Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-03-18
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE.
Bills Introduced and tho Important no.
ings q u /. eek in the fouse and Sem.
ate-A Variety o Topics o. Interest
from Washington
rhe solons MT worn.

In the Senate on the 5th q letter
Acting Secretary OF the Treasury N4s
be required during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1903, for the purpose Of COLLECTING
and preparing IL government exhibit for the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Asresoln.
ton was adopted directing the Commits
on Private Land Claims to make inor}ns
into the Maxwell land grant in New Mex.
leo. A joint resolution was reported from
the committee, changing the dates of the
beginning and ending of tho term of Con,
gressmen; changing the time on which the
sessions of Congress shall begin and. the
date of commencement of the term Of Pres
ident and Vice-President After the bill
was disposed Of the House went
into Committee of the Whole on the
invalid pension bill, and a discussion of a
political nature followed. Whent the pass-
age of the bill was in order q dispute arose
over u minor amendment and Bailey made
u point OF no quorum. He did this, lie
said, to call the attention of the country To
the fact that the members didn't attend
sessions in sufficient III to transact
business.
on the 9Th and referred, was one Ivy Senator
Sawyer to authorize the establishment of a
postal telegraph service. Senator Morgan
moved to reconsider the vote. whereby Sem
ator Dubois was declared entitled to retain
his seat. The motion was laid aside tens
UOIuIllys 10 ttl5O NaAo oiS " Vie
vote by which Claggct's claim was rejected! 4
The resolutions in respect to the railroad !
companies of Florida influencing the sena.
torial election of 1891 ana for opening to
settlement of the railroad land reservations
in that State were taken up. and Senator
Call addressed the Senate upon them. Al
the close OF Calls remarks the resolution as
to railroad lands in Florida was referred To
the Committee or Public lands and tile
other resolution allowed to remain on the
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up and Berry addressed the Senate.
Among the bills introduced in the Senate
on the 9th, and referred, was the following
by Senator Cullom (by request): To test
and try the science OF spelling. provide for
establishing 200 schools for that purpose
and establish u spelling school in the
Worlds Columbian Exposition. Morgan
introduced n bill declaring all laws and
parts of laws imperative which exempt
from the payment of duties articles of
commerce not on the free list entered in
the custom houses of the United States to
or from any British possession. A Senate
bill appropriating S1ST, 030 to Compensate
tho Indians of the Crow Creek Reservation
for the loss sustained in receiving less land
per capita than was received by other Iu-
dams was passed.
In the Senate on the 10th, the agricul-
tural meat inspection deficiency appropriate
tion bill was passed. A bill establishing u
port OF delivery at Des Moines, To-. was re-
ported from the committee and placed on
the calendar. A resolution instructing the
Committee on Privileges and Elections to
inquire into and report upon the mannersOf
electing United States Senators, heretofore
offered by Morgan, was agreed to. A reso-
luton was also agreed to calling on the
President for the correspondence regarding
the Venezuela awards since June. 1899. A
resolution by Teller was also agreed to,
calling on the Secretary of the Treasury
for as to the amount ofDI
In the treasury not issued under TIL
visions of the act of July. 1880. the aniodHeA
OF silver dollars coined under that act, the
amount of silver bullion now in the trens-
ury purchased under that act. and for var
iOus other information. notably, whether
silver dollars or certificates have been re-
deemed or exchanged for gold, and If SO. to
what amount. The following bills were
passed: To survey and mark the boundary
between the States of Nebraska and Saxth
Dakota on Pine Ridge and Rosebud In6fan
reservations. making Laredo. Tex. a sub
post Of entry. A Senate bill providing for
the erection of public buildings in towns ,
ana cities where the pOstofice receipts en-
coed $1,000 annually. was taken up, but be-
fore action was taken the Senate went into
executive session.
In the Senate on the 18th a Joint resolu-
ton was introduced by Senator stewart
ana referred proposing Il constitutional
amendment 'sthat after 1897 no person who
mas held the Office of President shall be eli
gible to that office within four years of the
expiration of his term" Stanford's silver
bill was taken up and made the text of a
speech by Senator Dolph. MIR. Dolph's
speech was in opposition to the sub-treas-
ury scheme and reciprocity with Canada,
and in favor OF protection as set forth in
the Mckinley act. AT the close of his
speech cullom, from the Committee. on APP
preparations. reported back the military
academy appropriation bill. The postofice
buildings bill was taken up. and on motion
of Vest an appropriation of $500. QUO was
struck out. The bill was discussed ut great
length. No action was taken. Thc urgent
deficiency bill was passed, and the Senate
then adjourned.