Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-02-01
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW.
MAKERS.
Proceedings Of the Senate and House Of
Representatives - Important Measures
Discussed and Acted Upon-0ist Of the
Business.
Doiurs OF

Held, in OF the army, to the rank
of lieutenant general, held by Gems. Sher-
man and Sheridan. Aside from this the
day was given to the debate on the Nicar-
aguan Canal bill. Senator Morgan, in
charge of the measure, sought, to fix a time
for. bringing the question to a vote, but
without success, and the tedious discussion
goes OF with little prospect of a speedy
vote. Senator Caffery of Louisiana pre-
sented a new phase of the subject by Offer
ing a resolution urging a new treaty with
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA for the cession
of q canal route directly under the juris-
diction of the United States. At 8 o'clock
the Senate adjourned.
In the House on the 18th, the Senate bill
granting to the Gila Valley Railroad Com
pany right of way through the San Carlos
Indian Reservation was passed; also a bill
to expend a portion of the appropriation
made in the last river and harbor act for
st. Joseph's Harbor, Michigan, to complete
the connection between st. Joe and Benton
HarbOr. At 1:40 the consideration of the
Indian bill was resumed.
The startling news received from Hawa!
received speedy recognition in the Senate
on the 18th.
There was an exciting incident IN the.
House on the 10th when Mr.. Boutelle tried
to secure the consideration of a resolution
of sympathy for the Hawaiian Govern
ment and expressing it to be the sense Of
the House that a United States wal ship
should be stationed at Honolulu to protect
American interests. A bill was passed on
motion of Mr.. Lynch, Democrat, of Wis
consin, to authorize the Secretary of the.
Interior to correct errors where double
allotments Of land have been made to In
dams. The House then went into Com
mittee of the Whole and resumed the con-
sideration of the Indian appropriation bill.
The Senate again gave its attention to.
the Hawaiian question on the 21st, there
being added interest in the subject owing
to the Presidents course in dispatching a
warship to Hawaii, and inimaking a SEMI
official announcement of his views. The,
Nicaraguan Canal bill was laid before the
Senate. Senator Morgan asked unanimous.
consent that general debate ON the bill
shall close on the 18th, at 2 o'clock, and
after that until s o'clock the debate shall
proceed under the five-minute rule. at.
which time voting on the amendment and
bill shall be begun. After some discussion
the amendment was agreed to. The bill
was then temporarily laid aside, and Sen
ator Call called up the Notifications APP
preparation bill. 1t carries an %appropria-
ton of $1,935, 557, an increase of $56, 500 over.
eANC iilOuA 0lpllOpIIdlCU ny luc I1OuS0s
The amount provided for the current fiscal
year was 49, S7, 900. The committee amend.
ments were agreed to-: land the bill passed..
Then ON motion of Senator Harris the
Senate at 4:40 went into executive session
and shortly afterward adjourned.
The House, operating under a special or
der, was on the 21st enabled to vote on
seven pending bills, and they passed..
These authorized the construction of a pub.
lie building at Chicago to cost 81, ZOO 600,
and among the others was one at South
Omaha to cost::$2O, OOO. The appropriation
clause in each bill was stricken out and the.
appropriations must appear in the sundry
civil bills. Mr.. Boutelle was prevented
from gaining consideration for his Ha-
waiian resolution. Mr.. Richardson, Dem.
Ocrat, of Tennessee was elected speaker
pro TEN. to act during the absence of
Speaker Crisp.
The policy of the administration as to.
Hawaii was again the subject of sharp at
tack n defense in the Senate on the ed.
In the House on the 22d the bill author
izing the appointment before March 1 of a
cadet to the naval academy from each UNI
represented Congressional district passed..
The conference report on the urgent def
cheney bill was adopted, and in Committee
of the Whole, consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill was resumed.
Amendments were adopted to add $1,000
to the appropriation for the Wyandotte In
dams and to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior with the consent of a majority of
the chiefs of the POttawattamie and Kick
A provision in the bill for the construction
of Indian industrial schools at Chamber
lain and Rapid City, s. D., was ruled out
on a point of order made by Mr.. Kean,
Populist, of Nebraska. Mr.. Kiefer's
amendment to pay to 125 scouts and SOL
diers of the Sisseton and Wahpeton Indi-
ans who took part in the Sioux outbreak in
1892, 1856 each was passed. The provision
contained in the general appropriation for
Indian schools, amended so as to authorize
the construction and purchase Of schools
out OF this appropriation, was passed. An
amendment to pay the Indians of the Pine
Ridge Agency for 5000 ponies under the
treaty of 1858 was ruled out on a point of
order. The last section of the bill, pro-
viding that no Indian child should be sent
from any Indian Reservation to a school
beyond the state or territory wherein the
reservation participated without the vol
untary consent of the father or mother Of
such child, was stricken out on a point Of
order. The bill was then reported to the
House, the amendments agreed to and the
bill passed. Mr.. Sayers gave notice that
he would call up the sundry civil bill ON
the sd. Adjourned.
In the Senate on the 28d Senator Hale o.
Maine introduced an amendment to the
diplomatic and consular appropriation bill
providing 100000 for the survey of a ca
BILE route between the Hawaiian Islands
and the United States. Senator Smith
then introduced his bill for a nonpartisan
currency commission to formulate a con-
sistent currency plan for the country. Sem
ator Jones added to the interest on the
currency question by presenting his bill.
which has been discussed in the Finance
Committee. Its reading was followed
with close attention owing to the prom
inenoe Of the Senator in shaping most Of
the Finance Committee work.
Mr.. Dingley Of Maine called the atten.
jtion Of the House on the Esd to what he
termed the utter failure Of the Paris tri-
.bunais regulations for. the protection Of
the Alaskan seal herd. Mr.. McMillin Of
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