Western cyclone. [volume] (Nicodemus, Kan.) 1886-1887, 1886-08-12

congress shall be in session. That for a
period of six months after the passage here
of the United States trade dollars, if not
defaced, mutilated or stamped, shall be re-
| celVed at their face value in payment of all
| dues to the United States, and shall not be
again put out or in any other manner issued.
! That the holder of any United States trade
dollars during the period aforesaid, on pre-
sentation of the same at the Office of the
| treasury, or any assistant treasurer of the
| United States, may receive in exchange
therefore a like amount and value, dollar
| for dollar, in standard silver dollars or in
subsidiary coin at the option of the holder
and of the United States. The house bill
to increase the naval establishment, was
then taken up and amended, the amend
ments were agreed to and the bill passed.
A conference was asked for, and Messrs.
Cameron, Hale and Mcpherson were ap-
pointed conferees. The senate then adj
journed.
July 81, the senate took up the Hoar reso-
! luton, from the library committee for
the appointment of commission to enquire
into the expediency of and plan for the Gel
ebration of the hundredth anniversary of the
constitution and four hundredth of the dis
covery of America. Mr.. Plumb, from the
committee on public lands reported back a
house bill to declare a forfeiture of the
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and Nicksburg railroad company. Calendar.
The senate then went into executive session.
When the doors reopened the senate ad-
! JOurned. The senate in secret session re-
jected by considerable majority the nomi-
nation of w. G. Mathews, of Albany, to be
recorder of deeds for the District of Colum-
bia, and confirmed A. B. Upshaw to be as
sistant commissioner of Indian affairs.
| In tho % AnnT7-t ho
committee reported disagreement on the
sundry civil bill, in reference to the Yellow
| stone park item. Mr.. Plumb declared that
the park was in the hands of a monopoly.
Mr.. Vest said the statement was incorrect.
He had been notified time and time again
that unless he withdrew his opposition to the
| scheme to build railroad through the park,
the park would be broken up. The railroad
company had lobby in Washington, COM
! posed of newspaper correspondents and
others, who were engaged in assailing sena-
tors and attacking their character. After
further discussion tee senate, on motion of
Mr.. Vest, insisted specially on its disagree
ment to the Yellowstone park item, and on
motion of Mr.. Allison, insisted generally on
its disagreemeuts to the other items, and a
further conference was ordered The senate
then took up the bill reported from the
| finance committee to provide for the in
! spectiOn of tobacco, cigars and snuff, pro-
! vidlng for their expectation to foreign
| countries without payment of taxes Under
the rules and regulations the treasury de-
| partment. 1t was passed. After long
executive session the senate adjourned.
In the senate August 3, Mr.. Allison, from
| the committee on appropriations, reported
back the joint resolution apprOpriating $780,
| 0C0 additional for the purchase of lands
| for a site for the congressional library.
Mr.. Plumb objected to its present consider
alton, and it was placed on the calendar.
! Mr.. Allison reported back the house joint
resolution, to continue the appropriations
temporarily. Mr.. Plumb and Mr.. Edmunds
| objected to its present consideration. Mr..
Allison asked that the objections be with
drawn, and stated that if the reso-
tions were not passed, the employees whose
compensation is provided for in the sundry
civil bill could not be paid for the time in
| tervening between the last day of July and
the day when that bill would receive the
presidents signature. Mr.. Plumb declined
to withdraw the objection, being will
ing, he said to leave with the house the
responsibility for its hardness in sending
appropriation bills to the senate. The
change of rule in the house by which
seven or eight of the general appropriation
bills were taken from the appropriation
committee had not gone deep enough. He
might particularize to show where the blame
rested, but as the house tolerated an auto
cracy which controlled its business 1t be
came itself responsible for all the delay
The Joint resolution was placed on the cal
endar, Mr.. Allison, from TIE same COM
mittee, reported back the house adjourn
ment resolution with an amendment chang
ing the time from the 28th of July to p. m.
on the 4th of August. Mr.. Hoar expressed
his dissent to the passage of this or any other
| adjournment resolution until the senate had
onn-TIoroI tho hill rpDnrfaH nv him from the
judiciary committee on April 49, for lnqul-
ries under national authority. The COM
mittee on education and labor was directed
| to continue and complete the investigation
of the relations between labor and capital.
After an executive session the senate ad-
burned.
In the senate August 4, Mr.. Sewell, from
the committee on library reported Joint
resolution accepting fromWm. h. Vanderbilt
and Julia Dent Grant, objects of value and
art presented by the various foreign gov
ernments to the late Ulysses S. Grant. The
senate bill extending the system of imme-
date delivery te all articles bear g an
| immediate delivery stamp was passed, on
motion of Mr.. Plumb. The senate then
took up and passed the house bill to
restrict the ownership of real estate
in the territories to American citizens,
with an amendment in the nature of sub
stitute This is the same bill, and practi-
| cally the same substitute, on which the con-
! ference committee failed to come TO an
| agreement. 4 further committee on con-
ference was asked. The senate took up the
vetoed pension bill of John 5. Williams, and
was addressed by Mr.. Plumb in its favor.
After a long discussion the vote was taken
on the passage of the bill and resulted, yeas
! 10, nays 15 No quorum. Mr.. Allison. from
| the conference committee on the surplus
resolution, submitted the report. After de-
| bate the conference report was agreed to
without division and the senate, rejecting a
motion to so into executive session, ad-
/ journed.
HOUSE,.
The house July - early went into com