The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-30
NATIONAL SOLONS,
REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT
WASHINGTON.
detailed Proceedings of senate and
house-Bills Passed or Introduced
in Either Observation-Disclosures of Mo.
ment to h Country at Large.
The Legislative Grind.

member Of the Board of Managers of the
National Home for Disabled Volunteers,
which was the feature Of the proceedings
in the House Wednesday, terminated I'M
successfully Thursday, when his amend.
ment TO substitute the name of Gen. q. o.
Howard for that of Gen. Franklin was
rejected, l19 to 81. Several minor bills
were passed. ne speaker announced the
appointment Of Mr.. Cobb GDem.), of Ala
bama, Oh the Ways and Means Commit
tee in place of Mr.. Tarsncy, who was I'M
seated: Mr.. Aldrich (Rep.), of Illinois, on
Ranking and Currency, and Mr.. Van
Horn ltep.). Of Missouri, on Labor. De-
bate OF the resolution for an investigation
Of recent bond issues consumed the time
Of the Senate.
The Senate continued debate Of the
bond bill Friday. and incidentally Mr..
Allen called Mr.. Gear a liar. He was
compelled to subsidc, and his words were
taken down." The net result Of five
hours work on the private calendar in
the House was the passage of four pen
sion bills, one to pension the widow Of
Rear Admiral FoOte ut $50 a month: the
rejection of a bill to retire a hospital
steward as a second lieutenant Of cavalry
and the passage Of a war claim less than
$500. The latter was the first war claim
brought before the House for consider
alton and naturally provoked a general
debate on the policy Of paying wal claims.
The Senate Committee on Military AZ
fairs acted favorably Saturday upon the
list Of managers for the soldiers homes.
as agreed to by the House. The House
paid tribute to the memory of the late
RoDroSputntivo CoocwolI of Noseoob,,
sets. Gen. Cogswell was one Of the most
popular members Of the House. His ca
reer rs a soldier and statesman and the
nobility Of his character were eloquently
and warmly portrayed. Before the eulo-
gies began Mr.. Cannon reported the gem
eral deficiency, the last appropriation bill.
Mr.. Talbert DEM Of South Carolina OBJ
jected to a pension bill presented by Mr..
Cannon Rep.) Of Illinois. Mr.. Cannon
made Il personal appeal to Mr.. Talbert.
He said it was the first time in twenty
years that he had asked for unanimous
consent. He reviewed TIE pathetic his
tory of the soldier who was a constituent
of his, shot to pieces and almost totally
blind. Mr.. Talbcrt withdrew his objec-
ton.
The Senate Monday discussed scctarian
schools in debating the Indian appropria-
ton bill. but no action was taken. The
House was entertained by a hot tariff dis
cussion. Several items in the general de-
ticiency bill were finally settled.
The House Tuesday put in the time
with several contested election cases. bur
only one was decided. Mr.. Goodwin. Of
Alabama. was unscated, in favor of Mr..
cobb. In the Senate the bill was passed
granting the abandoned Fort Marcy mil
itary reservation. New Mexico. to the
American Invalid Society for the purpose
of establishing Il sanitarium for the treat
ment of pulmonary diseases. Mr.. Can
non Htcp.. Utah) was recognized for Il
speech supporting his resolution for a
huge ground map covering G2I acres, To-
Gated near Washington. showing the en-
tire topography and geography of the
United States. He explained thar the
map would give an object lesson Of the
extent Of our country. The Indian bill
was then taken up. and Mr.. Pettigrew. in
charge of the bill, said an immediate
abandonment Of the contract schools
would leave a number of children without
schools. Mr.. Kyle Pop. S. d. spoke Of
the schools now in operation and the JUS
tice of allowing them to surrender their
work gradually. Mr.. Thurston G,ep.,
Neb.) expressed his respect for every
church Of Christianity, yet he regarded it
as a fundamental principle that the pub
lie money of the people should be expend-
ed only for public purposes and only by
public officers and Observation-Disclosures. Mr..
Gray said he never learned that the foun-
dations Of this Government were not
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alton to all. Professionalism was not big
otry. he said, and Christianity was not
fanaticism. Mr.. Pettigrew asked that
a time for a vote on the sectarian school
amendment be fixed. but there was objec-
ton to fixing any time.
The Senate Wednesday disposed Of the
sectarIan school question by adopting Il
compromise framed by Senator CDckrell
of Missouri. The Indian bill. as it came
from the Senate, provided that no money
therein appropriate shall be paid for
education in sectarian schools. This pro-
vision is struck ont by the Cockre!l
amendment. as adopted, and II is declared
70 be the settled policy of the Government
to make no appropriations for sectarian
schools after July |. 1898, thus giving
two years for the abandonment of sec
tartan schools, instead of an Immediate
abandonment. The amendment was
adopted by the decisive vote of IS TO II.
The Indian bill was not completed when
the Senate adjourned. The House enter
ed upOn the consideration of the general
pension bill, reported from the invalid
pension committee. 1t amends the exist
ing pension laws i'll some very important
respects. 1t makes presumption of death
Of an enlisted man exist if no tidingS have
been heard from him for seven years. 1t
provides that desertiOn or d~ishonorable
discharge shall not be a bar 10 IA pension
under the act of 1890 if the enlisted man
has served ninety days subsequent To such
discharge. 1t provides hat pensions al
lowed shall date from their first applica-
ton. 1t fixes the maximum income of a
widow entitled to Il pension under the act
Of 1890 at $500 per annum. II provides
.b,+ ma nnuSinu shall lao rpIupal nr Lis