Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-06-04

curing the house to meet ut il o'clock
went into effect this morning, about 100
members being present ut that hour.
Mr.. Butler, dem, of Iowa, endeavorcd
TO have passed "a private pension bill for
General George w. Jones by unanimous
consent, but Mr.. Watson. alliance, of
Georgia, objected. Mr.. Watson then Of
fered his resolution requiring the commit
tee on ways and means 10 report his sub
treasury bill and the house adopted the
resolution.
Mr.. Butler then made another and sue
cessful effort 10 pass the Jones bill at : 0
per month. The claimant IN nm ex senator
so years old and now lives in Dubuque, la.
He was n drummer boy In the war of 1872.
This be .ng district day the house pro.
ceeded to consider bills relating TO The
District of Columbia.
WA ~sBING1oN, May 24.-In the house his
morning the b II providing that the Mas
ter of n vessel laden exclusively either
with sugar, coal, salt, hides, dye-woods,
wool or jute butts consigned to one con
signee arriving at n port for orders may
be permitted to destine such ca go or de.
termine its disposition for orders" and
afterward amend by designating the
actual port of discharge was passed.
Mr.. Stewart, of Texas, endcavorcd to
ave n conference committee appointed on
the river and harbor bill, but Mr.. Holman.
dem. Of Indiana, objected, and 1t went to
the calendar.
The house then weat into the committee
of the whole on the sundry civil bill and
considered the amendments passed oysr
informally last week.
W~AsBfsoToN, May 25 In the house to.
day, on motion of Nj. Patterson, dem, of
Tennessee, IA bill was passed authorizing
the construction of II bridge across the
Tennessee river ut or neal Clifton, Tenn.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on the sundry civil bill, Mr..
Lester, of Georgia, In the chair, the pend
ing paragraph being that appropriating
1916, 800 for the Worlds Columbian exposi-
ton for the selection, purchase, prepare
ton, transportation, installation. care,
custody and arrangement of such articles
as the heads of the several executive de-
partments of the government may direc.
WAsHI> GToN, May 26-In the house to-
day Mr.. Cheatham, colored, of North Car
olina. asked unanimous consent for the
consideration of a bill to collect statistics
regarding the progress made by the col
ored race from 1858 TO 1895, to form a por-
ton of the government exhibit at Chicago.
4 his was objected to by Mr. Kilgorc, dem,
of 4 X a and the matter went over.
The house then went into committee of
the whole on ths sundry civil bill, Mr.. Les
ter in the chair, the pending amendments
being those relating to the closing of tho
exposition on Sunday.
Mr.. Stout. dem, Of Michigan, wanted
the government exhibit closed on Sunday
and to provide that no Intoxicating liquors
should be sold on hat day. The vote
then REQUIRED on the amendment of w. A
Stone. OF Pennsylvania, providing that
no portion OF the money should DO
paid to the exposition management
unless 1t could file an agreement with the
secretary of the treasury closing the xe-
position on Sunday, and further, that no
Intoxicating liquors be sold at any time
on the grounds. After frequent parlia-
mentary inquiry aud nm effort by Mr.. Hol-
man to temporarily pass this portion Of
tho bill the vote was taken. resulting
ayes, "a. noes, 2s2 Mr., Stone demunded
~tellera. This was l~ost--yeas, "a; noes,
l24
Mr.. Dockery, DEM, Of Missouri, then
offered the following rs q substitute for
Mr; !ohnsan.s original proposition, tho
ntion for the fair unless its doors
were closed on Sunday. provided
that tho government exhibits shall not
be oren TO the public on Sunday" This
was Il ,ally adopted by Ill to 80
Mr. Atkinson, rep. of Pennsylvania.
offered a proposition that no intoxicating
liquors shall at any time be sold in nny
government building ut any time. Agreed
to-94 to ~
WASHINGTON. May PIN the house to.
day. on motion Of Mr.. Cochran, OF New
YORK, q joint resolution correcting q clor-
ical error in the Mckinley bill E ducing
the duty on chocolate, thus making
chocolate dutiable at the rate Of . cents
per pound, was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Meridcth, dem, OF
Virginia, q resolution was passed calling
on the civil service commits ion for In
formation as to whether any
w men have been refused positions
M typcwriters or stenographers In the
government service who had passed the
examination.
The house then went into committee of
tho whole on the sundry appropriate
civil Di.l. the pending amendment being
that prohibiting any government official
from franling more than 1000 copies
Of any publication of over 100 pages with
out authority from congress. Lost-ayes,
81: noes. 93.
Mr.. Richardson. dem, of Tennessee,
then offered nm amenpment similar to the
original except that the agricultural de-
partment was not included Adopted. The
committee rose and reported the bill TO
the house.
WASHINGTON, May 2a-Ths legislative
and judicial appropriation bill was re.
ported and placed on the calendar. II ap-
propriatea sssl. 6ss, 752. being sl.07o. ESQ loss
than the estimstss, and . reduction Of