The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1881-02-24
ILVIh CONGRESS THIRD SESSION.
SENATE,

The credentials of Thos. @. Platt, Senator
elect from New York, and Thomas F. Bayard,
Senator-elect from Delaware, were presented.
The joint resolution inviting foreign nations
to take part in the International Exhibition of
1888 was adopted without debate.
The committee appointed, to consider the
state of the law in relation to the elections of
President and Vice President reported that
though anxious to bring forward some propo-
sition in reference to this important subject, it
would be-in vain to do 80 at this late stage of
the session, and they would therefore abandon
the pending measure before them.
A bill providing for o fre-proof building at
Columbus, Ohio, was introduced by Senator
Thurman.
The Postal Appropriation Bill was discussed
at length, the amendment being the one which
provides for 81 ,000, 900 subsidy to an American
ocean mail service
The credentials of the reelected Senators,
Cock ell and DawsS, were filed.
An extraordinarily large number of petitions
from temperance organizations of many States,
for Constitutional Amendments to prohibit the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages,
were presented.
The Postal Appropriation Bill was proceeded
with. The amendment by Mr.. Morgan to
allow steamships to be steel or iron was agreed
to. A long discussion followed on the question
Of substituting the ocean mail service, which
was finally cut on by motion to lay the sub
ject on the table.
The House funding bill was taken up and
debated. The amended clause, 1.-THE Secretary
of the Treasury is hereby authorized to issue
bonds to an amount not exceeding $400, ,000,-
000" was agreed to The amendment of the
committee for the issue of the bonds in denomi-
nation of $50 or any multiple OF that sum was
also adopted No action was arrived at In
regard to the rate Of interest.
Mr.. Eaton offered resolution declaring that
the consent of the United States Government
is a necessary preliminary to ship canal across
the Isthmus Of Panama, which was ordered
printed.
: resolution providing for night sessions was
passed.
The funding bill was discussed.
Bills for Government building at rerre
Haute, Ind, and for fire-proof building at
Columbus, were placed on the calendar.
A resolution was agreed to instructing the
Judiciary Committee to inquire into the best
method of protecting innocent purchasers from
the imposition practiced by fraudulent vendors
of patents and patent rights, and report by
bill or otherwise.
The Funding Bill was debated at length in
Committee of the Whole. The Carlisle section
was restored. Commissions were restored from
II to u of one per cent The amendment
changing the rate Of interest from to 80 per
cent. was defeated. The bill was reported to
the Senate.
HOUSE.
The Senate bill amending the charter Of the
7Freedmen's Saving and Trust Company, passed.
The bill regulating the importation of raw ma
terial used in the construction or repairs of yes
sells engaged in the foreign trade, including the
trade between Atlantic and Pacific ports of the
United States, or built on foreign account, was,
on motion of MIR. Frye, amended SO as to pro-
vide that copper and spelter, of foreign growth
and production, manufactured IN the United
States and used in the construction, equipment
and repair of vessels to be employed in foreign
trade, or built on foreign account, may be i'm
ported in bond, under the regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe, and on
proof that such materials have been used and
manufactured for purposes aforesaid, no duties
sf1an be paid thereon. An amendment to ad-
NIT salt free of duty was ruled out of order.
The River and Harbor Appi opriation Bill was
amended so as to provide that the Secretary Of
War shall cause to be let by contract all public
works provided for in this act, to the lowest re-
sponsible bidders, provided that in the opinion
of the Secretary Of War the interests of the
Government should not be actually injured
thereby. Three pages of the forty were dis
posed Of.
The Senate amendments to the joint resolu.
ton authorizing the President to invite the
government and people of France to join the
government and people of the United States ir
celebrating the centennial of the surrender Of
CORVALLIS were concurred In.
The announcement of the death of Hon
Fernando Wood was followed by the customary
resolutions ana adjournment.
The desk recently occupied by Fernando
Wood was draped in black and decorated with
flowers. :.
Mr. Blake introduced bill providing that
the tax on weiss beer shall be fixed at three
cents per gallon.
After q few brief addresses had been pre-
sented tc the House on the acceptance by Con-
| gress of the statute of Jacob Collamer, Of Yer.
mont, the House went into Committee of the
| Whole upon the River and Harbor Bill. Every
| amendment proposed was Yoted dozn- ----------
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL PASSES.
A motion to refer the River and Harbor Bill
| to the Committee on Judiciary, with instruc-
4 tions to report it back with an amendment con,
| fning the expenditures thereupon appropriated
to rivers, harbors, and streams within the msri
time and admiralty jurisdiction OF the United
States, was defeated. The bill was then passed
| As originally reported to the House, 1t appro
| priated $40, las, 800. The only monetary changt
| made by the House was to strike out tn,
clauses appropriating S40, 900 for operating ant
maintaining the Louisville and Portland Canal
| $780, 900 for operating the st. Mary's Fall
| Canal and $40, 900 for operating the De
| Moines Rapids Canal, and providing for per
manent appropriation for those purposes
| There is, therefore, substantially no increas
or diminution to the amount originally recon-
| mended.