Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-07-17
RORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
sen ATE.
WAsHISGroN, July f6.

After passing several pension bills, the
Senate took up the river and hsrbor bill.
At 1890, Mr.. Ingalls, attacked the new edi.
tion of the bill tor its loose and careless com.
position and arrangement.
The reading of the amended bill with the
original amounts reduced % per cent, was
| then proceeded with and the eccentricities
| pointed out this morning by Mr. Ingalls, were
corrected as the items were reached.
The reading was temporarily interrupted
and message from the House presented,
insisting on its disagreement to three or four
amendments Of the legislative appropriation
bill. One of these amendments was that to
pay clerks for the Senate. The Senate in.
sisted on its amendment and the conference
committee was reappointed.
Mr.. Pugh gave notice that on Tuesday
next, at 2 O'Clock, he would call up the re-
port of the committee on privileges and cleo
tions in the Payne case.
| The reading of the river and harbor bill
was resumed.
Mr. Vest moved to increase the appropriation
tor the Missouri river from $4,000 TO
$500, 900; rejected-yeas 20, nays 80.
The bill was again interrupted that the
Senate might receive report from the con-
ference committee on the legislative bill
The committee had not been able to agree
ouu TIC ocuhtc Votcd W iuolst Ou It's dIutuu
ments.
The Senate having resumed consideration
of the river and harbor bill a number OF
amendments were offered and laid on the
table. The question was finally taken on
agreeing to the committee amendment (re-
ducing the appropriation % per cent. } and il
was agreed to-yeas 81, nays lS.
The bill was then passed-yeas AZ, nays
l4-as follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Beck, Berry, Blackburn,
Blair, Brown, Butler Call, Camden. Cock
rell, Coke, Conger, Cullom, Dolph, Eustis,
Evarts, George, Gibson, German, Gray,
Hampton, Harrison, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones of
Ark, Jones of New, Kenna, Mcmillan,
Malone, Maxey, Miller, Mitchell of Orn.,
Payne. Ransom, Sherman, Spooner, Stan
ford, Van Wyck, Vest, Walthall aud Will
son of Md.-42.
Nays-Messrs. Dawes. Edmunds, Frye,
Hale, Harris, Hawley, Hearst, Platt Riddle
horne and Wilson of Iowa-l4.
The Senate then took up the naval approp-
ration bill
The amendments reported by the commit
tee on appropriations were agreed to without
question and the bill passed.
The Senate then at 6 P NJ adjourned.
toOSC-
The speaker laid before the House CON-
muncation from the secretary of the civil
service commission, in reply to the resolution
of the House calling for information as to
the authority for appointments to civil service
from the District OF Columbia in excess of
its proportion. Referred.
The House then resumed the consideration
of the conference report on the legislative
/ l.
disposing of so many of the amendments in
in dispute as were agreed to by the confer
ence committee.
The House receded from its disagreement
to the Senate amendment increasing from
$4,000 to S4500 the salary OF the assistant
treasurer at Baltimore.
The House receded from its disagreement
to the Senate amendment providing for an
increase of the clerical force of the civil SER
vice commission.
The veto messages on the bills granting
pensions to Elizabeth Luce and Catherine
Mccarthy were called up in succession and
the House declined to override them.
The next message called up was that ve-
tolng bill granting pension to Jos. Ro
mser. In this case the committee on invalid
pensions is unanimously Of the opinion that
the bill should be passed over the veto. The
OIL was passed over the veto; yeas 10, nays
3S.
The following gentlemen voted to sustain
the President:
Messrs. Bennett Blanchard, Bland, Cabell,
Gambler. Clements, Crisp, Croxton,l Culber-
son, Davidson of Alabama, Dow wduey, Dunn,
Forney. Harris, Henderson of North Caro-
lima, Johnston of North Carolina, Jones of
Texas, Laffon, Latham, Martin, McCreary,
Mcmillan. McRae, Morgan, Peet, Randall,
Reagan, Reid, Richardson, Sadler, Sayers,
Singleton. Stewart of Texas, st. Martin. J.
NJ. Taylor of Tennessee, Turner, Wellborn
and Wheeler.
The House then, at 5, took a recess until
s, the recess to be for the consideration of
pension bills.
AT its evening session the House passed
one pension bill and at 8 80 adjourned.