Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-11
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, June 10, 1886

I WASHINGTON, June 1O, 1SS6. | SENATE.-Among memorials presented was one by MT. Miller from congress of work 1 ingmen's clubs of the United States praying | for the passage of bill establishing postof- flee banks
 After the routine morning business, MT.
 Beck called up his bill to prohibit members | of Congress from accepting retainers or en- ployment from railroad companies which
 have received land grants or pecuniary aid l from Congress- MT. Beck stated that he had l no remarks to make upon it, and asked for 1 it's immediate consideration. The bill then | came to vote and was passed without refer l ence to any committee. On the passage of | the bill the yeas were 37, the nays II. The | agricultural appropriation bill was taken up. | MT. Dolph opposed amendment reported from the Committee on Public Lands appro- l priating $50, 900 to aid in the reclamation of
 the arid region in Washington Territory by | sinking artesian wells.
 MT. Teller spoke in it's favor and Mr. Chace | against.
 l MT. George moved an amendment provid- 1 ing that the wells shall be sunk on govern l ment lands and such lands be reserved from l sale until further provided for by law This 1 amendment was agreed to and the $50, 900 1 proposition was agreed to. MT. Beck objected to the Senate amend 1 ment limiting to American manufacture the machinery contemplated by the House ap- propriation of s9, 400 for experiments in the
 
 cussion followed, but the Senate amendment | was finally agreed to; yeas 52 nays 12. l The bill was then passed, substantially reported from the Senate committee. MT. McPherson introduced bill to in- | crease the naval establishment. Qt is iden- I tical with the bill introduced by Represen- tative Herbert in the House of Representa- | tives- It appropriates $6, 425, ,OOO) MT. Dolph moved that the Senate resume consideration of the Northern Pacific forfeit 1,i o,,1 +Iot h 1oiI 1of1r f1a | Senate.
 Pending consideration of the bill MT. Rid dleberger called the attention to his resolu- ton for open executive sessions. It was five ! months since we began, he said, considera- 1 tion of the question whether this body was House of Lords or 8 United States Senate. No decision had been arrived at. MT. Morrill, said there was mutual understanding that the subject l would be brought up and voted on after the railroad bills were disposed of. MT. Riddleberger insisted on vote on the question of taking up his resolution. The Senate refused to take it up. The Senators voting in the affirmative, wereMessrs. Blair, Butler, Coke, Frye, George, Logan, Riddleberger and Van Wyck-S yeas, nays 32. MT. Cockre1l submitted an amendment to the forfeiture, the effect of which would be to forfeit all lands not earned within the time required by the granting act. The bill and amendments were then or dered reprinted.
 On motion of Mir. Allison a bill was passed appropriating S150,000 additional sum to complete the Des Moines, Ia, public building. MT. Hawley entered a motion to reconsider the bill prohibiting members of Congress from acting attorneys or em- ployes of railroad companies that had re- ceived land grants or pecuniary aid from the United States. MT. Hawley said that with a number of other Senators he had voted for the passage of the bill, but since voting had given the bill some consideration. Hence his motion to reconsider. The motion was agreed to.
 The Senate then at p. m., on motion of MT. Call went into executive session and at 5:20 adjourned.
 HoUsE--Mr. VanEaton, from the Committee on Public Lands, reported bill setting apart certain swamp lands on Lake St. Clair, Mich, as a national fishing and shooting reserva- tion; Committee of the Whole.
 MT. Harris of Georgia, from the Ways and Means com mmittee, reported bill amend ing such sections of the statute as make distinction in the mode of packing and sell ing cut tobacco.
 MT. Barksdale of Mississippi, from the Committee on Printing, reported bill grant ing leaves of absence to employees of the gov ernment printing office.
 The House then went into the Committee of the Whole on the legislative, executive and judicial bill. The pending question was MT. Morrison's point of order against the words Gin full compensation" where they oc- cur in the bill.
 Mir. Holman argued the point and said these words had been in every legislative ap- propriation bill for ten years The question was whether the House could under it's rules, impose limitation upon expenditures. If not it had almost abandoned it's control of the expenditures.
 MT. Morrison said the point was made to ir,si hot tha ru1a nf ha shn ha observed
 In rendering his decision the chairman re- viewed the provisions of the rule adopted by the Forty-fouruh Congress and of the rule adopted by the Forty-sixth Congress and known as the Holman amendment. He com pared them with the existing rules to show that the present House had stripped the rule of any verbiage which could possibly be con- strued as permitting legislation appropri- ation bills. He also called attention to the fact that when the House was discussing the rules it had voted down-yeas 69, nays 205- proposition to allow reductions of salaries to be provided for on appropriation bills. The chair had therefore no difficulty in coming to the conclusion in the light of preceding rules and in the light of the action of the present House that it was not in order to provide for the reduction of salary when it had been fixed by law. He sustained the point of order.
 MT. Faulber, of Kentucky, offered an amendment regulating the appointment of substitutes in the departments, but it was ruled out on point of order.
 When the clause appropriating for the pay of Senators had been lead E. B. Taylor Of fered an amendment providing that none of the money should be paid until the Senate had confirmed the appointment of Matthews for register of deeds of the District. He said this was to bring out the latent power to su- pervse all branches of the government it proposed to supervise the conduct of the civil service commission. The amendment having been ruled out, MT. Taylor thanked the chair for his decision. The reading of the bill was then proceeded with and good deal of discussion arose over the appropriations for the clerical force of the House and having finished the considera- tion of nine of the 106 pages of the bill the committee rose and the House at 6 o'clock adjourned