Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-03-22
WORK OF CONGRESS.
RESUME of PROCEEDINGS OF thin
SENATE AND HOUSE.
Condensed Record of the Important
J, TrnnanctiOns of Our National Lave
makers-The Work Done I'm DotE
Branches.

of Sioux Falls ana another giving to j.
w. Taylor Of Canton Il years pay for
the year he served during the rebellion,
when he was SD young that he could hot
be regularly enlisted. He was only
twelve years old when he first went out,
and was regularly enlisted year later.
The senator also secured the passage of
thu bill appropriuting 100000 for the
The house committee recommended only
$4,000 for this purpose, and the amount
will have to be settled in conference. He
further offered lengthy resolution of in
quiry designed to throw some light OH
the silver question. THO senate discussed
the Bland bill. and agreed 10 vote uron
the measure the latter part of next week.
The house put in the day on the Dis
trict of Columbia bill.
Washington. March 12.-Appropriation
bills continue to have right of way in the
house. The sundry civil bill, which was
to be unfinished business when the house
met to-day, carries $4,000, 3S2; So, 4O9,-
92S less than that of last year. 1t will
probably require four days to dispose of
this bill, the two items that will provoke
the iros: opposition being the appropria-
tons for the geological and the coast and
gt odetic survey. After the sundry civil
bill is disposed tf. either the military or
c'Istler and diplomatic ,pp;t rriation bill
will consume the balance of the week.
In accordance with the agreement en-
tered into the se~ste resumed considrra.
ton of the Bland seigniorage bill. The
agreement for the consideration of the
seigniorage bill does not preclude the
routine work of the senate, which is
c6ntiEcd to the time before 2 o'clock in
the day. and it is probable that many of
the bills on the calendar upon which no
division of sentiment is probable, will be
t. Ken un nd passed during this time,
End also after the seigniorage bill is dis
posed of the latter part Of the week.
Washington, March 13.-Mr. Blanch-
ard, the newly appointed senator from
Louisiana, was presented to the senate
at the opening of that body to-day, and
took the oath of office. The resolution Of
Senator PETER calling for an inyestiga-
ton as to senators speculatin in Wall
street was. On. motion of Mr.. German,
laid on the table by vote of 33 to q.
The seigniorage bill was then taken Up
and Mr.. Villas resumed his speech in op-
position to the measure. Mr.. Allison Of
Iowa made The speech which he was not
we'll enough to deliver last Friday.
The day in the house was devoted en-.
tilely to the consideration of bill re-
lating to the extension of the time for
allowing ST. aet railroad company in
this city to change its system of motive
power.
Washington, March 14.-The proceed
ings in the senate yesterday were of an
extremely uninteres ting character. With
out the intervention of any morning y, 81
ness, except the presentation of few
petitions and the introduction of some
LEimpoItant bills, the senate took up the
consideration # the stigniorage bill. SEN
ators Stewart and Lindsay spoke in favor
and Mr.. Dolph spoke in opposition to it,
holding that its passage would destroy
the existing equality between gold and
silver, and the two new senators, Mr..
McLaurin of Mississippi and Mr.. Blancl-
f1d of Louisiana received their committee
appointments. Mr.. Stewart of Nevada
t. ok the floor in support of the Bland
l.:n.
The house yesterday began the consid-
GRAFTON Of the bill making appropriations
for the sundry civil expenses of the gov
eminent, and fair progress was made.
Only three amendments of any import
ance We're adopted-onc ,.ppropriating
$43,5OO for lighting Hay lake channel,
another of $4,000 for the public build
ing at Buffalo and alcther of 100000
for repairing the Iostoffice at New York.
Washington, March 15.-The test vote
which was to be. taken to-day on thu
se'gniorage bill-the vote on Mr.. ALI
sons motion to reconsider the vote bv
which the bill passed the third readios-
had the effect of attracting large at
tendance to the gallery. The senate early
took up the consideration of the bill.
and Mr.. Teller of Colorado and Mr..
t.ieorga of Mississippi spoke in favor of
It's pt ssage, the former criticising severe
~ some statements made by Senator
sherman in his recent speech against the
hili Before Mr.. George had concluded
his remarks the hour for vote arrived
rnd Mr.. Harris insisted upon the vote
being then taken on Mr. Allison's motion
with the result that it vas defeated by
~ to 45. 1t is expected that the hill
will pass by about the same vote to-
morrow. Mr.. Henderson moved then to
commit the bill to the finance committee.
and this motion was ,lso detected by n
vote of ~ to A. The vote in detail i.
as follows on Mr.. All:son's motion:
Ayes-Aldrich, Allison, Brice, Caffery.
Carey, Che ndler, Cullc:n, Davis. Frye
Gailinger, Hale, Hawlty, Hoar, Lodge
Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Henderson
Mitchell CWis.), Morrill,. Ps liner, Proctor.
way W. h, smith, Ii stockbridge, Villas, Wilson,
Nays-Allen. Bate Berry, Blackburn.
Blanchard, Butler, Call. Camden. Cscl;.
1ell, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel. Dubois
Faulkner, Gibson, Gordon, Han ,Lroush'
Harris, Hill, Irhy, Jones (Ark.), Kyic
Lindsay, Martin, Mills, Mitchell (Or.l
Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, PETER. Perkins
pettigrew, Power, Plgh. Ransom, Roach
shoup. Squire, Stewart, Teller, Tnrpic'
Vest voorhees,, White, Wolcott-45.
Tie house is making wonderful prog.
ress with the suniry civil bill. To-,,ny
forty pages of the bill were disposed Of
making in all eighty-three in two davs.