Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-06
THE NATIONS SOLONS
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATlvES.
Our National Law Makers and What Thew
Are Doing For the Good of the coun.-
trv-various Measures Proposed, Dis
cussed and Acted Upon.
Oolngs of ConRrcsa,

In the Senate on the ED the following bills.
Supreme Lodge gYe Of K 3.. Of e e; '9 the genass s sns'
approprtatinge $4,000 for tests Of American
timber timber 6y the b, Agricaltural Department.; the
tember; Of each year labor Day. a legal holt
day. When consideration of the tariff bill
made q speech in favor Of the income tax. At.
its conclusion Senator Vest. from the finance
the point OF Exemption from the tax from
Senator Hariss recons,dered his threat to-
hold the Senate in continuous session on the
pieted in COMMITTEE Of the be Whole sai.a "d He c was,
Of the su1ocating and almost unbearable heat
IN the which kept the Thermometer
funeral All 81 ds gen ana n p yisT Of 81 fh R,n fsss t @ss the he.
be held. not to prolong the session. Reluct-
ant!y he yielded and the Senate adjourned
Senator Jail introduced a resolution for y COM
mites to investigate the election and control
lions. Laid over.
The House held a short session on the 22d,-
and after considering the deficiency appropri-
alton bill until 3:l6 o'clock 1t Went over until
the 18th. and the House adjourned. There
was u very small attendance on the floor and
= manifest lack OF interest in the proceedings.
but lively debate on pensions. in which the
Commissioners OF Pensions and the Committee
On APPROPRIATION We're severely crltiGlsed.
Inc speaker was IN the chair after an illness
OF about q week.
In the Senate on assembling on the 25th and
after prayer by the chaplain. marked by deep.
!eellng. Senator Morgan, Chairman of the
Foreign Relations Committee. offered resolu--
lions rendering an expression OF sorrow and.
sassinatton of President Carnot, requesting.
President Cleveland to communicate an ex-
R Mms 9'a,n OF n sns ! NAL s . ns;S, lS.d i,a M and
tor Morgan, touching upon the patriotism of
the French people and OF the cordial relations.
between the two great Republics. the Senate,
.,as a mark Of respect due to the memory OF
the wise. Nirtuous and patriotic President of
the Republic of France" adjourned.
After the reading of the Presidents message,
on the 25th announcing the assassination of
President Carnot the House passed resolutions.
Of coincidence, and adjourned.
DIn the Senate on the 18th Senator Allen
made an inenectual attempt to secure consid-
GRAFTON Of his resolution directing the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to inform the Senate of
see.ed industries whose wages We're likely to-
be affected by, tariff legislation, aud gave no.
would object to legislation by unanimous con.
sent. Consideration OF the income tax pro-
visions Of the tarin bill were then resnmed.
The Senate at $50 went into executive ses-
sion and five minutes later adjourned.
The House on the s6th passed a bill making
Labor Day a legal holiday. The House went
bill. Considerab.e discussion was precipttatsd
by amendment offered to the paragraph. to-
finally came out Of the Committee Of the
Whole this paragraph carried an appropriation
OF &lOO.OOO for the payment OF certain Indian
depreciation claims, in lieu of 5000 for the ex-
animation OF those cases by the Attorney Cen
eral. as origin lily provided i'll the bill. The
House retained the amendment and as amend
ed 1t was passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 9th, after minor bust
ness, consideration of the income tax was re-
s1med. the pending question being Senator
Allison's amendment to exempt, corporations,
companies or associations with less than SluO..
w capital. Senator Hill spoke in opposition.
to the general theory of an income tax, and.
was followed by Senator Vest i'll reply.
The House OIL the 9th got into u series of
deadlock over the New Mexico statehood bill.
The bone OF contention was an amendment re-
Qufrtng the public schools to teach the English
Language. Consideration of the bill was not
concluded at the hour of adjournment. A
cablegram from the French government
acknowledging the action Of Congress relative
to the death OF President Carnot was laid be-
fore the House; also a message from the
President transmitting the latest Hawaiian:
correspondence. A resolution was adopted ex-
tending the appropriations for the current
fiscal year for thirty days from the 3Oth inst.
as the Senate will not be able to act on any of
the appropriation bills before the expiration
OF the fiscal year. The bill authorizing the
construction of a foot and wagon bridge over
the st. Crotx River between Wisconsin anGs
Minnesota, was passed and the House ad.
iOurnpd.