Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-07-01

dollars was ruled out on point OF order. Much
adverse criticism OF the new pension building
was drawn out In the discussion Of the para
graph making an appropriation for Its COM
pletion. Beach moved to strike out the clause
appropriating $50 900 for the continuation OF
improving Of Hot Springs Creek, Arkansas.
In supporting the motion, Payne, OF New
York, ridiculed the position in which the gov
eminent had placed itself in connection with
the Hot Springs reservation. Rogers set
forth In some detail the necessity for the APP
preparation and opposed the motion. The
motion was defeated. The committee having
completed the consideration Of the bill, rose
and the house adjourned
WASHINGTON, June 2S.--Allison, in the alb
sence Of Logan, submitted the conference re
port on the pension appropriation bill, house
receding from its disagreemeuts. The report
was agreed to. Seller introduced a bill au-
thorzng the President to appoint and retire
Alfred Pleasa atom as Major General Re
ferred. Edmunds called up a bill granting a
pension of 800 per month to Emily j. Stan
nsrd, Of Vermont The bill was passed, The
chair laid before the senate the conference re-
port on the postoffice appropriation bill, stat
ing that the committee was unable to agree,
the"question being on the subsidy provision
Pugh addressed the senate in favor of the sub
sidy appropriation bill. The principal on
which he stood was that foreign mail service
deserved just compensation as much as the
coastwse mail service, the river mail service
or the railroad mail service. Plumb moved
that the senate insist on its amendment (sub-
| sidy appropriaton) and ask further confer
ence.
Discussion here closed and the motion that
the senate insist upon is amendment was
! agreed to-yeas 80, nays II. The Democrats
voting with the Republicans in the affirmative
were Messrs Brown, Call, Eustis, German,
Payne and Pugh. The senate then on motion
OF Plumb, took up the Presidents veto of
the bill to quiet the titles OF settlers on Des
Moines river lands. and Evarts delivered an
argument in support Of the veto in which he
| said the objecti ons to the bill wee tersely and
comprehenslyely stated. An examination OF
the subject had satisfied him that the Pres!-
dent was right in returning the bill without
| approval
Allison said the bill affected large intereste
and great many people In Iowa, and was
therefore an important bill which should be
considered carefully and intelhgenty. He
proceeded to give the history Of the matter
and to urge the passage Of the bill over the
Presidents veto. At the close OF Allison's re
marks the subject went over till tomorrow
and after an executive session the senate sd-
journed
HOUSE.
Under a call Of States, Randall Pa) In
troduced bill to refuge and equalze the
duties on imports, to educe internal revenue
taxes, and modify the laws In relation to the
collection of revenue. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the sundry
civil appropriation bill. Severed amendments
were agreed to. The clause relative to the eX-
penses of collection of revenue from the sales
of public lands having been reached, Laird
made a severe attack upon Commissioner
Sparks in his administration of the General
Land Office, and quoted from a number Of
letters written by homestead settlers in his
district. denouncing Sparks orders, charac-
terizing Sparks as scourge worsc than the
grasshoppers. Cobb defended the commits
sioner, declaring his action was meeting with
condemnation of every land grabber and spec
ulator in public lands. Laird moved to strike
out the clause appropriatng $4,000 for pro-
tecting public lands from illegal or fraudulent
| entry. Pending action, the committee rose,
and the house adjourned