The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-06-25


contained In the house bill.
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill was
then placed before the senate, and the
senate adjourned.
JUNE l4.-The Northern Pacific land for
| fixture bill was taken up by the Senate to-
day. Senator Mitchell offered an amend
ment TO exclude from forfeiture the lands
| cotermlnOus with the completed portion of
the Canada branch. Senator Mitchell dis
cussed the purely legal aspect of the ques-
ton OF the right OF the government to for
felt. In this discussion Senators George,
Eustis, Van Wyck, and Coke participated.
Senator Brown said the government had
inspected the road as each twenty-five
miles was completed, and on the favorable
certificate of the governments agents each
section was accepted as complete according
| to the contract. Whether there was legal
| estoppel or not, 1t was very clear to Senator
Browns mind that there was an equitable
estoppel. The seventy-five uncompleted
miles OF the Cascades grant constituted q
most important section of the road, whose
| completion was of the utmost consequence
| to the people OF the northwest. 4.
In the course of the debate Senator
Plumb offered resolution, which was
| agreed to, calling on the .postmaster-gener-
| nj for information as to the expense OF the
| inland water routes OF the United States
and the amount of mail transported over
| them.
At O'Clock, Senator George having the
| j0urned.
JUNE 15.-On motion of Mr.. Dolph, the
Northern Pacific forfeiture bill was again
taken up by the senate to-day and Mr..
George entered on an elaborate legal argu-
ment to show that the company was not en-
titled to any land not earned strictly with
in the terms of the grant.
MIR. Mitchell, OF Oregon, characterized
Mr. Georges speech as the most eXtraordi-
nary that he had ever heard in the senate.
haf oIaf.
lands had been granted on conditions pre-
cedent. All lawyers had heretofore recog
niZed the conditions as conditions subse-
quent.
Amendments by Van Wyck, Eustis,
Salisbury and Blair were rejected or laid
OH the table.
The bill, being brought to vote, was
passed-yeas ~, nay (Mr. Blair.
AS passed the bill declares forfeited so
much of the land granted to the Northern
Pacific company as are coterminous with
that part of its main line which extends
from Wallula Junction to Portland, and
that part of the Cascade branch which
shall not have been completed at the date
of the passage of this bill; and makes the
right of way in the territories subject to
taxation. Nothing in the act is to be con-
Strued to waive any right of the United
States to forfeit any other lands granted to
them, for failure, past or future. to comply
with the conditions of the grant.
House.
JUNE Elm the House to-day, Mr.. Willis
of Kentucky, from the committee on rivers
and harborS, reported back resolution
whether the right of drainage into the
Louisville and Portland canal should be
conceded to the city of Louisville.
Adopted.
tive, executive, and judicial Appropriation
bill.
JUNE 10.-The House as n committee of
the whole considered to-day the legislative
appropriation bill, the pending question
being OH point of order made by Mr.. Nor
rison against the words sin full cOmpensa-
ton" where they occur in the general APP
preparation clause.
Mr.. Holman argued against the point, and
called attention to the fact that for the last
ten years these words had been Incorporate
ed in every legislative bill. The question
presented was whether the house could UNI
der its rules impose limitation on the ex-
penditure OF public money. Ii 1T could not,
1t had almost abandoned the power to con-
troll the expenditure of public money. =.
Mr.. Morrison said a different rule had
been made, to which the gentleman from
Indiana was under obligation to pay some
respect. The house had declared III that
rule that when, i'll any branch of the public
service, the compensation of the officers is
fixed by law it could not be changed in an
After further debate the chairman sus-
tanned the point of order.
Having finished the consideration of nine
of the LOG pages of the bill, the committees
rose and the house adjourned.
JUNE 1L-On motion of Mr.. O'Neill, of
Missouri a senate bill similar to the one
introduced in the House by Mr.. ONeilD
was passed to legalize the Incorporation OF
national tradeS-uniOns.
Mr.. Cobb, of Indiana, from the committee
on public lands, reported back the Atlantic
and Pacific land-forfeiture bill, with the
senate amendments, and moved q concur
renee in the amendments. No action was
taken, and the motion was laid over until
Monday.
A long and acrimonious discussion fol-
lowed upon the legislative, executive, and
judicial appropriation bill.
Mr.. Morrison gave notice that on Thurs
day next he would call up the tariff bill,
and Mr.. Mckinley, in behalf of the oppo-
nents of the measure, stated that he would
resist its consideration.
JUNE 12.-Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania,
from the committee on the library, this
morning reported to the house bill for the
erection of monuments to Anthony Wayne
and William Penn.
The civil-servce rider to the legislative
appropriation for the salaries of the COM
missioners shall be available only when
the rules of the clvil-service commission
are so framed that the names of all appli-
cants for official appointment from any one
state, found duly qualified on examination
and without regard to age, shall be sent to-
the head of a department or other officer
charged with making an appointment"
was ruled out by MIR. Blount, chairman Of
the committee of the whole, who delivered
q carefully prepared decision sustaining
Mr.. Morrson's point of order against the
provision.
Mr.. Gibson's (Md.) motion to strike out
the appropriation for the commission was
loSt-1S to IS.
At the evening session the House passed
thirty-five pension bills.
JUNE 14.-ln the House to-day Mr.. Cobb.
called up the report of the committee on
public lands, recommending concurrence
in the senate amendments to the Atlantic
and Tactic land-forfeiture bill.
Mr.. McRae vigorously opposed the SEN
ate amendments contendlng that, notwith-
standing the title of the bill, the adoption
of the amendment would convert the bill
into a confirmatOry act. The report of the
committee was then agreed to and the
amendments concurred in. :.
A bill was passed prohibiting book-mak-
ing of all kinds and pool-selling in the dis
trict.
JUNE 15.-In the House to-day, NJ. Fred
Ill