Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-04-20


&. Blackburn as a Senator from Ken
lucky to the committee on privileges and
elections. During the greater part of the
season the Senate had under considera-
zion the Indian appropriation bill. MIR.
Sullivan delivered Il speech in favor of
the seating Of NJ. S. Quay. The House
passed the substitute for the Senate bill
providing for a territorial form of gov
ernment for Hawaii.
During almost the entire session of the
Senate on Saturday an amendment to
the Indian appropriation bill offered by
MIR. Jones (Ark.) providing for the con-
%tinuance of the Governments employ
ment of the contract Indian schools, in
certain circumstances, was under consid-
grafton. The debate took Il wide range,
The whole question of sectarian schools
being gone over ut length. The notable
feature of the discussion was an eloquent
speech delivered in support of the amend
mcnt by Mr.. Vest. The amendment was
pending when the Senate adjourned, the
vote upon it disclosing the fact that no
quorum was present. The House paid
tribute to the memory of the late Richard
Parks Bland of Missouri, popularity
known as "Silvcr Dick" Bland, who was
u member of the House for twenty-six
years. Splendid ~eulogies of the life and
career of the great champion of silver
were offered by members on both sides
of the political aisle. AT the conclusion
IF the ceremonies the House. as further
mark of respect, adjourned. a resolution
was adopted calling upon the Secretary
Of War for information as to whether
Charles r. MagOon, the legal adviser of
The insular bureau, had ever rendered an
opinion that. by the treaty with Spain.
The Constitution WIS extended over Por.
to Rico and the Philippines.
After some further discussion the SEN
ate on Monday rejected the scctarinn
school amendment to the Indian appropri-
alton bill offered by Mr.. Jones Dem.,
Ark by a vote of 80 to 16. AS has been
;he practice for two or three years, the
free homes measure was offered as an
amendment to the bill. but it was ruled
put on the point of order that it was gem
aral legislation and therefore not ger
manc to an appropriation bill. Without,
division, the bill was passed. The meas
IRE carries about SS,414, 600. An unsuc-
.essful effort was made to agree upon IL
1ate for a vote on the resolution relative
to the seating Of Mr.. Quay as a Senator
from PENNSYLVANIA. During the last twa
hours of the session the Alaskan civil
code bill was under consideration. An
amendment offered by Mr.. Hansbrougll
concerning the title to mining claims in
The Cape Nome district provoked a warm
1cbatc. In the House the agricultural
appropriation bill was under considera-
lion and was made the vehicle of consid-
srable desultory debate on irrelevant no.
itical topics. Good progress was made
with the bill after the close of general de-
pate. twenty-five of the thirty-scven pages
being covered before adjournment.
In the Senate on Tuesday unanimous
consent was given for Il vote on April
-, 4 p. H., on a resolution relative to
seating NJ. s. Quay us Il Senator from
PENNSYLVANIA. Enlogies were pronounced
upon Richard Parks Bland. late member
Of the House of Representatives. On mo.
ION OF Mr. Cnllom the Senate non-con.
cured in the House amendments to the
Hawaiian civil government bill. and Sen.
ators Cul'om. Lodge and Morgan were
named as confcrees. In the House asri.
cultural bill passed substantially as re-.
2orted. Objections to free distribution
ot seeds and vaccine were voted down.
MIR. Hepburn said Nicaragua bill would
he brought up for passage if he could
fleet ii. y. bill passed to create I, com.
MISSION to make Il settlement with the
Sioux City and Pacific Railroad of its
Indebtedness to the United States.
On "Wednesday the Senate with little
.ehatc OF Importance passed the Pacific
able bill. Il measure appropriating So
po.oiW for the construction of :, cable
line between San Francisco and Homo
nln. The bill was unanimously reported
ny the committee OIL naval affairs, and
that it was passed without serious OH
lection is regarded as IL compliment to
The committee. During the greater. mart
Of the session the District of Columbia
appropriation bill was under considera-
non. AS passed it carries nearly SS,-
DGo.tRO. The House passed the Porto
Rico tariff hill as amended by the Senate
by Il vote of 1G1 to 153.
The Senate on Thursday. h: IL vote of
10 yeas to 35 nays. refused To substitute
the Nicaragua canal bill for the Sponncr
Phiiippinc bill us the unfinished business,
ard Ivy Il vote of ID yeas to ~ NAYS re-
fused 10 ~disllace the Spooner hill for the
Alaskan civil code bill. Listened to Il
speech by MIR. Burrows against the seat
ing OF Mr.. Quay and to Il speech by MIR.
Jones OF Arkansas i'll response to an at
tack upon him by Congressman Dollivci
during the Porto Rico debate in the
House. The House adopted Il resolution
lauihorlzing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to designate repositories in Porto
Rico. Cubn and the Philippines for the
deposit of Government funds. Passed a
Senate bill which will permit the depen.
dent mothers of soldiers and sailors of
the Spanish war, even though they mar.
We'd Confederate soldiers. to receive the
benefit of the general pension law. DE.
voted the remainder of the. day to debate
on Al resolution for IL constitution,
amendment empowering the Legislature,
nf the States to decide whether United
States Senators shall he elected by the
Legislatures or directly by the people
a substitute was offered giving thu
States no option. hut providing that in
NIL States the people shall vote directly
for Senators.
Odds and Ends.
Ex-Congresslnan Owens, Newark, Ohio