Morning journal and courier., 1886-05-21
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WAsHINGToN. May 20 19s6


 SENATE-The Senate passed bill author i izing the Cheyenne and Northern railway to build it's road across the Fort Russell and Fort Laramie military reservations. The bill provides that the road shall be built within three years under forfeiture of priv ileges; also bill adding to the eastern ju- dlclal districts of Arkansas, the counties of Howard, Little Rock and Sevier and to the eastern judicial district of Mississippi, the county of Attala.
 The Staten Island bridge bill was then taken up and MT. McPherson resumed his speech in support of his amendment pro- viding for tunnel instead of bridge
 At 3 o'clock the bankruptcy bill, the reg ular order, was temporarily laid aside in order that consideration of the bridge bill might be continued. An amendment offered by Mir. Vest was agreed to, authorizing the Secretary of War, if he should deem any alter ation of the bridge necessary or the entire removal of the bridge necessary to avoid ob struction to commerce, to order it's altera- tion or removal at the expense of the own CTS, and if the bridge be not finished in two years the right to cuild shall cease.
 MT. McPherson's amendment for tunnel instead of a bridge rejected; yeas 5, nays 40. The Senators voting in affirma- tive were Bowen, Hampton, McPherson, Plumb and Sewell.
 After considerable debate and the voting down of some amendments the bill was pass
 
 mittee with the sole addition of MT. Vests amendment.
 The roll call on one of the amendments disclosed the fact that no quorum voted, but as there was clearly quorum in the cham Der, several Senators who were paired having refrained voting, the call for the yeas and nays was by unanimous consent withdrawn.
 The bankruptcy bill was then laid before the Senate and at 6:10 the Senate adjourned.
 farT fi,o hJ1Si xya11t into committee on the Senate amendment to the postofhce appropriation bill. Further debate the question of subsidy ens1ed. Mr. Bingham, of Pennsylvania, read tele gram received from the Philadelphia board of trade urging the adoption of the Senate amendment on the ground that it would tend to the establishment of new lines
 The principal amendment offered was that of MT. Hewitt, of New York. He moved to strike out the appropriation of $500, 900 and insert of S400,000 and to add to the Senate amendment paragraph directing the Postmaster General to cause tEe South Amer ican mails of the United States to be carried as far as possible in American built and reg istered steamships at not exceeding fifty cents per nautical mile.
 Messrs. Berry of Mississippi, Mills of Tex as, Morrison of Illinois and Randall of Penn sylvania opposed the Senate amendment and Messrs. Price of Wisconsin and Findlay of Maryland supported 1t. In his remarks MT Randall said that last year the Senate amend ment similar to the pending proposition passed the House by reason of absenteeism. He invoked every man to so record himself on this proposition that he would not find it necessary to absent himself hereafter. MT. Randall's remarks were greeted with applause on the Democratic side.
 MT. Blount in closing the debate charged that the Senate sought to force this proposi- ton upon the administration. There was an audacity and boldness exhibited that needed to be met with courage. The issue was plain and he willing Democrat to take the responsibility for his action. The several amendments offered in Committee of the Whole were rejected.
 The Senate amendment was non concurred in and the committee rose and reported it's action to the House. The recommendations were all agreed to without division excepting the foreign mail service amendment, which was concurred in; yeas IFS, nays 80. Messrs. Mitchell and Seymour of Connecticut voted iii the affirmative and Messrs. Buck and Wait in the negative. The announcement of the result was received with applause from the Democratic side. The bill and amend ! ments will be sent to the Senate and then 1 go to a conference committee. The House then at o'clock adjourned.
 Ease Ball Yesterday. Detreit-Detroits 2, Philadelphias 0. Chicago Chicagos 10, Washington 8. St. LouiS-St Louis 8, BostonS ,. Kansas City-Kansas Cigys 5, New Yorks 4. Batimore-Cincinnatis 5, Baltimores z. New York-St. Louis 7 Metropolitans l. Rrnn