The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-02-06
THE NATIONS SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-.
SENTATIVES.
They Are Doing for the food of the
Country Various Measures Pro-
posed, Discussed and Acted Upon.
Daily Report.

Daily Report.
Senators Frank j. Cannon and Arthur
Brown of the new state of Utah, took the
oath of Office in the Senate on the 9th.
With the exception of the contested Della
ware case, this establishes the political
division of the upper branch of Congress
until March 4, 1851, as follows: Republic
cans "A; Democrats 80; P0pulists 6; total,
80: necessary for a majority As. Should
Mr.. Dupont be seated from Delaware the
Republican vote would be increased to IS,
but at the same time the number neces-
sary for a majority would be increased to-
46. Aside from the swearing in of the
new senators the session was given to
further speeches on the silver bond bill.
Senator HanSbrOugh of North Dakota,
severely criticized the Secretary of Agri-,
culture for the alleged failure to distribute
seeds in accordance with the law. Sena-
tor George of Mississippi, defended Sec
rotary MOrtOn's action. Senator Lodge
offered an amendment to the bond silver
bill providing for a bond issue of $780,
900, 900, the proceeds to be used for coast
defenses. Adjourned. =
The session of the House was brief cA
the 2Sth. Contrary to general expectation
the diplomatic and consular appropriation
DllI DlcClpItdtcu uO ulSCNSSiOu WlfutCNCts
The bill passed in less than hour. The
bill carries 81, 637 ,05S, being sos, 600 in ex-
cess of the appropriation for the present
fiscal year. During the morning hour.
by unanimous consent a number of bills
were passed, including one authOrizingt
the Sons of Veterans to wear the DISTINCT
i've badge of that order on public Occas-
SiOnS. A bill was passed ap%prOpriating,
$50 900 for the relief and protection OF
American Seamen in foreign countries and
a similar provision for American seamen
on the coast Of Alaska. At $3.50 the House
adjourned.
Foreign affairs and finance occupied
the attention of the Senate OH the 2Sth.
Senator ThurstOn of Nebraska, vigOr-
ously upheld Il strong application OF the
Monroe doctrine. Senator Turple of In
diana, touched on the Turkish atrocities
in a brief but very energetic speech.
Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, who was
until recently chairman of the finance
committee, spoke in advocacy OF the re-
mOnetiZaiiOn of silver. Senator Gray Of
Delaware urged the advantage of a gold
standard. Senator ClarkQOf Wyoming
spoke in favor of silver coinage. A fruit
less discussion Of the resolution to in
quire into the arrest of Eugene V. Debs
occurred during the day, but action was
deferred. Adjourned.
In the House on the 10Th the first call OF
committees for the consideration of bills,
in the morning hon of this session was
entered p The Committee on Public
Lands through Mr.. Lacey of Iowa, chair
man, called up and passed the following
House bills: To repeal the act of 1889, eX-
Guiding the public lands of Oklahoma
from the operation of the laws relating to
mineral lands; granting a years absence
to homestead settlers Oh the IanktOn res
ervatiOn, South Dakota; authorizing the
execution of preliminary atiidavitS in and
applications by any officer Ill the district
empowered TO administer OathS. The
House adjourned after efforts to pass bills
to donate condemned cannon and relax
the pension laws.
The presentation of committee reports
On Cuba and a highly dramatic and SEN
satiOnal speech from b.. +. Tillman, the
new Senator from South Carolina, fur
nished two stirring incidents in the SEN
ate on The Goth. The majority resolution
on Cuba asks the President to urge Spain
to grant belligerent rights TO the insur-
gents, while the minority report directs
the President to take steps toward Sc
curing from Spain the complete depend
ence of Cuba. Such a torrent of invec-
tive has seldom been heard in the Senate
as that in the speech of Senator Tillmau.
The Senator closed at 1 O'clock. Senator
Jones of Arkansas asked unanimous con-
sent to fix = O'Clock Thursday as the time
for voting OH the silver bond bill. Sen
ator Hill objected and named the 9th Of
February. Senator Jones declined to con-
slider this delay and said he would make
the tnst Sapatnr Call tbn, aIirnccoI tia
Senate in support OF the silver amend
ment to the bond bill. He had not con-
cluded when, at i:25 p. M, the Senate adj
iOurned.
No decision in the matter OF censuring
Ambassador Bayard was attained on the
'mth by the House Committee Oh Foreign
Affairs, but the discussion upon the
question, which absorbed the entire hour,
was one Of the most interesting which
that committe has INDUCED in for a long
time. Among the bills introduced in the.
House was that by Mr.. Burton OF Ohio,
appropriating $3.50. 600 for rebuilding
when necessary and making repairs to
the break waters and two piers at Cleve.
land, Ohio.
y very animated debate closed the SEN
ate session on the 30th over the question,
OF taking the vote on the pending silver
bond bill. 1t had been expected through
out the day that Senator Jones of Arkan-
sas, in charge of the bill, would hold the
Senate in session until a vote was forced,
but at 4:l5 when senator Villas secured
the floor for a speech, he yielded for IL
motion to go into executive session. SEN
ator Jones explained that it was proposed
To take a recess until the next day. He
felt, he said that a vote should be taken in
the near future. This led to much dis
cussiOn. Senator Chandler was sarcastic
at the abandonment of the plan for a vote.
Senator Stewart declared thai it made no
difference when q vote was taken or
whether any was taken. After a lengthy