Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-04-09
The House.

The House.
WASHINGTON, Garch % I'm the house
today, on motion of Mr.. Dockery, of Mis-.
| souri,, q resolution was passed requesting
the secretary of the treasury to inform
The house what amount of gold. silver AMI
minor coinage has been coined at the
four coinage minis OF the United
States from June 80, 1891, to Marcel
l., 1872; the number of pieces and respect
| i've denomination of such gold, silver and
minor coinage and also whether the pres
| ent capacity OF the minis is adequate u
execute the authorized coinage OF the
United States.
A bin was passed granting n pension I,
Samuel J. Boiling and Eliza Fay.
. A resolution was passed provid
| ing for the expenses OF the sub
committee on judiciary to inves
tigate alleged abuses OF process,
authority by certain officers of the judi
cial department.
This being district day the house Their
| ness reported from the committee on the
District of Columbia
WASHINGTON. March Glowing TO the
| action on the silver bill yesterday the at
| tendance this morning was small and nj
| expected red letter day In the annals of sill
yer legislation was thereby lost, the house
d@votipg ats time to the tariff debate. A
letter was read from Mr.. Mills. of Texas
stating that he had transmitted his resig
nation as n member of congress to III,
governor of Texas to take effect today.
Bills were passed foe the relief of Dan
lei Mcclure and to establish u port of de
livery at Des Moines. Ia.
The house then went into a committed
Of the whole on the Tariff bill Mr.. Harer
dem, of Ohio, was the first speaker. He
favored the free wool bill.
WASHINGTON. March 3o-In the houss
today after n number of resiguations from
and appointments to committees were an
nounced by the speaker the following bill,
were passed: To authorize the construc
tiou of o bridge across the Missouri rivei
Mt Dewitt. Carroll county, Missouri; q bill
for the relief Of John Warren.
A bill To encourage American ship build
ing was reported
/ Mr.. McMiliin. of Tennessee, said Ii wa,
the purpose of the way. and means com
mittee to close general debate on the WOO
bill Saturday next and asked uuanlmou,
consent that the house should take a re
cess ut 5 80 today until 5 o'clock tonight
the evening session to be devoted to the
debate on the pending tariff bill Agreed
To. The house went ito committee of the
whole ON he tariff bill, Mr.. Bloun Ia the
chair. Mr. Butler, dem, of Iowa. took the
floor In advocacy OF the measure
ATnl>0tOSs IA0fcu ci.-in int nOuSe
today . resolution was passed against The
use of the Martcllie tower ON Lybes
island, Georgia, for a signal station: alse
to protect foreign exhibitors at the
Columbian exposition from prosecution
for exhibition of wares protected by Amer
lean patents n trade marks; also n bill
TO FIX the time for holding courts In the
district Of West Virginia The house
went into committee of the whole ON III,
free wool bill, MI. Bronson. of Pennsyl
vania, taking the floor In opposition to The
sill.
WAsHISGr N, April 3 In the house : o
day the river and harbor bill was reported
by that committee and referred 70 ths
union calendar.
Mr.. Fithian, Of Illinois, reported a bill
for the free admission to American regis
try Of ships bui. I In foreign countries
The committee ON reported !
resolution granting to the Compagnis
Franciscise du Telegraph Dc
Paris. of New York. the right
to land = cable on The shores o.
South Carolina aud Virginia, fro a there Il
be laid to the leland of Cuba or San Do
mingo or both. The house then went int
committee of thu whole ON the free WOO
bill, MI. Mckinney. dem. Of New Hamp
shire, speaking In favor Of the measure
Mr. burrows, Of Michigan. closed ths
debate In . speech in opposition 70 tbs
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