Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-04-22
THE WORK OF CONGRESS-
PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE. K
Bills Introduced ana the Important roo
ngs u q . eek ia the /, ouse and SEM
ate-A Variety o Topics o Interest
from Wasllingtan
The so,ons It work.

In the House on the 9th the river and
harbor bill was reported and placed q he
calendar. The consideration of the
bagging bill was then resumed. DaMeIl
spoke in opposition to the bill. Mr.. Turner.
closed the debate, speaking in favor of the
bill. The bill was then passed-yeas 167.
nays 40; a strict party vote except Coburny
O'Netll OF Missouri and English, Demo-
crats. who voted in the negative. The bill
to reduce duty On tin plate was reported
and referred to the Committee of the
Whole. Public business was then sus-
pended and eulogies Of the late Represent
alive NJ. H. Ford of Michigan was deliv-
cred, utter which, as IL mark of respect to
the memory OF the deceased, the House ad.
journed.
In the Senate on the 10th Senator Morgan
offered a resolution requesting the Presi-
dent to furnish the items of taxation on
imports from the United States imposed by
Haytf, up0n which the President based his
proclamation that the tariff law of Hayti is
reclprocally unjust to the United States;
also the correspondence on the subject;
also whether the President made any agree
ment with Germany relative to the admis-
sion into this country from Germany, free
of duty, of sugar hides, tea or coffee;
whether Germany accepted such agree
ment; what articles arc to be admitted free
into Germany from tho United States in re-
turn. and the correspondence on the sub
ject. Two resolutions by Senator McMillin
eNFbAN w bbS VA olAo Ao1 Vuo
construction OF warships ut the lake ports,
and In regardto the agreement between the
United States and Great Britain covering
the question of the naval forces to lie MAIN
tanned on the great lakes. were agreed to.
Senator Palmer introduced u bill to remove
the limitations to the payment of arrears
OF PENSIONS. Senator Stewart offered II res
olution calling on the Secretary of the
Treasury for connected with
the purchase and coinage OF silver and gave
nnf{sn fhnf hn N.ntr1l r~n.J- .f-n,
on the monthly statements OF the Secretary
OF the Treasury on finances. After re-
marks by Senator Gal.ingcr on his bill for q
commission to select u site for IL sanitarium.
Tor pulmonary PATIENTS, the bill was referred
to the Committee on Epidemic Diseases;
then the Senate proceeded to executive
business
In the House. on motion of Mr.. Durborow
of Illinois the bill was passed repeating the
joint resolution passed by the Fifty-frst
Congress authorizing the Secretary of Wan
to lease the pier at the mouth of the Chicago
River. The floor was then accorded to the
Committee on District of Columbia. A few
local measures were passed and the House
adjourned,
In the House on the 18th the Senate
amendments to the indian appropriation
bill were non-concurred in. On motion of
Hayes u bill was passed authorizing the.
Illinois and low Railway and Terminal
Company to construct u bridge across the
Mississippi River at Moline, Ill. Mr.. Allen
asked unanimous consent for the present
consideration of u joint resolution appro-
priating $4,000 for the purchase and distri-
button of subsistence stores to sufferers
from the overflow of the Tombigbec River;
and its tributaries. Messrs. Peel, Allen.l-
and Wilson. of Washington, were appointed
as conferees on the Indian appropriations
bill. The House then took up the urgenty
deficiency appropriation bill in the com,mit3
tee of the whole. Mr.. Bland took advant-
age of the scope of the debate to bring up
silver investigation by having read PALM,
er's letter to q Chicago paper declaring |
that the Bland bill was not IL free coinage y
measure. The committee rose, and the;
bill, which ~appropriates S1,019.6 36, was
passed. The House then vent into COM
mittee of the whole on the nava appropri-
alton bill.
More than two hours time of the House
on the 14th was consumed in determining
whether Stone OF kentucky, Fithian, john
son of Ohio. ana Bowman could. by precon-
certed arrangement and under leave to
print. publish in the Record at public ex-
pense and distribute under government
frank Henry Georges book on "protection
and Free Trade" Although the attempt
to eNpunge the matter proved unsuccessful
H. will probably be fruitful of good results,
as Republicans threaten to publish books
in favor or protection in the Record. and it:
will become ~ circulating library. The re-.
mainder of the day was consumed in the,
consideration of the naval appropriation
bill. Boutclle advocated strongly the.
amendment providing for two additional
battle ships and ten torpedo boats.
The proceedings of the house on the 18th
were without interest, and ordinary the
Record would be small. but Milliken will
publish u brochure of plymouth Rock to
Mckinley" and bolivar will file for publi-
cation u series of articles from the New
York Tribune. and Smith of Illinois. will
print IL number Of editorials and letters
from the american Economist, which will
swell the Record to q voluminous edition.
Several other Republicans. by printing en-
traneous natter, will bring into public
prominence the action of the House. The
bill to promote the safety of n latin nj banks
was referred to the Committee on Banking
and Currency, which it is thought kills 1t.
The private calendar was then resumed,
and the remainder of the day was con-
sumed in considering the bill for the re-
lief of the heirs OF the inventor of the Sib-
ley tent.