The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-09
DNINGS OF CONGRESS.
SS.L! REPORT OF WHAT IS BE.
ING DONE.
Daily Report of the Measures introduced.
and the Action Taken Thereon In Both
.he Senate and Lower House-Gist Of
the business.
Proceedings OF Congress.

proceedings OF Congress.
In the Senate on the 9th the conference re.
rort on the army appropriation bill. transfer
ring the Apache Indians in Alabama to mill
taiy reservations in the west was agreed to-
bin was then called up. The pending question
,. order by senators Gray and Mills against
ornatOr WaShburn's motion to instruct the
cena e cOnferee3 to reCede from the "a cent
alLerentlal on reaned sugar. Senator, Man.
lerson argued against the point Of order. He
esrrlDed at length the methods OF confer
rncea between the Houses OF Parliament and
Conyress,, drawing a distinction between a
simple Conference and a full and free con.
ielence 1t was said the sugar trust could
ieteat any bill that did not give it what it
wan ed. This seemed true, for a vote was al
ways forthcoming to save IT. The. ruling ON
his point OF order would determine whether
he Senate had q right to pass on this odious
'lnerentlal, the striking out OF which meant
he defeat OF the whole bill. After further
lrgument, Senator Harris in the chair, sus-
ttlned the point of order against Washburn's
motion. An appeal was taken. AS the roll
! ecis!on OF the chair the Senate became very
serious. The announcement Of the result
yeas y. nays 3!-caused a sensation. as It
meant a failure of the motion to lay Wash
burns appeal on the table and prospectively a
vote on his motion to recede from the Ia cent
llifferentiai. The motion to lay on the table
having been lost on a tie vote, the question
;everted to the motion to sustain the decision
Of the chair. the roll was called amid the
most intense excitement. 1t also resulted
81 to ~, and according to parliamentary
usage was declared lost. The vote was identi-
;al with its predecessor. The decision of the
chair was therefore not sustained and the mo-
ton OF Washburn to instruct the conferees to
recede from the Senate amendment was in or
der. CONSERVATION was written on the faces
clerk began calling the roll. The Democrats,
1nder the caucus agreement, stood maniully
o their guns and, with the exception OF Sena.
or Hill, voted against the motion. Deep ST.
ence reigned as Senator Harris arose TO an,
bounce the vote: Upon the question" said
he presiding oficer with a ring Of jubilation
n his voice, ''o2 voted in the affirmative and 81
in the negative, and the motion Is lost" AT.
ter order was restored Senator quay said he
desired to make some observations on tho
metal schedule. The prospect OF another In
stallment OF Quay's speech appalled, the Sen
ate, and leave to print was hurriedly granted
him. The Senate then proceeded to pass some
unobJectionable bills on the calendar, and later
Adjourned.
There was not a quorum OF members in the
acted by mutual consent. No business OF i'm.
portance was transacted. A message announc'
ing that the Senate insisted on its amendments
to the tariff bill and had agreed to the request
Of the House for a further conference was re-
ceived without any demonstration A recess
vas taken and the evening session was devot-
ed to private bills.
The House held a very short session on the
?Sth, but managed in the two and a quarter
\ hours 1t was in session to transact a good deal
Of business OF . private character. A joint
resolution was adopted still further extending
the appropriations for 1894 until August IA,
and as the thermometer was in speaking dis.
lance OF the century mark the House ad-
lourned.
In the Senate on the Goth the Vice President
was in the chair. A number Of minor bills
were passed, including one to provide for the
yindication of atidavits made before United
States commissioners in land entries. The
conference report on the agricultural appro-
item, which appropriated 81, 1900 for its ex-
termination. was agreed to. The conferees
The House joint resolution extending appro-
priations for the past year to August II was
agreed to. Among the bills introduced was
one by Senator Allen to provide for the issue
OF S5O.0O0,0O0 in Treasury notes to be distrib-
uted pro rata among the states for the relief
Of worthy poor; Referred r. o;T1,i 1T to Finance Com;
and will be considered on the 3lst. Adjourned.
In the House on the 3lst Representative
Boutelle OF Maine presented as a question OF
privilege q joint resolution congratulating the
people OF Hawaii on the establishment OF a re-
public and recognizing 1t as a nation. Re-
terred to on Foreign Affairs. Two
adoption OF a special order for the consider
alton OF McRae's bill to protect public forest
reservations. but the Republicans, by absent
ing themselves, succeeded in forcing an ad-
journment.
In the Senate on the 3lst the report of the
conference committee on the Indian appro-
priat on bill was adopted. After matters OF an
unimportant nature had been disposed Of the
Senate adjourned.
In the House most of the time on the 3lst
was spent in discussing the Senate amend
~ " thO ldGlOh bAAk
Of 5, 0OD,0 " for the destruction Of the Russian
thistle In northwestern states. The House In
structed it's conferees to further insist on its
disagreement TO the amendment.
The main question before the Senate on the
LIST was the sundry civil bill, which was DIS
cussed at odd moments throughout the day,
with the result that a great many important
amendments were adopted. Final action on
the bill was not reached, however, owing to
the large number OF amendments proposed.
a number OF bills were passed, among them
the House bill extending the time for payment
to purchasers of land from the Omaha tribe OF
Indians in Nebraska. The report of the Con-
ference Committee on the agricultural bill, In
which the conferees agreed to recede from the
amendment appropriating Sl,0OO,0O for the
determination of the Russian thistle, was
agreed to. Adjourned.
The House spent the whole day on the LIST
debating the Moore-Funston contested cleo
ton case from the Second Kansas District.
The Republican resolution favorable to Fun
ston was disagreed to-W to l2t. Eight Demo
Gratis, Messrs. RUSSELL; Pendleton, Barnes.
voted with the Republicans in favor of the
resolution. Without taking a vote on the ma
jority resolution in favor of Mr.. Moore, the
contestant, the House adjourned.
The Senate on the I'd passed the sundry civil
appropriation bill. The most important
amendments adopted were: To increase the
quarantine fund from 1924, 900 to 81. OOO, 900; do.
mating l,00.00 acres of desert lands to tire
states to which the desert land laws apply, IS
well as TO Nebraska. Kansas, Utah, Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma. and appropriate.
ing 5000 for the recoinage of the uncurrent
frac )na, silver coin in the treasury. Senator
Gray, chairman OF the special to
Investigate the charges OF bribery against GER
tain Senators, presented the unanimous report
OF the committee. The House bill was passed
To donate four condemned cannon OF the navy
to Sac City. Iowa, to be placed at the pedestal
Of a soldiers monument A resolution offered
nv Senator Chandler directing a special COM
m1ttee to investigate the Dominion Coal Com
ibany or Nova Scotia, to ascertain whether 1t
Was organized or being conducted in the ex-
pc tat. n that Congress would repeal the tariff
AK on coal whether any officers of the Govern;
nent We're interested in the company, and
whether any assurances that the duty would
pc removed were given the company, and. II
20, who gave such assurances and whether
IT ,ps were being taken to fulfill such assur.
inces, was laid before the Senate and Chand
er urged its adoption.