The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-02-13
WORK OF TUNGRESS
Proceedings I'm the Senate and House
of Representatives.

Washington, Feb. 6. - The belated
tariff bill emerged from the finance
committee to-day and made its appear
ance in the senate soon after the seS-
sion opened. Chairman Morrill, made
the report. stating that a free silver
amendment had taken the place of the
original bill. and adding, amid laugh
ter, the closing phrase of official pro-
cedure of Massachusetts. land may
God save the commonwealth" Mr..
Quay made two attempts to have the
bill recommitted to the committee
with instructions to report back sep
aratc tariff and free silver bills. but
was cut off by parliamentary objec-
tons. His resolution for recommit-
moDt will como up, under the rules, to-
morrow. \ sharp contest occurred at
the close of this discussion between
the senators favorable to advancing
the appropriations bills II those de-
string 20 take UP general legislation.
The latter element prevailed in two
test votes and the right of way was
secured by the resolution of Mr.. Du-
bois of Idaho to reform the method Of
considering appropriation bills by dis
tTibuting them among the several COM
mittceS. This was S~trcnuOuSly resist
ed by the friends of the a]pprODria-
ton committee. who contcndcd that
the change was revolutionary and de-
signed to diSmantle the appropriation
committee. The final vote was not
reached, but it was evident from the
debate and incidental votes that a ma
jority favored the change.
Mr.. Dingley. chairman of the ways
and means committee. to-day reported
back the senate free coinage substitute
for the house bond bill with the rec
~OmcndatiOn that the house ~nOn-cOncur
and insist on it's bill. Mr.. Crisp, rep
resenting the minority, gave notice
Inst the minority would ask the house
to concur. The report will be called
up tomorrow. and the debate will run
for two days with night sessions.
Washington, Feb. THE senate
committee on foreign relations re-
ported the following resolution: THAT
in the opinion of congress a condition
of public war exists between the gov
ernment of Spain and the government
proclaimed and for some time main
tanned by force of arms by the people
Of Cuba; and that the United States
Of America should maintain q strict
neutrality between the 'C%ontending
powers and accord TO each all the
rights of belligerents in the ports and
territory of the United States" At
1910 Quay's resolution to recommit
the free coinage substitute for the
tariff bill was laid before the senate,
when it was found that a prior resolu-
ton by Mr.. Hansbrough directing the
secretary of agriculture TO execute the
law as TO seed distribution had pre-
cedence. Mr.. Quay then made a speech
~denOuncing Secretary Morton for re-
fusing to distribute seeds and for his
agitation Of the financial question. The
Quay resolution went over until to-
morrow.
In the house Delegate Catron On. NJ
introduced a bill to prevent the
pugilistic festival from taking place
nea lei PaSo. The bill makes prize
fighting Il misdemeanor punishable by
Imprisonment for not less than five
years. Ii was passed without a de-
vision consent (Rep.l The District
Of Columbia appropriation bill, on
which n fight has been made owe
charitable appropriations, was de-
feated by a vote of 13J to 143. The
vote was aftcrward recOnsidered and
the bill referred to 4 committee.