Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-04
PORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
SENATE,
WASHINGTON, Aug.

WASHINGTON, aug. =.
The Senate met at 10 oclock.
MIR. Allison reported back the House ad-
tournament resolution with an amendment
changing the time from July 2Sth. to p.
M, the fourth of August.
Mr.. Hoar expire ssed his dissent to the pas
sage of this or any other adjournment reso-
luton until the Senate had considered the
bill reported by him April 18th, for inquests
under national authority. He referred 10 the
massacres during the last few years in Louis
isnna, South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi
and other Southern States, and stated in every
one of those cases so far as was shown to the
people of the North by the press, a negro and
republican was the victim and democrat
and white man the agressor.
Mr. hale, from the conference committee
on the deficiency bill submitted report and
proceeded to explain in regard to certain
claims, for the income tax paid by non resi-
dent aliens, which had been regularly esti-
mated for, and which the House had partially
and the Senate entirely put in the bill. 1t
had turned out in the conference that there
were objections to some of those put in by the
Senate, and the conference recommended
that these items be referred back TO the sec
retary of the treasury with instructions to
report the fat to to Congress at its next ses-
sion.
A lengthy discussion followed Senator
Hoar's remarks in which Messrs. Kenna.
Eustis, Berry and Gibson scathingly rebuked
the senator from Massachusetts for introdu,'.
ing the subject of southern atrocities just at
the eve of the adjournment of Congrass.
Mr. George, a member of the Judiciary
committee. and MIR. Dawes endorsed Senator
Hoar's views.
Mr. Dawes endorsed his colleague as rep
rasepfiuu truly in this ha m anf
of the people of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Blair objected to a further considera-
tion of the adjournment resolution and it was
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Blair then called up the report of the
committee on pensions in the case of the
vetoed bill giving pension to Mary j. Mot
tage. and proceeded to state the merits of the
case.
The discussion was interrupted by the
appointment of Messrs. Dawes, Plumb and
German as conferees on the amendments
to the Notifications bill. Later another inter-
ruption was scored by the conference com.
mittee on the river and harbor bill handing
in a report which Mr.. Edmuuds insisted
should be read in full. This was done and
the report agreed to without division.
Consideration of the vetoed pension bill
were then resumed the question being on its
passage over the Pres,dnts veto. The vote,
a strict party one, WAS yeas 26, nays l9 The
necessary two-third. not voting in the affirm
ative the bill failed to pass.
The Jos Romiser's votoed pension was
then token up, and on the statement bv Mr..
Allison OF Iowa that the President, when
vetoing it had lsbored under the misappre-
hension. The bill was passed over the veto
by aunanimous vote.
At o'clock the Senate took recess till s.
After some routine work the Senate took
up the conference report on the sundry civil
Appropriation bill. Some opposition was
shown. but the report was finally adopted
yeas 27, yeas a.
AT 1880 TIE s, nate vert into secret
session.
At II o'clock the doors were reopened and
the Senate adjourned.