Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-07-10
CONGRESSIONAL.

JUNE 5o-SENATE-A maj orlty report OF the
bin forfeiting the unearnrd lands granted TO
the Northern Pacific railway was submitted,
The committee are not unanimous, AMI no
action Will be taken until the minority
report is made. The bill granting public
lands TO the survivors OF the Mountain
Meadow massacre was adversely reported
The resolution submitted some time ago for
the retirement CT the trade dollar was not
agreed TO- The House bill limiting TO two years
the time within which prosecutions may ee In
stituted against vlolators OF the interna' rev.
| enue laws was passed. The Senate then pro-
ceeded TO the consideration OF the river and har
! Dor bill.
House. A bill was introduced appropriaiing
| S200UU0 70 prevent the introduction Of cholera
| into the United Stat, g. MIR. Randall intro
dpeed resolution which was passed providing
| that all appropriations for the current ex-
| peuses OF the government which shall remain
unprOvided for after Juuc 30, 81, shall be
made available five days IRON date unless the
| regular appropriation bills pass. The House
| then went into committee OF the whole Oh the
| fortticatiOn bill.
July SENATE The bill providing for a
| branch soldiers home west Of the Mississippi
Was PASSED, aud also the bill relieving from the
charg. OF desertiOu soldiers who served until
tnc * piration of their term, and are i'm
properly charged with desertion. The
| House bill granting a pension Of $50
| a month TO Gen. Siedmau's widow was passed.
| The resolution directing the secretary OF The
| treasury 10 redeem $40 000,' 90 worth OF trade
dollars at It's face value was referred 10 the
committee on huance, as was the resolution
directing an inquiry into the New York banks.
| The river aud harhOr Dill wa, taken up and
passed. A. IL orisiuaIly passed the House IL
| appropriated $l2,uo6,2O. The Senate com-
| IA ttre ad, ei al 26S UU0 and the Senate itself
| nade further addition of S2SO, 500, MAKING
the amount of the bill IL now stands Sl3
| $4,000 The Senate adjourned after executive
| S, ion
HoUsE-The navy bill was discussed at great
| LEM h, the conference committee heing unable
! 20 agree. Aft,r discussion, Mr.. Horr OF Mich.
igaD IN wed that the House rec EIDE from it's
| disagreement to the SENATE amendments touch
| lug he compensation 10 land grant and Otbt r
| railroads Tor mail transportation. Agreed TO
-y.as ll6 nays l02. Mr.. HOrr moved that
| the House rece de from it's disagreement to the
| senate amendment increasing the appropria-
| lion for compens ttiOu Of railway mail clerks
| Agreed iu-yeas 1913, nays So This Gisposes
| 4 tue matter so far MS the Ii, use Is concerned.
| Tnr House spent the rest of the session III
cunini Tee OF the whole on the loTtlncation
| aPprop' ialiou bill
July 2-SLNATE-A new committee
WIS ap, .Uiuteu GA tu naval bill, and a confer
cue committees was oriered on the river and
| narbur Dill After adopting n resolution TT
larutng tue prup-r observance uf the 4tu ut
july, the Senate resumed COZ siderdllon Of the
4 suuury civil Oil. winch measure was passed
and al 1Jurnm, Ut ordered
| Ho-sR-rhe House agreed to substitute the
minority fertilization oil for the bill rep irted
| by the ina lDrty. Is amended by the adoption
| of the substitute the Dill was passed, appro-
| priating 1896, go An attempt was made 10
Lave several bills takeh from the table and
! acted upon, but nc acton was reached. Pend
ing further action the speaker laid before the
| House tue Presidents veto OF the FilZ John
| Porter bill The reading Of the veto Was re-
cyiyed with applause OH the Republican sid
and MISSES on the ID mOcratic SIDE. The speak
| er announced that immediate action GU the
veto would be in order. Mr.. Socum VI N. Y,
moved that the bill be passed, the objection Of
| the President To the contrary notwithstanding,
aud On this motion demanded the previous ques-
ton. Under the constitution a yea aud nay
vote was necessary, aud IL was TAX, as follows:
Yeas-Messfs Adams IN. ", Aiken, Alex
ander, ArDot, Bagley, Barbour, Bayne, Bsiiord,
| Belmont, Blanchard, Blount, Breckenridge,
| bIOadbtad, Buchanan, Budd, Burleigh, Bur
nes Caldwell, Campbell 20. }, Gambler, Carleton,
CASSIDY, Clay, Cl.mens, Cobb, Cosgrove, Cow
| ingtou, Q, IN. y, Crisp, Culberson (Tex),
Curtin, Dargan, Druster, Dibbie, Dibrell, Dor
sheimer Dowd, Dunn, Eaton, Eldredge, Elliott,
/ Ellis, English, Ermentrout, Farrell, FolletI,
Forney, Garrison, Gibson, Gascock, Graves,
Greenlraf Ha sell, Hammond, Hancock, Harde-
man, Hardy, Hatch MOI Hemphil, Henley,
Herbert, Hewitt IN. ", Hewitt (Als.), Hill,
Hunt, j, flores, Jones (Wis.), Jones (rex },
Jordan, Kean, Kleiner, Laird, L.mb, Lanham,
Lefevre, Lewis, Long, Lore. Lowering, Lowry,
Lyman, Nc Adoo, Mcmillan, Matson, Maybury,
Muldrow, Murphy. Murry, Mutedler, ,Neece,
Oates, O'Ferrall, O'Neill (Mo) }, Paige, Patton,
| Pierce, Peel, Phelps, Poland, psf, Potter,
Pryor, Pussy, Randall, Rankin. Ranney, Ray
IN. Y Ray N. H., Reese, Riggs, Robert
son, RoskSell, Rodgers (Ark }, Rose
Stewart (rex.J, stockslagc cTt' Storm. sum,
uer Cali, sumner (Wis), Talbot, Taylor
Crenn.), thompson, rhrockmorton, Tillman,
To"nsend. Tu, ker, Tully, Turner (Ga }, Tur-
Ward, Warner Tenn }, Wellborn, Weller, Wen.
PIC, Wilkins, Williams, Willis, Wilson (W.Va.),
Winans mich }, Wise, Geo. ID Wolford, Wood
Woodward, Yaple, YORK ana YouDg-l6S.
NsyspMessrs Adams q }, APderson, Bou'
Brown (Pa }, Brumin, Ca'kins, Campbell pa J,
cannon, Chalmers, Culberson Ky }, Cullen,
Cutcheon, Davis III }, Davis Mass. J, Dinghy,
| Dunham, Evans PA J, Everhart, Funston,
Gof, Guentber, Ii ilch( Mich }, Henderson Ql),
Henderson d., Hiscock, HIT Holmes, Hol-
ton, Hooper, Hofr, II wey, Johnston, Kssron,
| Ksifer, Lacey, Nct.Oid, McComas, Mccormick,
Willard, MI er penn Miliken, Morrill,,
Nilsson, O'Nei.l (Peun J, Parker, Payne, Pa, :
SOD, Perkins, peLers, Price, Reed, Rice, X b.
| lneOu W J, hOWelI, Ryan, br1nntr IN. ~,
Smalls, Spouner, Shae, stephrnson, Stone,
Strait, S ruhle, j. l.. Taylor (Oni, }, Thomas,
Valentine, WadsworIh, West. w ak, field, Wa Il
nurD, Weaver, White Ky White (Nnu.,
Whiting aid Wilson IL rs. The announce
| M Mt OF the vote was greeted with continues
| che ering by friends Of the measure and with
kisses by its opponents. The message will be
laid before the Senate tomorrow.
July 3-sENATE-After the reading of tie
| ] urnal the Guar laid before the S"nate the
| FriZ John Porter veto message, which was
| real. The question being ''sball the bill pa 8
notwithstanding the o 'ctiops Of the Prsi
dnrt," the yeas and NAYS were taken without
debate and rec ulted I'm a tie vote yeas "a, nays
27. Two-thirds not voting in the affirmative
the bill failed 10 pass. Following Is the
vote In detail: Yeas-Messrs B,yard, Beck,
Brown, Buler, Call, Cameron [Pa ], Cockrell,
Coke, Fair, Farley, Garland, George, Geromr,
| Hampton, Harris, Hoar. Jonas Jones Fla. |,
Maxey, Morgan, IKE, Pugh, R,nsom, Sew, II,
Vance, Vest aud Voorhees-27 Nsys-Messrs
Aldricn, Aliso., Blair, Bowen, Cameron
Wis. ], Congei, Dawes, Dolph, EdmoDds. Hale
Harrison, Hawiey, Hill, Iog-lls, Lapham,
Logan, Mcmillan, Mile N. /, Mitchell,
Morrill, Palmer, Piatt PLUMP. Sa vger. 5h-r-
man, yn WICK ard Wilsoh-27. bill
To legal q the lnco poration Of national trades
uui'ns was frvOraoly reported. The anti
Chinese bill " as taken up and passed. A COM
J mittee was ADOPTED 10 examine into the ca
pscity of the steel producing works Of the
| Unntd 3 atss A conf renee was ordered up
on the suDdr, civi b lis. 3 v,ral Other mat.
tiers Of minor importauce were brought no, and