Crawford avalanche., 1886-07-01
CONGRESSIONAL.
Tho Work of the Senate and House
of Representatives

THE Senate took up the bin repeating the pre-
emption and timber culture laws at its session
ON June 22 and rejected the Ingalls, amendment
applying TO all lands the Blair amendment pro-
q, n,,Dislng tne acquisition OF more than Gao acres
original amendment was then rejected by a vote
OF ~ TO 3, Senators Blair IN. HI Dolph (0regonl,
and Teller Coll, voting yea The President has
sent the following nominations 10 the Senate
David n Burke, Of New York, Consul Of the
United States at Puerto Cabeilo; Edward 4.
Colorado; Samuel I. ellison, OF PennsylvanIa,
Agent for the Indians at Fort Peck
aSS1sIs.r AsSnSy MG@tans q q. John ohm, M galloway
the Southern Kansas Railroad Company through
Indian Territory. Registers Of Land Ofices-
land, Carson City, New; Richard McCloud, Du-
Postmasters- Fannie ID. Porter, Ell Paso, Tex.
burn, III. John j. Ankeny, Minneapolis, MINI.
:: Curtis Symonds, Hudson, Wis. james e.
MSrdsa. Webster city, iowa. Joseph j. Topiin,
Longmont, Col. In the House of Representatives
OF rule making it in order TO amend a general
pension bill by adding provision for the impo-
sition OF tax to meet the expenditures re-
quired by the bill long and hot debate en-
sued The debate took wide range, and
although in its opening stages 1t presented the
isr rare eo spectacle Of the rival leaders Of the
son. in apparent accord, they soon fell to bella
boring each other In good set terms Mr.. Nor
Randall faction, I'm voting against consideration
OF the tariff bill had violated tho pledges con-
tainod In the platform" OF 1884. Mr. Randall,
on the contrary claimed that his course I'm the
House upon tho tariff question had been
in entire accord with the spirit" OF
the aforesaid platform, and resented the
warmth. motion by Mr.. Roed to lay
Mr.. Morrisons motion ON the table was de-
feated, and the motion went over. Nine vetoes
OF private pension bills were laid before the
House, and referred. Several Of the Presidents
terse sentences and ironical suggestions were
greeted with applause and laughter. Mr.. Nor
rison informed the House that he had concluded
Tor tho present not to renew his motion to 90
into committee OF the whole on the tariff bill.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sent in seven vetoes
Of private pension bills to the Senate juno %.
Tho Senate voted to reconsider the vote by
which it had passed the bill prohibiting Con-
gressmen from acting as attorneys Tor Iand-grant
railroads, and the measure was then 'reforred
to the Judiciary Committee In discussing the
matter, Mr.. Beck said he was himself lawyer,
and would not place any indignity ON tho profess
sion of the law When elected to Congress
however, he found that his public duties re-
quired all his tme-not being possessed of the
ranscendenJ abilities that the Senator from New
York perhaps possessed. The country believed
that the 200 year received by Senators and
Representatives In Congress entitled the people
TO their whole services and il Senators or
Representatives could not live that COM
pensation they had no right to supplement
It by taking fees from corporations whose
interests were adverse to those of the people.
The entire Legislative day in the House was
occupied by the Republicans in hlibustering to
prevent the Democrats from adopting a rule
which would result In setting apart for the bene-
fit Of pensioners the revenues to be derived from
n tax on incomes. Messrs Morrison and Ran
dali have fought shoulder to shoulder In this
fight, and only ten Democrats, including Messrs.
Townshend and Worthington, of Illinois, aided
tho Republican opposition. Nothing occurred to
break the uninteresting round of roll-calls
cept an occasional pass between Morrison and
duently proposed to improve the time by going
on with the appropriation bills or with the Blair
pension bill. Randall replied that he would
take care of the appropriation bills, and Morri-
sfehJjof GBSf tRSpehRRn tBfH Bf taS hK666IBe
hcans would agreo TO amend it by providing for
tax to meet the expenditures that would re-
suit from its passage. The proceedings were
conducted in good temper ON both sides. and
were ended by tho arrival Of the fixed hour for
adjournment The Democrats did not have q
was unable to find any Of the absentees in the
city.
THE bill repeating the pre-emption and tim
ber-culturo laws passed the Senate, on Juno "a,
by vote Of 81 yeas to 20 nays. The Senate
passed the bill providing for the appointment
and compensation OF a United States District
Judge for tho Southern District OF Alabama,
with an amendment offered by Senator Logan
I'LL which fixes the salaries OF all United States
District Judges at 5000 year, and prohib-
its nepotism on the part of Federal judges.
Thu President beat his record. by sending
in twenty-nne messages vetoing that many
special pension bills. The House went into
committee OF the whole on the sundry civil bill,
and adopted, bv vote of 30 to 7S, an
amendment providing that no money appropri-
ated for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
shall be used in printing United States notes OF
large denomination I'm lieu OF notes OF small de-
nomination Cancelled or retired.