The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-11
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.
A Weeks Proceedings in the Halls or
portant Measures Dis
cussed and Acted Upon-An Impair
tial Resume of the Business.
The National SolOns.

The National SOIons.
In the Senate Friday the bills repeating
the law relating to rebates on aicoho'
used in the arts. and amending the law
concerning the distilling OF brandy from
fruits were passed. The latter author
lies the exemption of distlliers 81 brand!
made from fruits from the provisions re-
latiuy to the manufacture Of spirits. eN-
cnpt as to the tax thereon. Inc House
spent almost the entire day debating the
I ~JohuSton-Stokcs contested election case
from the Seventh South Carolina district
The Republicans We're BABY dlVldcI'
Those who favored seating the contest
ant. Johnston. who ran on Il Iopulist-lte-
publican ticket. finding themselves sAght-
Is in the minority when the voting began.
inaugurated a flibnSter which lasted untl!
! the conference report on the naVa! aplr"-
|pr.ation bill came to the rescue. ana the
House recessed before final action was
taken. Johnston's parti>ans were outvot-
ei-lO5 10 -. ami 1G3 TO N?-the first vote
being on the minority resolution declaring
Johnston entitled to n scat. the second on
the majority resolution declaring him not
entitled to il. Al effort will be made to
reconsider.
Mr.. Cullom Of Illinois spoke AZ consid-
cradle length in he Senate Monday
against the pending bill to prohibit the
issue of bonds. The President returned
to Congress three private pension bills,
with his veto in each case. In the case
of two Of the bills, granting pensions to
Mrs. Amanda WoodcOck and Jonathan
Scott, both originating in the House. he
points ont that. owing TO careless descrip-
tons in the bills, the pensions could not
be paid under their terms. In the other,
a senate bill granting Il pension to Helen
VI. Jacob, the President forcibly sets out
his objections to allowing pensions to
soldiers widows who remarry. The Pres
idpnt says: There is no duty or obligation
due from the Government to a soldiers
widow except it be worked out through
the deceased soldier. She is pensioned
only because he served his country and
because through his death she as his wife
has lost his support, In other words, she
becomes a beneficiary of the Government
because she is a soldiers widow. When
she marries again and thus displaccs the
memory of her soldier husband and sur
renders all that belongs TO soldier widow
mood she certainly ought not, on the death
Of her second husband, be allowed to
Chilli l4ldI sue 10 d5dlA TIC ~ D
widow"
The Senate Tuesday, by a vote of 80 TO
%. passed the Butler bill. to prohibit any
further issue of bonds without the consent
of Congress. The debate was sharp and
bitter. but all the amendments were de-
feated and then the final vote taken, on
which the bill was passed. The filed
cheese bill was taken up and made the
puf,nishnl bnSinasS NJ Aniscn iptrn-
duced a joint resolution for a scientific
investigation of the Boring sea seal fish
cries. At I o'clock Mr.. Hill moved to
adjourn, and as the motion was carried,
Mr.. Hill exclaimed: And may God save
the country" The House devoted itself
to passing the river and harbor bill over
the Presidents veto and to unseating by
a vote of 162 to 30 John J. Walsh. the
Democratic member from the Eighth
New York district, whose place will be
filed by John Murray Mitchell, Republi-
can. Both of these actions were fore
gone conclusions, so that they excited
comparatively little interest, although
there was a full house to vote on the river
and harbor bill. 1t was passed by 30
to 60, many more votes than the two
thirds necessary to override a veto, and il
was passed without debate. although Mr..
Dockery CMo.) protested vchemently that
debate had been promised. Thirty-nine
Democrats voted to override the prcsi-
dental objections and twonty-six Repub-
leans stood by Mr.. Cleveland.
The Senate "Wednesday followed the
lead of the House and PASSED The river
and harbor bill ovel the Presidents veto
by the following vote: Yeas-Rcpubli-
cans: .Aldri|h Alison, Burrows. Cannon,
Carter, Chandler, Clark. Cullom. Davis.
Dubois. Eikins. Ga!!inger. Gear, Hale,
Hansbrougi, ~!iawley. Lodge, Mcbride,
Mitchell. lOr"con), Nelson. Perkins. Petit
grew, Plat. Pritchard. Quay, sherman.
Shoup. Squir2 Teller. Warren. Wetmore.
Wilson, Wolcott-33; Democrats: Bacon.
Berry. Brice. Faulkner, George. Gibson,
German, Jones tArkansasl. Lindsay.
Mills, Mitchell Wisconsin,, Morgan. Pas
co. Pugh. Tilllnan, Turpie, Vest. Walt
hall, White-l3; Populists: Jones NE
yada), Butler. PETER. Stewart; total.
d. Nays-Democrats; Bate. Chiffon.
Hill, Smith, Nilas-5. The House began
clearing the decks for final adjournment
by extending the length Of the daily SEES
sions. A partial conference report on the
general deficiency bill was agreed to and
the bill sent back to further conference.
The Murray-Elliott contested case from
the first South Carolina district was de-
bateI FOR four hours. The majority re-
port tayors the seating Of the contestant.
who j. a colorcd man. and who was seated
by the Flfty-hrSt House in place Of Elliott,
Need Not Worry.
Or. Coke. at one time chaplain of
HoSpitnI uaS tooo,,l:,-