The Portland daily press., 1886-06-12
XLIXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION,
SENATE,
WASHINGTON,

WASHINGTON, June IL.
In the Senate today Mr.. Whithorne gave
notice that on the next legislative day he
would call up for the purpose of making
some remarks on it, the bill ITO promote
political progress and commercial prosperity
of American nations"
On motion of Mr.. Dolph, the Senate then
took up the Northern Pacific railroad for
feiture bill.
Ia the House this morning on motion Of
Mr.. O'Neil of Missouri the Senate bill similar
to the one introduced in the House by Mr..
O'Neil was passed, to legaliZe the lncorpora-
tiOn OF national trade unions.
Private business having been dispensed
with a session was ordered for tonight for
the consideration Of legislative appropriation
bill and a session for tomorrow night for the
consideration of pension bills
The House then went into a committee of
the whole on the legislative, executive and
judiciary appropriation bill.
A clause appropriating for the salary of
the President having been reached Mr.
Bayne of Pennsylvania offered an amend
ment providing that none of this money
shall be paid until the civil service rules
shall have been changed as recommended by
the committee appropriations in the latter
portion of the bill. point of order having
been raised against the amendment Mr.
Bayne, while not contending it was in order,
stated that if it was germane to the bill at all
it was germane at this point.
Mr.. Findlay of Maryland said that the
provision whether in form presented by the
gentleman frum Pennsylvania or in its orr
ginal form was the proposition presented
conceived in spirit of the purest of buncombe
for the boldest purpose of the most transpa-
rent demagogue There was no man here
who doubted it was subject to point of or
der and therefore would be thrust out of this
bill as an irreyelant and impertinent order.
There was no man who doubted that if by
any miscarriage such should not be its fate
when it got to the Senate that body would
trample it under foot with the Scorn and
and precedent it should pass that body it
would confront a hostile executive who
would give it his approval only under com
pulsion of the forced position to which he
had been driven by his own political friends.
This House land by this he meant the Demo-
cratic majority had already rudely turned
its back on one of the principal reforms in
the currency of the country recommended by
the President and as if that had not been
enough it is now proposed to knock from un-
der him the very fondation stone of his poll
tical creed and public success, and this was
politics and these were leaders.
Mr.. Bayne's amendment was ruled out of
order and some little discussion arose as to
the proper mode of appropriating for the
salary of presiding officer of the Senate.
1t was finally agreed to strike out the
clause appropriating $4,000 for the salery of
the Vice President and to appropriate 3d.
600 to pay such Senator as might be selected
to preside over the Senate.
The civil service section having been reach
ed Mr. Morrison made point of order
against the provision changing the rules of
the commission and pending the decision the
committee rose
Mr. Morrison gave notice that on Thursday
next he would call up the tariff bill and Mr.
Mckinley, in behalf of the opponents of the
measure, stated that he would resist its con-
sideration.
The House then took recess till $50
o'clock, the evening session to be for further
consideration of the appropriation bills.