Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-15
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WAsHINGroN. June IA. 1886.

WASHINGTON, June 14, 1SoO.
 SENATE.-The Northern Pacific land grant forfeiture bill was taken up. Mir. Mitchell offered an amendment to exclude from for feiture the lands coterminous with the com pleted portion of the Cascade branch He discussed the purely legal aspect of the question of the right of the government to forfeit. The discussion was participated in by Messrs George, Eustis, Van Wyck, Coke and Hearst and was continued at length.
 Motions both to go into executive session and to adjourn were defeated, and Mr. George began speech, but before proceed ing far he was interrupted by 8 motion to go into executive session. This was defeated, but subsequently, after making some further progress MT. George was again interrupted by motion to adjourn.
 MT. Plumb offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling on the Postmaster General for information as to the expense of the in land water routes of the United States and the amount of mail transported over them.
 Mr& Plumb also gave notice that on Friday morning he would call up the conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill
 MT. Edmunds said it had been thought by many Senators advisable to have couple of days-1 thursday and Friday-for the consid- eration of short cases on the calendar. He offered @ resolution for reference to the Committee on Rules, and it was so referred, providing for change in the rule Ol Lu6 OeudIe 50 us to make lI possible to lay on the table motion to reconsider with out affcting the question in reference to which the motion is made He sad by some inadvertence the rules now forbade debate on a motion to reconsider, whereas above all things such a motion if made in good faith ought to be open to explanation.
 At six o'clock, MT. George having the floor on the forfeiture bill, the Senate ad- journed.
 HoUsE-Mr Cobb, of Indiana, called up the report of the Committee on Public Lands, concurrence in the Senate amendments to the Atlantic and Pacific land forfeiture bill.
 MT. McRae, of Arkansas, vigorously op- posed the Senate amendments, contending that notwithstanding the title of the bill, the adoption of the amendments would con- vert the bill into g confrmatory act
 The report of the committee was then agreed to and the amendments concurred in
 The following bills among others were in troduced: By MT. Wheeler, of Alabama, resolution reeiting the resolution offered some days ago by MT. Kelley, of Pennsylva- mia, directing the public printer to omit from the permanent record the speech deliv- cred by MT. Wheeler upon Edwin NJ. Stan ton, stating that the resolution is so framed as to render it improbable that the House will adopt it; and asking for the appoint
 
 speech and expunge therefrom any unjust upon Edwin NJ. Stanton or any ex- pression in regard to Abraham Lincoln which is not eommendatory and eulogistic.
 By Mir Fisher, of Pennsylvania--For the deposit of gold and silver coin and bullion and issuing of United States coin certif- cates therefor.
 By MT. Hewitt, of New York-A resolu- tion for the appointment of joint commit tee of three Senators and five Representa- lives to consider in what manner can best be celebrated the centennial anniversary of the government of the United States, the first meeting of Congress and the of George Washington as Pres dent of the United States, which will occur on the 20th of April, 1889.
 Bills were passed incorporating the trus- ees of the Young Women's Christian home md prohibiting bookmaking and pool selling n the district.
 At o'clock the House adjourned.