The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-01-31
SENATE AND HOUSE
WORK Of OUR NATIONAL IA.
MAKERS.
Proceedings Of the senate and HIM..
Representatives Important Me,a.
Discussed and Acted Upon-Gis, o,.
Business.
Doings of

the House that a United States war ~ VI
| should be stationed at Honolulu to nro,ap,
American interests. A bill was passed "
motion of Mr.. Lynch, Democrat. Of w."
consin, 10 authorize the Secretary os ,po
Interior to correct errors where doubio
allotmcnts Of land have been made 10 In
dams. The House then went into Cow
mittce of the Whole and resumed tho cnn
sideration of the Indian appropriation hin
The Senate again gave its attention T.,
the Hawaiian question on the 2lst. tbo,o
being added interest in the subject OWN
to the Presidents course in dispatchipooo
warShip to Hawaii, and in.making a SEM.
official announcement of his views. IT.
Nicaraguan Canal bill was laid before "a |
Senate. senator Morgan asked unanimms |
consent that general debate on the hin
shall close on the 18th, at . O'Clock and
after that until 5 o'clock the debate shall,
proceed under the five-minute rule =,
which time voting Oh the amendment and
bill shall be begun. After some discussion
the amendment was agreed to. The hin
was then temporarily laid aside, and Sen.
atOr Call called up the Notifications an.
preparation bill. 1t carries an appropria.
ton OF 81 ,g35. $50, an increase of S56. 500 oyer
the amount appropriated by the House
The amount provided for the current fiscal
year was $2.i31. 600. The committee amend.
mcnts wer" agreed to,:.and the bill passed.
Then on motion Of Senator Harris The
Senate at $40 went into executive st ,sjoD
ana shortly aftcrward adjourned.
The House, operating under a special Or.
der, was on the 2lSt enabled TO vote on
seven pending bills, and they passed
These authorized the construction of a pub.
lie building at Chicago to cost 100000
and among the Others was one at South
Omaha to cost,,$20.OOO. The appropriation
clause in each bill was stricken out and lie
appropriations must appear in the Sumdry
civil bills. Mr.. Boutelle was prevented
from gaining consideration for his Ia.
waiian resolution. Mr.. Richardson. Dem.
ocrat. Of Tennessee was elected speaker
pro tenn. to act during the absence Of
Speaker Crisp.
The policy of the administration as 10
Hawaii was again the subject of sharp al
tack and defense in the Senate on the I'D.
In the House on the 22d the bill author.
ling the appointment before March 4 ola
cadet TO the naval academy from each un.
represented Congressional district passed.
The conference report on the urgent def
cheney bill was adopted, and in Committee
of the Whole, consideration of tie
Indian appropriation bill was resumed.
Amendments were adopted to add $500
10 the appropriation for the Wyand0tte In
dians and TO authorize the Secretary OF the
Interior with the consent of a majority Of
the chiefs of the Pottawattamie and Kick
apoo Indians, to sell their surplus lands.
A provision in the bill for the construction
Of Indian industrial schools at Chamber-
lain and Rapid City, ). d., was ruled*tt
on a point of order made by Mr.. kean,
fopullSt, of Nebraska. MIR. kieiers
amendment to pay to l25 scouts and sol
dlcrS OF the SlSSctOn and Wahpeton Ind
ans who took part in the Sioux outbreak
lN"2, $3.50 each was passed. The provision
contained in the general appropriation Tor
Indian schools, amended SO as to authorize
The construction and purchase OF schools
out OF this appropriation, was passed. IN
amendment 10 pay the Indians OF the Plhe
! Ridge Agency for 5000 ponies under the
treaty Of lS6S was ruled out on a point OF
order. The last section of the bill, pro-
yiding that no Indian child should be sent
from any Indian Reservation to a school
beyond the state or territory wherein Tie
reservation participated without the vol
untary consent OF the father OF mother OF
such child, was stricken out on a point Oh
order. The bill was then reported to The
House, the amendments agreed TO ana tle
bill passed. Mr.. Savers gave notice tIa
he would call up the sundry civil Dill Oh
the 23d. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the ed Senator Haleo
Maine introduced an amendment TO tle
diplomatic and consular appropriation Dl4l
providing 100000 for the survey of a ca
hin r.n'. b..u..., th., IIa uaiian Islands
and The United states. Senator Smith
then introduced his bill for a nonpartlsaA
currency commission TO formulate a con-
SlStcnt currency plan for the country. sen
atOr Jones added to the interest on inc
currency question by presenting his Dill
which has been discussed in the Flnahct,
Committee. Its reading was followed
with close attention owing to the prom,
inence of the Senate in shaping most u
the Finance Committee work.
Mir. Dinglcy OF Maine called the ateh,
ton Of the House on the 23d to what ho
termed the utter failure of the Paris uIt
bunal's regulations for the protection u
the Alaskan seal herd. Mr.. McMillin ol
the Ways and Means Committee reporleua
resolution calling on the Secretary OF NV
Treasury fog the cost of supporting "
"klngley government" in Samoa. ny
House then went into Committee Oh 'n3
Whole and took up the sundry civil apPi0
priation bill. ,m
The vote on the Nicaraguan Canai oM'
Will be taken in the Senate at O'cloch ~
The @3th, unless some unexpected pan"
mentary obstruction is interposed. an
other resolution relating to the 1ia"a Tha
question was introduced on the 2ith. ~
session closed with the rapid passage -
twenty -One pension bills. "a
The iiouscon the oath devoted an -
time to the consideration Of the SUN.
civil appropriation bill with such SUE Id
that at the hour of adjournment II nnnr
completed the reading of the Dill eA rtdh
several controverted paragraphs "hN
Were temporarily passed over.
TLo T,n.IIo. e 81, r,rrancy has dF'