The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-07-12
DOINGS OF CONGRESS.
DAILY REPORT OF WHAT is Be-
ING DONE. ,
Daily Report of the Measures Introduced,
and the Action Taken Thereon in Both
the Business. ;
Congressional Proceedings,

In the Senate on the 2Sth Hoar blocked busi-
ness by tlibustering until the hour when the
pending amendment on the tariff bill was that
of Senator Hill to limit the time when the
books OF a corporation should be opened to in
spection. A protracted discussion followed.
Among the bills that passed the House on
the 18th was one for the relief OF the trustees
OF the Presbyterian Church at Bethel Springs,
church by troops in the civil war, A bill was
August IS. 1888. it provides that receivers or
may be sued without the permission of the ap-
pointing court just as the original corporation
might have been sued. The bill for the ad-
passed without division. At AIS the quorum
disappeared and the House adjourned.
At the opening Of the Senate on the 29th a
Son Of Greenvllle, ohio, Sidney G. u Cooke OF
Harrington, Kan, and a. L, Pearson of Pitts
burg. members of the Board OF Managers OF
was passed. senator Sherman's resolution
directing the on Interstate CON-
merce to inquire into the ACCESSIBILITY of regu-
lating by law the use of sleeping and parlor
cars was also adopted. The Senate adopted
the joint resolution extending the present ap-
preparations until the new appropriation bills
are passed. The tariff bill was taken up and
Senator Vest moved an amendment to the
clause repeating the reciprocity feature of the
Mckinley bill. The tariff bill was reported to
the Senate at 5:45. Senator Henderson moved
to adjourn until July 2. Lost-25 to So; but in
the executive session which followed the mo-
ton was agreed to. and at $40 the Senate ad-
turned until July 2,
With the exception of a short time the day
in the House on the Goth was consumed by fill
clustering over the contested election case OF
watson against Black of the Tenth Georgia
District. The tangle was finally Strengthened
out. and the resolution OF the on
Elections declaring Black elected was agreed
to, only the Populists dissenting. The House
took a recess. the evening session being de-
voted to private pension bills.
The House on the 30th cleared the calendar
of all pension and desertion cases which were
agreed to in III OF the whole at the
night session on the 29th and which have been
accumulating for many weeks. 1t also agreed
to the Senate amendments to the bill liking
the units of electrical measures, and at 2:27 p.
m. adjourned.
In the Senate on the I'd Senator Call offered
a resolution for a JOINT committed of the House
and Senate to inquire into the cause OF the
Pullman strike, the business of the workmenS
demands, and for u report by bill or otherwise.
Senator Kyle offered % resolution, Endorsed by
Debs of the AR. L. and Hayes of the knights
OF Labor, looking to the protection of strikers
from federal interference except to insure
transportation of mails. and declaring that q
detachment of Pullman or other parlor or
sleeping cars from n train shall not constitute
an offense against the United States. Both
resolutions went over. Numerous amend
mentS to the tariff schedule were agreed to.
On account of the difficulty OF holding q
quorum nothing of Importance was accom-
piiShed in the House on the I'd beyond passing
a resolution directing the Commissioner OF
Labor to investigate the question of work and
wages of women and children. Adjourned IN
til the 9TH.
The event of interest in the House on the 9TH
was the reception of the tariff bill. 1t excited
Democratic applause, and the bill was laid
upon the Speakers; table. The bill to subject
to state taxation national bank notes and
United States treasury notes consumed the
reached when the House adjourned at 5:l5
o'clock.