Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-07-17

the second Monday in December, saying it
was impossible to sufficiently discuss so
important a measure in the closing hours
of the session The motion was agreed to
and the bill went over accordingly.
The bill was passed to establish a Bureau
of Navigation in the Treasury Department
under the Commissioner of Navigation.
On motion the bill for the relief of VIM.
McGarrahan was indefinitely postponed.
The Senate at 1920 went into executive
session. When the doors were re-Opened
the Senate took to recess until 10 o'clock
| tomorrow.
| In the House on July 18th, consideration
| of the Senate amendments to the Mexican
Pension bill was resumed, but the want of
quorum was disclosed, and after several
roll calls call of the House was ordered.
Willis pre- ented the conference report on
! the river and harbOr appropriation bill.
Agreed to. The bill as it passed the House
appropriated $12,086, 200. AS agreed to
in the conference it appropriated $13,-
| 800, 700.
| Mcmillan submitted the contence report
on the bill introduced by him limiting the
| time within which prosecutions may bein-
stituted against persons charged with viola
! ting the cnternal revenue laws. Agreed to.
|
| within which offenders may be prosecuted
from three to five years when the penalty
/ is imprisonment in The penitentiary. and to
two years in all Otehr cases. Adjourned till
evening.
| At the evening session the House re-
sumed the consideration of the Mexican
Pension bill, and the question REQUIRED on
ordering the previous question on cOncurr-
| ing in the sixth amendment of the Senate,
/ til, Is off tod
men and widows who may become sixty
! two years of age as have or may become
subject to any disability or depending
! equivalent to the same causes recognized
| by the pension laws as sufficient reasons
! for the allowance of a pension, and excludes
| from its benefits such persons as have in
Cured disability while aiding or abetitng
rebellion. There being no quorum present
to vote on the bill the House adjourned.
In the Senate on July 9Th, Mr.. Logan re-
| futed the statement that he had in any way,
fraudulently or otherwise, obtained $4,000
acres of land from the Zuni Indian Reserva-
ton in New Mexico. He declared the state
ment to be a malicious lie, and utterly
without foundation.
The Senate took up the bill to establish
a commission to regulate Interstate
| Commerce. The consideration of the bill
was postponed till December.
The Conference report on the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
was presented. Both the Houses agree on
all except three points; the most important
| being the one relating to the reduction of
internal revenue and customs collectors.
The Senate further insisted on the remain
ing amendments and ordered new Con-
ference Committee.
The report of the Conference Committee
on the Fertilization bill was submitted and
agreed to.
They then proceeded to the consideration
of the House bill to prohibit the importa-
ton of foreigners under contract or agree
ment to perform labor in the United States.
During the consideration of the bill the
Senate adjourned.
In the House on July 9th, the decision in
regard to the prima facia right of Skinner
to a seat as representative OF the First dis
trict of North Carolina, was postponed I'M
til the second Monday in December.
The House then proceeded to industri-
Ously kill time, and succeeded well in its
object. The Mexican Pension bill was the
pivot on which the motions turned.
The Electoal Count bill will not pass
this session.
The Committee on Elections submitted a
unanimous report confirming the right OF
Martin Magindis to a seat as Delegate from
Montana Territory. Agreed to.
The Conference report on. the Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bill was sub
mitted. Of the 169 amendments placed on
the bill by the Senate, the Conference Com
mittee had reached an agreement on all ex-
Cept three. One of these is thatappropriat-
ing $780, 600 for the Nicaragua project, and
the other two have reference to the appoint
ment of commission to ascertain the best
mode of securing more intimate internal
and commercial relations between the
United States and the several countries of
: Central and South America. The report
was agreed to, except that portion appro-
priating $250,O00 for the Nicaragua canal
project Adjourned.
In theS Senate on July 9th the session was
a continuous one of all night.
The Senate further insisted on the re-
naming amendment to the Consular and
Diplomatic bill, and ordered another con-
ference.
A message was received from the House
announcing an agreement to the Conference
report on the Fertilization bill, and that
the Speaker had signed the bill. The Pres
ident OF the Senate at once announced his
own signature to it.
A message from the House announced
the final adjustment of the Sundry Civil
bill by the recession of the HOnse from it's
dlsagreem ents to the clauses relating to the
compensation of United States attorneys
and marshals, but with sundry reductions
of the amounts appropriated by the Senate
for fees of those offices.
The Senate conferees submitted their re-
port cOncurring in these proposed reduc-
tons. The report was agreed to, and the
, bill was finally disposed of. The Senate
! then, at 7:4O a. IN. Sunday, took recess till
! p. m. At that time the Senate was again
! called to order. Hale submitted a Confer
ence report on the Deficiency bill, which
showed among other things, that the House
had receoed from its disagreement as to the
compensation of senators clerks, and that
all the other dissgreements on the bill were
) adjusted by mutual concession. The re-
; port was agreed to.
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