The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 28.-The hone
OH granting q pension to the widov
01 zen. James B. Steadman was ~
ported favoratly. "''' 10
h;ii nn1 .s.s Cahlenoar a. mineral deficienc,
OIL! was then taken up.
A proviso that no portion If th,
money appropriated for district At
torneys and their assistants should
oe useo 10 pay special counsel fee,
was agreed to. On motion of Sher
man, an item Of S.. $50 was added r.
10 enable the secretary of the treasur,
10 reimburse the amount of the az,
penses of the committee appointed r.
60 to Louisiana in 1876. An item wa,
suGed authorizing the attorney gen
eral to nay Charles H. Reed for ser
vices as counsel for the late Charlie.
) Guiteau such sum as he may think
JUST. not to exceed $4,000. The bill
tnen passed and the river and harbol
OIL was taken up. On reaching The
senate committee, on the proposed
amendment appropriating $36, 900 fol
the improvement of the Coos river in
Oregon. Slater was aided by Dolph
and succeeded in getting the senate
to add 5000 to the amount allowed
by the committee in executive session.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Howe, of the committee on an.
preparations. reported the fortifica.
tion appropriation bill to the commit
tee of the whole.
Mr.. Randall, on behalf of minor
lty OF the committee, submitted q
substitute therefor.
The house then went into commit
tee OF the whole, Springer in the
chair, on business reported from the
committee on labor. The first bill
considered was one providing for an
adjustment of accounts of govern
ment laborers, workmen and me-
chanics, arising under the eight hour
law.
The senate amendments to the leg
islative bill was not c0ncurred in.
The speaker stated that the regu-
lar order was the question of privi-
lege coming over from yesterday, and
presented by resolution offered by
Mr.. Cannon, that the record be 80
amended as to show that the speech
purporting to have been delivered by
McAd0o, in which allusion is made
to Senator Logan, was not actually
delivered by him.
Lowering, in supporting the bill,
said every man who had been forced
to work for the government ten
hours for one days wages since the
passage of the eight-h0ur law had
been defrauded of his just rights, till
the man from South Carolina OPP
posed the bill and characterized it as
q claim agents bill and declaring it
would permit another raid of thirty
million dollars upon the treasury,
and not only permit the raid but
create arist0cracy of labor. Had not
the government had enough patron
age already. 1t had caused the MUIR
der of one president and unless the
civil service reforms were carried out
it might cause the murder of another.
The bill wOnld demoralize ali private
labor in neighborhoods where the
had any work going on.
The great mass of the people did not
want this law. 1t was only wanted
by some claim agents and doctrin-
aries who were too lazy to work and
thought the world owed them q
living.
The first section of the bill was
amended so as to read as follows:
That whoever as a laborer, workmen
or mechanic is hereafter employed
by or ON behalf of the government of
the United States, he shall be paid for
each eight hours he has been employ
ed a. for full days work. The Sec
ond section was amended to cores
pond with the section SO as to apply
merely to the future. The committee
roso and house adiOurn cd