Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-01-23
FIRST CONGRESS
l9o TRANSACTED IN
aofH BRANCHES.

soTH BRANCHES.
1Ases or Loss Importance In
1svarlous Members and the
~ the samoa CONDENSED
pN. Jan. l5.--The free coinage
ceived from the senate and its
A. greeted with applause from
,ratic side, The speaker an
a the appointment OF the special
,,1,rgsAMtee TO Investigate the SILVER pool rs
f1stfDwS: Messr-. Dingley, Paine. Rowell.
iDOcky1Ysaad Oates. Mr.. Dockery, however,
rcsfEntsl sand Mr.. Peel was appointed In his
place.. The conference report on the Sioux
Fall& d n, bill was agreed to- The senate
S!Iyerk hill went tn tho speakers table.
After kW~idering some other conference re-
ports4} }be house nd diourned.
WSf6INtgTtbN, Jan. .16.-Supplemented pe-
& ,titt9,& Mere presented against the passage
Of lid sccttphs bill, FROM the states OF Ar
kanxsf y california. nciaware. Georgia.
BlNs -ssf NJ = Aiissenri, Nortl. Carolina,
Virginia and West virginis. They Include
over s.G0D signatures. senator Mitchell hi
troduced "a bill! providing for temporary
government ut Alaska: referred. At
the close Of the morning hour. the vice.
president laid before the senate rs unin-
ishcd business the elections bill senator
bill was reported back with amendments
during the intermiSsfon. The conference
reports were agreed to on bills for public
Buildings ut Mankato. Mimi. 100000, and
at sioux Falls, 100000. The evening ses-
son continued until ga III.
WAsHtNGTOS, jan. H.--The house went
Into a committee Of the whole on the lJis-
trict Of Columbia appropriation bill, and
Mr.. Rogers, OF Arkansas, took occasion To
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 lndi-
ana. spoke In opposition to the ship
ping bill. and Mr.. Langston, OF Nir-
ginia, made strong speech in sup
port Of the elections bill. No progress was
made with tho District OF Columbia bill.
aud the committee rising. the house took a
recess, the evening session to be for private
pension bills. The house. at the evening
session. passed bill granting pension OF
$50 month to Gen. Franz Sigel. and ono
granting pension OF Sl9J month to Gen.
n. p. Banks. The passage OF tho latter bill
was greeted with general applause on both
sides OF the house.
WAsHIN0ToN. Jan. l'.-In the senate this
morning the hours between and were
spent In waiting for quorum which did
not come. At the latter hour the sergeant
at.arms reported in waiting as to the sue
cess or failure OF his visits 10 the senators.
One Of those reports stated that Senators
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 tho summons. The appearance OF
epator George at 5:4s a. IN. completed the
quorum on call and Senator Faulkner made
another start In his speech against the
bill, although there were not twenty sena-
tors within hearing Of his voice. At 9
~ - Ga dn n nfr&nf
to close the days session but the motion
WAS defeated on yea and nay vote. As
the vote showed no quorum present, the
senate found itself again In the same end.
less round on which 1t had been revolving
for the last six hours. After numerous
amendmeLts to were offered. tho bill was laid
aside informally, and the senate at 9 o'clock
adjourned till Monday at IL q. M. after u
continuous session of thirty hours.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE house went
into committee Of the whole on the District
Of Columbia Apportionment bill. A long
discussion, foreign to the BILL ensued. MIR.
Richardson, OF Tennessee, sent up = number
of clippings from Ohio newspapers report
ing outrages upon the negroes In Ohio. Mr.
0eosvcnor said the outraRes occurred In the
strongly democratic districts. Tho debate
was continued at some length. and. pending
tho disposition OF the bill. the committee
pose and the house adjourned,
WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator German
argued against the correctness of tho ruling
made by Vice-President Morton on Friday.
to the effect that an appeal from decision
was not debatable. because the question it.
self on which the decision was made "a mo-
tion 70 lay on the table, was an unbeatable
one Senator Edmunds held that the de-
cisfcn was absolutely right The discussion
WAS kept up some time, when Senator Cor
man withdrew tho motion. 1t Is thought
to be something IN the nature OF flank
movement against the cloture matter. The
| elections bill Was taken up and considered
1t length. The vice-president laid before
tho senate q message from the president
transmitting tho agreement with the Grow
Indians for the sale of the western part Of
their reservation in Montana. Senator
Hoar moved that the adjournment to-day
be until noon Tomorrow to give the sena-
tors an opportunity to attend the funeral Of
| NJ Bancroft. Agreed to. Senator George
resumed his speech. but yielded for an ex-
| ecutive session, and the senate soon ad-
| tOuSned.
WAsarxoroN, Jan. 10.-The intentions OF
the democrats of the house to resort to OBJ
structive tactics until the determination OF
| the senate on tho elections bill was mani
| foeted this morning, when Mr.. Bland de-
| manded the reading Of Saturdays proceed
| ings In full. instead OF In the abbreviated
form. Then Mr.. Mills moved an amend-
| ment to the journal relative to tho refusal
OF the chair to recognize his motion to re-
| consider tho vote by which Fridays journal
\ vas approved. This was debated at great
length. after which the journal was ap-
| proved. The senate bill for tho relief OF
Sarah +. Perins was passed. Adjourned.
| HfWAsHIN0rON. Jan. 2C.-In the senate tho
entire time was taken up In consideration
OF tho resolution to change the rules.
| WAsHIN0TON, Jan. 20.-In the house to-
| day after the reading OF the Journal, Mr..
/ nj. -, 40 tha v,n1nt that IL had mot been
read in full. and demanded that the de-
1 scription of the various executive commun-
ications, resolutions, bills and petitions be
Rad. This was done. the reading not being
completed until O'Clock. Tho speaker then
stated the question to be on the approval OF
ths Journal, and, having counted and stated
| the afarmative vote, Mr., Mills, Of Texas,
rising to parliamentary question. asked
| VhetheP the proper question was not on
ordering the previous question. Mr.. Mckin-
| ley having demanded that when the clerk
| 0nished reading the first part or the journal.
renewed after the reading OF tho completed
| journal. Mr.. Mills wished to debate the
| matter but the speaker declined to recOg-
aizs him on tho ground that the house was
dividing. Then Mr.. Mills strobe down the
aisle shaking his 6st at the speaker, pour
ing out . volume Of denunciation. accusing
him Of pfacticing fraud ON the house. The
1smocrsts cheered but the speaker imper-
| tuRbably continued the counting and an
uouncoA tho motion carried. Tho yeas
And nays we're demanded by the demo-
crats and ordered, and as the clerk pro-
ceeded with tho roll Mr.. Mills continued 20
pour out the denunctations. Referring to
Mr.. Mckinley. he said: 1--WE did not ex-
pect tho gentlemau from Ohio to lend him-
self TO such proceeding. for We believed
him an honorable gentleman. and We know
s. (indicsting the spcaker) was not" After
aome further debate Mr.. Kerr, OF Iowa,
aid: t,such proceedings - this are treas
enable. asd they arc headed by man who
helped treason before" Mr.. Mills re-
oiled. "You aro traitor yourseli
70 the constitution end the laws.
You aPs tsying to surround tho ballot box
With bsyonets and deprive the people Of
the right Of representation" This waa
erected with enthusiastio democratic ap,
plauee. while the republicans announced
their disapproval by lnsty hissss. Pando.
monium prevailed, and affairs finally ap.
nroached 70 uear personal rupture that
the spoaker was obliged 70 call upon the
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