Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-07-13
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 Senate and Lower House-0ist OF
the Business,
Congressional Proceedings,

In the Senate on the 2sth Hoar blocked busi--
ness by flibustering until the hour when the.
pending pend r. a pnel.nn ens on onu the Ia tari ISs biIi Mas that.
Of Senator Hill to limit the time when the
books OF q corporation should be opened to in
spectton. A protracted discussion followed.
Among the bills that passed the House on
the 2sth was one for the relief OF the trustees.
Of the Presbyterian Church at Bethel Springs.
aenn:i on On a areons IN q tbe the s;y%,i occupancy %ayr b ri w the.
August Il. 1853. Il PROVIDES est that Sae.i receivers r or
may be sued Without the permission Of the APP
pointing court Just as the original corporation
might have been sued. The bill for the ad.
passed without division. At 4:iS the quorum
disappeared and the House adjourned.
Al the opening Of the Senate on the 18th a
SON on q fe G%sssnS,lls spp Shio. ssi dasy'e 9. :" COOKE sass Of
Harrington, Kan: and 4. L. Pearson of Pitts.
burg; members of the Board Of Managers of
was passed. senator Sherman's resolution
directing the Committee q u Interstate Com
merce to inquire into the advisabiiity OF regu-
cars was also adopted. The Senate adopted
the Joint resolution extending the present APP
prep passsa. int Tnsi ia .as p SiiI a Mas isKsa nm e ana
Senator Vest moved an amendment to the
clause repeating the reciprocity feature of the
the Senate at 5:4a. Senator Henderson moved
to adjourn until July .. Lost-.5 to 81; but i'll
the executive session which followed the mo
ton was agreed to. and at $50 the Senate adj
turned until July2,
With the exception OF a short time the day
IN the House on the 2ath was consumed by hll-
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 Committee on
Elections declaring Black elected was agreed
to. only the Populists dissenting. The House
took u recess, the evening session being de-
voted to private pension bills.
The House on the SDth cleared the calendar
OF all pension and desertiOn cases which were
agreed to IN Committee of the whole at the
night session OF the 18th and which have been
accommodating for many weeks. 1t also agreed
to the Senate amendments to the bill fixing
the units OF electrical measures, and at 9:27 p.
IN. adjourned.
In the Senate on the I'd Senator Call offered
a resolution for q Joint committee of the House
Pullman strike, the business of the wOrkmen's
demands, and for q report by bill or otherwise.
Senator Kyle offered q resolution, Endorsed by
Debs of the All. u. and Hayes OF the knights
OF Labor. looking to the protection of strikers
from federal interference except to insure
transportations OF mails. and declaring that u
detachment of Pullman or other parlOr or
sleeping cars from q train shall not constitute
an ohense against the United States. Both
Ments to the tariff schedule We're agreed to.
On account of the difficulty o! holding a
quorum nothing Of Importance was accom-
plished in the House on the I'd beyond passing
y resolution directing the Commissioner of
Labor to investigate the question of work and
wages of women and children. Adjourned I'M
til the 9Th.