Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-06-19
VERY BLACK EYE FOR TARIFF.
Tho Morrison Horizontal Bill Is Sat
Down on In the House Of
Repr esentatives.
The Senate Passes q Number Of Bills
Including MIR. Frye's, for An
American Congress.
Same of the Reductions Made In the sun
dry Civil Appropriation Bill.
Cost of Documents.

W,splSGToN, June 17.--In the Senate Mr..
60 yer offered a resolution requesting the
postmaster General t. furnish the Senate
,o,ormation as to additional compensation
,u,usd most masters under the act OF
March = 1883, for which no provision was
made. Mr.. Ingalls, said it was not custom
-, s,r the Senate to request the subOrdin-
a,o officers OF the Government to furnish
Inflammation, and he hoped the usual words
would be inserted. The usual form ''di-
rsets,' the Offices to furnish the informa-
ton called for.
Among the measures passed were the fol.
having: A bill to secure to the Cherokee
trean1en their proportion OF certain pro.
cesds of ands under the act OF Mar"h 2.
1852. A bill to authorize the purchase OF
A tract of land near Salem, Oregon, for use
Of the Indian training school. A bill grant
ing to the Oregon Railway Bridge Com
pany. OF Oregon. the right to build a bridge
over the Willamette river, near Rays
Lani,.tg, Oregon. House bill to provide
for the sale OF the lands of the Cherokee
Nation in Arkansas. A bill authorizing
the Seer. tary OF War to repair the
barracks at Fort Robinson and
those at Fort Russell, Wyoming Territory.
4 bill to pay to the representatives OF the
Government Of Great Britain $15, 500 to
enable that Government to indemnify the
owners OF the British bark "Ciance' for
abandoning tn. ir whaling voyage in the
Arctic in 1871 and rescuiDg niEety-six
American seq men from shipwreck. A bill
to provide for one additional Assistant
Adiutant General with the rank Of Major
Of cavalry. A bill authorizing the Post
master-General to pay rent for buildings
leased MS posto!ticea. A bill! providing for
tsry OF the Treasury. to hold offire /
one .e.r from tn, passage OF the bill.
A bill providing for an inspector Of the !
means for expectation and prohibiting the !
the imnnrtatinr OF adult.rated articles of
1nod or drink. 4 bill authorizing the Secre. |
tary VI the Interior to extend the time for |
the payment OF the purchase money on the |
sale al the reservation OF the OteO and
NsscnlIaria Tribes uf Indians Of Kansas.
A bill to grant certain seal rocks to the
city and county OF San Francisco, Califor-
nia, in trust for the people Of the United
Stutes. A bill classifying the Registers and
Receivers OF the land offices and
fixing the ~salari3s for them according
j bill to promote the political progress and
COluLIclCidl voopeAAty Va s1ilcAIttu I'M l
tions. This is Senator Frye's bill, author.
izing the President to invite on behalf OF
the people OF the United States delegates
from Mexico and Central and Sonth
America To meet in Washington October /,
1887, to meet delegates on the part Of the
United States, TO consider such questions
and recommend measures us shall be to
the mutual interest and common welfare Of
the American States. The Legislative, FIX
pentive and Judicial Appropriation bill was
rersived from the House, and it was re-
trrred to the Committee on Appropriations.
AIesolutinr offered by Mr.. Cockrell was
ssreed to directing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to certify to the Senate heclainls
Of volunteer soldiers adjusted by the ac-
counting officers Of the Treasury since the
last report OF the Treasurer. Adjourned. \