The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-17
BEHIND WITH THE BILLS.
FIVE APPROPRIATIONS VET UNFIN-
ISHED BY THE HOUSE.


Two Weeks to the End of the Fiscial
Year-Passaxe of the Northern Pacific
Forfeiture Bill by the Senate.
WASHINGTON Cry juno, H. The amend
ment to the Northern Pacific railway land
forfeiture bill offered Tuesday by Eustis,
was rejected in the senate Tuesday after
long debate The vote was as follows:
Yeas-Berry, Blackburn, Call, Cockrell,
Coke, Eustis, George, German, Harris,
Maxey, Van Wyck, Wilson of Maryland
~
Nays-Allison, Beck, Blair, Bowen,
Brown, Chace, Conger, Cullom, Dawes,
Dolph, Edmunds, Frye, Gibson, Hawley,
Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones of Nevada. Logan,
Mcmillan, Malone, Miller, Mitchell of Ore
gon, Payne. Plumb, Pugh, Ransom, Saw
yer, Sherman, Srooner, Teller, " althall,
Wilson of Iowa.
The bill was then amended 80 as to repeal
the clause OF the granting act, exempting
from taxation the right OF way in the terri
tories, and passed, the only negative vote
being Blair
The bill as passed by the senate forfeits
the lands along the line of the road from
Wallula junction to Portland, and that part
OF the grant on the Cascade branch uncom-
pleted at the time OF the passage Of this act
The United States does not waive the right
to forfeit other lands in the future
On Wednesday Edmunds moved an execu-
tive session almost Immediately after the
opening of the senate, but yielded to re-
quest for the transaction of morning bust
ness A memorial of the Massachusetts,
legislature was presented by Dawes, which
was read. 1t recites that the general court"
of Massachusetts views with deep con-
Germ the recent interferences of the govern
ment of Canada with the rights of
American fishermen, and urges congress to
secure immediate relief fer that class of
citizens Hoar said that the present con-
duct of the Dominion government had
caused feeling OF uneasiness among the
fishermen of Massachusetts, but he was sure,
however, that the committee on foreign re-
lations was fully alive and alert respecting
the necessity of preserving the honor
and dignity of the United States,
and the rights and interests of its citizens
Hosr wished to add that, in his judgment,
it would be necessary to enlarge somewhat
the scope of legislation already adopted and
to put it into the power of the president
Wuth HdlN tlcSco ~CiS W
the United States in foreign ports to
retaliate not merely by denying
like commercial privileges but
authorizing the president in his discretion
to deny all commercial privileges in United
States ports to vessels of the power so deny
ing, or to vessels of any province, colony or
| dependency of such power.
The Senate then at 1880, on motion of
| Edmunds went into executive session.
The doors were reoponed at Its, and sDn
motion of Dolph the senate decided to take
up the house bill providing for the repeal
of the presumption, timber culture and des-
ert land acts. Wilson obtained permission
pending the regular order to
address the anaie on the bill
making the rate OF postage on fourth
class mail matter : cents an ounce; but
| gave way for the consideration of the in
valid pension appropriation, bill which was
reported by ogan, and at once passed by
the senate. The military academy bill was
then taken up. ilumb called for
the yeas and nays on the passage
of the LlL lie believed the ex-
clusiveness which was being created
i'll the army was unrepublican, and be would
vote against all appropriations for the West
| Point academy, until the law was changed
so as to permit OF at least one half of the
appointments to army yacanies being made
from civl life The vote resulted: Heas, 4;
nays, q.
Allison said the senate committee on ap-
preparations now bad no bills pending; that
there wee five appropriation bills which
had not yet reached the senate; that we
| were now within two weeks of the expira-
ton of the fiscal year, and in the
nature of things 1t would be I'M
possible to pass those bills by July
l. Allison added that whatever re-
sponsibllity might attach to a failure to
pass these appropriation bills could not he
attributed to the senate.
Wilson then addressed the senate on the
bill making the rate of postage on fourth
class matter > cents an ounce
After Wilson had concluded the pre- emp.
ton, timber culture, and desert land repeal
bill was resumed, the senate COMMITTEES
having substituted for the house bill
the senate bill for the same purpose,
which provides for the rights OF
settlers, prsscribes SI25 per acre as the
price Of desert land, and requires an ex-
penditure on the part OF the purchaser of 81
y
ton; it also provides that no one shull lie
deprived of a homestead by this bill
In the house Morrison, from the commit
tee On ways and means, reported back I'D
versely resolution offered by GrosvenoI
of Ohio declaring i'll favor of the restora
ton of the wool tariff of 1861,
and resolution of wilkins of Ohio express
ing the sense of congress as adverse TO any
change in the present wool tariff The
house then went into committee of The
whole ON legislative appropriation bill
The clause relating to the pension office
gave rise to a protracted partisan debate in
regard to the political management of that
bureau A number of members took hand.
The discussion became quite breezy
and finally drifted INTO a hot
wrangle as to the number OF
Democrats and Republicans, respectively
who entered the Union army at the break
ing out of the war Curtin of Pennsylva
MIA closed the discussion by appealing to the
house TO .proceed 10 business and quit
fighting the war over again
Several amendments were made in the
bill and the committee rose and reported
the bill TO the house, where the amendment,
increasing the salaries of the assistant
treasures at Chicago, st Louis, Boston
and San Francisco were rejected
other amendments concurred in and tn
bill passed. Recess was taken until y. m.
the evening session to be for consideration
of private business