Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-07-22
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CONGRESSIONAL,


A ELL was introduced lii the Senate on
the 18th 10 STOP Iii payments TO }. b. Eads.
for work On the Miss ssippi river TIE house
bill granting pensions II, Sold 'ers and sailors
of the Mexican wa: passed The bill grants
pens on OF eight dollars per month to oil
Mexcaii war sodies who SERVED ..<ty days.
The River and Harbor biz was then taken up
and debate cont .nuci until adjournment
Atter tho usual routine in the House the
Seneso amcndments TO the Lcgislat We ap.
preparation bill were taken UP ~ Committee
OF the Whole and pending action the House
adjourned.
Tue Senate on the 18th, after passing the
bin appropriating $4,000 to build 4 tnonu-
mcnt at Syracuse, N. T., 20 commemorate
| the Revolutionary battle at that place, re.
summed consideration of the River and Harbor
10 the Senate. without final action the Sehi
ate. at midnight, adjourned III TIE House.
on motion OF M. RvAh Of Kansas. the Sen
ate bill pissed authorizing the Secretary OF
War to credit the State of Kansas with cor.
tain sum OF money on her ordnence account
with the General GOVERNMENT. The House
l"fk tne nate S eosfeF
ence was asked. and the floor was accorded
the Ways and Means Committee, when sew
eral bills affecting the revenue laws passed.
Eu1ourned,
AFTER the transaction OF unimportent
business on the 14th the Senate pr8ceedea
Will tHe nlNer anu hdvpCf OH ShlCH toI'
sumcd the ehtife tidy. Without concluding
the bill! The sehaie adjourned :. In the House
most of the day was consumed in consider:
ing Mr.: Morrison's jO mt resolution reHuifins
the disbursement EN- Of the T;easufy Surplus in
est bearing bonds. The resolution was
finally adopted by the surprising t9te at :1T
yeas to 81 nays. The House then adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, three reports
were submitted in the Payne election case.
Senator Pugh and three other Dhn,ocfats on
the committee, rspptse;s that there was no
"a the eleett5n. Senators Evarts. Teller and
hSfah reported that they could find nothing
inn naa Senator Psyne aaa eeAa.ors
eating the matter. After disposing Of rou.
tine. BUSINESS the debate on the River and
Harpor II IVES resumed and continued until
adjournment: In the House apprYptiatiosSis
But little business WAS trahsaethd during the
day. At the evening session bills passed to
prevent the employment of convict labor or
works: amending the act to prohibit the i',.-
portation or immigration of foreigtsfs under
contract or agreement ID perform labor in
the United States: to protect mechanics. la
bic in their wages; direct nR the Commission
er OF Labor to make an investigation in r..
gard to convict labor i'm the United States.
THE Senate on the 18th passed several
pension bills and then resumed ccns,d cra
ton Of the River and Harbor bill. The bill
was finally amended by striking out the
House bill and subst tuting after the ehact-
ing clause an entire heS ID II with a horizon.
tai reduction Of t%ehtv-fve per cent. in all
items, anti then passed by vote of ~ to H.
This Senate then passed the Naval Appropri.
alton bill and nd journed -. In the House the
conference report on the Leg ;slatiVe Appro-
priation bill was aRrcct to. Much confusion
ensued when tho quest on of passing several
vetoed pens on bills came up. A majority
of the lnval Pensions Committee reported
in favor of passing several bills. The House
| sustained the veto in the cuses of Elizabeth
Luce and CatharinC Mccarthy, and passed
the bill pcnsiOring Joseph ROn:ser over the
veto by yeas rs, nays 81. Pens on bills were
considered Mt the evening session md one
passed.