Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-29
CONGRESSIONAL.
Beck objects 10 the Effort Being MADE
by the Senate TO C0erco the Repre-
sentatlves Of the People.
a Hot Discussion In the House over Com
missioner spsrksand Ono Of His
Assnilants shown Up.
XIX congress
THE SENATE,

pulbtu DhCk ihe liver anu lAfUOr Dill
with amendments, and said he would
move on Wednesday to take 1t up and
pass 10.
Mr. Allison, in the absence of MIR
Logan, submitted conference report on
the pension appropriation bin, the house
recedlng from It's dlsugreements. The re-
port was agreed to.
Mr.. Teller Introduced a bill authorizing
the president to appoint and retire All.
fred Pleasanton as major-general. Re
ferred
Mr.. Edmunds called up the bill giving
a pension Of 500 per month TO Emily j
Stanard, the widow Of Gen, Stanard Of
Vermont. The bill was passed.
The chair laid before the senate con-
ference report on the postolllce.approp
ton bill, stating that the committee was
unable to agree, the question being on
the subsidy provision.
Mr.. Pugh addressed the senate in favor
OF the subsidy appropriation In the bill.
Mr.. Plumb moved that the senate insist
on Its amendment TO the subsidy and ask
further conference.
Mr.. Beck, one OF the conferees, opposed
the motion. The house, he said, had sent
TO the senate q clean postoillce appropria-
ton bin land that bill would have been law
more than month ago but for the steam
ship subsidy which was not In tho inter-
est Of the postal service, but for the pur-
pose OF aiding American commerce, No
senator would believe that there was
any chance Of the house agreeing
to this amendment Therefore the senate
was driven To the alternative OF either re-
iecting the appropriation for the postofIlce
department for the next fiscal year or OF
endeavoring TO coerce tho house to &C
cept an amendment, against which 1t had
expressed Itself In the most positive and
unequivocal manner.
Mr., Plumb, who has charge Of the bill,
inquired whether Mr.. Beck was not max.
ing bis statement too broad. Did not
the senate amend house bills every ses-
sion, and insist upon amendments again
and again with view OF calling the at
tention OF the House TO them and giving
an opportunity to reotlfy mlstakes2
Mr. Beck; The house has disagreed to
this amendment in the most emphatic
manner. Its conferees have assured us
in the most positive and unequvocal
terms that the house will not agree TO IL.
| II the senate had passed this steamship
subsidy rs an independent measure and
1t had been rejected by the house, as this
i
would contend that there would be any
reasonable hope of inducing the house
to reverse its action. He hardly thought
anyone will assume, In the face of the
protest OF the president and the post
master-general against the need of this
legislation, that the house would be
coerced into adopting IL. lie hardly
thought that majority of the senate
! would propose to stop the mail service
for year merely because the house dlsa-
greed with the senate on question Of
this sort.
After further debate the motion that
the senate insist on It's amendment was
agreed to; yeas SO, nays ~.
! Democrats voting with the Republicans
In the affirmative we're Brown, Call Eus-
tbs, Payne and Pugh.
After executive session the senate adj
iourned.
THE HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, June 28.-Under the call
OF states the following bills were intro
duced and referred:
BY Mr.. Beach of New York: Granting
the Hot Springs reservation to the state
Of Arkansas.
BY M. Galllnger of New Hampshire
| A resolution reciting that II Is a matter
Of current newspaper rumor that officers
OF the Democratic campaign committee,
through person not an employe of the
government, are engaged in soliciting
contributions from Democratic congress-
men and others In the employ OF the gov
eminent, and directing the committee on
clyllservice reform to investigate the
facts, with view of ascertaining whether
section II OF the civil-seryice law had
been violated.
by MIR. Randall of Pennsylvania: To
reduce and equalize the duties on i'm
ports; to reduce the internal revenue tax
ana modify the laws III relation to the
collection OF revenues.
by Mr.. King Of Louisiana: The follow
Ing preamble and resolution:
Whereas, the French government gave
us assurance to the government of the
United-States that the project OF DeLes-
seps was a private enterprise for which
the French government was in no wise
responsible, and
whereas, the extraordinary expendi-
lures OF the Panama Canal company have
caused 1t to appeal for aid TO the govern
ment OF France to assist II by authorizing
a lottery loan OF 100000 francs for
the purpose OF continuing the work of
construction, and
whereas, II is reported that the French
government has recently recommended TO
the chamber OF deputies to grant the me-
cessary authorizatl on, and
Whereas, such authorization will
Identity the French government with the
enterprise,
Resolved, that the United States will
view with great solicitude and dIsfayor
TINS contemplated action Of the French
government, or any other measure cal
culated to Identify II with the Panama
canal, as such action is opposed to the
policy OF the Americanpeople as expressed
by the chief executive OF the United States
at the inception OF this canal, which
policy Is now most emphatlcally repeated
and reiterated by the United States.
Resolved, that the secretary of state be
requested TO send 70 congress without
delay all Information bearing ON sub
lect oil such vast Importance and fraught
win such danger to our national interests.
me house then went into committee OF
the WlOlp with Afr l1a,.s... - m.