Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1896-12-31
SENATE AND HOUSE.
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL lAw
MAKERS.
A Weeks Proceedings In the Han. -
ConEress-Importan Measures nj.
cussed and Acted Upon-An I'm MAJ.
tial Resume of the Business.
The National Solons.

The Senate Thursday passed the immA
grafton bill known as the Lodge bill, with
Q new section providing that the exclusion
shall not apply to persons arriving from
Cuba during the continuance Of the pre,.
ent disorders there. As passed, the hin
amends the immigration laws SO az 10 ev.e
clude from admission to the CniteA
States all persons over 16 years of aga
who cannot read and write the Languages
Of their native country or some other
language, but an admissible Immigrant
over the age of 10. may bring in with him
or send for, his wife or parent or grand.
parent or minor child or granch;ld, not.
withstanding the inability to read and
write. The House passed the third Of
the regular appropriation bills. that for
the support of the army. and entered I'M.
on the consideration Of the Legislative
executive and judicial bill. The army
bill as passed makes no provision for the.
army and navy hospital at Hot SPRING.
Ark. The House also passed several bills
relating to the District of Columbia and
three resolutions for the use of flags ar
the war department, government reser.
vations. ETC., on the occasion of Mr. Nc.
Kinley's Inauguration.
Friday was private bill day in the.
House, but most of the session was de-
voted to the passage of the thirty-seven
pension and relief bills favorab!y acted
upon by the committee of the whole FRI
day. The bill to pay Flora A. Darling,
the wife of Confederate general. S.
GS3 for Tennessee and Louisiana bank
notes taken from her in 1864 while under.
q flag Of truce, which was attacked BY
Mr.. Dalzell Friday. was laid on the table.
Only five bills were favorably acted upon.
One Of them, bill to refer q claim OF
Thomas B. Reed. Pennsylvania SOL
der during the war. to an unpaid bal
ance of salary to the Court Of Claims
created some merriment owing to the
fact that his name was identical with
that Of the Speaker of the House. The
other bills were to pay the officers and
crews of the United States gunboat
Kineo and Chocura $1c,474 prize money;
to pay William B. Isaacs & Co. SIG, 1857,
the finding OF, the Court of Claims; to pay
George McAipin. the sutler of the Elev-
enth Pennsylvania Cavalry, $G,0O6 illeg-
ally collected from him; and to repay
Matthias Peterson of Spring Valley, Wis.,.
$500 paid by him for a substitute during
the war, Peterson not at that time being
q citizen of the United States. The Sen
ate did nothing of Importance.
A report presenting additional views on.
the Cuban question was presented to the
Senate Monday by Senator Morgan Of
Alabama. in behalf Of himself and Sem
ator Mills. 1t indorses Senator Gamer
on's views and discusses the action of the
Committee on Foreign Relations in 1859,
on the bill to facilitate the acquisition Of
the island Of Cuba. The report reviews
the alleged disagreement of Cuba and
messages by former Presidents on the
subject, and then refers to President
Cleveland's attitude. whose message, It
atfrms, Is in confederation Of all former
testimony on the subject. Debate was
sharp and rancorous. Mr.. Vest offered .
resolution to the effect that Congress,
and not the President, is vested with,
10 sou9pusdspu! szluSooaa o. IsMod
belligerency of any insurgent people. De
bate was stopped by Mr.. Hale, upon ,
point of order. Mr. Hill introduced =
resolution looking toward recognition Of
the Cubans as belligerents, and pledgins
neutrality of this government. No final
action was taken. Nothing of Importance
was done by the House.
The attention Of the Senate was unex.
pectedly diverted Tuesday from Cuba
to the Pacific railroads Soon after the
session opened Mr.. Pettigrew of South
Dakota called up his resolution appro
priating S1O,OOO,OOO to take up the trust
notes of the Pacific railroad. This opened
the entire question and Mr.. Morgan Of
Alabama followed with bitter arraign.
ment OF the Pacific roads, charging them
with fraud and crime on gigantic scale.
The speech lasted until shortly before
clock, when the morning hour expired,
thus sending over the Cuban question I'm.
til after the holidays. Further than this
the session was uneventful The House
passed the legislative. executive and ju.
qicial appropriation bill and then adjourn.
cd tor the holiday recess. This is the
nrst time in the history of Congress that
the legislative bill has passed before the
holidays. The day was devoted to the
annual debate of the civil service law
and. as usual, the attempt to strike out
the provision for the commission was
Oyerw holminplv dofaafad