Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1899-03-10

Of business. After n session of neorl.
eight hours the Senate passed the r;vcr
and harhor bill by tho decisive vote of IN
to 3. The measure was under copsidcro.
tion throughout the day, aud on several ne
the committee amendments a determineI
fight was made, but in every instance Tho
opposition awaited nothing. During tho
afternoon MIR. Sewell u. J.) delivered n
speech in support Of the Hull Hawlcv
arlny reorganization bill.
After a long contest in the Senate ~,
Monday the compromise army hill v.,.
passed in the evening 10y a vote of ~
to 13. Aftclward the Senate tool, nm tho
sundry civil bill and completed its read.
ing. all the committee amendments ),ciny
agreed TO except those relating tn Tho
District of Columbia. The House wns
in session seven hours GnI sent to tho
Senate W more appropriation b%ills-thc
army. which has been under consideration
for several days. and the Notifications.
The former carried about $79,OUu.eOO
and the latter approximated 81, 100000.
The final conference report upon Inc In
dian appropriation bill Was also adopted.
MIR. Hager (rcp., Iowa) asked unanimous
consent for the consideration of the Sem
ate joint resolution authorizing the I'rcsi-
dent to appoint Oscar Dcignan. one of
the heroes of the Mcrrimac, Il naval
cadet at Annapolis. The resolution was
adopted. A bill vas passed appropriating
$4,000 for the investigation of lcprosy in
thls country under Il board to be selected
by the surgeon general. Mr.. Corliss trep.,
Mich.) stated that there were about 300
cases in the United States.
lhe House spent practically the entire
time of the sevcn-hour session on Tues
day passing the public building bills fa-
Norably acted upon by the committee of
!he whole ten days before. SiXty-onu bills
IN an were passed. carrying $685.. 900.
of which. however tlc amount
appropriated for the New York custom
mousse Is to lie repaid from the proceeds
of the sale OF the old building. \ Joint
resolution was passed to authorize foreign
governments desiring to make exhibits at
the commercial exposition to be held Mt
f%hiladelphia in $500 TO bring into this
country foreign laborcrs under contract
TO prepare the exhibits. A. frenzy of bill
passing was OH in the Senate. Tho hills
passed were principally public building
measures, and at times during the day
and night the scenes in the Senate were
remarkable. Bills carrying an aggregate
of Ss,OOO,O00 or $4,000, 600 were passed.
anu many more that had not been passed
by both houses of Congress were placed
as amendments on the sundry civil uppro-
priation bill. Finally, at u late horr in
the evenlng, an amendment to the surdry
civil bill was adopted, a%ppropriatinS near
~ $4,OOO.OOO for the preliminary work on
the buildings which had been authorized.
The last possibility of an extra session
of Congress disappeared Wednesday
when the House passed the Senate army
reorganization bill. The bill passed oO3
to ~. The decks were also cleared of
many other important matters. The gem
era deficiency appropriation bill, CARRYING
S.l,os0,0Oo. was passed under suspension
Oh the rules, without a word of criticism.
Inc Senate amendments to the river and
harbor bill were lon-concurred in and it
was sent To conference. The conference
reports OH the omnibus claims bill. the
naval personnel and many other less i'm
portant measures were agreed to. The
senate bill making Dewey IL full admiral
was passed. The naval appropriation bill.
Mhlch ordinarily consumes the time of the
senate for several days, was passed by
that body after less than five hours Of
debate. One of the first acts OF the Sens
ate when that body convened was the
consideration OF the bill CARRYING 500, 900,
zoo with which to pay Spain for relin.
punishment of the Philippines liz accord.
ancc with tho treaty of Paris. Mr.. Ali.
son Nowa) reported the measure from tina
Committee Oh Appropriations and asked
for its immediate consideration. The bill.
was laid before the Senate and in half n
minute WAS passed without a word of de,
bate. The Senate concluded the DAYS
session by pronoulcing culogics u,nn the
late Representative Dinglcy.
liz the House on Thursday Two p,llio
building bills attached by the Senate to
bills for p.blir buildings i'll otle,. cities
were agreed to. enc appropriutins $50.
GOO for Il building at Los Angeles, Cal.
and the other $4,000 for IL building Mt
New Brighton. Pa. A.nun,ber os sanfcr-
cncc reports Oh minor bills were :h,pted.
MIR. Payne Nsrp.. y. W. the t!oo:. leader
Of tile MINORITY. moved the passage. Under
suspension of the rules. OF the bill :ppro-
printing S5oO.GUD for the i~'an-Ain.rican
exposition TO lie held ut Buffalo. y. V.
in .9ol. The bill WAS passed, III to 1G.
Mr.. Southland followed this motion with
Il iao.ion to suspend ,hc rules and pass IL
hill To appropriate Sl0O.U0D FOR ILL" Ohio
centennial exposition to BIZ held at Toledo.
The bill WAS PASSED. 100 to I'D. Mr.. .Mer-
COZ llirp.. Nch., moved To suspend the
rules and pass the Senate hill apprr:,yiat-
Ing Sl.0DO.000 for 81 now building far the.
department of justice in Washington. At
MIR. cannoM's request an amendment was
adopted limiting the cost of the building
to $1,On0.000, and as amended The bill
WAS passed. During almost the entire
session the Senate was engaged in routine
business. Three score or more of minor
bills were passed. the calendar bring
cleared entirely of private pension bills
and of measures correcting military and
naval records. Two measures of national
Importance were passrd-thc fortit;cations.
appropriation hill ANA the hill PRECEDING a
code of criminal laws for the district of
Alaska.
Told in d Few Llnee.
A monument to George Washington, to
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