The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-08-04

dIsposlhg OF SO many OF the amendments IN
dispute as were agreed to by the Conference
passage over the Presidents veto by
the nece Sary two-thirds majority.
The next message called up was that veto
ing the bill granting a pension to Joseph
Romiser. In this case the Committee on
Invalid Pensions is unanimously of opinion
that the bill should be passed over the veto.
The bill was passed yeas, 10; nays, -
the he President: Messrs Bennett, Blan-
cnard, bIand, Capeil, Chandler, Cle:n-
ents, Crisp, Croxton, Culherson, David
son, OF Alabama; Dowdney, Dunn, forney,
Harris, Henderson, of North Carolira: John
ston, of North Carolina; Jones, of Texas;
MILAN, McRea, Morgan, Peel, Randall, Rea-
gan. Reid OF North Carolina; Richardson,
Sadle", Sayres, Singleton, Stewart, OF Texas;
ST. Martin, j. NJ Taylor, Of Tennessee; Iur-
ner, Walibcrn and Wheeler
169TH DAY.-Mr Hill, from the Commit
tee on Territories, reported bill extending
the homestead laws over such parts of Alas
ka as may lie prescribed by the Secretary of
the Interior, establishing land office at
Sitka, and authorizing III, appointment
of a resident Surveyor-General. -.
In the House Mr.. Holman, from the Confer
ence Committee on the Legislative Appro
priation bill, reported a disagreement. a
motion that the House recede r fronts from Its
fRTom POSITION the was com%ittee aDitt Af on Pubic
Buildings, reported bill to establish ma:
rine hospital at the port Of New York. Com
mittee of the Whole. -. The Fortifications
Appropriation bill was discussed
iiOTH DAY.-The House resumed consider
alton of the Fertilization Appropriation bill,
which was passed. 1t appropriates size, goo,
to lie expended as follows: $!Oo,Ooe
repair of fortifcations, and other works
cf defence: $4,000 for the con-
tinuation of torpedo experiments and for
ra:tiCal instruction of engineer troops in
the details of service, and $5OO,0OO for the
armament of sea coast Notifications, with
provision that the implements of war pur.
chased shall be of American manufacture. ....
The Senate concurrent resolution for the
printing of 1000 copies of the third annual
report of the Civil Service Commission was
agreed to-yeaS, 1SS: nays, 49,. Mr.. Cobb
(lnd) from the Conference Committee on the
bill repeating the Presumption, Timber Gull
ture, and Desert Land laws, reported COM
plete disagreement. A further conference
was ordered. &. At the evening session a bill
was passed providing for the transmission OF
small sums under s. throug b the mails.
l71Sr DAY.-Mr. Hatch (Mo.), rising to a
question of privilege, sent to the Clerks desk
and hal read au extract from the speech
made in the Senats yesterday by Senator
ingalls,, in which he said that "a more
shameful spectacle was never pre-
sentsd to the American people than nan
other House under the leadership of the
Chairman of a committee, who is himself
engaged in the dairy business, who has
herd and farm whose product he sells in
the market and upon which he relies for his
support" and that whenever any argument
is made against measures in which they
have direct personal interest they "de-
scend into the arena of vulgar per-
sonality aud denunciation in order to make
the passage of the measure less obnoxious"
Mr.. Hatch, for whom the Senator's
remarks were intended, characterized
them as totally false in every par
ticular, and denounced Mr.. ingalls,
as "a falsiier and detractor"....
Mr.. Hewitt, from the Committee on Ways
and Means, reported back a resolution re-
auesting the President to communicate to tho
House copies of any correspondence, reports
or information relating to the probable ad-
vantages or disadvantages to accrue to the
United States by the operations Of the re-
ciprocity commercial convention between the
United States and Mexico. Adopted. In
the evening the House passed lot OF bills
authorizing the construction OF bridges,
among them the bill permitting the building
l72D DAY.-A resolution for final ad-
journnlent on July 2sth was passed. The
River and Harbor Appropriation bill was
again sent to conference committee. ). Tue
evening session was devoted to several de-
betes on the Interstate Commerce bill
173D DAY.-Mr Hatch, from the Commit
tee on Agriculture, reported back the Oleo-
margarine bill, with Senate amendments,
and with a Recommendation that they
be non -coucurred in. 1t was referred
to the Committee of the Whole. where
it took its place at the foot OF
reached by laying aside the Morrison and
Randall tariff bills and one or two internal
revenue bills. -. After some further business
the House went into Committee of the Whole
on revenue bills the object being to reach
the oleomargarine bill: The first j., bill l,a Of
this character on the calendar was the Nor,
rison Tariff bill, and Mr.. Morrison moved
that it be laid aside. Mr.. Durham objected,
but the motion was agreed to-yeas, lG7:
nays, 63 Various revenue bills then came
"a ,ya,a loid oci6a rptil adjournment