Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-17
CONGRESSIONAL.
The River and Harbor and Naval Ap
preparation Bills Passed the
senate Yesterday.
Tho House Refused TO Pass Two vefosd
Pension Bills, but Passed n Third
Over tbs Presidents Veto.
NIX Congress.
THE SENATE.

MILK Congress,
THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July &c After the pas.
sage Of two or three pension bills the sen.
ate resumed consideration OF the river
and harbor bill. Mr.. Vest called atten.
tioD to a sentence In Mr.. Conger's speech
yesterday which he had not heard and
which appeared TO be aimed at the sen.
ator from Texas (Mr. Coke and himself
IL was 10 the effect that two memoere of
the committee on commerce had
confessed that they had been
actuated by corrupt motives. II he had
heard such statement 10 would have re.
celved from him very stern, emphatic
and indignant denunciation. Any senator
who would 80 stultify himself as 10 make
such an admission would deserve TO be
expelled.
Mr.. Conger disclaimed making any
such imputatlon as Mr.. Vest Complained
OF and said If he made any remark no,
called for II was made under
excitement. The senator's from
Missouri and Texas had been with
himself firm advocates Of the bill and he
had no fault to find with them.
The reading of the amended bill with
the original amounts reduced 25 per
cent } was then proceeded with. The
reading was temporarily interrupted and
message from the house presented I'M.
sistlng ON it's disagreement TO three or
four amendments TO the legislative an.
preparation bill. The former conferees
were reappointed.
MIR. Hugh gave notice that on Tuesday
next he would call mp the report OF the
committee on privileges and elections ia
the Payne case.
The reading Of the river and harbor
bill was resumed.
MIR. Logan moved to increase the sp-
preparation for improving the harbor at
Chicago from $4,000 to sI50,000, and
nrged the support of his amendment.
Inc amendment was rejected.
MI vest moved to increase the ap.
proprlalion Tor the Missouri river from
S0foiOUO to 100000, and argued In sup
port oil motion. The amendment was re-
Iected, yeas 20, nays 30.
question was finally taken on agree
Ing TO the committees amendment, re-
dncing the appropriation % per cent,
and II was agreed to, yeas 81, NAYS Is.
The bill was then passed, yeas A., NAYS
The senate then took III the naval nm
preparation bill The amendments re.
ported by the committee on appropria.
tons were all agreed to without question
and the bill was passed.
The senate then adjourned.
THE HOUSE
WAsHINGToN, July lG The house re-
sumed the consideration OF the confer
ence report on the legislative approprIa-
ton Oil and it was agreed to, thus dis
posing OF so many amendments In dis
pute as were agreed to by the conference
committee.
Mr. Cannon Of Illinois moved that the
house recede from its disagreement TO
the senate amendment providing for an
increase OF the clerical force Of the civil
service commission. Agreed to. Yeas,
1913; nays, Ill.
Mr.. Matson called up the veto mes
sage on the bill granting a pension to
Elizabeth Luce.
Mr.. Forney of Alabama raised the ques
ton OF consideration, desiring that the
house should take up the fertilization an
Precipitation bill. BY vote of g8 10 N
the house determined TO consider the
pension Gaze. In this case the majority
OF the committee recommended that me
OH pas, Notwithstanding the veto of
the president, while the minority re-
ported that the bill should not pass. The
speaker announced that the question was
the passage Of the bill over the veto, and
1t was decided In the negative; yeas IlG,
nays 1874; not the constitutional two.
thirds voting in the affirmative.
Mr. Belmont OF New York, from the
committee on foreign affairs, reported A
resolution which was adopted, request
ing the president to furnish all CORE.
spondence not heretofore made public.
between the government OF the United
states and the Republic OF Nicaragua
ana Costa Rlca since 1885, in reference
10 the location and construction of an
inter ocean canal by San Juan river and
Lake Nicaragua, and relating to the
treaty and other rights OF the bordering
republics.
The next veto measure called up was
.9at upon the Dill pensioniDg Catherine
mcOatny' On this question also the ma
JVlIly Oh the committee on invalid pen
SONS $40 recommended the passage of the
olil wnlle the minority recommended sus-
tainlug OF the veto of the president. In
this as in the previous case. the sneakar
protein. Mr.. Mills of Texas recopnized
Mr.. Matson Of Indiana, who had Signed
both majority reports, 10 cali the nrevi' |
Gus question. The house refused 10 mass
the bill over the veto; yeas, 1922; NAYS,
%. 59'
Inc next message called up was that
yetolng the bill granting pension to
Joseph komeiser In this case the com
Inlltee on invalid pensions was unani-
,mousiy OF the opinion that the bill should
oe passed over the veto. The hill was
PASSED p over the veto, yeas l75, nays 8s.
ne mouse then took recess until
elock, the evening session TO be for CON
sideration OF pension bills.