The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-02-13

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bar of tho house and paA.
contempt by expressing
testify before the silver pacl" c.,
The senate bill for the eiSstiou ofS
building at st. Paul, MINI. et / SSSeos..
$500, Coz was passed. sss
WAsnISoToN, Feb. 8--After tho approv-
al OF the journal the house proceeded to
dispose OF various matters Of private bus
mess on the speaker table. 5;
On motion Mr.. CALDWELL OF Ohio, tho
senate amendment to the house bill grant
Ing pension to the widow of the late Gen.
Noyes was concurred In. "a
On motion OF Mr.. Grain, of Texas che
senate amendments were concufred In to
the house bill to promote the constructioa
OF a safe deep water harbor on tho coast
OF Texas.
The house then went into COMMITTEES oe
the whole on the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bills.
WAsnlNaToN, Feb BON motion OF Mr..
Nick kiniey 1t was ordered that durtng the
msindsE Of sAas -. sier. he hoas~ slail
m meet .. Y I. M. The houss thea vent
ci VI appropriation bill When the para-
graph providing for the expenses Of tho
interstate commerce commission was
reached, Mr.. Anierson, of Kansas, offered
an amendment directing the cammission
to tnqnire into the facts relating to the
Western Tariff association. After some
discussion point OF order was raised
agninst the amendment and sustained,
The worlds fair paragraph having bsen
reached, II was agrec;i that the debhte ba
postponed until tomorrow.
Mr. Bland offered u silver free coinage
amend ment to the paragraph providing
for re-coinage Of gold nnd sill, cr coins
WASHINGTON, Feb. Elm tic house this
morning, Mr.. Mckinley askc unanimous
consent for the present considerations of
tn bill providtn that nothing IN the tariff
act shall be held to repea, or impair tho
reciprocity treaty with the Hnwaiian
islands.
The speaker laid before the housc the
senate bill amending the land forfeiture
act of September q. 1891. and it was passed
with verbal amendments.
y hs committee of the whole required TO
the world's fair paragraph. which Mr..
Gambler, Of Massachusetts, proposes.
though it has not yet bzcn formally
offered, lengthy substitute In line
eommittes. is p91 instruct. @ I'll the 'pss.s. sssI..
tary OF tic treasury not to approve tho
payment OF any expenses attendant upon
the meeting of the national com mtssl0n or
board OF lady managers, except a.ch meet
lHSs as may Dc caileu at the tttn0 OF the
dedication and, opening OF tho fair; nor
any meetings OF the executive conmitteess
of either body held oftener than once in
six months; nor any annual salary In cx-
cess of 5000 for the president and S3,ONs
for the evtce-chairman of the executive COM
mtttee of the national commissicn; nor to
approve the payment of any expenses Of
commission or Lady managers other than
those mentioned, which shall onnt to
more than 5000 rcr annum in the ag-
agregnte. * I, s
Mr. Breckinrldse, of Kentucky, de.
Tended the action OF the appropriations
committee. II was the duty of congress
to make The fair Success. not failure,
and he, as member of the appropria-
tions committee. proposed to concur In
the Recommendation of appropriations
which had been made -
MIR. Taylor, yof Illinois. snid that what
Chicago wished, was to be let alone Tho
speeches In opposition to the bill made SIX
months ago might have stated the facts;
they did not state the facts today This
was not Chicago fair; 1t was nn intcrun-
tional fair. II would he disgrace to tho
nation after inviting tha foreigners to
come to the exposition, to turn them over
to the locai board. The & government
should stand by net n
AT the evening session the house passed
liz private pension bills aud udjonrned.