Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-05
FORTY NINTH CONGRESS-.
First Session,
SENATE.


Ihe consular and diplomatic appropriation
OIL was taken up for consideration.
AT two O'Clock after some debate the mat
ter went over.
The Chinese indemnity bill was then placed
De1ore the Senate and Mr.. Cockrell took the
moor in opposition to the bill
AT the conclusion of Mr.. COckrell.s 8 speech
the bill was brought TO a vote and passed;
yeas 30, nays 10. The bill authorizes the
PRESIDENT to ascertain the actual losses sus-
tanned by the Cinnamon by the riot at Rock
springs, Wyo,, in Sept. 1885, and to pay
such losses, The amount appropriated by
the Dill for that purpose is Sl50,OO0.
The Senate then resumed consideration of
the consul and diplomatic appropriation bill.
The Senate at $50, without finishing the
bill, adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Cox of North Carolina called up as a
question of privilege the report of the COM
mittee on civil service reform relative to the
appropriation for the improvement Of levees
at Jeffersonville, Indiana
The report is accompanied by resolution
dlsmissing L. F. Warder. assistant door
keeper, from the services of the House.
Mr.. Cox spoke in favor of the adoption of
the resolution adOated by the committee
Warden had brought dishonor on the House
and he was responsible for it, and yet SYM
pathies were to be invoked in his behalf
The question before the House today was
whether it should publish to the world that
the employee who had confessed that he had
received $3.50 for the purpose of influencing
legislation was worthy of the position he now
occupied, If that was the position the House
would invite all lobbyists to come here and
pay money for legislation In regard to Mr.
Stealy. that gentleman had never received a
cent nor had employed counsel. He had
known of the employment of counsel and the
committee had been kind and generous in
dealing with him.
MIR. Gallinger of New Hampshire said that
after reading all the testimony on the case he
had come to the conclusion that the resolu-
tlon reported by the committee ought not to
be adopted.
MIR. Ward of Ind, Withdrew his resolution
and Mr.. Oates of Ala, offered in lieu thereof
resolution declaring that the conduct of
Luther f. Wardor, being at the time an EN-.
plOye of the House, in receiving money from
the city of Jeffersonville, Ind, to employ
counsel to influence legislation of Congress,
was gross impropriety and expressing en-
phatic condemnation of the House thereof,
but stating that the evidence adduced in the
opinion of the Honse does not require his ex-
| pulsiOn from the Office he holds. This reso-
luton was agreed to-yeas 140, nays 81.
! The House then went into committee of
the whole on the legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, but the commit
tee remained in session only few minutes.
MIR. Boutelle introduced a bill relating to
the duties on fish. Referred
The bill repeals and strikes from the free
list the paragraphs providing for free inn
portation of fish, fresh for immediate con-
sumption, fish sounds or fish bladders, fish
tongues, cod sounds, hake sounds, fish skins
and shrimps or other shell fish.
Under schedule G provisions it increases
the duty on mackerel from one to two cents
per pound, on herring picked or salted from
one half to one cent per pound, on salmon,
picked and other fish picked in barrels and
salted cod sounds from one to two cents per
pound.
On foreign caught fish imported otherwise
than in barrels, whether fresh, smoked, dried,
salted or picked, not specially enumerated
or provided, from so cents to 50 per hundred
pounds. On anchovies and sardines in boxes
| increased from ten, five and two and half
cents per boxte fifteen, seven and one-half
and foar cents per box. When imported in
any other form than in tin boxes increased
! from 40 to so per cent, advalOrem.
Inc paragraph proVlulng Ior duty on lid
cans contsing free fish is stricken out. The
duty on fish preserved in oil other than
anchovies and sardines is increased from 80
to so per cent, advalorem. and on salmon
and all other fish prepared or preserved from
25 to 80 per cent, advaorem. The act is to
take effect 80 days after its approval,
| Mr.. Boutelle says in reference to this bill
that the so-called retaliatOry provision re-
Gently added by congress to the shipping bill
however proper and Justifiable, will not be
regarded with much concern by the Canad-
ians as they do not care much for the priv
ilege of purchasing of bait or supplies m our
ports. He proposes, therefore, to deal with
the fishery question practically by terminal
ing the free importation of fish and increas-
ing the import duties on all fish, thus COM
pelling the Canadians to pay more for the
privilege of selling their fish in the United
| States.
The House at 4.40 adjourned.