Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-04-01
The so,ons 1t vors.

In The eeDat. on the a3i nm executive
message frcm the President Of the Cnsted
States was delivered by Mr.. Pnrden. one Of
his secretaries. and handed to the Vice
PRESIDENT. The army appropriation bill
Was presented and referred to the Commit
tee on Appropriations. The Indian appro.
pfiation Till was taken up. The Rfst linz
pOrtant amendment reached was that OF
striking out a bill proyiso requiring that
the amy officers be detailed ms Indian
agents. Morgan moved rs u substitute for
the House provision one directing the Press
idtnt To appoint Indian citizens Of the
United st ties ~ Indian agents when. in his
Judgment, such appointment might con.
tribute to attach Indians to civilization and
to the government Of tho United States
In the senate on the 24th attention was
chiefly occupied IN executive Sc sion upon
the Beirin2 Sea controversy.
In the House discussion OF the Bland bill
Continued. BY u vote OF $50 to las the
proposition To ree)ns!der the vote by which
the Honse refused to table the bill was re-
jected. A direct vote to table the bill re-
| suited in ln TO l4a. The previous ques-
ton wa, then defeated, 50 to 202. Adj
| iunrned.
After some milnr buslncs; the Senate on
the 18th went into executive sassio /. When
the doors were feopcned the Senate bill APP
proplfatlng s40o, coo for o public building ut
| Helena, Mont, was passed. EulOgies on
the late Senator Hearst we're then deliv-
cred ny senators Stanford, Vest, voorhees,
! and ottets, and as a further mark OF re-
spc.t the Senat, ad ioarned.
After readiny OF the jCurnl the House
went into Committee NJ the Whole IN the
! private calendar. Thrc, hours were con-
| sunlcd in con i1eratiol 1f the bill for relief
OF the personal representative OF Henry II.
| Sibley, inventor OF the .Sibley' tent, but
no determination was reached The com-
mittce having risen. the House adjourned,
the evening sc sion beins dispensed with.
The fouse on the 2Gth proceeded to q
con liberation Of the pension bills reported
fayesably from the committee OF the whole.
After passing seventeen, public business
was suspended and the colleagues OF the
late Cong essman Spinola proceeded to pay
tributes of respect to his memory, after
which the House adjourned.
Tn Senate and House joint committee on
the Goth heard delegations from labor or
ganixa,ions in favor OF Representa- i've
stones bill to rest rict immigration. Mr..
Stone first addressed the committee. ex-
planning its salient features. Mr.. Ever
hardt, President of the Window Glass
Workers As, ociation Ct America, urged
upon the committee the necessity OF chang
Ing the present law aud spoke of the made
qnacy ct the present system Of inspection.
and thought that ii should be made lA'oad.
O.. Z. Cochran. President OF the Unite AS
sociation Of Merchants. favored the bill.
In the : mate ON the 2Sth among the bills
reported and placed on the calendar was
one ~nppropriating si0o, 900 for "A public
building at Pierre, S. d.. Senator Morgan
offered a resolution (which was agreed tor
calling on the President for the correspond
ence with the Argentine Republic on the
subject OF reciprocity, etc. The Senate bill
to allow thirty day. leave OF absence to
employees In the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing was taken up. The House bill
amending the act OF Aug. q, 1883, authcriz-
Ing the construction OF "a bridge across the
Mississippi at Burlington was passed. The
Senate bill to establish a railway bridge
across the Illinois River at or neal Havana,
Ill. was passed.
Ia The House on the 2sth, on motion o.
Mr.. Dockery. II resolution vas ado. ted call
ing on the Secretary OF the Treasury foi
Information as to whether the present ca
pacity Of the mints was sufficient toCS-
ute the authorized coinage. Mr.. BIO mt
reported the diplomatic and consular
appropriation bill and it was referred t.
the Committee of the Whole. Thu
Committee on the District of Columbia
III II : cured the iloor, and after the PISS
agc et several district bills the iIousc al
| lou. ned.