The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1895-02-14
THE NATIONS SOLONS
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATlVES.
Our National Law Makers and Wat They
Are Doing For the Good of che Coun.
trv-various Measures Proposed, Dis
cussed and Acted Upon.
DOings of Congress-.

HUI hawaiian resolution, growing out OF
a personal acknowledgement Mr.. Breckin-
ridge and Mr.. Heard of Missouri. Before
the observation-disclosures encounter the Pa
citic railroads bill had been discussed.
The Senate succeeded on the I'd in maxi
ing progress on the appropriation bills
without being led into an extended finan-
cial debate. Senator PETER offered a res
%Olution, which was agreed to, calling on
the Secretary of Agriculture for infOrma-
ton as to the extent which the Govern
ment supplied private parties with ma
chinery used in sugar producing, the
names of the parties, cost of the machines,
etc. Senator Hills resolution, calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for inform
alton as to the forms used in collecting
the income tax was agreed to. The Sen
ate then took up the District of Column
bia appropriation bill, which was consid-
cred during the remainder of the session.
After a brief executive session the Senate,
at 2:46 p. m, adjourned.
An attempt was made on the 4th IN the
House to pass an omnibus bill for the pay
ment of claims for stores and supplies con-
fiscated from loyal people in thes south dur
ing the war, amounting to $718,663. 1t ex-
cited much OppOsion, especially from Penn
s%ylvania, whose members were interested
in war claims amounting to 81 900, 900 and
not included, and the measure was defeat
ed, a5 to 148. Mr.. Cultivate, Democrat,
of Ohio, presented a special order from the
Committee on Rules for the consideration
of the new currency bill. The rule gave
the 9Th and 9th until 3 o'clock for general,
debate and thereafter until $3.50 p. m. on
the 18th, when the vote should be taken for
the consideration of the bill under the i've
rninrfn rnln Tho r,ln ,unc ndNDtnd log
to 208-after which the House went into
Committee of the Whole and took up the
agricultural appropriation bill, which was
passed without amendment, and the Ha-
waiian correspondence was laid before the
louise. Tuesday, February 26, was set
aside for eulOgies on the life of Rrepre-
sentative Post of Illinois.
The Senate spent almOS the entire day
on the 4th on the District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill, and for the first time since
the measure was taken up it did not serve
as a text for financial discussion. 1t is
hoped to pass the bill on the 9Th, thus
clearing the way for the pOStOffice and the
diplomatic and conSulOr appropriation
bills, now On the calendar, and for the In
dian and civil sundry appropriation bills,
soon to be reported. In eSpOnse to a res
Olution of inquiry adopted last week, Sec
rotary Carlisle submitted a statement say
ing instead of IA deficiency in the revenue
to meet the current expenses of the Gov
rnmen during the calendar. year 1895 h
estimated on the basis of the laws now in
force that there would be a surplus of re-
ceipts above expenditures of $50 500, OBJ.
The judiciary Committee favOrably re-
por the bill retiring Justice Howell Jack
son from the supreme bench. The House
bill to establish a national military park
at Gettysburg, Pa, vas passed. A reSOlu-
ton was agreed to calling Oh the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to furnish in
formation as to cOntracrs between the Ca
madam Pacific Railroad Company and
American lines by which the former re-
Trained from competing on freight and
traffic in certain localities. The House bill
was passed to regulate on the
great lakes and connecting waters as to
lights, signals, etc., to extend the interna-
tional code already established. The SEN
ate then resumed consideration of the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill, and
at sos p. m. adjourned.
The Senate session opened on the 9Th
with a very breezy personal alteration be-
tween Senator Mitchell of Oregon and
Senator Harris of Tennessee. When the
Senate took up the district Appropriation
bill Senator McLaurin offered an amend
ment to the. bond amendment to the bill
providing for the coinage of the silver
seigniorage in the treasury, amounting to
So, 600, 900, which would be used in paying
the expenses of the improvements contem-
plated by the amendments. The District
of Columbia appropriation bill was passed.
The Diplomatic and Consular %appropri-
alton bill was made the next order of bus
mess. The Senate then held a brief eX-
ecutive session, after which, at $40 p. M,
it adjourned.
The second days debate in the House on
the 9th on the bill authorizing the issue OF
$500, O0O, 1880 gold bonds for the redemption
of legal tender and treasury notes was not
productive of marked incident of any
kind. A great deal of confusion existed
after = o'clock, when the committee began
voting on amendments to the bill. Most
of the amendments were defeated as fast as
offered.
In the Senate on the 9th the resolution OF
Senator PETER was agreed to calling on
the Secretary of the Treasury for informa-
ton as to the kinds of money which has
been realized from the sale of bonds. The
bill was passed providing for the examin-
alton and classification of certain mineral
lands of Montana and Idaho. The diplO-
matte and consular appropriation bill was
then taken up. AS the Senate was about to
adjourn SenatOr CullOm called up the Chi
cagO post Office bill, the cost of the new
building being limited to 81, 900, 900. The
bill thereupon passed on a viva voce vote
without opposition. The Senate held a
brief executive session and then adjourned.
The last hope of financial legislation for
the relief of the treasury at the present
session of Congress went by the board
when the House on the 7th, by a vote Of
lA to l6l, rejected the administration bill
to authorize an issue of $5OO, 000, 900 of gold
bonds. The bill was beaten before it
reached its preliminary stage. A bill to
authorize the Iowa and Nebraska Pom
tOOn Bridge Company to construct a bridge
anrnca tho MiSanilri Ri.,or ~ Sin.au On