The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-07-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail.
CONGRESSIONAL

THE Senate on the 2lst amended its rule:
so as TO permit debate on a notion to recon
slider. A resolution OF Senator Plumb wai
/ agreed to calling on the Secretary of the In
| terror for informal on as to the number OF
/ land entries Cancelled for fraud from and
| during 1883 TO the present time The Senate
insisted on its amendments to the Army APP
| preparation bill. and committee OF confer
| ence was appointed The same action was
| taken in regard TO the Consular and Diplo
| matte bill. Pending consideration of the bill
repeating the Pre- empt'on and Timber Cul
| ture acts. the Senate went into executive ses
sion and then adjourned. In the House the
| Senate amendments TO the Pension Appro
| priation bill were non-concurred IN and a
| conference committee appointed. The Nava
Appropriation bill was further debated and
passed. The House then went into Com
mittee OF the Whole on the Sundry Civil bill
The consideration of this bill brought on q
silver debate. Pending discussion the House
adjourned.
IN the Senate on the 22d after routine
business. the bill to repeal the Presumption
and Timber Culture laws was taken up but
without reaching final act on the Senate ad
1ourned. 80 In the House long debate fol
lowed the calling up of the propos ton "a
amend the rules so as TO permit the amend
ment OF anv approximation bill nv inserting
taxing clause. The debate took very
wide range, and the House adjourned with.
out action.
IL the Senate on the 23d bill passed
amending the laws relating 10 the inspection
of steam vessels. The question of reconsid.
ering the vote by which the bill passed sew
eral DAYS ago prohibiting members of Con-
gress from acting as attorneys of certain
railroads then came up and the motion 10
reconsider was carried. The bill was then
referred. Debate on the repeal of the Pre-
emption and Timber Culture acts was then
resumed and continued until ad iournment
The House put in the whole day fillibus-
tering upon the motion 10 consider the report
of the Committee on Rules amending the
rules OF the House. At five o'clock the
House adjourned.
II the Senate on the oath after further
debate the bill repeating the Presumption and
Timber Culture laws came to a vote and was
PASSED: yeas, "a; navs, 20. The Fitz John
Porter bill was then lad before the Senate.
Senator Sewell spoke in favor Of the bill and
Senator Logan obtained the floor in oppOsi-
ton when the Senate went into executive
session and then adjourned After prelim-
mary business in the House the Suudrr
Civil bill was taken M in Committee of the
Whole, the consideration of which occupied
the session. When the committee rose the
House adjourned.
AFTER routine business in the Senate on
the 18th the Fitz John Porter bill came up for
final action. Senators Logan, Teller and
Plumb spoke against the bill. Efforts were
then made to kill the bill by weighing it down
with amendments, but everv amendment
was voted down and the bill passed as it,
come from the House: yeas, 30: NAYS Il. The
Senate then adjourned until Monday In
the House the several veto messages of the
President were appropriately referred. At
ter the usual business of the morning hour
the House went into Committee of the
Whole on the Sundry Civil bill. The debate
on this bill was continued until recess when
the committee rose. An evening session
was held for the discussion of pension mat