Morning journal and courier., 1886-06-29
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, June 25, 1886

WASHINGTON, June 2S, 1886. SENATE-The conference report on the postoff1ce appropriation bill was discussed
 The conferees were unable to agree on the
 subsidy provision. MT. Pugh addressed the
 Senate in favor of insisting upon this pro upon which that discrimination could be justi- fled. The same rule of compensation should be applied to all mail contractors. MT. Pugh said he represented State which had vital interests in the development of trade with Central and South America and he was willing te give encouragement to en- terprise even though it might be called 'sub- sidy."
 The matter was tenn porarily laid aside while conference reports were submitted. On the bill for a public building at Will Transport the House receded from its disa- greement and the report was concurred in.
 The conference report on the postoffice appropriation bill was then taken up. Mr. Plumb moved that the Soma te insist on it's amendment to the subsidy appropriation and asked further conference.
 MT. Beck, one of the conferees, opposed the motion, maintaining that the subsidy clause was not in the interest of the postal There was no chance of the House agreeing to this amendment, hence the Senate was driven to the alternative of either rejecting the appropriation for the Postofice depart ment for the next fiscal year or endeavoring to coerce the House into accepting the amendment against which it had expressed itself in the most positive manner.
 MT. Hale said it might be that the pro- position the other branch would adhere to it's proposition and that the Senate would have to- give it up. But it would only be for the time being and would not end with this session. The American people had become an over producing people and if it had a fair field and a fair opportunity it could obtain the trade of Central and South America and could furnish products as cheaply Great Britain, France or Germany, but 1t was ab- solutely necessary to have regular and cheap transportation If defeated here it would rise again. During the course of further re- marks MT. Hale said: ''I wish that the Pres ident could be drawn away from some of the things to which he is tho doubt honestly giving his time. Let him give less time to the examination of the subject of a pension to some poor old soldier and study up this question and learn something of the field that is open to the American people. Let the Postmaster General awaken to the inn portance of this subject"
 The motion that the Senate insist on it's amendments [the subsidy clause was then agreed to; yeas 33, nays 12. Messrs Brown, Call, Eustis, German, Payne and Pugh, Democrats, voted with the Republicans in the affirmative.
 The Senate then, on motion of MT. Plumb, took up the Presidents veto of the bill to quit titles of settlers on the DesMoines river land. MT. Evarts made an argument in sup port of the veto. He thought the objections to the bill were tersely and comprehensively stated. An examination of the object satis- fled him that the President was right in re- turning the bill without his approval.
 MT. Allison said that the bill affected large interests and great many people in Iowa and was therefore an important bill which should be considered carefully and in- telligently. It was important in another aspect. The Senator from New York Mir. Evarts) had just stated that the case was new one to him. It was also a new one to the President. He (Mr. Allison) was satis- fled from the statements made in the veto messages as well as from the statements made by the Senator from New York that neither of them had studied sufficiently the cases to understand fully the facts or decisions of the courts. He proceeded to give a history of bill over the Presidents veto.
 At the close of MT. Allison's remarks the subject went over until to morrow.
 MT. Blair, from the Committee on Pen sions, reported 8 bill to give the right of trial by jury to claimants for pension; or dered printed
 The Senate at $50 went into executive session and after short time adjourned.
 HoUsE-Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, in- troduced his bill to reduce and equalize duties on imports, to reduce internal revenue taxes, and to modify the laws in relation to the collection of the revenue.
 The sundry civil appropriation bill was taken up MT. Morrow, of California, moved an amendment increasing from S5, 300 to $10,- 600 the appropriation to meet the expenses incurred under the Chinese immigration act ,a1o S-1,, tary of the Treasury to have prepared pre- liminary and return certificates identifying more particularly than at present the Chinese to whom they are granted. Debate ensued, during which the Chinese question was gone over at length by Messrs. Morrow and Eel ton of California and Rice of Massachusetts, Belmont of New York and Cox of North Car olina MT. Morrow during his remarks pre- scented petition prepared under the aus pices of the Knights of Labor and signed by fifty thousand persons asking for the prohi- bition of Chinese immigration.
 Mr. Belmont maintained that absolute pro- hibition was not possible under the treaty.
 Mir. Willis thought the treaty might be ab- rogated and MT. Rice characterized that ex- pression as ill-advised inasmuch as this coun- try had thus far been the beneficiary under the treaty.
 Mir. Morrow's amendment was adopted.
 The clause in regard to the expenses of the collection of revenues from the sale of pub lie lands was then reached. Mr. Laird, of Nebraska, severely attacked the administra- ton of Commissioner. Sparks and read letters from homestead settlers characterizing the as a scourge worse than the grasshoppers.
 MT. Cobb defended the commissioner and quoted from report of special agent of the Interior department duplicating Laird with land frauds.
 Mr. Laird denied the truth of the reports and a spirited colloquy ensued between Messrs. Laird and Cobb, each warning the other against making any threats.
 Messrs Nelson, of Minnesota, and Pay son, of Illinois, defended the commissioner. During the course of his remarks the latter said Commissioner Sparks order of April 3, 1885, was in favor of the poor man who de- sired to receive home from his country and was notice to the landgrabbers that halt was to be called upon them. He regretted that owing to the pressure that had been brought by letters written by men steeped in fraud there had not been sufficient back bone on the part of the Secretary of the In terior to keep that order in existence.
 MT. Randall asked unanimous consent that the vote on MT. Morrow's amendment be .annu1led. This was agreed to and the amendment was rejected.
 On motion of MT. Warner the amount for salaries and commissions of registers, receiv- CTS of public lands was put at $490, ,O00, be- ing increased from $475, 900.
 On motion of MT. Springer an amendment was adopted providing that all fees collected by registers and receivers from any source which would increase their salaries beyond $3,O00 a year shall be converted into the treasury.
 Mr. Laird, of Nebraska, moved to strike out the clause appropriating $90,000 for pro tecting the public lands from illegal or fraudulent entry. After debate in which Messrs. Perkins and Peters ..of Kansas took occasion to pay their respects to the adminis- tration of General Sparks the committee rose and the House ct , o'clock adjourned.
 HANS HOLDORF IN COURT Another of the Theiss Boycotters Put
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