Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-16
WORK OF CONGRESS-.
THE WEEKS oo,Mes IN SENATE
AND HOUSE.
A Comprehensive Dixes. Of the Pro.
cecdings In the Legislative Cham.
bers at Washington Matters that
Concern the People.
Lawmakcre at I.aho-.


Most of the members of the House have
gone to their homes and some of them do
not expect to return until the Senate has
passed the tariff bill. AT present Speaker
iteed Is determined to enforce the pro-
gram OF having the House meet every
three days and Immediately adjourn with
our attempting to %transac any business.
1T is not certain, however, that the policy
OF nonaction can be adhered to. Great
pressure is being brought to bear upon
tne Speaker and his lieutenants in the.
House to prevent consideration of other.
business. Until the tariff bill is reported
the Senate will occupy it's time in discuss
ing the arbitration treaty.
In senate Monday by unanimous vote
aaopeed a resolution reciting the reports.
tnat Gen. Ruis Rivera, the Cuban COM
mander, is about to be tried by drumhead
court martial and shot, and expressing
the Judgment of the Senate that if these
reports are true the President of the Jini.
ted States should protest to the Spanish
Government against such a violation of
the rules of civilized warfare. This res
olutlon was not sent to the House of
representatives, but became effective as
a measure of advice to the President by
ITS adoption. After the disposal of the
CUBAN question the day was given to
speeches, Mr.. Elkins speaking for two
hours on the development of the Ameri.
can merchant marine and Mr.. Lindsay
advocating the passage of the Torrey
bankruptcy bill. A joint resolution was
agreed to directing the Surgeon General
OF the Marine Hospital service to aid the
Mississippi River flood sufferers by the
distribution of tents, blankets, food and
medicine under the epidemic fund of 1881.
ana to purchase further supplies under
the present epidemic fund for distribu-
ton.
The Senate Tuesday was occupied by
discussion of Cuban affairs and the bank
ruptcy bill. The President sent TO the
senate the following nominations: Treas
j. Tyler of Tennessee. to be
collector of internal revenue for the seq
ond district of Tennessee; Park Agnew
OF virginia. to be collector of internal rev.
enue for the sixth district of Virginia,
Navy-Iheodore Roosevelt of New York,
10 DE assistant secretary of the navy;
Captain A. $. Crowninshield. United
States navy. to be chief of the bureau of
navigation in the department of the
Rev. William G. Cassard of Maryland.
to be chaplain in the navy. Postmaster
William Barrett Ridgely at Springfield.
III
The House acted promptly Wednesday
ON the Presidents message and adopted
a Joint resolution authorizing the Sec
rotary of War to eXpend 100000 for the
relief of the flood sufferers of the Mis-
sissippi Valley. Adjournment was taken
until Saturday. Cuba and the Hood suf-
ferels divided attention in the Senate.
The reading of the Presidents message
rging Congressional relief for the devas-
tated regions of the Mississippi River was
followed by the passage of II joint resolu-
ton offered by Senator Jones of Arkansas.
appropriating S15O,OO0. to be Immediately
available for the Hood sufferers. 1t was
passed by the unanimous vote of the Sen
ate. The plans were changed, however.
When the House resolution a%ppropriating
S2OO,WU for the Mississippi River and
lied River of the North was received.
inns was accepted in lieu of the former
resolution and was passed unanimously.
MIR. Morgan of Alabama resumed his
speech in support of the resolution on de-
claling that q state of war exists in Cuba.
The Senate Thursday heard Mr.. Nor
gan of Alabama for the third successive.
day on his resolution declaring that a.
state of war exists in Cuba. MIR. Nelson
of Minnesota spoke for two hours on the
bankruptcy bill. opposing the pending Tor
rey bill. Mr.. Chandler offered a resulu-
ton. which was agreed to. as follows:
"Resolved, That the Committee Oh Inter-
state Commerce be directed to investigate
the payments made or agreed to be made
by the interstate IN commission
for attorneys fees. and also to inquire
whether in any cases the attorneys of the.
commission have also been employed by
railroad companies in similar cases. and
further whether any additional authority
from Congress is required for the en-
ployment of counsel in any pending pro-
ceedings which have been instituted nv
or on motion of the commission The
House gave no evidence of life.