The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-05-28
WORK OF CONGRESS-
"'"iis n the Senntr and House
OF Representative.

Washington. Nav Inv vote, .
I3l to 80 the senate Ictn,m;roI ,no.
Henry A. Dupont was rot cr,itio,I 80
- q "a J." 'ic senate from the State Of
AVA ms closed u long and an
iiha'cd controversy which had become
'i' ~ INC most notable contests of its
MIG III the history of the onatc. The
result was III doubt mp TO the last mo-
llicllt. ana this lent added interest 10
'iie iiiIai vote. There had been some
pl'Sll"h as TO the direction of NIr
stewart $ vote, but it vert with lhcsr
OF lhc Democrats ana pupuliStS and
was III" decisive vote in declaring that
Mt. dupont was not entitled tu n ssot
I"1ore taking the vote Mr.. Platt Rcp
Comm spoke for Mr.. Dupont and MIR,
Ni!aS tbcm., Wis., against. Earlier in
TIE day Mr.. Bacon dem. GaJ spoke
AGAINST the issue of bonds without an.
tl"rlty OF congress-.
ne house PASSED tho private ucnsion
b''iS which were favorably acted On
curing III" two special DAYS given 10
tl"ir consideration. Mr. Erdma dem.
RAJ and Mr.. Talhert dem. :. c.
threw such obstacles in the way Of tie
hIilS as they could. Thirty-four were
heid up because they We're nOt en-
crossed. but lOD We're passed. leaving
about sixty yet undiSpcscd OF.
washington. May Icy z vote Of
4 to ! the Republicans Of the ways
ana means committee OF the house de
cldcd not TO bring forward any reel
lrocIly legislation At this session Of
congress. The majority was made M
Of Chairman DinGlcy. Grosvcnor Of
ohio, DalZell Of Pennsylvania. Deliver
of Iowa, Payne Of New York and Hop
kinS Of Illinois. The minority in ia
vor of immediate action included Rus
sell of Connecticut. Evans Of Ken
lucky. Steele OF Indiana and Tawney
OF Minnesota. COrgrCSsD an Johnson
OF North Dakota was not present. lie
Is understood 10 favor action. but his
vote would not have changed the re-
suit. The only surprise OccaSiOncl by
this vote WAS that Gr0svenor should
have voted for delay. 1t was expected.
up To within n day or two. that hr
would favor the passage OF a reciprOc-
lty bill at this session, and his vote.
together with the fact that he is re.
gardcd as MCkinlCy's personal repre-
sentative IL congress. has OccaSiOned
no little gossip and the old story that
the reciprocity features of the Mckin-
ley BIZ were written into the measure
in the face of the Stcadfast opposition
OF its author is being revived. The OBJ
lection that was urged to reporting
and passing a bill! at this session was
hat ii would lead to n general discus
sion Of the tariff and the offering of
amendments that would tend to undu-
ly disturb business conditions without
the hope Of being able TO pass the bill.
The Cuban question was revived in
the senate when Mr.. Morgan of Ala
bama. who reported the original reSO-
luton. spoke in favor of further and
more decisive action toward the recOG-
milton Of The Cuhans IS belligcrcutS.
At the close Of M. Morgau's speech
the senate ADOPTED without division
resolutions introduced by him. direct
ing tho committee on foreign relations
to inquire into and report on the treaty
relations between the United States
and Spain rCIailng to the Americans
now under condemnation OF Havana.
also requesting the president for the
recent diplomatic correspondence with
Spain on the subject. The resolutions
have TO reference to the recognition OF
bCiliGcgcnt rights. although they
served Mr.. MORGAN rs 4 text for his
speech Oh that line.