The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-06-30
FORTY-EIGRTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE

W A6h4N0AONl OuHo Aos
In the Senate to-day Mr. Plumb submitted the re-
port of the conference committee on the army APP
preparation bill. The Senate agreed to the report
and ordered a committee of conference on the
clause relating to the compensation to be paid to
Pacific railroads, q point which the Senate in
sisted upon its amendment.
Mr.. Blair, from the committee on pensions, re-
ported favorably the House bill granting pension
to the widow of Major General James B. Stea oman.
1t was placed on the calendar.
On motion OF Mr.. Sherman, a bill was passed
thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem
some United States bonds lost by Mrs. Bessie S.
Gilmore, she giving an indemnity bond to protect
Mr. Cockerell protested against the passage of the
bill as dangert us precedent and conducive to
fraud in connection with other outstanding bonds
supposed to be lost,
The chair appointed committee of conference
on the part of the Senate on the Presidential count
Mr.. Mcmillan gave notice that when the consider
alton of the general deficiency appropriation bill
shall have been completed, he will call up the river
and harbor bill.
On mot ion of Mr.. Hale, the general deficiency
appropriation bill was taken up and its considera
ton proceeded with.
The Senate committees amendment striking out
of the House bill the provision that no part of the
money appropriated for district attorneys and their
assistants should be used to pay special counsel
fees was agreed to. An item of $1,000 was added
to enable the Secretary of the Treasury the amount
paid for expenses of the commission appointed to
go to louisiana in 1877 and anitem was added au-
thorizing the Attorney General to pay Charles H.
Reed for services as counsel for Guiteau, such
as he may deem just, not to exceed $1,000 The bill
was then passed.
The river and harbor bill was then taken up and
several amendments adopted.
message was received from the President trans
hitting communication from the Secretary of the
Interior, calling attention to the omission of any
appropriation for a bureau of labor.
Mr.. Blair submitted proposed amendment to
the sundry civil bill appropriating $4,000 for
The Senate then went into executive session and
later adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the House to-day on motion of Mr.. Holman of
Indiana the Senate amendments to the legislative
appropriation bill were not concurred in.
Mr.. Hatch of Missouri submitted the conference
report on the joint resolution for printing the report
to. The joint resolution appropriates $40, 900 for
printing 10000 copies of the report.
The speaker announced the appointment of
conference committee the bill to reorganize the
bureau of military Justice.
The regular order then was question of privi-
lege coming from yesterday and presented by a
resolution offered by Mr.. Cannon of Illinois, that
the record be so amended as to show that the
speech purporung to nave heen delivered by Mr..
McAdoo of New Jersey. in which allusion is made
him.
Mr.. Cox Of New York, after deprecating the
practice of printing long essays in the record said
the present dispute arose from the publication in
the record of an article from the New York Star
stating that Senator Logan owned $4,000 acres OF
land. 1t had not been charged that he came by
them wrongfully. He Cox did not know that
Logan was dishonest man. What Was the object
of this discussion to- except to prevent adjourn
ment? In order to put an end to the discussion he
moved to lay the whole matter on the table. Series
of good and vote')
The motion was agreed to without discussion.
Mr. Hoar of Michigan, from the committee on
appropriations, reported the Notifications appro-
priaton bill and t was referred to the committee
of the whole.
Mr.. Randall of Pennsylvania, in behalf of the
minority committee, submitted substitute there
for and it given The ref0ranc0.
Mr.. Hoar gave notice that he would GILL up the
bill for considera alton on Monday.
Mr.. O'Neil of Pennsylvania presented resolu-
tion of the Philadelphia grocers and importers
change in favor of bill making bills of Iading con-
The House then at 11.56 went into committee of
the whole on the business reported from the COM
mittee on education and labor
The first bill considered was one providing for the
adjustment of accounts of laborers, workmen and
mechanics arising under the eight hour law. The
provisions of the bill stated in the Senate
yesterday. They are identical with those of the
bill reported by Mr.. Malone from the committee
on education and labor.
The discussion was continued by Messrs Lover
ing of Massachusetts,, Cox of New York, Laird of
Nebraska Rockwell of Massachusetts, Weller of
Iowa and others in favor of the BILL and by Messrs.
Tillman of South Carolina, Brown of Indiana and
Struble of Iowa in opposition.
On motion of MIR. Hewitt of Alabama, the first
section amended as to read Ihat whoever, las
laborer, workman or mechanic is hereafter en-
ployed by or on behalf of the government of the
United States shall be paid for each eight hours
he has been employed, as for full days work.
On motion of Mr.. Mcmillan of Tennessee, the
second section was amended so as to apply merely
to the future.
alton bill and the electoral count bill, and the
House adjourned.