Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1894-03-22
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Mr.. Blanchard. took the . Of Once. sem
ators PETER and GAilinGer offered amend.
Ments to the tartR bllt, which wstG laid on
the table. The Senate. - 10 81. laid ON tho
table Senator PETERS res hutton G Ilinp for
m inye-ti@ ation OF the statement bAt Sem
atOrs have beer Interested ~pecunfarily In
sugar speculation lending action on tie
tariff bill. A. 2 .. NJ. the seisni0f ge bill
Was taken up and Senator Vance resumed
his speech aaainst II. Senator Allison fol-
lowed. Senator Wolcott advocated tho
assnge OF the bill. At the conclusion Of
his speech the Senate adjourned.
The Honss on tile l2th was devoted en-
tirrly to the cons Iteration OF tho bill reIat.
Ing 10 the extension 1T time for allowing
tho Street Hallway Company OF this city 10
change Its system OF motive power. The
debate rapidly drifted into u discussion OF
the merits OF the c BILE and underground
electric systems, and 1t was fo.dly charged
that the General Electric and Westinghouse
G. mpany. which he'd stock IN ALMOST all
the overhead trolley iine-. hal retained all
tho pr mlnent electrical engineers III the
country and did not spare money to pre-
vent q / ractical demonstration OF The feas-
Utility Of the underground electric system.
~ now IN operation ut Budapest and for a
short distance on tho outskirts OF this city.
To prevent his Mr.. Walker proposed to re-
strict to the motive system to be used by
| the Metropolitan foad to the underground
eiectl r.. No conclusion was reuchcd when
| the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th. consideration
of the Bland seigniorlcc bill was resumed.
Senator's stewart aud Lindsay sp,ke In
favor OF tho scignioragc bill and senator
DoipL IN opposition to It. holding that its
passage wonld destroy the existing equality
between gold and silver. Doll h referred to
y reply made by q Washington newspaper
woman IN response to a faliactous work
which was used. he said, as u political bible
by the n pniist party. Dolph announced
that lie Won q not read The reply, but would
rave It printed In the Record. senator
ltaYris objected and a sharp debate fol-
lowed. It was finally decided to let Dolph
read the pamphlet, and he proceeded with
frequent humorous interruptions till the
senate adjourned without his finishing.
The House ON the f3th began the consid-
Grafton OF the bill making appropriations
Tor the supdry civil expenses Of the Governs
ment and fair progress was made. Only
three amendments OF any Importance were
adoptrd-one ap%propriating s4a.5 500 for
lighting Hay Lake Channel, anoti er SG4. OG0
10. the public building at Buffalo. and an-
ether Of 800, 900 for re pairing the Po,tofhce
at New York. The only other amendment
~ impo tanrc WIS ,nc offered by Mr..
More. r. publican, OF Massachusetts,, to
cut OF the appropriation Tor the Interstate
| Commerce COtn mission. When the sense oil
the House was tested upon the Morse prop
0sition 1t was overwhelmingly defeated hy
Mr.. Hasnes OF New York. who made the
point OF no quorum against il. Just be-
ore Adjournment MIR Cumming. pre- ented,
Ms a privilet cd report from the Committee
on Naval A fairs. u resolution for inlorma.
lion from tho Secretary OF the Navy re-
garding tho violation OF arn,or III te con-
tracts by Carnegie. Phipps 4 Co. The re. :
olution was agreed TO and the House ad-
journcd.
In the House Chairman Snyers OF the Ap.
preparations Committee il maxim. wonder
.ul progress with the sundry civil bill. On
the l4th icity pages OF the bill were dis.
posed OF. leaving only sixteen pages more.
No amendments OF importance were
adopted, although the northwestern inem-
bcrs made q vigorous effort 10 Increase the
amount for survey OF public lands. The
appropr alton for the geological survey,
which usually encounters bitter opposition,
passed unchailenged, the amount appro-
priated being S4li 900. The House Their
went into Committee OF tho Whole ON the
sundry civil bill. On motion OF Mr.. Hol-
man tho following amendment was ndded
to the part providing for the expenses Of
| hearings In land entries: ..That nothing In
this section shalt be construed to apply tC
i contest pending prior to the passage oil
this .Ct, and That any person who Initiated
u contest prior I'll, reto shall have the
right. upon the cancellation OF he rrior
L tuttys q cutcE tHO tFdCt luNAbVtus 0uuUT
any OF the land laws prior To the date Of
this act. had he been qualified II this act
/ had not passed" Mr.. Sweet OF Idaho Of
Tered an amendment to Increase the APP
.roprtation TOR surveying public lands
from SIS 900 to $3.50. 900. Defcatcd-sS to
40. When the items we're ne. chcd making
appropri tions for river and hailor ins-
provenIents under the continuing cons
tract system MIR Wilson Of Washington
created u sensation by II severe denuncia-
tinn OF the .ystem and the various river
commissions. Mr.. Bfoderick OF Kansas
wnnted the item relating to I Q Mis- cur
River Commission passed temporarily.
Mr.. Wilson insisted that these items should
be thoroughly ventilated. lie charged
that these contracts We're full ~ public
plumber and wanted the work or the corn
misstoners Is .ected. After u few words IL
defense Of tile contract system fram Mr..
Dingley the Mis- 0 River item W, > passed
over. Mr.. Cocinbs OF New York offered a,
amendment to the araEraph making dp-
proDriations for the maintenance OF Ma.
tional cemeteries to set apart $3.50 for al
appropriate stone for the grave Of Capt
Samuel Reed. designer OF the American
flag and one OF the heroes of the war OF
1912. The House at 4:30 adjourned.
In the Senate on the 18th. atter a short
debate on the seigniorage bill. s hatol
Harris demanded ut 2 o'clock TINT u vote
should be taken on Allison's motion to re-
consider the vote by which the bill was or
dsred TO Its thifd reading. The yeas ant
nays we're demanded and the motion wa.
voted down. According TO u PRIOR agret
nent senAtor Henderson v an then permit
ted to move that the bill be recOnlmitted Il
the Finance Committee. where II will b,
perfected. Tn = motion was defeated b.
relatively the same vote as on the pieced
ing question -27 yeas aud a nays. Sena
tor Quay changed from yea to nay. ant
Senators Daniel aud Squire. who voted MAJ
before, did not vote. Senator George eon
tinued his 9. eech In favor OF the bill. ant
when he had finished Mr.. Mills tried to OBJ
tain IN executive session, but Senate
Carey Of Wyoming. who had secured TIN
floor. refus ed % yield for this purlose
Carey had not finished In opposition to III
bill. when Mt 4:15 the Senate vent into ex
ecutive session. and Mt 5:25 adjourned.
In the senate on the 18th the Blan,
scigniOrage bill was tax, n up and Senate
Carey OF Wyoming finished his argument
followed by Senator Dubois OF Idaho. II
believed this sent ment favorable to siivo
was growing iapidly In this country and h
feared that this legislation might have
tendency to check this sentiments. senato
Mitchell Of Oregon made an earnest pie
for the passage OF the bill. Senator Alllsol
asked II the Secretary ~ the Treasury. an
der the second section Of tile act. should re
deem the treasury notes In gold coin, no,
I ~ w ~ VIZ 6CtbNNN<
Mitchell said they would bc issued when
ever the notes were redeemed In silver. A
tho conclusion OF tho argument. tho BIZ
was put on It's passage and passed-A4 ~ 81
The passage OF the hill was greet. d by MP
plauss from the galleries. which drew fort
+ reprimand from P.e>iding Officer vils'
The Genate then tool up and passed q bi
70 amend the act uthorizing the construc
lion Of u high wagon bridge over the Mis-
bouri River 1T Sioux City. The amend
ment extends the time fer he cnnsttuctio
Of the bridge until March 2, 1890. A chas
y Ter Wa also granted fer the Iowa and NJ
ii brAskn Pontoon Bridge Company, anthO,
tsing ~ To build u bridge across the Mis-
b0uF1 River scar iOux City. Iowa, M
then. after m executive session. the dOOI
vsre reopen d and the Senate took ffoi
the calendar aud passed a number Of pr
vata bills and h adjourned until til
10th.
In the House on the 18th Mr.. Black (