Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1891-02-21
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
The Senate.


day the house joint resolution to correc
was taken up but went over until Mon
day.
The order for night sessions submitte,
yes terday by Mr.. Edmunds was agreed TO
The house bill for the AL justment of nc
I counts OF workmen, etc, under the eigh
hour law was taken up. discussed "a
length, amended and nodi. ii, aud finally
on motion of Mr.. Wolcott, recommitted &
the committee on education-yeas, u
nays, "a.
Before the vote was announced auC
when Mr.. Blair learned how IL stood
] 90 27--he changed his vote from no to aye
and moved n reconsideration
Mr. Harris moved to lay the motion OF
the taLle.
Pending action, however, the death o
! helan, of Tennessee, was announced, and
as mark OF respect, the senate al
journed
WAsuINGToS, Feb. 0.-By vote o
yeas IS, nays ~, the senate this mornin
! refused 10 reconsider the vote OF Satur
day recommitting the eigh hour bill "a
the committee on education and labor
and the bill therefore stands recommittei
lie senate took up the housa copyrigh,
bill, aud Senator Platt made a brief ex
! PLANTATION.
Senator Frye offered an amend ment, ex-
| tendiu the principles OF ths bill to maps,
charts, dramatic or musical compositions,
| engrnvings, cuts, prints, chromos and
| Autographs After "a long debate, the
| lithographi, amendment was agreed to
| Yeas, -; nays, ~
S Snator herman moved to amend see
tion 3 by striking out the word ''prohib-
itel.n ~ and inserting in lieu thereof the
words "sIbject to duties provided by
| law;' so Looks, etc, copyrighted here and
printed abroad shall not be prohibited,
! but shall Lc subject TO the payment oil
| tariff duties.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1e.-The house bill "a
revise the wages OF certail employees in
! the goyernm ms printing lice was passe
| in the senate this mornin2 with a substi
tute providing for an advances for mig ght
| eU poyes A conference was asked and
| Senators Manderson, Hawley and German
were appointed conferess on the part OF
| the senate.
Senators Dawes. Plumb and German
were appoin'e conferees on the part OF
! the senate on the fortifcations bill.
The naval Appropriation bill wa, taken
up The first amend ment reported from
the comInittee on appropriations was the
following:
''To enable the president TO cause care
full sound.ngs to BE- made between San
Francisco and Honolulu for the purpose
.
n teie graphic cable between those poin IS
%, y, or SO much thereof "a may be nee
essary, ard the president is thereby au-
thorized TO direct the use OF any vessel or
vessels belonging to the United States in
max ug such survey
This was agreed to- after remarks by
Senator German to the effect that it was
not TO b, regarded a committing tie
government in any way 20 the prop
osition that the government was TO
lay the cable The item OF $25, ,0J0
Tor the equipmen, md arms for
the naval militia in various states was
challenged 10y Senator Carlisle and ex-
planned by Senator Hale as applying to
certain states that had organization for
drilling aud training for the naval service
just as the lnnl militia had for land ser.
vice.
Sanat r Carlisle opposed the item. He
thought IL merely the begin ming OF bounty
system The object was discussed al great
length. and the paragraph was amended
10 read, 'for arms instead OF equip.
ments and arms, ana agreed to 81 to =
The next amen lment was one providing
for n dry dock on the Colum bla river or on
Puget sound. Senator Alien moved u sub
stitute, fixing the site at Port Orchard or
Puget sound No action was reached on
the amend ment
message from the president, with the
cor res pondence relating t) the conduct of
Comma ander Reiter, was presented and re-
fcrred to the committee on naval affairs.
The presidents veto message on the bill
for a public building at Dallas, Tex, with
the action OF the house in passing the bill
over the vetO) was presented aud referred.
l. ElloZies were delivered on the late Rep
resentative Walker of Missouri.
WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Harris
at the opening Of the senate this morning :
| k.,sf S,FA CHI .nf
Tue ss@,ssss @ on s . sc SO s.s q VA y:
the findings Of the court of claims, in
which bill, he sa q, many Tennesseaus
were interested. senator Spooner ex-
| planned that he had examined the testi.
mony accompanying the findings of the
court in some cases included in the bill,
and he found that it did not justify the
action of the court in tie matter OF the
| loyalty claimants He had reason "a
think that, during the last administration,
the interest of the government in tie court
| of claims had not been faithfully repre-
sented and protected. He had not, there.
fore, felt justified in reporting the bill
Senator Teller offered resolution
which was agreed to, calling upon he sec.
| retary of the treasury for information as
to silver purchased under the act of July
| IL, 1899.
Senator Morgan offered "A resolution
| which was agreed 10, calling upon the sec
retary of the interior for copies of the reg
ulations for carrying into effect the land
| forfeiture act of September 30 1890.
Among the measures taken from the cal.
endar and passed was the senate bill to
| authorize the construction of brid ge
across the St. Croix river between Wiscon
| sin and Minnesota.
The consideration of the naval appro-
| priation bill was resumed, in reference to
tho site of the dry dock on the Pacific
coast, whether on Puget sound or the
| Column bia river. The amend M ent recon-
mended by the committee, leaving it to
the secretary OF the navy to decide upon
| the site of the dry dock. was advocated by
| Senators Dolp and Mitchell, while Sena
or 4 lien argued for his amend ment fixing
| Port Orchard as the site Finally Allen.
am endment was agreed to-yeas, 81
nays, IL.
The reading of the Lill having teen con
| ciuied, Senator German offered an u amend
nent providing that no money be used 70,
| the purchase of or payment for armor Oh
| gun steel unless 1t shall have been sub
mitted to public competition by advertise
ment.
Senator Hale Offered substitute tina,
| no contract be made until its subject mat
| ter shall have been submitted to public
| competition by advertise
Senator German acc spted the subst
| tute and il was agree to. The bill was
then passed.
Senator Wolcott, from the committee OF
| civil service, reported back without recon
| mendation. the senate bill to secure prefer
| ence In the appointment, employment and
retention in public service 10 veterans O
| the late war. II was placed on the calen
dar.
The copy right bill was taken up but lait
as de informally and a number Of bill OIL
tie calendar passed, among them the sen
ate ioiny resolution TO continue in force
the laws of Nebraska in Oklahoma unit
| July hext. ss-t''tsr.7ss trfsA
| WASHINGTON. Feb. fo.-Among the bill,
| reported and placed on the calendar wa
| one to incorporate the Fan .America.
| nsportation company.
The copyright bill was laid aside In
| formally and the District of Columbia
| appropriation bill was amended anS
| passed
The senate bin for the relief of settler,
upon certain lands In Iowa was passed
| also number Of pension bills, including
the honse bill granting 500 n month Il
| General Banks, The Mary Ann Dohert,
| bill came up, but Senator Ccckreil made
vigorous objection, and it went over.
The senate bill was passed establish I'M
| port OF delivery ut Ics Moines. la
| WAsHINGroN, Feb. 18th, senate r.
| sumed consideration Of tho copyright bill
| the pending question te;ng on Senate
Sherman amendment 10 strike out th
word "prohibited'' ani insert "subject 4