The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-07-31
XLIXTH CONGRESS.


WASHINGTON, July 20.-SENArE--Mcm
rlals of the Evangelical Alliance of the United
| States and China were presented, setting
I forth the injurious effect OF the outrages on
| Chinnmen A House bill was reported nd
vcrscly,. proposing to loan tents to veteran
nssocintions, the War Department having no
| tents on hand. a number OF veto pension
! mis- were reported back. The Payne brib-
| cry case wus postponsed temporarily for
| reduced from 1--WE to two cents. Several other
| amendments wcrc adopted, and the bill final.
~ passed-::ycas 81. nays "a. Tho sundry civil
for tho Payne case. after some discussion
II was agreed to publish the three reports
in the Record. Az 5:40 p; m. the senate
bill. ~ 0''''> e -
HoUsE-Mr Hatch, Chairman of the Agri.
cultural Committee, denied the assertion Of
| was personally interested In the olcomar.
garlne bill. senate bills were passed for
o ryers ersoss bs
proprIa.ttion bill were non concurred
| to the committee OF the whole. and read in
dctail A motion to strike out the New York
harbor amendment was voted on-sS to 81.
ttee rose e. Mr. %orrsoe ons bneS S his
resolution to adjourn July IS, and pending
action the House at p. IN. took recess, the
of bridge bills.
WASHINGTON. July 21.-SENATE.-Petiton
were presented from Knights of Labor In IA
vor of the Oklahoma bill and land bills. The
Payne bribery case was taken up and consid-
cred, Messrs. Pugh Hoar and Logan speak
Ing Mr.. Teller then took the floor. but gave
way to u motion to adjourn shortly before
p. m.
HoUsE.-The concurrent resolution to adj
tourn July ss was agreed to 145 to 90. Thurs.
SnftIr1nv cnf uv,np nj
for the consideration of the bill to increase the
navy. The river and harbor bill was sent to
bill was opposed by the Northern Pacific for.
feiture, and the former. prevaied-yeas 142,
nays on. At 5.p. m: the House took a recess
until s o'clock, when the Interstate com.
merce debate was continued.
WASHINGTON, July 22.--SENATE. resoln-
tion was adopted calling upon the Civil
Service Commissioner for all changes in the
rules and violations thereof since March 4.
1885. The legislative appropriation bill was
reported from conference with certain dsn-
greements which were insisted upon, and
returned to conference again. The calen-
dar was taken up and several pension bills
passed. together with bills for the erection
of public buildings at Clarksburg. W. Va.
Springfield Mo-, Lynn, Mass, and Nebraska
City. Ncb. The naval appropriation bill was
reported from conference. committee and
agreed to- The Payne bribery case was re:
Frye speaking. AtGpm. the Senate adjourned
with the understanding that vote would be
taken as ocl Sa e afternoon Mr.
HOusE..-Thc conference report on tho bill
prohibiting the passage of special laws in the
Territories was agreed to. The oleomargarine
bill was reported back with Senate amend.
ments. number of committee reports
were made. The Interstate commerce and
the, navy increase bills were laid aside,
and the House went into committee of the
whole on revenue bills, in order to reach the
oleomargarine bill. number of measures
were lnid aside after votes and incidental de-
bates up to 5 p. m when the House adjourned
WASHINGTON, July 23-SENArE.-Mr. Blair
rose to n question of personal privilege. and
explained his connection with the attempted
collection OF 5000 fee in Il pension case. A
resolution on the fisheries question. instruct
ing the Committee on Foreign affairs to make
nm inquiry, vas submitted by Mr. Edmunds
The Payne case was taken up and debated by
Messrs. Call, Evarts and Hoar An investlRa-
tion wns finally refused by a vote of forty.
four to eventcen. The sundry civil bill was
taken up and considered until p. m. when
recess was taken until p. IN. The same
order or business was continued.
HoUsE.-A resolution setting apart tomor-
row night for public building bills was re-
committed. with instructions to amend 1t for
oieomarrarine % margarine bill % was reached. and. after N
short debate, passed as it came from the Sem
atc-1T4 to 10. The Rhode Island contested
On motion to adjourn the Republicans re-
fused to vote, and the case was withdrawn.
The river and harbor bill was reported and
returned to conference. A conference report
on the naval appropriation bill was agreed to,
and ut 3. p. m. the House took recess until
O'clock. the night session being for the con-
sideration of pension bills.
WASHINGTON. July 4.-SENATE.-A resolu
tion of Mr. Edmunds' was passed directing
the Committee of Foreign Relations to in
vestigate the subject of Canadian seizure of
our fishing vessels. The rest of the day and
evening were spent mainly on the appropri-
alton bills.
The evening session was devoted TO land
grant forfeiture bills.
WASHINGTON, July y2G.-SENATE.-Ab bill was
passed directing the Commissioner of Labor
to make investigation in regard to convict
labor. A joint resolution was placed on the
calendar proposing an amendment to the
The resolution discharging the Finance Com
inttee from cons deration of the Morri son
surplus resolution was laid over OH the
statement that It'll would he reported to-
morrow. The President was called upon for
informa ton in regard to the detention of
Editor Cutting. by Mexico. The deficiency
appropriation bill was considered. The fOrti-
fications and naval bills were reported. The
Senate went into executive session at o'clock
and took recess at 6p IN. until o'clock.
At the night session there was no quorum
and pension bills were considered in open
session.
HoUsE-The legislative bill was reported
from conference, and the amendment pro-
viding for Senators clerks objected to-yeas
g6, nays III. Further conference was or
dcred. Under the call of States II number of
bills were introduced and referred. The
Northern Pacific land grant forfeiture was
taken up and debated until p. m, when the