The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-12-26
DOINGS OF CONGRESS
MEN WHO MAKE THE LAWS OF
OUR NATION.
Daily Report Of the Measures Intro
duced, and the Action Taken
Thereon i'm Both the Senate ard
Lower House.
DOinTS of CONGRESS-.

tariff laws with the new customs laws.
Among the bills introduced were the fol-
lowing: BY Mr.. Mccall of Tennessee, 10
amend the pension law so as to relieve
the disability of persons conscripted into
the confederate service II who enlisted
therein to escape military prisons. BY
Mr.. Poole of New York, to restore the
duty on salt and increase the duty on will
low. BY Mr.. Bingham of Pennsylvania
to restore the Mckinley rates on impor-
portations and manufacturers of wool.
BY Senator IhurstOn. increasing all PEN.
siOns rs per cent; also establishing "a
school of forestry in connection with the,
department of agriculture. 1t being APP
parent that Secretary Carlisle's report
would not be ready this week, the House
adjourned over until Monday.
The proceedings of the Senate Thursday
were more varied than interesting. They
covered the entire range of legislation
from the introduction OF petitions, bills
and resolutions to the passage of bills,
and included W. formal addresses. a
bill extending The Chicago port of entry
so as to cover The state OF illinois received
the final Endorsement Of the senate Hav-
ing already passed the House the bill
probably Will be the first bin Of the Fifty
fourth COngre' $ to become a law. Sena-
tOT lOn lntTOuuCcu ~ Dlli lOI tltc ScI-
Element OF tn. Pacific railroad debts. A
number of petitions were presented for
the recognition Of belligerent rights
Of the CUBAN insurgents. Senator
Stewart introduced q resolution in
Structing the Committee on Finance to
inquire int. the rate Of exchange between
gold standard and silver standard
countries and the effect on a@ri-
cultural and manufacturing interests
Senator Call addressed the Senate upon
his resolution d"iaring it TO be the duty OF
the civilized powers to Suppress the crnel-
ties alleged TO be pcrpetrated upon tM
Armenian subjects Of Turkey by the
Turkish authorities. Senator PETER spoke
upOn his bill to regulate congressional
funerals. The Senate then went into
executive session and ut 2 O'Clock adj
jOurned until Monday.
In the House Monday Delegate Flynn
Of Oklahoma offered a resolution calling
on the Secretary of the Interior to report
to the House the reasons, if any, for the
delay in the appointment of allOting
agents and the allotment of the lands TO
the Wichita and affiliated bands of In
dams in Oklahoma, as provided by act of
Congress, approved March 2, 1895. The
House agreed to take up Tuesday tho
proposition TO increase tie membership Of
the principal committees in. order tO.facili-
tate the disposal Of the contested election
cases. On motion of Mr.. Moody of Massa-
chuSScttS, by unanimous consent, a bill
was passed for the amendment Of the act
of 1874 for the establishment of bonded
warehouses for storing and cleaning rice
for export SO as to include permission for
curing and repacking fish for export in
such warehouses. Several requests for
unanimous consent were refused, several
of them relating to the printing of the
petition for the recognition OF the Cuban
insurgents, after which, at LAO, the House
adjourned.
The Senate was IN session about two
hours Monday, half of that time being
given 10 Senator Stewart, Of Nevada. in a
vigorous assault upon the gold COM
bine." Senator Gallery of Louisiana
offered a resolution calling on the treas
ury department for the reasons for the
suspension of sugar bounty payments,
Postmaster General Wilson's recent order
forbidding postal employees from urging
postal legislation also came in for atten-
ton. Senator Quay presented the petition
of the Wool Merchants Association Of
Philadelphia, asking that the wool schcd-
ule o: the Mckinley act be re-enacted.
Senator Gallinger offered a resolution
asking reports from all departments as to
the numb,t Of aliens employed. Senator
Stewart got ;ie floor and spoke on the
resolution Tor a commission to investigate
The NEEDS OF l;bor and agriculture. At
lie conclusion Of Stewards remarks the
/, esd ';3H was l"id aside and ut 2:20 p. M.
the Senate adjourned.
While the time of tie House was mainly
n1,.n,in,.l 'Et,..,lo, n, - ,1,1,ntA Of tla ala
to create three committees OF nine mem
bcis each 10 deal with the election con-
tests, lis interest was cenlered upon the
Presidents message. At half past 4
O'Clock tie Speaker laid before the House
the Presidents message. Although many
members had already read it, nearly all OF
them remained III their seats and listened
attrUtivcly to the reading. Several pas
50 .tcS wtra rtIIclua;ed by applause. The
conclusion of the reading was followed LJ
loud arllaHSc on both sides. Speaker
Reed referred the Presidents message 10
the Committee o. Foreign Relations with
out Il motion aud recognized Mr.. Dingley
OF Maine, who made a motion to adjourn,
and this was carried.
The Presidents message on the Vene-
zuelan question occupied the main atten-
ton OF the Senate during its brief session
Tuesday. Many memorials concerning
the Cuban rebellion and the Turkish mas
sacres were presented. Senator Call of
Florida offered a resolution to investigate
alleged election Irregularities in FLORIDA.
AT | O'Clock the doors of the Senate were
thrown open and the Secretary of the Sen
ate began the read ing of the Presidents
message. The message and documents
were referred to the Committee on For
eign Relations and the Senate adjourned.
Senate Combinations.
The Senate i'll executive session con
irmnI tho fpllnyytpT nvninafinpc