Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-05-27
THE WORK OF CONGRESS
PROCEEDINGS IN THE NATIONAL
LEGISLATURE.
n'lts Introduced s.aa tho important 20
n . u eek n tho Ouse and en-.
ate-A Variety o Top cs o interest
from Washington
The Scion. At work.

In the Senate ON the 10Th. after routine
business and some matters Of Il minOr na-
ture. the river and harhO- appropriation
DILL was taken up and senator Mcpherson
made q motion to exclude from the bill the
authorization for new contracts and reduce
by 80 per cent the entire amount a%pproprl-
ated Senator Dolpl seconded the motion.
which was agreed to-yeas. ~; nays, 8.
Amendments were reported from the Cons
Mtttee Oh and the following were
agreed to among others: Increasing the
appropriations for Green bay. Wis.,. from
$40. 900, to s25. 100; for Kewaniee, Wis.,, from
100000 to S3O.C0O; for ShcbDyyan. Wis.,, from
EGO. 900 to S.5. 900: for Duluth, Mimi, from
/: 81, 1000 to Sla5. O00.. and FOR Ag tie Bay,
Mimi. from 100000 to s5l.0OO: inserting an
item OF ssl.s33 for making frcato commerce
the Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan ship
canal; inserting an item Of $1,000 for the
survey of n canal connecting Lake Slper-
Tor and the Mississippi River; increa sing
the appropriation for the repair and main-
tenance of reservoirs at the headwatars OF
the Mississippi from $50, 0G0 to- s6l.0OO; re-
tiucihs the appropriation fortie Mississippi
from the month of the ONO To Minneapolis
from Sl.a00.0l0 to Sl.15l.0DO; reducing the
appropriation for the Miss ssi.pi from the
mead passes To the mouth of the Ohio, from
s:.1 l0.o0p to 81? .0Jo. il'nr amount FIRST
ltronim nd.d by the committee was S2..j1.-
9op.l Reducing the appropriation for the
Missouri from the mouth io Soak City,
It'sll .HtU.tOj U y 80 fb.'rV. " tlC
committee amendments having been dis
posed II, the bill went over.
After routine business ON the a)th.. the
S.natc Resumed consideration al The River
and Iiaronr Bill. ;lnd various amendment
wcr. offered aud agreed Ia. After IL long
discussion the Dill! wis reported back to
t,c Senate. the Committee amendments
were CON .urrcd In .roS-. and the Bin was
passed. without IL division. although Me-
Pier-rn remarked later that he intended to
demand The yeas and nays. The following
bills anon. others were taken from the
calendar and passed: Senate Bill appr1-
printing $1,000 o for 81 Pupiic Building at
Joliet. HI; Senate Bin authorizing the con-
structiom of 4; bridge across the Red River
of the North; Senate liill to authorize the
Illinois and Iowa Railway i'c,mina! Com
pany to build IL bridge across The Mis>:s-
sippi River at Moline. Ill.
In the. House on the .aoth. again the third
party. as represented by MIR. Watson. ut
tempted TO secure consideration of II reso-
luton requesting the Ways and Means
Committee to report the Subtreasury Bill.
and once more u demand for tine %.'fegular
order was operated as an objection Mr..
pickerson moved to strike oit the appro-
priation of s15O.00 10 enable the Secretary
OF War to complete the establishment OF
the Chicka,nlugn and Chattanooga Ma
tional Park. Lost. 80 to SIS. The am
nounccmeht of the approval OF the Inman
Registry Bill by the President was received
with applause. Nj. Kilgore raised
a point Of order against the clause In the
Bill appropriating SAP. 200 for the prepara-
ton OF IL site and the erection of a: ped astalr
for II statue to the late Gen. w. T. Sher-
man in the City of Washington. Mr.. Hen
dersom. of Iowa, made AN earnest appeal
for II Withdrawal of tine objection ana for
the permission of the COMMITTEES to umlni-
mously pay this tributs to the memory of
the grand commander of the army Mr..
Ktlgore. while paying tribute tn the cour-
age, ability aud patriotism of Gen. Sher-
man. declined To withdraw his point. say
ing that the rules of the House should be
enforced. and ii th,y would erect u statue
1t should be provided for in an orderly
manner. After some discussion the chair
said that he would like to override the
point, but could find no law authorizing the
appropriation and was constrained to rule
out of clause, Mr.. Henderson then asked
unanimous consent to rcilsert the clau Sc,
but MIR. kilgore objected. MIR Henderson
then gave notice that he would call the
matter up again in the shape of Il separate
bill and asked unanimous consent for its
consideration. Pending further acton tho
Committee rose and the House took u re-
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