Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1895-03-15
SENATE AND HOUSE,
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW.
MAKERS.
Proceedings Of the Senate and House OF
Representatives Important Measures
Discussed aud Acted Upon-0ist Of the
Business.
DoIngs of Congress.


The Senate on the 18th, passed the sum
dry civil appropriation bill, including the
item appropriatlng over ST, 0O0, 600 for sugar
bounties and the provision for a commits
sion to represent the United States at the
International Monetary Conference. The
night session Of the Senate lasted until IL
o'clock and was extremely sensational.
The House by avote Of 115 to l5o decided
further to insist upon the disagreement to
the Senate amendment to the consular and
diplomatic appropriation bill, providing
for a Hawaiian cable. The Senate bill to
regulate deductions from the gross tonnage
of vessels for the purpose of determining
the net tonnage (Which forms the basis Of
port chargcs)was passed and several confer
cnce reports on bills of minor importance
were agreedto. The House, after passing
a few relating to the District of Columbia,
adjourned.
The Behring Sea differences between the
United States and Great Britain provoked
an animated debate in the Senate on the
LIST. Senator Cockrell had offered an
amendment to the pending deficiency bill
which a%ppr0priates $50, 600 for the expenses
OF another commission of arbitration to adj
just the claims Of Canadian sealers seized
by the United States. The deficiency bill
was kept steadily before the Senate
throughout the day and was passed after a
struggle of three hours. The claims of
California, Oregon and Nevada against the
Government, aggregating about $1,000, 600,
passed without the formality Of a yea and
nay vote. The appropriation of 81, SOa, 600
to the Southern Pacific Railroad and an
other of about 100000 for French spolia-
ton claims and the war claims were also
passed. Eulogies were pronounced on the
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Wright of Pennsylvania, Post Of Illinois
and HOuk of Ohio.
The House is approaching the close of
the session with unusual calmness and
'equanimity. Not a sensational incident
occurred on the LIST, the last legislative day
but one of the House. A part of the day
was devoted to the consideration of bills ON
motions to pass them under suspension of
the rules. Five recognitiOns for this pur-
pose were made by the Speaker, of which
three passed and two failed to receive the
the necessary two-thirds. An order was
made to send the deficiency bill to confer
cnce if it came from the Senate later, and
then at 500 the House took a recess until
s O'Clock, the night session to be devoted
to private pension bills.
AT noon on the 4th, after a continuous.
session of forty-eight hours, interrupted
by an occasional recess, the flags above
the Capitol were lowered and the Fifty
third Congress had passed into history. In
the House the end was not marked or
married by any unpleasant incident. All
the appropriation bills were out of the way
when the House convened, and the time
was dwindled away until IL O'Clock, the
only feature being the rather brisk but,
brief debate on the result to follow from
the projected monetary conference. The
usual committee was sen to the President
to inform that Congress was ready to adj
jOurn, and the other fOrmalities with the.
end OF a Congress were gone through with.
The concluding minutes were in the natur
of a love feast. The best feeling prevailed.
TIL resolution of thanks to the Speaker,
which usually came from a member of the
majority, was offered by Mr.. Cannon in a
graceful speech, bearing testimony to the.
high appreciation in which the presiding.
officer was held by the Republican minor
ity. Speaker Crisp, who had been absent
during these proceedings, returned to the
rOstrum and expressed thanks for the
good feeling expressed by the House
toward him by passing a resolution, and
for its uniform courtesy, and declared the.
House adjourned sine die.
At noon on the 4th the United States
Senate closed its final session of the Fifty.
third Congress amid crowded galleries,
congratulatory speeches, a parting word
from President Cleveland and a brief val
edict0ry from the Vice President. The
wontcd dignity of the Senate was pre-
served to the end, except for the rush of
business incident to the last hours of the
session. The committee to wait ON the
President reported that the President had
no further further communicationto make.
At 11:58 the Vice President arose and in a
graceful speech thanked the Senate for the.
consideration shown him, and as the clock
pointed to II, declared the session at an
end.