Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-01-25
THE NATIONS sOLONs
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATWEs.
Our National Law Maker. and what They
Are Doing For Good of the Coun.
trv-various Measures Proposed, Dis
cussed and Acted Upon.
Doings Of conrress.

vi 0ohASA GNSe
The income tax came up for consider
able discussion in the Senate on the 10th in
the course of the debate on the urgent de-
ficiency bill which contains a provision for
carrying the new law into operation. Sen
atOr Ransom, who was elected President
pro TEN. during the absence of Senator
Harris OF Tennessee, resigned. AT 2
O'Clock the Nicaraguan Canal bill was laid.
aside temporarily and the consideration of
the deficiency bill continued.
The proceedings of the House on the 10th
were exceedingly dull, most of the day be-
ing consumed in the consideration of the
District of Columbia appropriation bill,
which was passed. Several bills of minor
importance relating to steamboat matters
were passed and also ten private pension
bills. February 2 was set aside for paying
tribute to the memory of the late Senator
Colquit Of Georgia. A bill was passed de-
lining the crimes OF murder in the first and
second degrees, manslaughter, rape, mu-
tiny, desertion, and providing punishment
therefor, and ab0lishing death penalties for
other crimes. Adjourned.
Practically the whole session of the SEN
ate on the 18th was occupied by the discuss
sion OF Senator Hills amendment to the
urgency deficiency bill, designed to afford
III opportunity W leSI tNc cOnSlllutlOLdlluy-
OF the income tax law.
In the House on the 18th, the Committee
on Agriculture called up a bill to extend
the provisions of the Wilson original pack
age liquor law to O~leOmargarine III original
packages. A bill to modify the pension
laws was passed. Then culOgies were de-
livered on the late q. b. Shaw of Wiscon-
sin, after which, as a further mark of re-
spect, the House adjourned.
On the 18th the Speaker laid before the
House the resignation of Mr.. Black of Illi-
nois, to accept the Office of United States
District. Attorney of the northern district
of Illinois. Consideration of the bill to
make imitation dairy products subject to
the laws of the state to which they are
transported was resumed. A special order
was adopted giving the day to considera-
ton of the bills reported from the Judiciary
Committee. The bill coming from the SEN
ate to provide for the enlargement of the
judicial system of the Indian Territory
was called up. A number of amendments
were agreed to and the bill passed. Then
at 5:15 p. M. the House adjourned.
Congress was given a decided surprise
on the 18th by the House Committee on Ju-
dietary, which decided by a vote of Z to6
to report q resolution for the impeachment
OF Judge Augustus d. KICKS OF Cleveland,
for malfeasance in Office.
After a debate covering a week the Sem
ate on the 10th voted down Senator Hill's
proposal to refer the legality of the income
tax to the courts, only five Senators joining
Hill in supporting the proposition. Sena-
tor Aldrich presented a resolution calling
on the President for the correspondence
with Germany relative to the tariff. At
,5:45 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
In the House on the 10Th, bills were
passed amending the act of March 9, 1889,
relating to the relief of soldiers of the Mex
lean and civil wars from the charge of de-
%sertion; to give brevet commissions con-
ferred on officers of volunteers now in the
regular army for services in the War of
the Rebellion. Themorning hour then en-
pired, and the House went into Committee
of the Whole for the further consideration
of the Indian appropriation bill.