The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-04-16
DOINGS OF CONGRESS-
MEN WHO MAKE THE LAWS OF
OUR NATION.
Daily Report of the Measures Intro.
duccd, and the Action Taken
Lower House.
Daily PROCEEDINGS.

uh AOCCCNAilIS
The Senate spent the most of the dav on the
'h on the postoffice appropriation bill. but did
lot complete 1t. The bill served to bring out
;omc sharp criticisms by Senator German on the
administration of the PostOf1ice Department and
oy Senator Allen on alleged Irregularities result
hg from the civil service system. The latter re-
>eated sensational charges as to large money
contributions said to have been made in the in.
'erest of Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.. Harrison. The
charge that Mr.. Wanamaker contributed S4OO,.
$50 toward Mr.. Harris0n's election led to an EN-.
platlc denial from Senator Hawley. Senator
Allen alluded to the President as "his majesty
ana as the chief mugwamp of the country. Sen.
ator sherman presented the conference report
on the Cuban resolutions and also the action Of
the House accepting the Senate resolutions. He
SAID no further action was needed. He remarked
with satisfaction that the vote in the House for
tle resolutions was very large. The following
DIS were passed: PensiOning Gen. John NJ.
mayer at 500 per month; pensioning the widow
OF Gen. Charles +. Hickman IL $50 per month,
To provide for the continuance in office of Gus
toms officers and assistant treasurers until sue.
cesSors shall have been appointed and qualiliedt
appropriating 5000 for Il fog signal at Mcno;nt
inee llarbor, MINI. Adjourned.
The adoption OF the metric system was dis
cussed in the House on the eth. G.. W. Stone OF
pennsylvania, chairman OF the Committee OF
coinage. weights and measures, spoke of the
SI'll ENDORSEMENT lnt use OI our present SNS
TEN entalled in connection with our foreign
trade and the ineXtricable confusion it involved
Mr.. otey OF Virginia. opposed the bill in a pic
tllreSquely humorous speech. in which he said il
would be easy for him to learn German or Sans
crit. He took IA table of the metric system. and
said he looked in vain for the wheat measure.
Where's your measure of whisky?' he in
quired. Il venture to say Kentucky will have
something to say about the adoption of the new
tangled system. Her delegation will be surely
opposed to it," (Laughter). An adjournment
followed before the yea ana nay vote was taken
The p~ostothce appropriation bill, which has en-
crossed the Senate for almost a week. was
passed by that body just previous to adjourn.
ment on the eth. The Wolcott amendment for
the consolidation of small offices with larger
ones was defeated by "A decisive vote, receiving
only seven votes in its support. The Pascc
amendment was so modified as to prohibit the
establishment or maintenance of subStationS OF
branch post offices beyond the corporate limit.
Or boundaries of a city in which the principa!
office is located" and in this shape it was
carried-3G to %. The amendment
appropriating $4,000 additional for mails from
san Francisco to New Zealand and New South
Wales via Honolulu was adoptcd-32 to u. Sena
tor \ilas moved to strike out appropriations for
special mail facilities east and south. Defeated
- to 3&. The bill was then passed. The confer
encc report on the agricultural bill was agreed
TO-. The Senate then. at $50 p. m. adjourned.
On the Sth the bin to adopt the metric system
Of weights and measures, was sent back 10y the
House to the Committee on Coinage. Weight.
and Measures for further consideration. by i
vote OF 1870 To 80. The remainder of the day wa:
devoted to debate on the bill %eXempting sailing
vessels engaged in the coastWise trade from
compulsory ~pilotage laws. Mr.. Cummings. il
the course of remarks, charged that Mr.. Cham
bcrlain, commissioner of Navigation, had beer
lpbhyipp in favor nf thp Hill Tho rppfapappn rn
port on the agricultural appropriation bill wa:
adopted. after which, at 5:2J p. M. the lIousS
adjourned.
Senator Turpie's speech on Cuba was the
event of the day in the Senate on the Sth. and il
many respects it was the most picturesque ut
terance heard on that subject. While arguing
for radical action on Cuba. even to the extent OF
sending a fleet to Cuban waters. much of Sena
.Or Turpie's speech was given to sarcasm anf
ridicule of the course Of Senators sherman ami
Lodge in managing the Cuban resolutions. The
Senator created much amusement by his por
trayal of Senator Lodge as a warrior about t.
fight a duel with Minister Dupuy de LONE OF
Spain. Most OF the day was given to the Indian
appropriation bill, which was not completed. Al
5:2J p. III. the Senate adjourned.
The House. on the 9th. after debating the bill
to abolish compulsory pilotage on sailing vessels
engaged in the coastwise trade defeated the
measure by a large majOrity-51 to III. The
District of Columbia appropriation bill, which
was early in March after a pro
tracted fight against appropriations for private
and s~ectarian charitable institutions. was
brought into the House with the specific appro-
priatiOnS stricken out and containing in lieu
thereof an appropriation of a lump sum for char
tiles to be expended under the direction OF
the District commissioners. with the pro.
viso that no part of the appropriation should
90 to institutions under ecclesiastical control.
The vote was taken on the amended bill. which
was passed on a rising vote-l34 to u. The
House then went into committee of the whole on
motion of Mr.. GrosvenOr. to consider the filled
cheese" bill. There are about 100 factories
which produced 1000 pounds of filled cheese,
an article manufactured from the butter fat of
milk and neutral lard. The cost of the product
was about A. cents per pound. The bill requires
manufacturers and dealers in filled cheese To
pay a license and to conspicuously brand such
cheese. a resolution was adopted calling on
Secretary Olney for information relating to any
efforts made by the Government 10 secure the
liberation of Mrs. Maybrick. now confined in an
English prison under life sentence for poisoning
her husband. At ) p. IN. the committee rose and
the House al journed.
After being in retirement for some weeks the
tariff silver bill was brought forward in the Sen.
ate on the 9TH as a text for a speech by Senator
Mantle of Montana. He urged that unsectional
protection should be linked with bimetalism.
Then the Senate took up pension cases and
passed Il large number of them. At 10 p. m.
the Senate adjourned.
Wealth and Its Distribution.
Whatever may be the aggregate of
the wealth of the country, and it is ad-
mitted that the United States is the
wealthiest nation in the world. its dis
tribution is very unequal according to
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