The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-18
NATIONAL SOLONS
REViSW OF THEIR WORk
WASHINGTON,
detailed Proceedings Of Senate 49,.
House-Bills Passed or I~ntrodroo,
in Either Brauch-Questions Of NJ.
sasnt TO the Country at Large.
The Legislative Grind

President Cleveland SATURDAY. ro.o.
tie general deficiency appropriation L;H
The President objected to it because az
provisions for the payment Of Frorot
erol;atioH and Chouteau claims and o,ba.
ltcms which he does not enumerate. Wbor
The message was read to the House y mn
,,op 10 pass the bill Notwithstanding Nh
yc:o was lost-40 to 149. Thereupon Tho
House promptly sent TO the Senate a new
bill without the features to which tho
President objected. This was not done
without some spirited debate. durinc
which the President was bitterly attack
ed. The Senate had barely a quorum, and
nothing Of Importance was done.
The new deficiency bill, framed to mao.
the objections of the Presidents rocert
veto. passed in the Senate Monday. ash
came from the House. amid great cheer.
ing. When the immigration bin uss
taken up Mr.. Morgan of Alabama smoke
in uppor of his amendment. that tbe 20.
strictions Of the act should not apnly n
persons coming to this country from
Cuba. He said no country had contrib.
u.ed a better class Of people to this conn.
try's population than Cuba. In the
House. the Sherman resolution relative
- Virginia bonds was adopted. 4. special
deficiency bill providing for the nav ~
salaries Of members seated by the Honse
and for several other minor matters was
passed under suspension OF the rales; also
Il bill 10 establish a site for the erection
Of a pcnitentiary at Fort Leavenwo-th
Kan. The conference report on the In.
dian appropriation bill containing the
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claim was agreed to and the bill sent 10
further conference. Mr.. Daniels orai,
called up the Acknowledgement contest
ed election case. This arous ed the ire ~
the Democrats. The question Of copsid.
Grafton was raised, but this time tho
House decided. 1870 to 6S, to consider ,he
case. During the progress Of the roll call
many Of the Democrats left the hall. Mr.
McMillin Of Tennessee attempted 10 force
a division on the conference report on the
District Of Columbia bill as q means of
developing that no quorum was present.
but Mr.. Dalzell of Pennsylvania. who
was temporarily in the chair, manipulated
the parliamentary situation SO as TO pre-
vent this, and subsequently, despite the
warm protests of Mr.. Terry Of Arkansas.
declined 20 entertain an appeal from his
decision. The District of Columbia ap-
preparation bill was sent back 10 further
conference, and the house took q recess.
The Senate Tuesday agreed to final con.
ference reports on the naval and Indian
appropriation bills. The resolution for
al inquiry into the circumstances Of the
award of the statue of Gen. w. T. Sher-
man was defeated. A supplementary de-
fciency bill. covering mileage of new
members of the House and other minor
items, was passed. A House bill was
passed authorizing the Attorney General
to select a site and secure plans for a
Federal prison on the military reservation
AZ Leavenworth. Kan. The House gave
is final approval TO conference reports on
TWO Of the four appropriation bills-the
uava! and the Indian bills. Most OF the
day in the House was devoted TO the con-
sheraton of the Aldrich- Underwood con-
tested election case from the Ninth Ala
hama district. The Democrats attempt
cd 70 flibuster. but were overcome. and
when the vote was taken the contestant,
Mr.. Aldrich, who is a brother Of Mr..
A!drich who was seated in the place OF
Mr.. Robbins. was given the seat by a vote
u 1lp ~ l'i. IIltN btl'u DiSdHs WIZ
with the Democrats against this action.
A number of bills were passed by the
Senate Wednesday. including the impor-
tant bill giving trial by jury and other
safeguards in prosecution for contempt OF
court. The measure has been vigorously
urged by labor interests. particularly rall-
road employees. 1t is the outcome OF the
agitation resulting from the imprisonment
Of Eugene V. Debs for contempt of an N
junction issued AT the time of the Chicago
strike. The bill as passed continues the
power of summary punishment when an
offense is committed in the immediate
presence Of Il judge. But in indirect coz
tempts. such as violation of an injunction,
the bill provides that the accused shall
he given a full hearing. with opportuI!-
ties 10 summon witnesses and offer a de-
Tense. The enate bill TO increase the pay
of the letter carriers was passed. IN
enormous amount of business was trans
acted by the House. Fifty-three bills ana
joint resolutions We're passed. the most
important OF which. probably. was the bill
appropriating 100000 for the Transmls-
sissippi exposition al Omaha. Bills were
passed to extend the scope of the invesl-
cation Of the Agricultural Department
into the question of road Improvements
to authorize the Butler and Pittsburs
Railroad 10 construct a bridge across the
Allegheny river, and to grant permission
for the erection of a monument in WASH
lngton in honor of Samuel H~ahnemaEn.
A bill was passed to pension the widow Oh
the late Brigadier General John H. Glp,
bon at the rate of 500 per month. A OH
was passed TO amend the shipping laws
SO as TO provide still further for the com
fort and health of sailors.