The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-06-26
THE NATIONAL WAsHNGToy D. G. THURSDAY Jga 2e ISL
yeas p nays-a strictly party vote, the Dem
ocrats voting solidly against it,

yeas to p nays-a strictly party vote. the Dem
ocrats voting solidly against it.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate, on Tuesday, Mr. Mitchell Pa,
| from the Committee on Pensions, reported ia
yoraby with amendments, the House bill
granting a pension to Mrs. Ord widow OF
Major General e. 0. G. Ord
The consideration of the Mexican pension
| bin was then resumed and Messrs Maxey tDem,
Tex.) and Williams Dem, ky.) addressed the
Senate in opposition to the measure as amend
| ed.
A vote was then ordered on the bill as
amended, and resulted-yeas 81, nays 27-as
| follows:
Nays-Allson, Blair, Bowen, Butler, Cameron
pa, Cameron (Wis) Conger, Dawes Dolph,
Frye, George Hale, Harrison, Hill, Ingalls, Jones
(Nev.l, Lamar, Lapham, Logan, Mcmillan, Ma
Mitchell, Morrill,, Palmer. Pike, Plat, Plumb,
Ransom, Riddleberger, Sawyer, Sewel Sherman,
Van Wyck, Wilsou-37.
OF the above all are Republicans except But
Ter On. CO., George (Miss.), Lamar (Miss.) and
Ransom IN. CO.
! Nsys-Bayard, Beck, Brown Call, Cockrell,
| Coke, Colquitt, Edmunds, Fair, Farley, Garland,
Groome, Hampton, Hawley, Jackson. Jonas, Jones
| bury, Slater. Vance, Vest Walker and Williams
OF the above all are Democrats except Ed
munds (Vt.) and Hawley Comm
House.
In the House, on Wednesday, the 18th inst,
a further conference was ordered on the POST
| Office appropriation bill, and Mr.. Townshend
| Qll.) Mr.. Holman Ind. J, and Mr. Horr Mich
! were appointed on the part of the House.
Mr.. Miller offered, as a question of privilege
resolution declaring James r. Chalmers en-
titled to the seat from the second district of
Mississippi
Mr.. Thompson raised the question of consid-
Grafton, and the House refused to consider it
now-yeas SO, nays 1919.
The House then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the Pacific Railroad bill, known as the
! Thurman amendment BILL The bill forfeits
| certain land grants unless the terms of the
grants are complied with by the companies now
| in default.
A recess was taken until Thursday morning,
! when the consideration was concluded.
/ The first question was on the amendment of
| fered by Mr. Thompson to make the aggregate
yearly contribution of the Central Pacific Com
pany 55 instead of 35 per cent. of the net earn
ings, and that of the Kansas Pacific 45 per cent.
| The amendment was agreed to.
/ The question was then taken on the minor
| ity BILL and it was rejected
The bill was then passed without division.
/ THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
/ In the House, on Thursday, Mr.. Hopkins
| pa, from the Committee ON Labor, called up
1
| ton of foreigners and aliens under contract to
| perform labor The bill makes it unlawful to
| enter into an agreement or contract with any
foreigner alien to perform labor or service of
| any kind in the United States, or to prepay the
| transportation of them, or in any way assist or
| encourage the importation or migration of any
! alien or foreigner under contract or agreement,
| made special, express OF implied. 1t declares
all such contracts void and of no effect 1t
makes it crime punishable with fine and i'm
| prlSonment for any master of ship to land
such aliens or foreigners, so under contract, in
any United States port. The act is not to ap-
| ply to contracts for skilled workmen in any
! new industry not at present established here,
provided that skilled labor for that purpose
cannot be otherwise obtained, nor to profess
| sional actors, lecturers or singers.]
/ An amendment was adopted providing that
nothing contained in this act shall be construed
as prohibiting any individual from assisting
| any member of his family or any relative to
migrate from any foreign country to the United
| States.
/ The bill was then passed without division.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS
In the House, on Friday, bill was passed
reducing from 30 and % cents to 10 cents the
clearance fees levied upon vessels engaged in
domestic commerce
On motion of Mr.. Struble (Ia.) bill was
passed FORGETTING the unearned land grant to
the Sioux City and st. Paul Railroad Company.
Mr.. Tucker (Va.), from the Committee on
the Judiciary, submitted report upon the
case of Kilbourn VS.. Thompson, and it was re-
ferred to the Committee ON Appropriations.
| lit favors appropriating $4,000 to satisfy the
judgment obtained by the former against the
latter, acting as Sergeant-at-Arms of the House,
for false Imprisonment
The House then resumed the consideration
of the Campbell Morey contested election case,
and the majority report seating Campbell was
adopted.
In the evening session was held for the
consideration of private pension bills, but no
| progress was made.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House. on Saturday, the conference
| report on the shipping bill was submitted and
| agreed to-
The Senate recedes from its amendment hav-
| ing reference to mail pay for American steam
ships, and in lieu thereof section is adopted
repeating, after April l. 1885, all laws requiring
American vessels to carry mails at arbitrary
rates and preventing the clearances of vessels
until they have taken mail matter on board.
The free-ship clause is stricken from the bill.
The report was agreed to without debate or
division
The electoral count bill was then taken up
and discussed, but without action
Mr. Randall. from the Committee On Appro-
priations, reported the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill and it was referred to the Committee
of the Whole.
| MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Monday, the sundry civil
| appropriation bill was taken up and passed.
The following amendments were adopted:
By Mr.. Randall Pa, directing the Secretary
OF War to sell at public auction the following
arsenals: Allegheny arsenal Pa. Augusta arse
nal, Ga; indianapolis arsenal, Ind; Kennebec
arsenal, Me-, and Watertown arsenal, Mass;
adopted. Also granting months extra pay to
House employees; adopted. Also to strike out
the provision that no speech shall be printed in
the Record which has not been delivered upon
the floor of Congress; adopted.
BY Mr. Springer (Ill.) providing that United
States marshals and district attorneys shall be
paid stated salaries
A large number of amendments to the
amendment were offered and severally voted
down.
Mr.. Ellis (La), however, secured the adop-
ton OF an amendment prohibiting any commits
| sioner, or Justice of the peace acting as such,
from demanding or receiving from any accused
party any fee in any criminal procedure until
after the final conviction of the accused.
TUESDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House. on Tuesday, Mr.. Cox IN. W
asked unanimous consent for the passage of the
Senate bill granting letter carriers fifteen days