Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-08

concerning the recently passed river anf
harbor bill and the action of personal ia
nuence win regard to Ii. Ia one that Ia,
been great annoyance to Secretary
Aeiier, TO the eject that he not onlv yotec
against veto Of the bill in Cebinet ses
SONS, but actively lobbied In the Senat1
Cnamoer to secure its passage over ths
veto. Ih1s report Secretary Teller
stamps as an unblushinQ falsehood. I'd
says that his business ON the floor Of the
Senate on the day the bill was passel
over the veto was of quite another char
acter, and that instead of urging such a
course - that taken By the Senate. hf
had expressed himself TO several Sena
tors quite warmly on the subject of sus-
talnlnR the veto. He declares he never
voted for river and harbor bill while
IN the Senate, and that since he left the
Senate MS opinions on this sort of legis
iation have undergone no change.
A BaPnfRx Tswn.
GAEDrNEB, Me- Aug. IA fire is rsg
ing here. and great portion of the
manufacturing section il already de-
stroyed, together with many dwellings
The flames are spreading rapidly. As
sistance has been asked from Augusta
and Hollowell.
ConGressiennl.
SENATE.
WAsmN0ToS, Aug. THE following
bills today passed the Senate:
House bill pensioninR the widow of
Gen. Ramsey.
House bill repeating the section Of
the revised statutes which imposes an
export tax on tobacco.
Senate joint resolution allowing Der
diem to EMPLOYEES of the Senate an
extra months pay.
House joint resolution appropriatiuR
$6O,OU to supply the, deficiency in the
appropriation for fees of the Z. S. Dis
trict ATTORNEY the last fiscal year
pissed.
House resolution instructiDg the SEQ
retary of the Navy to convene court Of
inquiry to investigate the loss of the
steamer jeanette, and the death of
Lieut.. Commander DeI4Ong passed.
House joint resolution for joint
select Commission upon the Ansri-
ican ship building and ship owning
interests, passed by 40 to Il.
House bill passed for railway bridge
across the Mississippi at or near the
mouth of the Upper Iowa river.
Plumb offered a concurrent resolution
for adjournment at 5p. m.
Morrill, objected to the present con-
sideration of the resolution in order to
leave it lie for the day under the rules.
Cameron PENN. then moved an exec
utive session, but yielded temporarily to
Morrill,, who appealed to the other side
to allow the tax bill to come up now,
and be voted on without further debate.
or at some time to be fixed.
On motion of Mr.. Grover the Senate
bill giving Mrs. Louisa Boldly, of Lake
county, Oregon, $500 for damages in
Cured in the ModOc massacre, was
passed.
When the doors were reOpened the
Senate proceeded to the consideration
OF the House concurrent resolution for
final adjournment on Saturday, August
9Th. Cameron Of Wisconsin moved to
amend by fixing the hour of adjourn
ment at IL pm. today, Monday.
Salisbury inquired Of Morrill, il he
intended to call up the tax bill and re-
ceived an affirmative answer.
Sherman said he would never vote to
adjourn until the tax bill was voted
upon.
Beck said the tax bill AZ proposed
was only mean attempt to take the bill
from the Senate. when it was well
known the House had no quorum.
The amendment was lost by yeas 10.
ms Us 10. No quorum. The vote was a.
follows:
Yeas-Brown, Call, Cameron Of Wis
cOnsin, Chilcott, COckrell, Coke, Davis
of Illinois. Farley, George. German.
Hampton, Harris, Jones, Miller of New
York. Morgan, Pugh, Ransom, Voorhees,
and Walker.
Nays - Aldrich. Allison. Anthony.
Blair. Cameron of Pennsyivasia, Con-
ger. Ferry, Hawley, Hoar, Jones of Ne
vada, Lapham, Logan, Malone, Nc
MILAN, Morrill,, Miller of California.
Rollins, Sewell, Sherman.
Adjourned until tomorrow.
HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE House met
at 10 o'clock am. The Senate amend
ments to the Supplemental Postoffice
Route Bill were concurred in
Brown offered resolution presenting
the thanks OF Congress to John F. Sla-
ter of Connecticut for his donation OF
81 ,OO0, coo to the cause OF education in
the South. Referred.
Blair. chairman of the Committee on
Z lucation and Labor, called up the res
olution directing an investigation dur
ING recess into labor strikes. This IL to
be made by the COmmitte ON Education
and Labor, and ia to include subjects in
relation to capital and labor. wages and
hours of labor, condition OF the labor
ing classes in the United States, and
their relative condition and wages as
compared with similar classes abroad,
with causes and agencies producing
strikes. The Committee is to recon-
mend legislation to remove or modify
such causes. and provide against their
recurrence, and In empowered to send
for persons and papers, to administer
oaths and visit nv subcommittee diff
ferent parts Of the country. Tho reso-
luton was adopted with an amendment
bv George. directing inquiry into the d.
vision between labor and capital in their
Joint productions in the United States.
The NicaraQuan Ship Canal
made the special order for the Q
Monday in Decomber.
The Ben Holiday bill was made the
order for the second Tuesday in Decem-
Der.
Shortly after vote was taken ON the
pending motion Of Oameron of Penn
svlvania, for an executive seasion,
Morrill, meanwhile insisting upon con-
sideration OF the tax bill. The motion
prevailed BY yeas 81, nays IL. All mega
tive votes were Republicans.
Burrows moved to appropriate $.o.-
COO to allow select committee Of nine
10 examine into the works for river inn
rroycment below Cairo on the Missis-
sippi, now progressing, and the meth
DDS employed on theee Improvements.
The committoe = also authorized to in
quire into the ou1les and the system
adopted.
With the tax bill in the Senate. but
without providing for the polarisphe'
test.
By Cox to abolish licenses on com
merciAl travellers
Robeson tried to get his bill through
but only sixty voted on the question
And Ellis and Cox yAised the point OF NJ
QUORUM, and Robson withdrew the bill
cavinc he had made an honest endoavoI