; that the ten minute discusstcne
shall be In order and the Annl vote On -
bill and amendments be taken before a.
journment Wednesday. The houae bill -
prOprinting $780, 900 for q public huit1ine -
Davenport was passed. Senator Tuxplo n1Des
dressed the senate hi suppOft OS 0GnSl
Stewart's smendmcnt tor free coinaea III
was then laid aside. The vote on tie D4v0n.s
port building bill was on motion Of eenAAue
Vest reconsidered, amended anA aenin
passed. After executive sessi0n the eena1o
adjourned. M
WASHINGTON. Jan. CA bill was paMDon
authorizing the Issue Of certificates oS aeev.
leo to the telegraph operators who weeo
with the union army during the var. II
the committee of the whole. Mr.. Fithian, q
Illinois. opposed tho measure. anl M.
Wheeler, OF Michigan. favored u. II.
Grosvenor. OF Ohio, also made an oxeeado1
speech In behalf OF the bill, which wa me-
quently interrupted BY comments froa ~
Mr.. Grosvenor's remarks, the conuit4eo
rose and the house adjourned.
WAsHINdrON, Jan. o.--Soveral potietoae
for and against the C0nger lard bill and
resolutions d0precatlng any further logls.
lation In regard to silver were pseseaeod,
Tho house bill for the relief Of MAI Whaa,
the army paymaster. crediting him with
32s.345 OF government funds OF which -
was robbed in Arizona. was passed. TAo
conference report ON the bill for pub1fc
building at Fort Dodge was agreed "a. Tho
financial bill was discussed at length and
laid aside. The senate bill apprOpfiAtiue
sioo,0oo for public building at Joliet, nl.,
and the house bill appropriating eioe.eoe
for one at Rockford, ILL.,, were reported aaA
placed on the calendar; also the senate bili
creating the Office OF fourth aAsistaut poae.
master general. Adjourned.
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 0.--Tho bill authoe-
izlng oklahoma City to issue bonds 60 pr0.
vide right-of-way for the Choctaw CoAl
Railroad company through the city was
passed. The house then vent into commit
tee OF the whole on the private calendar.
The first bill on the calendar was referred
| to the court of claims. the claim OF the Cit-
liens bank, OF louisiana, growing out az
the seizure and conveying into the Unitod
States treasury OF certain moneys Of thos
bank BY Gen. Butler. After long dsbatD
| the bill vent over, the committee rcno and
the house took = recess until o'clock. tho
| evening session to be for the consid0tatlOo
Of private pension bills.
WAsHINGTON, Jan. fe.--The vico-psosl.
dent laid before tho senate protest Ot
twenty three members Of the Idaho lsgisln-
| ture, against allowing Dubois to take ~
seat: referred to the committee on privI-s
leges and elections. senator DOiph. feo0
tho committee on public lands, repoEtod
| .he senate bill to amend tho railroad lard
| forfeiture bill of last session 70 - 10 make
| the period OF six months, for the asDoEe1oo
of the rights Of the settlers to begin -
run, not from the time Of the poe-
sage Of the act. but from - 1a1o
of the restoration oi such isnls 6 Sse-
tlement and sale; and after IN explanA1fpa
1t was passed. Tho pension appfopf1ettoa
| bill was reported ana placed on the cAlen>
| dar. A message from the president wnn
read, forwarding the memorial Of tie le91D-
| iative assembly OF Oklahoma for IN apreO~
| that territory. Referred to tho commit9oo
| on appropriations. Adjourned.
| WAsHIN0TON, Jan. 1O.--Mr. Bnttefw0e1h,
| from the committee on appropriations, -.
ported the legislative bill and II waa placed
IN the calendar. The house then went into
committee of tho whole ON the army ap-.
proprlatiOn.
WAsHIN0roN. Jan. 1e.-Senator Quar- %.
LAY introduced bill entitled ssan aCt .
tions and to insure the lawful and peacoful
conduct thereof" Tho principal point of
difference between this and the HoAr hill u
In the blast section, which Ia - tcllOWn:
when IL shall appear to the satisfActi0a ok
the president Of the United States that Il
any locality the provisions OF this law On.
not otherwise be executed IL shau ~ NJ
| Euty and he Is authorized to suspend 80
writ OF ha beas corpus and 70 omploy -
armed force OF the United States. navalA ~
military forces, In the enforcemont and fuR
the protection Of the officers whose rulop
are herein provided for" Senator etaaece4
introduced . bill to provide Tor The oxtAn-3
sion OF the executive m1nsion. 0enatoe
Vest introduced, by request, . bill 20 rspona
an act amending section 764 OF the revised
statutes las TO appeals TO the supreme Court1
and made an explanation N SssasA
TO It. Referred to the judiciary
committee Senator Frye offered . reeoIa-
tion. which was agreed 70, calling On -
secretary OF the treasury tor copies of -
ports OF the condition Of a1Aira II The 80,
Islands Of Alaska. Senator Dawes o9eeoA g
resolution. which was agreed to. cal1lng -
| the secretary Of the interior for infogmsf1oa
concerning the leases Of IndiAn 1an1n u
sevoralty on the Omaha reservatioo, 81
the surrender OF their occupatipa - IT,
white people, The motion heretOeoto neHo
| by Senator Plumb 70 reconsideF ~ voto:
passing the senate bill to cstablish rsceld
| and pension Office Of the war depArt0sa1.
ETC., was laid on the table, and tAe hill
| then resumed consideration Of ~
| finance bill which went over Adj0urne4.
| WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.--Mr. DOcko1y ri69
ing TO a question OF privilege, offered . te6os
| luton reciting the fact OF the references -
his '.silver pool resolution 70 the coa-
| mittce on rules and tho fact that the Ooak-
mittee refused 70 report tho sAlIs. ~
1 ordering the COMMITTEES On rQlNo "a EnSuGA