Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-27
Wash1nGtoa Notes.
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WASHINGTON, July 26.-The Presi-
dent has referred the oleomsrsarine
bill to tho 'Attorney.Genersl for an
opinion as to its constitutionality.
1t is stated at the War Department
that no United States troops have been
ordered to Fort Bliss in anticipation
Of trouble at Fl Psso arising from
the reported refusal of the Mex
lean authorities to release Editor Cut
ting. 1t is stated further that the
concentration Of Mexican troops at that
place does not in itself signify the prob
able rupture Of the present peaceful re-
lstions with this country, but is more
likely q strategic military movement
against revolutionary parties in Mexico.
Asitpassed the Senate Saturday night
the sundry civil appropriation bill appro-
PIRATES an aggregate Of exc, GlS,5I5, an
increase Of SO, LOG, $50 over the amount
appropriated by the bill As 1t came
from the House. The items added by
the Senate ars s7l1,545 for public
buildings, s5l6,750 for lighthouses.
slO6, $50 for coast survey, and 81, 165,-
900 on account OF miscellaneous items.
Senator Blair, from the Committee
on Education and Labor, to-day sub
mitied a favorable report from the ma
iority of the COMMITTEES on the joint re-
solution proposing that an amendment
to tho Constitution in relation to alco-
holic liquors and other poisonous beve-
RACES be submitted to the Legislatures
of the States for ratification. The
amendment provides that from anu
after the J ear 1900 the manufacture and
sale and importation Of distilled slcO-
holic Intoxicating liquors, except for
medicinal, mechanical, chemical, and
scientific purposes, and for use In arts,
shall cease.
In the House to-day Mr.. King, Of
Louisiana. offered o resolution, which
was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, requesting the Presi-
dent to communicate to the House in
formation concerning the alleged ille-
gal detention of A. X. Cutting, an
American citizen, by the Mexican au-
thorities at Paso Del Norte !; and also,
whether an additional force OF United
States troops has been ordered to Fort
Bliss.
The conferrees on the river-and-har-
Dor bill have failed to reach an agree
ment, and will so report TO their re-
spectiye houses.
The Senate to-day passed the House
bill directing the Commissioner Of La
Dor to make an Investigation as to con.
yict labor.
At G o'clock the Republican senator's
assembled in caucus in the judiciary
Committee room. The committee APP
pointed at the caucus at Senator Sher-
mans house to outline a substitute for
he Morrison surplus resolution made
its report, recommending that the mini
mum reserve be fixed at SllO,OOO,OOO
ard the maximum at sl30, 900, 900. A
proviso was added authorizing the Pre-
sident to suspend the operation of the
resolution in enc, gencies. A quorum
of The caucus did not wait to hear the
full report, and when Senator Allison
had finished reading and explaining it
it was decided to adjourn without ac-
ton, leaving the result to the Finance
Committee at its meeting tomorrow
morning.
The principal part Of the time OF the
Senate i'll secret session, up to the recess
at 6 O'Clock, was consumed by Senators
voorhees, and Harrison speaking re-
spectively for and against the ccntirms-
ton of Collector Thomas Uanlon, OF
the Seventh Indiana internal-revenue dis
trct, adversely reported from the Fl
nance Committee.