The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-08-12
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CONGRESSIONAL,

CONVERSATIONAL.
SENATE, Aug. 3-The conference commit
tee on the Deficiency bill submitted a report,
which was agreed to, recommending that
certain items be referred back to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury with instructions to re-
port the facts to Congress at the next ses-
sion. Mr.. Allison reported back the House
adjournment resolution with an amendment
four p. m. the 4th of August Mr. Hoar ex-
pressed his dissent to the passage of this or
any other adI dIonrnment resolution until the
him from the Judiciary Committee on April
l9, for ''inquests under national authority"
He referred to the massacres during the last
bama, Mississippi and other Southern States,
and stated that, in every one of these cases,
SO far as was shown to the people Of
the the North by the press, q negro and Repub-
ican was the vict m, and a Democrat and a
white mant the aggressor. After debate
alton of the resolution and it was placed on
on the River and Harbor bill reported an
without division. The vetoed House bill
granting pension to Jacob Romiser was
taken taken up and passed over the veto by
ference report on the Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill svas then taken UP and after
nays Il. At tbe evening session a bill was
passed appr0priat ng 900 additional for
the Congress onal library ste. The Senate
after ad journed.
HousE.-The Speaker laid before the House
the Presidents message announcing his ap-
proval of the OleOmargarine bill, which was
read and referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means. Also a message from the Presi-
esa dens transmitting "a the papers in the Cutting
Affairs. The report of the conference COM
mittee on the River and Harbor Appropria-
was agreed to-yeas III, nays 9s Reports of
conference comm ttees upon the Deficiency
Appropriation bill and on the Sundry Civil
bill were presented. debated, and finally
agreed to. after which the House adjourned.
SENATE, August IA joint resolution was
passed, accepting from William H. Wander
bilt and Julia Dent Grant objects of value
and art presented by various foreign gov
ernments to the late Ulysses S. Grant. They
ment," and are TO be held by the United
States and preserved and protected in the
National Museum for the use and inspection
granting % an increase of pensions ems % 70 soldiers %
who lost an arm or leg in the service was
received rec eH from the House with verbal
Cured in, and the bill went to the the
President for approval. The Senate
bin extending the immediate delivery"
system was taken up and passed. The
Senate then took up and passed the House
bill to restrict the ownership of real estate
IN n. the territories to American citizens. with
This is the same bill and practically the
same substitute on which the conference
committee failed to come to an agreement.l
number of private bills were passed and
others postponed. after which Mr.. Allison,
from the conference committee on the "sur-
presented summary of the effects of the
resolution if it should become a law long
debate followed, at the conclusion of which
lne conference report was agreed to without
div SION, and the Senate adjourned.
HoUSE.-The report of the conference
committee on the 'surplus" jo MT resolution
n. 0eDatad q nd Iu
adopted-yeas 120, nays 63. The Senate amend
ments in the Fortifications bill were non-
House then considered resolutions relative
to Editor Cutting, now a prisoner in Mexico,
but without reaching a conclusion ad-
iourned.
SENATE, August 5.-The House bill for the
relief OF certain soldiers of the Twelfth
Michigan Volunteer Infantry tdishonorably
discharged) was amended and passed. Mr..
Plumb, from the conference comm ttee on
the Fertilization bill. reported that the COM
amounted to the failure Of Of the Bill. W Mr..
Plumb from the conference committee on
the bill for the repeal of the Presumption
ment of the comm ttee. Mr.. Harris (the
chair being occupied by Mr. Hawleyl offered
are 2 resolution Of thanks to Senator Sherman
atty" with which he had presided over
The Senate during the present SESSION;
adopIea. MI. Edmunds reported that the
watt on the President to inform him that
Congress had completed the business of the
session and were ready to adjourn unless he
mad some further communication to make
had performed that duty and were informed
by the Pres dent that he had no further COM
munication to make and that he congratu-
ated the two Houses on the termination of
their labors After a short address by the
Chair, thanking the members for their uni
form courtesy and kindness to him as the
presiding officer, he declared the session
closed sine die.
HoUsE.-A resolution was adopted granting
the committee appointed to investigate the
labor troubles in the West permission to sit
during the recess with all the powers granted
to 1t in the original resolution providing for
its appointment. The Senate bill was passed
accepting the gift of the Grant relics. A bill
was passed approprlating s150.O0O for the
erection of public building in Los Angeles,
Cal. The adjournment resolution was taken
up and the amendment of the Senate fixing
the hour of adjournment at four o'clock con-
CURED in. AT 2:25 o'clock the committee ap-
pointed to wait upon the President and in
form him that Congress was ready to ad-
iourn, appeared at the bar of the House and
announced that it had performed its duty,
and that the President had nothing further
10 communicate to Congress When the hour
Of four clock arrived, without any prelim-
mary remarks Speaker Carlisle declared the
House adjourned sine die.
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