The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-03-07
DOINGS OF CONGRESS-.
LAST SESSION OF THE FIFTY.
THIRD CONGRESS-.

1 Condensed Record of the Proceed.
fngs in the senate ana House
Matters of Importnn nee Dealt
With.
Washington. Feb. 26.-It is seldom
hat the senate has q more busy and
1ventful day, or II SO disturbed by
PERSONAL tempeSts. The pooling bill,
which is regarded as ore of the most
important measures before congress-,
suffered a signal reverse, if not final
iefeat, as it will be difficult to revive
t after the failure Of its friends 10
Command more than tw~enty-four votes
o get it before the senate. Intense
ceiling was aroused by the effort to
AXE the bill Up, and when Mr.. Butler,
II charge Of it, intimatcd bad faith on
he part of Mr.. German. the latter re-
iponded hOtly. criticised the manage
nent Of the bill. and declared that Mr..
Butler was 'piqued.'
On the Republican side Mr.. Chandler
ma Mr.. W0lcott were involved in n
sharp personal criticism, as Il result Of
heir differences on the pooling bill.
n the discussion many senators
warned the friends Of the bill that it
" "S 'LNtitNS w Iiht IL uD, dS II WoUll
De Systematically talked to death"
It was announced that Mr.. White OF
California was ready with n five days
speech as a part of ammunition to talk
he bill to death. The Indian appro-
DriatiOn bill was passed.
The feature of the proceedings in the
house was the fight on the proposition
10 pay an extra monthly salary TO all
Tho nr,n1nyrnS pf tIn hp,tsn anI Snnntn
It carried in committee Of the whole
3y il vote of % to 81. with IN amend
nemt TO include an extra months COM
oenSation for the individual clerks to
members. Notice has been given that
1 rccord-making vote will be declared
when this amendment is reported to
he house.
Washington, Feb. 27.-1he senate is
nOw working day and night on the ap-
preparation bills il order TO complete
them before the session closes. The
Sundry civil appropriation bill was
considered with little interruption or
delay. The item Of $150,OO0 for pur-
chasing the historic property Of the
late James G. Blaine in order to pre-
vent its use for theater purposes Oc-
casi0ned a sharp debate, but was final
ly agreed TO.
The general deficiency bill-the last
Of the regular appropriation bills
passed the house to-day. Almost the
entire day was spent discussing the
amendment to pay Great Britain $i25.-
300, the amount of damages agreed
upon by Secretary Gresham and Sir
Julian Paunccfote to be due that our
Ir,, ,,a1,, a.. $3.50, IL - al n,,,, aahi
tratiOn tribunal on account of the
seizure Of some twenty Canadian seal
ers by the United States previous to
the mOduS vivendi OF 1892. The
amendment was defeated.
Washington. Feb. 2S.-MoSt of the
time in the house was occupied in the
consideration and passage of the bill
providing for Il board of Cancellation
and arbitration lin case Cancellation
failed to mediate and settle differ
enccS between common carriers and
their employees. A bill was also passed
to provide for the publication Of bulle-
tins of the department of labor, and
also one to aid the Baltimore eXpoSi-
ton. to be held in 1897. The remain
der Of the day was dey Oted to %eulogies
iue ldlt DeDI tStlIdllNc L DSl VI III
inOiS.
The senate has given another day to
the Sundry civil appropriation bill
without completing it and without TAX
ing up the vital points concerning
financial legislation. The important
feature OF the day was a short. sharp
bounty question resulting in the sue
cess of those advocating the payment
Cf +hn hn,,nty rn,,,t,,rnl ,.rt ~cc lu
the enactment of the tariff law. The
proposed bounty aggregates S5.2OO,OO0
stated in the amendments adopted,
but Mr.. Mitchell gave it as his belief
hat it would reach $4,000. 900. A
point of order was made against the
amendment but the senate voted it in
order-6 TO 13. After that the sue
cess % the bounty proposition was as
sured, although objections were made
TO load it down with free silver amend
mentS ana other propositions. The
bounty amendment was adOpted-4G
to 20.
Washington. March when the SEN
ate adjourned to-day ii was the agree
that a vote shall be taken on the
civil bill tomorrow. The
llIllllClit ISSUE WIS SIubtHIy ulS>l-
pated. For four hours there was q
storm of debate and then German.
whose amendment has brought on the
contest, withdrew it, and the subject
was disposed Of. A moment later
Mills proposition to repeal laws au-
tllOriZing bond issues was cut off by a
of the chair that it was out OF
order. Thus the financial issue which
had threatened delay TO the appropria-
ton bills, was Unexpectedly swept
Work on the sundry civil bill
was tHen proceeded with, among the