The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-06-19
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CONGRESSIONAL.

CONGRESSIONAL
THE Senate, on the 9th, insisted upon its
amendments to the Labor Statistics bill and
appointed a Committee of Conference. Mr..
Vance submitted the views of the minority of
the Committee on Privileges and Elections re-
rardine the Danville investigation. The Mex
lean Soldiers Pension bill was taken up and
the pending amendment was laid on the table.
The amendment was Mr.. Riddlebergers
suppreesion of the rebellion" from Mr.. Hoar' 5
amendment, providing pensions for soldiers
who fought in the late war for the sup
moved to lay Mr.. HOars amendment on the
table. Carried. Ayes, 20. nays, Is. Sew
tral amendments were offered and laid on the
table and further consideration of the bill
went over. The House went into Committee
of the Whole on the River and Harbor bill.
Without action the committee rose and the
floor was accorded the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia At the evening session Of
the House numerous amendments increasing
appropriations for various improvements of
rivers and harbors were offered and voted
down. After completing consideration of six
Of the forty-seven pages of the bill, the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10th, a large num-
Der of petitions were presented opposing
Governmental telegraph. Mr.. Beck withdrew
his resolution concerning the removal of pc
htical disabilities, and the Senate resumed
consideration of the Mexican Pension bill.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Harrison, in
tended to limit the beneficiAries of the bill to
those who had seen service, was laid on the
table; yeas p; nays 20. The Consular and Di-
plomatic Appropriation bill was taken up and
the Senate went into secret session on the por-
ton relating TO the enforcement OF the Neu-
trality act In the House, Mr.. Morrison,
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and
Means, reported a concurrent resolution pro-
viding for final adjournment of Congress
Monday, the 3Oth of June, at three p. IN.
Adopted without division. Mr.. Payson, from
the Committee on Public Lands, reported
bill FORGETTING part OF certain lands granted by
Iowa 10 aid in the construction of railroads in
that State. The House, at its evening session.
took up the bill directing the Secretary of the
Interior to obtain from the Red Lake Chippe-
wa Indians REIMBURSEMENT of their title to
the Red Lake Reservation of Minnesota After
a leng debate and without action the House
adjourned.
The Senate, on the 18th, went into secret
legislative session on the item in the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill appro-
priating S2JO,O00 TO cover the necessary ex-
Denses attendant upon the execution of the
Neutrality act. Nothing definite was accom-
plished. as when the doors were reOpened a
quorum was not present The House went
River and Harbor bill. The clause for
the construction of the Hennepin ca
nal having been reached, Mr.. Jones, of
Wisconsin, raised against il the point of order
that the Committee on Rivers and HarbOrs had
no jurisdiction over the subject, and that a
bill with substantially the same provision was
pending IN the House. Inc Cnalr OVorruled
the point of order and was sustained on an
appeal by lob to 63. Mr.. Holman then moved
to strike out the Hennepin canal clause. Mr..
Potter supported the motion, butt was lost by
a vote of ~ to "a. Mr.. COsgrOve moved to in
crease from SjO0,O00 to SS50,0O0 the appropria-
ton for the Improvement of the Missouri from
its mouth to Sioux City. Lost After con-
Guiding the appropriation portion of the bill
the committee rose and the House adjourned.
THE Senate, on the 18th, took final vote
On the Consular and Diplomatic Appropria-
ton bill, and the bill was passed by thirty
eight yeas and two nays Vance and Van
Wyckl. The bill as passed is almost precisely
as reported from the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, making an addition of $780,
gO to the bill as reported from the House.
The Mexican Pensions bill was then taken up
After debate, the Senate, without reaching a
conclusion on the bill went into executive
session, and when the doors opened, ad-
iourned. The House met in continuance of
Wednesdays session, and went into Com
mittee of the Whole, the River
and Harbor Appropriation bill. The APP
preparation for the ice harbor on the
Muskingum River was increased from $4,000
to $4,000. The committee rose and reported
strike out the Hennepin canal clause. The
motion to strike out was agreed TO: yeas, TAG;
nays l222. Mr.. Murphy then moved to lay the
bill and pending amendments on the table
The motion was lost: yeas, 81; nays, l56. The
bill was then passed by vote of yeas ISL;
nays, lGs,, The Speaker announced that the
vote on the motion to strike out the Henne-
pin canal clause had not been correctly
stated; that the actual vote was: yeas, 1+6
nays le. Mr.. Eaton then called up the Sem
ate bill regulating the electoral count. After
some discussion, the House adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18Th, Mr.. Brown OBJ
tanned unanimous consent to take up the bill
to require the payment in cash to the State of
Georgia of SIS, $50, appropriated for that State
by act of Congress, passed March Sd, TO re-
fund TO Georgia certain moneys expended for
the common defense in l777. Mr.. Dolph
moved an amendment to include Scl5 900 for
Oregon and 1886 for California to refund
moneys expended by those States in the sup
preston of the Modoc hostilities. After a
init the bin to the Committee on Claims. 1t
was then discovered that no quorum was pres
Hnt and the Senate adjourned until the 10th
In the House the Senate amendments to
the Consular and Diplomatic and Revenue
Appropriation bills were non-cOncurred in.
Mr.. Pryor then took the floor on the Electoral
bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Pryor's speech
Mr.. Townshend, of Illinois, submitted con-
ference report on the Post-office Appropri-
alton bill. He said that the items upon
which no agreement had been reached
were. first, increasing the appropriation
for the pay of letter carriers; second, in
creasing by Sl,000,000 the appropriation for
mail transportation on railroad routes; third,
striking out the clause regulating the COM
penSation TO land grant roads; fourth, appro-
printing SlS5.0OO for special mail facilities, and
fifth, increasing by $4,000 the appropriation
for railway pOst-Office clerks. The conference
report was adopted as far as the items are
concerned upon which the agreement had
been arrived at. The House at its evening
session passed seventy-six pension bills and
adjourned