The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-05-14
WORK OF CONGRESS.
THE WEEKS DOiNGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE.
A Com prehensive Digest Of the Pro-
cecdings in the Legislative Cham
bers at Washington Matters that
Concern the People.
Lawmakers at Labor.

Inc general ueDate on the bankruptcy
oil! was continued anG concluded in the
House Thursday. Mr.. Bailey of Texas
gave notice that he would offer as a sub
stitute his voluntary bankruptcy bill. The
senate spent another day on the naval
appropriation bill without completing it.
Mr. German further opposed the item Of
-FOUR battle ships and expressed the opin-
Ion that the appropriations already made
would consume the balance in the treas
ury. y determination Of the number Of
battle ships has not yet been reached. Mr..
Chandler has proposed substituting thirty
large and fast torpedo gunboats for two
of the battle ships. The bill was passed
increasing the pension of Brigadier Gen
cral William Gross of the volunteer forces
TO SIo per month.
Inc Senate Friday discussed the naval
appropriation bill. Mr.. Germans amend
ment reducing from four to two the num-
Der or battle ships to be constructed was
adopted IN the Senate by Il vote of 81 to
-. Ihe House again devoted the major
portion OF the day to debate ON the bank
ruptcy bill. Several amendments were
ofered, but none were adopted. A bill to
provide for a delegate in Congress from
the territory Of Alaska was defeated by a
vote Of to to II.
Opponents Of the bankruptcy bill which
passed the Hous, Saturday afternoon by
d decisive majority, the vote being 157
yeas TO 81 nays, were not confined to
either of the great political parties OF any
section. State delegations were divided
as to the propriety of such n bill and the
members OF the Illinois delegation were
by no means favOrably disposed toward
the measure. Representatives Connolly,
Hit and Lorimer voted for the bill, while
Messrs. Burrell, Cannon. Downing, Graft.
Marsh, Smith and Wood were recorded in
opposition. What is true Of the Illinois
delegation applies with equal force to the
other State delegations, and Democrats.
Populists and Republicans at last found
a proposition on which they could agree
and vote accordingly. All the Populists
voted against the bill, Baker (Kan.), Bell
(Colo.), Ken, Newlands, Suford and
Strowd On. c.. The Bailey substitute
to the bill providing for voluntary bank
ruptcy was defeated-S9 to 120. The SEN
ate passed the naval appropriation bill.
An amendment for building three torpedo
boats on the Pacific coast was agreed to.
The Chandler amendment providing for
twenty torpedo boats was defeated-23 to
80.
The Senate passed Monday in debate of
the resolution for bond investigation,
ignoring the river ana harbor bill. The
House discussed Senate amendments to
the naval appropriation bill. Quite a
number of bills were passed during the
day, mostly of minor Importance. Among
than IVnrn hills fpr Nh, prntnot;nn -
yacht owners AMI shipbuilders, to author
iZe the construction Of a bridge across the
Illinois river at Grafton. H.; to create a
new division of the eastern judiciary dis
trict of Texas; to pension Gen. Joseph r.
West at the rate of $50 per month and to
authorize South Dakota to select the
Fort Scully military reservation as part
of the lands granted to that State.
The opponents of four battle ships sus-
tanned defeat in the House Tuesday on
the proposition to accept the Senate
amendment to the naval appropriation
bill, reducing the number to two. Sena-
tor Hill added another day-the fifth
in opposition to the bond resolution in the
Senate. Some progress was made on the
river and harbOr bill by taking it up in
the morning hour. The only changes
made were those restoring the authoriza-
ton Of contracts Of 81, 5000 for Sa-
bine Pass, Tex, and S9S7 900 for Savan-
nah, Ga, harbor. A large number of PEN
sion bills were passed.
The Senate again put in a day We'd
nesday debating the subject of investiga-
ton Of recent bond issues. The House
served notice on the Senate and the coun-
try that it had transacted its business
and was ready for the final adjournment.
The report on the contested election case
of Thompson versus Shaw from the Third
North Carolina District, which was unan-
imously in favor Of the sitting member,
was adopted. A bill granting the widow
of Secretary Gresham Il pension of 500
per month was passed.
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