Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-08-07
the NATIONS LEGISLATORS,
Members Of Both Houses Anxious to Get
Home and Willing to Rush
Things.
A Slight Difference on the Mefrison
Surplus Funding Resolution
Promptly Adjusted.
The President aud His Cabinet Spend
the Day In Exaning ::anA Sign.
ing Bills.

WASHINGTON, August 4.-In the Senate
to-day Mr.. Sewell, from the Committee on
the Library, reported joint resolution
accepting from William H. Vanderbilt and
Julia Dent Grant certain objects OF value
and art presented by various foreign gov
ernments to the late Ulysses 8. Grant.
They are accepted with grateful acknowl-
edgement, and are to be held by the United
States and preserved aud protected in the
National Museum for the use and inspec-
tion OF the people of the United States.
Passed.
At 4 p. M, Mr.. Allison again called up
the adjournment resolution and offered an
amendment SO as to make it the hour of
10 O'Clock tonight. Mr.. Kenna hoped that
action would not be forced on resolution.
Bills had just been sent to tho President
that he could not read in three days.
Among them are the River and Harbor bill
which would require day to 60 through.
He did not know whether the President
wanted an hour or whether he wanted four
or Eve days. Mr.. Mcmillan expressed q
hope that the resolution would not be
acted upon. Mr.. Hoar inquired whether
the President was at the Capital now, as
had been the custom OF other Presidents
III
he might be communicated with
on the subject. Mr.. Sewell said he had
understood from the Secretary OF War
that the President would be at the Capital
to-day. Mr.. Cullom thought that if Con-
gress were to adjourn at all, the time
should now be fixed, if not business should
be proceeded with in an orderly manner:
Mr.. Conger opposed the amendment. He
understood why there was an urgency to
press an adjournment, 80 the President
would not have time to examine the River
and Harbor bill. The President ought to
have sufficient time, and the friends Of the
bill understood it too. They were pre-
pared to give time to the Executive to have
a decent. reasonable examination of 80
very important bill, and so far As he,
(Conger) could help the President would
have it.
The bill to declare the forfeiture OF the
New Orleans, Baton Rouge & Vicksburg
Railroad Company's (The Backbone) grant
was made the special order for the second
Monday in December next. The Senate
hill extending the system OF immediate de-
livery of all articles bearing an i'm.
mediate delivery stamp was passed. The
House bill to pay William Huntington, for
merly United States Marshal of Washing
ton Territory, $1,064, the amount found
due to him, was passed-yeas "a. nays 9.
On motion Of Mr.. Plumb, the Senate took
up and passed the House bill to re-
strict the ownership of real estate
in the Territories to American citi-
zens with an amendment in the nature
of q substitute. This is the same
bill and practically the same substitute on
which the Conference Committee failed to
come to an agreement. A further Commit.
tee OF Conference was asked. On motion Of
Mr.. Hoar the Senate took up the vetoed
Pension bill OF Margaret D. Marchand, the
widow OF Commodore Marchand, the ques.
ton being on it's passage notwithstanding
the Presidents objections. After brief
debate the bill was postponed until the
next session. Mr.. Sewell then called up the
House bill granting to the same lady
pension and it was passed. Then Senate
then took up the vetoed Pension bill of
John s. Williams and was addressed by
Mr. Plumb in it's favor. After a long dis
cussion vote was taken on the passage Of
the bill and it resulted in an affirmative
vote.