Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-08

VII uldG IL CLCutCu SOulCtlllIS VI u ScuS6S
ton among the Senators and spectators.
The contract school item of the Indian APP
preparation bill vas completed in such
form as to provide a 20 per cent. reduction
from the expenditures Of last year. Sem
ator M0rgan0 of Alabama spoke throughout
the afternoon in favor of a judicial system
for the Indian territory but his amend
ment to that effect wa finally ruled out of
order.
The House devoted Washington's Birth
day to the further consideration of the
general deficiency appropriation bill.
Most of the time was spent in the discus
sion of questions of minor importance re-
lating to extra compensation for employees
of the House of Representatives, and no
amendment of any moment were adopted.
just before adjournment the Senate reso-
luton to postpone the time when the new
regulations to prevent collisions at sea.
should go into force, was passed. An
Mccoy of st. Paul, the late Consul General
at Liberia, $1,000 was agreed to. At s.
O'Clock the House took a recess, the night
session to be devoted to the consideration
private pension bills.
After routine business on the 23d the
House went into Committee of the Whole
on the deficiency bill. The reading of the,
bill was completed, but several amend
mentS passed over were not acted on when
the committee rose and the remainder of
the afternoon was devoted to e~ulOgies on
the life and public service of the late Sem
ator Vance of North Carolina. Then at
$50, as Il further mark of respect, the
House adjourned.
The Senate is now working day and
night on the appropriation bills in order
to complete them before the session closes.
The sundry civil appropriation bill was
considered with little interruption or de-
lay from III a. M. to $3.50 p. M. and again at
a night session on the 25th. The item of
$4,000 for purchasing the historic proper-
ty of the late James G. Blaine, in order to
prevent its use for theater purposes. occa-l
stoned a sharp debate, but wa finally
agreed to. Other Senate amendments
agreed TO during the day included: Tenn
porary federal building at Chicago, $780,,
O0O. Beginning new government building.
at Chicago, 100000.
The general deficiency bill, the last of
the regular appropriation bills, passed the,
House on the 25th. Almost the entire day
wasspent discussing the amendmenttopay
Great Britain's $425, 600, the amount Of
damages agreed upon by Secretary Gresh-'
and Sir Julien Pauncefoete to be due that
country under the award of the Paris ar
bltratlon tribunal on account of the
seizure OF some twenty Canadian sealers
10y the United States previous to the modus
vivendi of 1892. Many members crowded
the area in front of the Speakers desk AT
opening, pressing for unanimous consent
to consider bills. A bill for a bridge.
across the Illinois River at Henncpin and
a number of minor bills were passed. The
senate amendment to the Indian appro-
priatlon was non-c0ncurred in, and the
Dill was sent to conference. The House.
then went into Committee of the Whole.
and resumed consideration of the general
deficiency appropriation bill.
The Senate on the 18th gave another day
to the sundry civil bill without completing
it and without taking up the vital points
concerning financial legislation. The i'm
portant feature of the day was a short.
sharp and decisive contest on the sugar
bounty question, resulting in the success
OF those advocating the payment of the
bounty prematurely cut off by the enact
bounty aggregates IS, 1000. A point of
order was made against the amendment.
but the Senate voted it in order-6 to rs,
A discussion was imminent when
the Senate met. The rapid work of the
night before cleared away most of the pre-
ceding important provisions for issuing
$lUO,OOO,OOO of certificates of Indebtedness
to relieve the treasury deficiency.
The House on the 26th adopted a special
order under which the day until S:3O n
m. was given to the Committee on Labor.
Most OF the time was occupied in the O
slderation and passage of the bill proyid-
ing LOT a board OF Cancellation and arbitra-
ton Tin case Cancellation failed) to me-
dlate and settle differences between COM
non carriers n their employees. A bill
was passed for the publication Of bulletins
in the Department of Labor. The remain
der of the day was devoted to ~enlooies nm
the life and public service of the LATE phil
lip Sidney Post of Illinois. Then. at RAJ.
as a further mark of respect. the House
adjourned.
The Senate on the 9th. resumed consid.
Grafton OF the sundry civil bill. An amend
ment was agreed to appropriating $4,000
10 rebuild the burned hospital at Fort
Meade, $. ID. Then came the contest over
the amendment for the issue of 500. OOO. 900
Sper cent. certificates of indebtedness of
small denominations to meet the deficiency
in the treasury. The Senate then turned
Its attention to the sundry civil bill. An
amendment by Senator Bate of Tennessee.
providing for q Government exhibit at the
Nashville Exhibition, provoked some DO
htical debate between Senators Chandler
and Bate. The amendment was bending
when the Senate, at q: SOo'clock, adjourned
with the understanding that a vote en- the
bill was to be had at 8 O'Clock on the next
day.
The 9th was wasted in the House SO far
as the purposes for which the day was set
aside were concerned, namely, to consider
bills reported from the Committee on Pub,
nc buildings M Grounds. The confer
portation Of goods in bond through the
United States through the Mexican free
zone, and on the pension and pOstofice ap-
preparation bills were agreed to. Several
pension and other bills o. minor importance