Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-15
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE NArloNkx
LEGISLATURE.
Bills introduced and the Important No.
ings . . week IN tho House and Sen.
ate-A Variety o Topics o.. Interest.
from Washington
The solous .s Work.

&AO - NNVtNs
In the House on the I'd the river and hal
Dor bill was reported by that committee~
and reported by the union calendar. MI.
Fithian OF Illinois reported u bill for the
free admission to American registry Of
ships built in foreign countries. The Com.
mittee on Commerce reported u resolution
granting to the C~Ompagnie Franciscisce du
Telegraph de Paris, of New York, the right.
to land q cable on the shores Of South Car
DINA and Virginia. from there to be laid to.
the island OF Cuba or San Domingo, OF both.
A bill held to be one Of the most lmpor.
tant now pending in the American Congress
was passed by tho House of Representa-.
tives on the 9Th. after only thirty minutesi
debate. 1t Is commonly known as the Chi.
nese exclusion bill, and was taken up on
motion OF Mr.. Geary. The bill absolutely
prohibits Chinese. whether or not they are
subjects of China excepting diplomatic;
and consular officers and servants) from
entering the United States, and Chinese
who may hereafter leave the United states
are prohibited from returning to this coun.
try. 1t makes liable to arrest Chinese. OF,
persons of Chinese descent. entering the
United States or found unlawfully therein,
~prisonment, not exceeding Ave years, and
their subsequent removal to the country
from whence they cane; provided that.
when they come by way OF contiguous for
eign territory they will be returned to.
China. A proviso allows the Secretary of
the Treasury to admit Chinese. other than
laborers or artisans, to temporarily visit
the United States under such rules as he
may prescribe. The. last clause repeats
.'all acts and treaties inconsistent with this.
act"
In the House on the 7th the free wool bill
was passed by u vote 1914 yeas and 40
nays. The House then vent into Commit.
tee of the Whole on the Turner cotton bag.
ging bill.
In the Senate on the 9TH a resolution
offered by Senator Teller was agreed to.
calling on the Secretary OF the Treasury
for q statement OF the amount of silver
offered the government each month since
the passage of the act Of July IL, 1890, by
whom, at what prices the amounts were
purchased each month, from whom and at.
what prices, and the number of days given
the seller in which to deliver the silver.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the
District of Columbia appropriation bill.
In the House on the sth a resolution a
adopted directing the Committee on Public
Lands to examine into the resembling of the
leases OF the Yellowstone Park Association
and the granting of the same later to 8. @.
Huntley.
The Senate on the sth resumed the con.
sideration of the District of Columbia ap.
preparation bill. Senator Cockrcll's amend
ment offered was rejected. Senator Quay
offered q resolution. which was agreed to,
restricting the use OF the appropriation for
the subsistence and quarters of visiting
soldiers, excluding those residing in the
Senator McMillan's amendment, and it was
agreed toll to TO- The amendment as
agreed to ~appropriates out of the treasury
800. 900 to pay for the subsistence and
l%uarters OF veterans and delegates to the
encampment, the money to be disbursed by
the Citizens Executive Committee under
the regulations prescribed by the Secretary
If War.