The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-03-05
THE SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.

Proceedings of the Senate and House of
Representatives Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon-Gist of the
Business.
WHEN. in considering the sundry civil bill
on the Gath, the Senate reached the Worlds
Fair paragraphs, Senator Farwen moved to
so amend the bill as it came from the Sem
ate Committee on Appropriations as to
increase the. whole amount appropriated
for salaries and expenses from $4,000 to
$780, The motion was lost, however, and
the appropriation remains at $4,000. The
senate confirmed Ex-Governor Foster as
Secretary of the Treasury. The direct tax
bill was passed by the House. after con-
siderable discussion. The bill has already
passed the Senate, and now needs the Pres
ident'S signature to become law. The ship
ping subsidy bill got another backset, and
it is now exceedingly doubtful if its advo-
Gates will be able to get it before the House
again this session.
TIE immigration bill was taken up on
the 25th. The bill as passed directs the
Secretary of the Treasury to provide rules
for inspection along the Canadian frontier
SO as not to impede travel between the
two countries, and provides that nothing
In the act shall be deemed to exclude per- .
sons convicted of political offonSeS, notwtth-
standing such offenses shall be denominated
as feloniouS, infamous crimes. a turpitude
of the laws of the land from which the
immigrants come or by the court convict
ing them. The clauses relating to the ad-
mission of other classes of cOnvictS and of
paupers and incurables are even more
stringent than in the existing law Senator
German announced the death of his COL
league in the Senate as soon as the journal
was read and offered resolutions expressing
the great sorrow with which the Senate had
Of q Of Mr.
Senate, out of respect, adjourned until the
following day.
IN the Senate, on the 25th. the House
amendment to the direct tax bill was pre-
sented and was laid on the table for the
present Among the papers presented and
referred were numerous protests from the
northwest portion of Nebraska against the
neglect of the Government in the matter of
disarming the hostile Sioux and asking pro-
lection from Indian depredations. The
sundry civil bill was then taken up and
it's consideration resumed All the amend
mentS were agreed to, and the bill was
then passed. The legislative. executive,
and judicial appropriation bill was taken
up. In the House there were less than
twenty-five members in attendance. The
Senate bill authorizing the cOnStru ctiOn of
a railroad bridge at Little Rock, Ark, was
passed; also the Senate bill for the relief
of the assignees of the late John Roach.
The House then proceeded in committee of
the whole (Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, in the
chair) to general debate on the shipping
bill.
THE ViceP President, on the 27th, laid be
fore the Senate message from the Presi-
dent returning without his approval the bill
to establish the record and pension office of
the War Department. The President states
his objection to the bill at some length, to
the effect, generally, that it is not cOmpe-
tent for Congress to nominate a particular
person to fill an Office created by law. The
message was referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs. I'm the House the
Senate bill was passed amendatOry
OF the law providing for the selection of
school lands. A bill was passed authOriz-
ing the Fort Gibson, Tahlequah and North
eastern Railroad Company to construct
road through the Indian Territory. The
House, then in committee of the whole, re-
sumed the consideration Of the shipping
bill. The House substitute for the Senate
bill was read by paragraphs for amend
ment.
THE Senate on the 28th agreed to the con-
ference reports on the bills to establish a
United States land court, and to define and
regulate the jurisdiction of courts of the
United States. The House substitute for
the Senate tonnage bill was laid before the
Senate, and Mr.. Frye moved for the appoint
menu Oh conference cOnmlIUee' InlS mo-
tiOn was resisted on both sides of the cham
Der. In the House Mr. Caswell, of WiscOn-
SIM supported the conference report on the
bill to define and regulate the jurisdiction
of the courts of the United States, and
after a short debate it was adopted The
conference on the bill establishing private
land claim court was also agreed to. Con-
ference held between Republicans and Dem
OcratS resulted in a tacit agreement that
none of the contested election cases should
be called up, and that the Democrats should
not place any obstruction in the way of the
appropriation bills. In pursuance of this
agreement the sundry civil and legislative
appropriation bills were sent to conference.
without objection.
Took Her or Bric-a-Brac.