Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-01-12
CONGRESSIONAL.

WEDNESDAY. Jan. s. 1898
SENATE senator Wnshburnc of Minnesota
| made an unsuccessful attempt To have an
agreement to vote on the anti-option bill
| next week. senator >tcwnr, OF Nevada
addressed the senate on his resolution TO sus-
pend purchases of silver bullion. senator.
Frye introduced II bill FOR the appointments,
of a commission FOR the settlement OF the
government indebtedness On the Pacific road
senator Chandler introduced :; bill today
making ii unlawful for any body of men
numOcrin. 100 or more 10 assemble or to drill
OF bear arms a. Il military body unless called
forth by properly authorized civil or military
officers, and makes it the duty OF the prcsi-
dent To disbnnd and di>hursc any such organ
ization Thi, bill is aimed AT the pinkcr,ons
and scmi-miiitary nnarchis, organizations.
senator Chandler introduced II bill to restrict
immigration. The senate then took up the
anti-option bill u> unfinished business SEN
ator White OF Louisiana moved 10 insert the
word flour" as one of the articles referred
To. Adopted Without further action the
senate wen, into executive session and soon
adjourned
Ii"rsE-'rhc speaker called the house 10
order at noon with Il slim attendance. Rep.
rcscn,atiyc lar,er OF Ohio presented Il rc,o-
of silver bullion purchases until an inter,a-
tional agreement fixing the valuation OF
silver bullion for coinage shall be reached,
ncluiiu. at least Great Britain, Germany,
France and the United states Mr. Martin
of Indiana called up the private pension bills
on the calendar a. unfinished business. MIR.
Bland of Missouri intcrposcd objections.
one bill was finally passed aud then the
h, Al f,r l.,..L ,,f
THURSDAY.
SENATE The senate bill compelling wit
ncssc> To testify bcfor" The in,erstat" com
mere" commission passed, and consideration
of the anti-optionbill WAS resumed.
Mr.. Mills made sci speech III opposition
To the bill on the ground OF demonstrations
aity. a. it invaded the Sovereignty OF the
states and Was II fragrant advance toward
Capitalization.
The senate bill concerning testimony in
criminal cases on proceedings growing out of
III" in,er>tat. commerce law, was on motion
of Mr.. Wilson of Iowa, taken from III.
calendar and passed. /, provides tina, no
person shall be excused from icstifyin. on
the ground tina, his testimony nigh, tend to
criminatc himself. The scnn,. then after !.
short executive session adjourned.
iiOuSE-Thc house considered priv:,.
pension bills coming over from the la-i
session tS unfinished business, 81 bare quorum
hcin. present, BY unanimous consent the
house then proceeded in committee of the
whole To the consideration of the furtitic,tiun
appropriation bill. There w., no general
debate and the bill was passed without
amendment II approprintcs Sl,s;i5,0I5 THE
consideration OF private pension bills WAS
resumed and /: few measures passed wi,hou,
opposition because of the little attention
paid To them. As there was no quorum the
house adjourned.
Il Fnln>Y. Jan. 6.
SESATE-Mr. Hills resolution Of Yesterday
a. I" the immigration bill was passed The
quarantine BIZ WAS then taken up and dis
spoke about three hours. dcvoling most uf
his argumcn, to the bill To suspend immi.r;-
lion, which measure he favored Ate, fur
Tier argument the bill was modified In SOM.
particulars and ordered printed. Arguments
against the quarantine bill. were made by
Mr.. Mcpherson of New Jersey, Mr.. Plat, of
Connecticut, Mr.. Mills of Texas and MIR
l'oIpi of Oregon. Many amendments were.
offered, some of which were agreed to Nv"
others goin. over until tomorrow whrn the
BIZ again comes up as :, special order
llOUSE-The attendance was so small that
nothing but private business was attempted
Finally quorum Was scared and about
twenty-five private pension bills were.
passed.