Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-04-13
THE NATIONS SOLONS
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
SENTATlvES.
Our National Law Maker. and What The,
Arr Doing for the Good Of the Country
Various Measures Proposed, Discussed.
and Acted Upon,
Do,nge oil Congress.

Do,ngs of Congress.
In the House on the 23d Mr.. snyers pre-
sented u joint resolution for un appropria.
tion of s1O. 900 for salaries aud expenses of
additional deputy collectors OF internal
revenue to carry out the provisions of the
Chinese exclusion act Us amended last De.
cember. Agreed to. Then the struggle
over the O'Neill-Joy contested election
cnse was re .uned. Mr.. Waugh raised II,
point OF consideration against the report of
the committee and filibusterfng begun. THO
Republicans repeated their former TACTICS,
refusing to vote, the result standing 100 to
j. showing the Democrats 1S short Of u
quorum A cal of the House followed.
The call developed the presence of 24s
members. It being aprarent that u Demo-
cratic quorum could not be secured it was
decided to abandon. Mr.. Barti,o!d
call IT. Up on the 9th. The
contested election of Whntley VS.. CoLb of
the Fifth Alabama District was then called
~. The report of the committee was
unanimously in favor Of Cobb. and the re-
port was adopted without division. The
House then went into Committee OF tho
Whole on the military academy aplropria-
tion, bill. The military academy appfo-
priation bill was read by paragraphs. ind
after discussion was reported from tho
Committee Of the Whole to the House md
without objection passed. The night ses-
sion was occupied with tho passage of
private pension bills, and at 1880 the
House adjourned
The House cont nued considering the
postoface appropriation bill in Committee
Ut the Who'll on the gath. The postofiice
app opriati0n bill carries sSs,470, 800. which
Is s3.142, S5l less than the estimate and 3d.
466,2S7 more than the appropriation for the
current fiscal year. After remarks by
Messrs. Loud, Cannon and Kyle. the gem
eral debate closed. except On the item for
special mail facilities, and the bill was
read by paragraphs for amendment under
the five minu rule. Mr.. Loud offered an
amendment to increase the appropriation
for compensation to po.tmasters from &c.,
00O. 900 to 81, $50, 900. Rejected. Mr.. Bow
era moved to reduce the appropriation for
rent. light and fuel of first ,nd second
clnss pOst,fHces from ss45,0 O0 to S445. 600.
The motion was defeated as was also his
amendment to reduce the appropriation for
miscellaneous items for first and scconl
class offices from $4,000 to s4O,o 900. Mr..
Morse offered an amendment to set aside
10000 for tho purpose of free delivery en-
periments in rural Districts, other Than
towns and Villages. Mr.. Picker supported
the amendment. andMr Wilson opposed 1t.
After some further debate by Mcssr-. WILL
inms, Bryun. Cannon. COomhs. Livingston.
Crawford. Talbert. Warner. Sven OIL, Rich
ardson and Cockcrell the amendment was
agreed to. An amendment by picIler was
also adopted directing the Postmaster
General to report o the next Congress such
measures as may lie deemed practicable
for extending the mail service in rural dis
tricts, and their probable cost. Mr.. Lacey
offered an amendment destined to provide
for the purchase. instead Of the rental. OF
machines for canceling postage stamps.
The amendment was modified SO as tO pro-
vide for their ..rent or purchase" at the
option of tile Government. AS modified
the amendment was agreed to. The cOm-
mittee h rose and the House adjourned.
When u motion was made to take up The
Joy-O'Neil election contest in the House
on the 9th. the Republicans began filihus-
tering by refusing to vote on call OF yeas
and nnys. A quorum was shown to be
present md the motion to take up the joy
O'Neili contest case was renewed. A sec
ind roll call showed eight less tlnn u quo-
lun,, the Republicans still sitting silent.
Roll calls followed one another In rapid
succession, hut whilc there were known TO
be 23U members on the floor the nearest the
minority ever came to o quorum WAS 1S2-
seven less than u quorum. On the 2Sth q
special rule will be brought in covering not
only the Joy-O'Nein case, but probably
also the HilEorn- English care from the
Third California District. Adjourned.
In the Semitic on the 2sth, Senator Dolph
introduced q joint resolution declaring the
treaty betwc' n the United s.a:cs and Great
Britain regarding the construction OF tho
canal at Nicaragua. commonly known as
ttO Way OnS ~ uo OlS III
force. Senator Tcttigrcw introduced two
resolutions, which were agreed to. one C ill-
ing on tho Secretary OF tho Treasury 70.
information res ardtng% changes made in the
weight of ineness of silver coins of silver
standard countries. and tho other calling
On the Secretary OF the Interior for info: M
ntion as to whether g refneries Ind
complied with all the provisions OF the law
in regard to tnking the census. A ,esOlu- |
tion was introduced by Senator Frye. and
agreed to, asking the Secretary Of Wal I
whether subordinate employees and labor
ers engaged by engineer officers on works
OF public Improvement Ind been employed |
or discharged. for political reasons. sena-
tor Peffer offered IL resolution directing the
Finance Committee TO prepare IL bill for
the repeal of all laws authorizing the Sec
retnry OF the Treasury 10 issue onds or
other interest bearing obligations without
the specific authority of Congress. 1T was |
temporarily laid on the table. The resOlu-
tiOn offered several days agO directing the
Committee on judiciary to inquire whether
existing statutes were sufficient TO punish
stimulation of silver coins by coins of Xix,
metal, weight, and fneness. was laid be-
fore the Senate by the Vice President and,
after q short discus. ion, was agreed tn. |
Senate proceeded to the consideration /
of executive business. When the doors
opened the Senate took mp tho McGarra-
han bill. Senator Villas yielded for an ex-
ccutive session, after which the Senate i'd (
journsd.
ODD, QUEER, CURIOUS.