Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-07-10

paper press. which gave rise to this iuVssti.
gauOn5 ald any act OInclaI OF Otherwise
connected with the matter investigated
which was dishonest, d1slOnOrabIs or c6Hsur-
able. The report and resolution (Which Is
cOnCuErad in by Mr.. Hales) we're referred tC
the house calendar. On motion OF Elr. KAN
DALI of Pennsyi Van1a-s an amendment '7aE
adopted apprO pFlatlug Sl4s 90 for the s6rE1 e
of the army and navy hospital at Hot
Springs Ark. Adjourned
In the house on July LIST, the speaker laid
before the house a message from the senate
announcing that that body had passed, over
the presidents veto, the bill to quiet the
title Of settlers on the D6s MOinss river
lands. The presidents message having been
read Mr.. PaysOnl OF Illinois, presented
reasons Why the bill should be passed over
the president s veto, which he said was based
on total apprehension OF the facts Of
the case, and of the end sought to be accom-
plishe0 by the measure. The house, by a
vote Of 161 to 81, refused to pass the bill
over the presidents veto. The sundry civil
appropriation bill was then taken up and
finally passed upon. Adjourned.
IuLhe house on July 3D. the committee on
publig lands, reported back a bill forfeItlug
the lands granted TO certain southern states,
70 and IN the construction or railroads. with
a senate amendment excepting the Gulf 3
Ship Island railroad from the terms OF the
forfeiture. The amendment was cOncurred
in. On motion nat6samendments were non
cOucuEr6Q IN TO the Dill repeating the pre-
smptiOn, timber culture and desert land
laws. Mr.. Iaulbie, of Kentucky, from the
committee on invalid pensions, submitted a
report upon the veto message Of the presi-
dent on the bill granting a pension to Car
ter w. Iiller. Mr.. Sawyer of New York,
submitted a similar report on the veto mes
sage on the bill granting a pension to Mr.,
Andrew johnson. After considering the de-
hcIency appropriation bill IN committee OF
the who'll the house adjourned.
The entire session of the house on July Sd.
FHn Eaaa1
general deficiency appropriation bill, nine
teen pages Of which were completed.
In the house July 9TH, Mr.. Springer, OF
Illinois, offered resolution calling on the
president for copies OF all correspondence
between this government and the republics
of Nicaragua and Costa Rtca since 1876, IL
relation to the construction of an inter
oceanic canal by the way Of Lake Nicaragua
Referred. Mr.. Belmont, Of Nav York,
offered a resolution calling on the president
for copies of the correspondence relating to
the Imprisonment and release of Julio San
bOs, a citizen of the United States, IN Ecua-
dor. Referred. Bills were introduced as
follows By Mr.. Warner of Ohio, requiring
all the expenditures Of the pOstOfice depart
ment to be passed upon by a comptroller
and an auditor. BY j. III. Taylor, of Ten
nessee, for the transfer of the medical re-
cords of the war from the war department.
The house then went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Hammond, OF Georgia, in the
chair, on the general deficiency apprOpria-
ton bill. The clause ratlfy1ng and confirming
the readjustment of the salaries heretofore
made by the postmaster general, pursuant
to the act of March 3, 1888, was ruled out ON
a point OF order, and an amendment Offered
by MIR. Burns, OF Missouri, striking out the
entire appropriation for readiusumeut
1881, 394) was adopted. Mr.. Gibson, of
West Virginia. caused something Of sensa-
ton by charging that Mr.. IOWnshend and
Mr.. Cannon, members of the appropriation
committee, had gone to the senate after the
action of the house IN striking the names of
certain house employees from the Legislative
appropriation, and secured the re-lusertiOu
of the names by the senate committee. The
committee rose and the house at o p. III.
adjourned.
In the house on July 6, petitions were pre-
scented from Pennsylvania Knights of Labor
asking legislation to promote the interest of
labor. Referred. Mr.. Iaulbi6, OF Kentucky,
called up the report of the committee on in
valid pensions upon the veto messages OF the
president on the Dill granting a pension TO
Garter w. Tiller. He disayOWed any pur-
pose of criUiciZiug the president IN his
exercise Of his constitutional right, or Of
raising any war on his methods or style in
the veto Of pension bills. He proceeded to
state the facts in the case to show that the
president was acting under m1sapprehen-
sion when he based his veto on the ground
that the claimant was not dependent upon
his son on whose account the pension ls
claimed for support. He also quoted from
alidaVits to show that while it was true that
the son was borne on the rolls as a deserter,
he was, at the time that the charge was made
against him, confined as prisoner In An
Jacksonville prison. he admit ed that the
president had acted honestly upon the facts
before him, but since the veto additional
facts had come to light, showing yOung
IIller's hospital record, of AndersOnVllls.
MIR. Warner, OF Missouri inquired whether
those additional records had not been aC-
CsssiDle to the president. Mr.. Iaulble re-
piled that the records were accessible to any
body who would take the trouble to go to the
war department and search over the musty
prison records OF the cOnfederacy, but the
president had acted on the written statement
OF the adJutant general that there was no
such record found Ia his OtnCe. subsequently
to the veto the record was found, but the
veto could not be Withdrawn. Mr.. Beach,
of New York, suggested that it would not be
proper for the house to override the veto on
the strength of facts which the president
did not have before him he withheld his
approval from the bill. The proper thing
to do was to Introduce a new bill.
The morning hour having been dispensed
with the house went into committee of the
whole, Mr.. Hammond, OF Georgia, il the
chair, on the general deficiency approprla-
ton bill. The end OF the bill having been
reached, the COMMITTEES, in accordance with
a previous arrangement reverted to the
paragraphs relative to the state uepartu ent,
Mr.. Belmont, OF New York, cal ed attention
to the fact that the diplomatic and consular
of $4,000 for contingent expenses of con-
suIates, as against $4,000 made in the bill
Of last year. Mr.. Conner offered an
amendment apprOpriatlng S37, sos to meet
the deficiencies in the salaries of ministers
and charges d'affairs. Agreed to. On mo-
ton of Mr.. Belmont, Of New York, the ap-
prOpriatiOns to supply deficiencies in the
contingent expenses OF cOnsuIates for the
year 1880, was increased from So, 900 70
$4,000, and for the years 1884 and 1885 from
1892 to S37, l45. On motion Of Belmont, an
amendment was adopted apprOpriating
various small sums tC meet special dehcien-
cies in the consular service. The COMMITTEES
then arose and reported the bill TO the
house. The first vote was taken on the
amendment for the payment of the Old
Colony and Pacific Mail Steamship cOmpa-
pinWall, in 1885. 1t was agreed tC-yeas
III, nays, SO. Pending further action the