The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-15
BEGUN THE WEEK QUIETLY
CONGRESS PUTS IN A DAY AT DULL
ROUTINE.

The Senate Still Hammering Northern
Pacific Forfeiture Into shape-Payson
Pleads for the Public Domain--Cleve-
land Shakes Hands with Printers and
BIushing Brides = Nominated.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 49, In tie sen.
ate Monday, Immediately after routine
business, Dolph moved that the Northern
Pacific forfeiture bill be taken up After a
short debate the motion prevailed, and
Maxey argued in support of the general
principle of forfeiture where the conditions
of the granting act had not been properly
carried out by the road Dolph sa i'd the
bill before the senate proposed to forfeit
about 1000, 900 acres Of land adjacent to the
portion OF the line that has not been built
Mitchell offered an amendment to ex-
clude from from forfeiture the lands CO.
terminous with the completed portion of
the Cascade branch. II the company could
not complete the Cascade branch the farm
ers and producers of the Pacific northwest
would have to remain at the mercy Of the
Oregon Railway Il Navigation company.
Mitchell discussed the purely legal aspect Of
the question of the right of the government
W III LuiS ufSuu~S1On H6OfRt,
Eustis, Van Wyck and Coke participated
Van Wyck said we had built three lines to
Pacific and all the patriots who came to
congress with propositions to build those
lines professed to be actuated by desire 10
have competition" first with the ocean
line and then with the railroad lines The
first thing the companies did, however was
| to combine with one another to destroy the
railroad competition and then combine to
Van Wyck, referring to the argument OF
the company's friends, that Congress had
no right to forfeit those lands, said that
| whenever question of forfeiture came be-
| fore Congress we were confronted with novel
| and startling propositions, Our friends. the
| senator's from Oregon, protested, but it
might be thought that they protested too
| much.
buy up and corrupt the ocean line
Mitchell said he was not arguing the mat
ter from the company's standpoint, but
from the standpoint OF the people of
| the section of country affected
In the house Cobb, of Indiana, called up
| the report of the committee on public lands
recommending concurrence in the Senate
amendments to the Atlantic Il Pacific land
forfeiture bill. McRae, of Arkansas, OPP.
posed the amendments, contending that their
adoption would convert the bill into
contirmatory act The report of
| the committee was agreed to
| and the amendments concurred in.
A number of bill were introduced for
reference, among the most important being
the following; For the deposit of gold
and silver coin and bullion and the
issuing of United States coin certifi-
Gates therefor; resolution for the ap-
| pointment of joint committee
of three senators and five representatives to
consider in what manner can best be cele-
DRAFTED the centennial anniversary Of the
organization of the constitutional govern
ment of the United States the first meeting
of congress and the Inauguration of George
Washington a. president of the United
| States which viii occur on April 80, 1889;
to abolish pension agents; also to
provide for the payment of the surplus on
the bonded interest bearing debt of the
| government, excluding ex-members from
the privileges of the floor.
At the conclusion of the call the floor was
accorded to the District of Columbia com
mittee.
Bills we're passed Incorporating the trus-
tees of the Young Women's Christian
home; and prohibiting bookmaking of all
kinds and pool selling in the District of
Columbia. A bill to incorporate the
Washington Cable company of the dis.
trlct Of Columbia" was the signal for a
long and heated discussion but without
reaching the point of action thereon, the
house at } o clock ad journed