Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-01
DOINGs OF CONGRESS-.
DAILY REPORT CT WHAT IS BE.
ING DONE.
Daily Report of the Measures
and tho Action Taken Thereon TN Both
tho Senate and Lower uouse-Gist OF
the Business,
The National solona.

the Business.
Tho National Solons,
The Senate confined itself strictly to bus
mess on the 10Th and as a result passed the
postoffice appropriation bill and got half
through the agricultural appropriation
bill. Efforts were resulned to cut down
rentals for postal cars and for the eastern
fast mail service north and south, but all
these amendments were defeated by de-.
cisive majorities. During the day the
pooling bill wss taken up long enough to
permit q speech in its support by Senator
Butler of Sout. Carolina, in charge of the
bill. The Finance Committee reported
favorably the bill repeating the 1 cent dis
eliminating duty Oh sugar from countries
paying II sugar bounty, and Senator AID
rich submitted 81 motion to recOmmit the
bill TO the committee with instructions ,u
add provisions for reciprocity. a bounty Oh
domestic sugar and for meeting the treas
ury deficiencies. The resolution and re-
port went to the calendar.
A storm of financial debate swept over
the Senate on the 18th. exceeding in in
tensity any discussion the upper branch of
Congress has had in many days. 1t was
brought on by Senator Hills advocacy of
his resolution defining the policy of the
Government for bilnetallism and for pay
ing its obligations in the best money in
use. The consideration of the agricultural
bill was resumed. The committee amend
ment for the inspection of live cattle, the
meat of which fresh, sailed, canned,
packed, etc., is to be exported, was agreed
to. The agricultural bill was laid aside
without final action. and after the eXecu-
tive session the Senate adjourned.
The House on the 18th concluded the
general debate on the naval appropriation
bill. The increase of the navy authorized
in the bill, consisting of three battleships
and twelve torpedo boats, was supported
by Messrs. Adams of Pennsylvania, Mill
ken of Maine, Bartlett of New York,
Coombs of New York and Talbot of Mary
of Tennessee. The Senate amendments
for the sale of isolated tracts of public
lands, reducing the minimum price from
$3.50 to $l.25 per acre, was adopted. The
remainder of the day was devoted to eulo-
gies on the life and character of the late
Senator Colquitt of Georgia.
BY a bold parliamentary move on the
18th the silver men of the Senate, under
the leadership of Senator Jones of Arkan-
sas, forced aside all other pending busi-
ness, including appropriation bills, and by
a vote of 30 to % made the bill for the un-
restricted coinage of silver unfinished bus
mess before the Senate. Having succeeded
Ill this Senator Jones gave notice that the
silver bill would be kept before the Senate
until the final vote was secured before ad-
journment on the 10Th.
The 18th was suspension day in the
House. Under the rule any bill could be
placed on passage if its suspension was Or
flprnsI pffnt, thsr$,. ,,i,,,,$D,S lnl,o<o NJ.
Mallory, Democrat, of Florida, moved the
passage of the bill topromotc the efficiency
of the revenue cutter service. Mr.. Moses,
Democrat, of Georgia, chairman of tho
Committee on Pensions, moved the pas
sage, under a suspension of the rules, of
the bill to eQualize the pensions of Mexican
veterans to make the pensions of all of
them $12 per month, under the general
law. Since 1900 persons would be bene-
flied by the act, and it would involve
an additional charge on the treas
ury of about $1,0OO,0 900. The bill was
passed on a viva voce vote. The bill to
equalize the duties and pay for the steam
boat inspection service was passed-167 TIC
IL. A bill to authorize the construction of
certain dams across the St. Louis and COL
quette Rivers III Minnesota by the .Alte-
monte Water and Power Company, which
proposed to erect a great dam twelve miles
west of Duluth, designed to furnish not
only an adequate water supply, but 600
horse power to Duluth and other places,
was defeated, though the measure had
many friends. The vote resulted-124 to
~. Tw0-thirds not having voted in the
affirmative, the bill was defeated. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Talbot the House went into
Committee of the Whole and resumed con-
sideratiOn of the Indian appropriation bill,
the debate being under the fivc-minute
rule. Almost al hour was spent in the
discussion of points of order, but the
chairman decided to reserve his decision.
The committee arose and the House adj
journed at $40.
At q o'clock at night on the 18th the Sem
ate adjourned after a determined but fruit
less effort on the part of the silver men.
led by senator Jones of Arkansas to pass
the bill for the unrestricted coinage of sill
yer. Senator Jones himself made the mo.
tion to adjourn after it had been made evil
dent that a voting quorum could not he
held in the Senate chamber for an allnight
session.
The House spent the day on the 10Th in
the further consideration of the naval ap-
preparation bill. The points of order were
made by Mr.. Sayers against the amend
aiSAAAo w ~ VIZ VI kIi0
navy were Overrulcd and his amendment
looking to their elimination were defeated.
The Committee on Naval Affairs wal VIC
torious on every test of strength taken.
The paragraphs providing for the increase
of The navy 1.-THE battleships and torpedo
boats) will be reached on the Goth and the
committee is sanguine that the increases
recommended will be authorized despite
The determined opposition OF ChairinaIe
Sayers of the Appropriation Committee,
who announced that he would fight the
authorization of new ships until the close of
the session. The conference report on the
bill to extend the time for making returns
under the income tax law was agreed to.
and several bills of minor importance were
passed at thee opening of the session.
Senator Chandler created something of n
sensation in the Senate late in the day on
the 10Th by outlining some important steps
to be taken by the next Congress. inclui-