The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-09
THE NATIONS SOlOAS
SENATE AND HOUSE OF R6FRE-
SENTATlVES.
D,,, National Law Makers and What
They Are Doing for Good OF the
Various Measures fro'
nosed. Discussed and Acted Cpoh'
Daily Report.

The House on the 3l>t disagreed 10 li' ''i"''
amendments to the legislative. executive ahE
judicial appropriation blll ana agree" 10 ',rr
terence. The consideration of the slindry cNl'
,il was then resumed. After completing MY
,wo pages of the bill the committee rose ana Ill
sos y. H.. the House adjourned.
The expected debate on the resolution tora
Senate inquiry into the recent bond ISSUES III"
not occur on the 3l>t. The lostoince aplf"Vrla
lion bill, carving S93.0tl,0lj was considered III
part. but not completed. The senate. altcr hil''
attention to routine business proccedrUto th' coz
sideration of the Dupont election case, ana scr!
ator George of Mississippi. was recognized Tor .
sneech in opposition 70 the claims of Mr.. DUPONT
for a seat in the senate from Delaware. ii vas
mainly a legal argument. Mr.. George Ilad moi
finished WHEN at t O'Clock. he Yielded tor me Ial
and the post0i,irc appropriation bll. l" Nilici
had been added an amendment aprropfi9tiie
l2.SlS.j so for the tree deliver! system, WIKI tIe
provisions that no part Of III" sum Sll""ln "e
used for the paymcnt of p~oStoiicc inspectors was
taken up. The amendment giving $500" audl'
tional compensation to the Oceanic steamship
Company for carrying the mails from san ran
cisco to Hawaii and other points aroused "l'po'
sition from senator Villas. He said the man SUP
sidy system adopted some years ago had ciltlr'ly
failed in giving more expeditions or better man
service and in extending American shipping
The Senator said he had special interest III TINS
suUlftl, UttfhlNt Nv itN lNFiNN' 'h''
postmaster general. the inauguration OF mailsiib
sides. Senator Perkins of California. supported
the amendment and spoke OF the large SUBSIDIES
paid Canadian lines with Il view 10 mOnopdilzlne
the trade from the orient. England is today
striving to secure complete control OF the com
merce of the Pacific. 1T Is "A shame ana re-
Election on American PATRIOTISM SAID senator
Perkins, that we stand idly by while England
absorbs this vast trade. Senator White OF CAN
fnruia said the service pplllI not continue unless
additional compensation vas given. The Gee
anic line was the only American one with ships
sailing south of the equator. Senator Was de
manded a roll call on the subsidy item. hut fur
Their progress was cut of by adjournment at
o'clock.
SOME minor business was transacted at the
opening OF the session in the House on the Isl.
a bill was passed to authorize the lighthouse
board to proceed with the construction OF Il
lighthouse and fog signal on north Manitou
Island, Lake Michigan. The House then re.
sumed consideration of the sundry civil appro'
priation bill. An amendment 10 appropriate
10000 for the purchase Of the house in Wash
ington in which President Lincoln died vas
adopted. Mr.. Hyde Of Washington offered an
mendment to appropriate $1,000 To commence
the erection of permanent buildings at the Mill
tary post at spokane. Wash. which was carried,
"a to 81. despite the appeal Of Mr. Cannon urE.
ing members to stand 10y the comiaittec. At5l-
the House adjourned.
Senator Butler of North Carolina introduced .
hill requiring the acceptance of current lcga,
tender funds in payment Of notes. bonds and
private obligations. He explained that the pun.
pose Of the measure was 10 put a stop to gold
notes, gold mortgages. ctc., which were being
Wrung from the people TO their dire distress
Referred to the Finance Committee. senator
Cali offered a joint resolution directing the send
ing Of an adequate naval force to Cuba to put ri,
end u harbaritieS and the violation OF treaty
obligations. The resolution went over under thu
rules, The consideration OF the po>tofirc oppro
priation bill was then resumed, which occupied
the time for the balance OF the day. The subsidy
item Went over for a separate vote. The balance
Of the poStoiiicc appropriation bin was com
plcted. \ I 80 the Senate adjourned.
The question of the appropriation of public
money for private or s%rctarian institutions was
again fought over for four hours in the House Oh
the ID. ON a former occasion. in connection
with appropriations for charitable institutions il
Washington, the contest WAS managed hV Mr.
Linton OF Michigan, who is one OF the pronOuuceG
y. 7. a. members in Congress. That contest
was successful and the bill was rccommittei
The bone of cuntcution was the Howard Iniycr
sity, a colored institution of Washington. foi
which an appropriation of So. Goa was inserted IL
the sundry civil bill the day before. Mr.. laine,
of Nebraska, i'll whose temporary absence the
amendment was adopted arrayed his force.
against the appropriation on the ground that il
was both a private and ~sectarian institution.
school Of theology being maintained by the uni
Ncr>!ty. The House voted 10 retain the appro
%lriatlOn, thus in a measure reversing its action
when the District Of Columbia hill was up. The
sundry civil bin as amended was passed. Among
the minor bill passed 10y unanimous consent wa.
one to reimburse \. i. Brown. late postmaster
al LcAarS. Iowa. for loss sustained bv robbery
The postoiice appropriation bin served t.
bring out more sharp discussion in the SENATE
on the 2d Oh the propriety Of abolisllng country
poStoilices and absorbing them as branches a.
city Offices. The bill was laid aside and the bir
authorizing the lighthouse board to proceed viii
the building OF the lighthouse At North Mauiron
island. Lake Michigan was passed. The House
bill was passed granting the Atchisou and N.h
raska ana the Chicago. Burlington and Oulnc,
Railroads a right OF way through the Sac ana
Fox and Iowa Indian reservations in Kausasand
Nebraska. Atj;35 the Senate went into eyecu
i've session aud soon after adjourned until Mon
day.