Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-01-01
SENATE AND HOUSE
WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS.
A Weeks Proceedings in the Halls o,
Conxress-Inuportnnt Measures Dis.
cussed and Acted Upon-An Impair
tial Resume of the Business.
Tho National solous,

The Senate Thursday passed the immi
grafton bill known as the Lodge bill, witt
a new section providing that the exclusion
shall not apply to persons arriving from
Cuba during the continuance of the pres
ent disorders there. AS passed. the bill
amends the immigration laws so as to OK
clude from admission to the United
States all persons over 16 years of age
who cannot read and write the language
of their native country or some other
language, but nh admissible immigrant.
over the age of III. may bring in with him.
or send fol-. his wife or parent or grand
parent OF minor child or granchild. not
w~ithstanding 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 up
on the consideration of the legislative.
executive and judicial bill. The army
bill as passed makes no provision for the
army and navy hospital Mt Hot Springs.
Ark. The House also passed several bills
relating to the District of Columbia and
three resolutions for the use of flags of
the war department, government rcser-
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 favorably acted
upon by the committee of the whole Fri
day. The bill to pay Flora A. Darling,
the wife of a Confederate general, $5,-
iS3 for Tennessee md Louisiana bank
notes taken from her in 1864 while under
u 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. n bill to refer Il claim of
Thomas r.. Reed. G Pennsylvania SOL
dier during the war. to an unpaid bal
aacc of salary to the Court of Claims
created some melrimcnt owing to the
fact TINT 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
Aineo and Chocura $12,474 prize money;
to pay William b. Isaacs & Co. S16,9S7,
the finding of the Court of Claims: to pay
George McAlpin. the sutler of the Elev-
enth Pennsylvania Cavalry, $6.9O6 illeg-
ally collected from him: and to repay
Matthias Peterson of Spring Valley. Wis.,,
$500 paid by him for Il substitute during
the war. Peterson not at that time being
y 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. i'll behalf of himself and SEN
ator Mills. 1t indorses Senator Gamer
Mn's views and discusses the action of the
Committee OH Foreign Relations in 1850,
Nn the bill to facilitate the acquisition of
the island of Cuba. The report reviews
the alleged m%isgovernment of Cuba and
,nSv0,rn 1,, f,,,,,n 1Duos1n,k, @> %Ln
subject, and then refers to President
Cleveland's attitude. whose message, it
uttirlns, is in confederation of all former
testimony on the subject. Debate was
sharp and rancorOus. Mr.. Vest offered a
resolution TO the effect that Congress.
and not the President, is vested with
40 aouopuodopu! oziuSoooI ol loMod
belligerency of any insurgent people. De-
bate was stopped by Mr.. Hale. upon a
point of order. Mir. Hill introduced Il
resolution looking toward recognition of
the Crhnns as helligcrents, and pledginS
neutrality of this government. No final
action WAS taken. Nothing of Importance
was lone by the House.
The attention of the Senate was unex-
pcctclly diverted Tuesday from Cuba.
to the Pacific railroads. Soon after the
session opened MIR. Pcttigrew of South
Dakota called up his resolution appro-
priating S1O.OOO.OON to take up the trust
notes of the Pacific railroad. This opened
the entire question and Mr.. Morgan of
Alabama followed with n bitter %arraign-
ment of the Pacific roads. charging them
with fraud aid crime on n gigantic scale.
The speech lasted until shortly before 2
o'clock. when the morning hour expired,
thus sending over the Cuban question un-
til after the holidays. Further than this
the session VAS u%neventful. The House
passed the legislative, executive and ju-
iicial appropriation bill and then adjourn
ed for the holiday recess. This is the
first 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
overwhelmingly defeated.