Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-01-23
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS
BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN
BOTH BRANCHES.

| BOTH BRANCHES.
Measures of More or Less Importance In
| troduced by Various Members and tho
Disposition of tho Samoa Condensed
| Report.
| WAsnls TON, Jan. Ex-senator Morgan.
on behalf : Senator Colquitt, gave notice
of an :,;uendlrcnt to the lnanaia. bill,
abo'. ing the tax on state banks.
The . N was passed for the erection of a
public bu ldng at Joliet, Ill, to cost $4,000
The ser 10 then resumed consideration Of
the tinan al bill and was addressed by Sem
atOr sherman at great length. After short
addresses by others the senate adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.--ln tho 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 committee of the whole
on the army apprOpri.t ion bill. Mr.
BANDS amendment, providing no salaries
be paid to L. $. military officers detailed to
the military colleges or state institutions
was defeated s. to 10 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 tho
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 long debate. which took
a wide range. during which Mr.. Lodge, of
Massachusetts, paid his respects to Mr..
Stone, Of Missouri, and without completing
the reading of the bill. the committee arose.
The report on the ballot-boX committee was
ordered printed. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE financial bill
was taken up and Senator ingalls, spoke for
little over two hours on the subject. After
many amendments had been accepted and
rejected Senator Vest astonishcd the senate
by bringing forward, as q substitute for the
bill. 81 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 (a5 $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 substi-
tnte by adding thereto the national bank
ing features OF the original bill. Lost.
Vests substitute was agreed to, without di-
vision, and the bill, as amended by rhe
substitute, was agreed ,o-yeas, 20: nays,
81. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE mousse went
into committee of the whole on the army
appropriation bill After some further de-
bate the house rose and the bill was passed.
Tho house then went into "a committee of
the whole on the District of Columbia bill,
Dul llltle was uOnC. Ile committee rose
ana the house adjourned.
WASHINGToS, Jan. Ex-senator Dawes,
from the committee on Indian affairs re-
ported a resolution, which was referred to
the committee on contingent expenses, di-
rcCtlng an exhaustive inquiry into the con-
dition of the Indians of North and South
Dakota, Montana and elsewhere. Senator
Henderson introduced bill to establish
branch mint at Omaha. and Senator Nc.
q INF n4 l<>;o r..
Senator Morgan offered Il 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
ings arc without precedent. prejudicial to
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 it. He particularly
scored the new constitution Of Mississippi in
so far as 1T related to the elections and SUI
frage. Senator Pasco obtained the floor,
and the bill was laid aside informally. Sem
ator Hoar gave notice that Tomorrow he
should ask the senate to remain in session
until the bill is finished. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15.-Thc free coinage
reception was greeted with applause from
the democratic side. The speaker an
nounccd the appointment of the special
committee to investigate the silver pool as
follows: Messrs. Dinglcy, Paine. Rowell,
Dockery and Oates Mr.. Dockery, however,
resigned and MIR. 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 a temporary
government at Alaska; referred. at
the close of the morning hour. the vice.
president. laid before the senate as unfin-
ished business the elections bill. Senator
Pasco argued against it. The Notifications
Dill was reported back with amendments
during the intermission. The conference
reports were agreed to on bills for public
buildings at Mankato, Mimi, 800, 300, and
at Sioux Falls. 100000. The evening ses-
sion continued until . a. M.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17.--The house went
into committee of the whole on the Dis
~ VI Soi'tLIoid Appropriation Dill, ana
MIR. Rogers, OF Arkansas, took Occasion to
discuss the silver bill and warned his re-
publican friends, who threw obstacles in
I The way OF free coinage, that they would
have to crawl in the dust to get back into
popular sympathy. Mr.. Shively, of Indi-
ana, spoke in opposition to the ship
ping bill. and Mr.. Langston. OF Vir-
ginia, made strong speech in sup
port of the elections bill. No progress was
made with the District OF Columbia bill,
ana the committee rising. the house took a
recess the evening session to be for private
pension bills. The house, at the evening
session, passed a bill granting pension Of |
500 month to Gen. Franz Sigel, and one
granting pension Of SlOO month to Gen.
n. T. Banks. The passage OF the latter bill
was greeted with general applause on both
sides Of the house.