Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-04-29
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April Addison gave notice
that after the morning business tomorrow he
would ask unanimous consent 10 occupy the
attention Of the senate for twenty minutes In
some remarks on the question, of open eIecu-
tive sessions At l2:45 p. IN. Frye moved an
executive session, and the motion being agreed
10 the senate galleries were cleared aud the
doors closed When the doors were rsopeued
at $40 p. m; the senate adjourned until tos
morrow, The senate in executive session re-
jected the supplemental Mexican treaty, which
proposed TO open the Wen ID Abra claims.
HOUSE.
In the morning hour the house resumed con-
sideration Of the joint resolution for the APP
pointment Of commission 10 inquire into and
report upon the condition Of the Indians Az
ter an unsuccessful attempt to secure immedi.
ate action on the measure, Its further consid-
postponed until May
The remainder OF the morning was consumed
In an Intellectual effort on the part Of Forney
(Alabams) to secure consideration Of the bill
The house then went into committee OF the
whole on the river and harbor appropri-
alton bill Several propositions to increase
items of appropriation for different points were
voted down. McAdoo (New Jersey moved to
strike out the appropriation for Brenton bay
harbor, Maryland. Such items he said com
PEELED men to,vote against the BILL There
was no constitutional warrant for 1t, but when
the river aud hsrborbill was under consideration
and constitutional objection Was In the way,
the gentlemen jumped through the eonsttu.
ton with the agility OF circus acrobat jump
ing through paper covered hoop, The ouon
was lost skinner North Carolina) made sew
eral unsuccessful efforts to increase appropri-
atoms for harbors in North Carolina After
making some progress with the bill the COM
mittee rose and the house at 5;l5 adjourned.
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WASHINGTON, April 2l.-On motion of Blsif
The senate took up the private pension bills,
and by o'clock over four hundred but
half dozen of such bills on the calendar--had
been named. A number of other private bills
Or bills Of a local nature we're also passed.
Blair was unsuccessful in the attempt to get up
the general pension bill, and Van Dyke endea-
vored to get up the bill providing for the tax
alton OF railroad lands but failed. Cullom
iaid he had yielded the time to which the in
ter-state commerce bin was entitled this after
noon in the hope that tomorrow when they
should take w that bill, theY would continue
It from day to day until disposed Of. He
hoped, however, that it might be disposed of
tomorrow.
Consideration Of the bill for the relief Of the
Alabama sufferers was resumed In the house
but pending the action the morning hour ex-
pired, and the house went into committee Of
the whole on the river and harbor bill Hep
burn Qowa) moved to strike out the para
graph appropriating 500, 900 for the improve
ment Of the Galveston harbor. He could see
no material difference between the proposed
plan Of Improvement anu that which had been
denounced by the Galveston representative
(Ochiltree) during the last congress- Grain
inquired Mhether there was any appropriation
in the bill for the district represented by the
gentleman from Iowa, and Hepburn replied In
the negative, stating there were no navlgable
rivers in Iowa. Grain regarded that fact as
the "milk in the cocoanut.n II the gentleman
had share OF the pork he would not have
made the complaint. Hepburn suggested that
the gentlemans remarks seemed to imply that
no enc had right to talk about bill except
those who had some pork in the barrel. The
motion to strike was lost-SS to SO, but 1t was
agreed that a vote should be taken upon it In
the house. Pending further action, the com
mittec rose, and the house at at $50 y. IN. ad
jonrned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, April pa large number of
petitions were presented in the senate to-day
from local assemblies of Knights Of Labor, OPP
osping the free ship bill. Hoar reported the
original bill appropriating $4,000 in aid OF q
national monument at Plymouth, Mass. The
bill passed. The senate passed q bill to estab-
llih lighthouse at Sault Choix, Mich. Blair
gave notice that on Monday next he would
call up the joint resolution providing for q
constitutional amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquors. The
interstate commerce bill was then placed be-
fore the senate. Sewell offered amendments
covering number of points, one Of which was
to subject to the provisions Of the bill the
Canadian railroads having through traffic from
points In the United States to the seaboard;
also roads running through only one state in
competition with roads that run through sew
eral states to the same points; that persons or
corporations engaging in interstate commerce
shall first get license from the railroad COM
missioners, the license to be revokable for
breach Of conditions A message from the
president relating TO the labor troubles was
laid before the senate, and then on motion of
Hoar, the senate at o'clock went into execu-
tive session. At 5:15 the doors we're reopcned
and the senate adjourned until Monday.
HOUSE.
At the expiration of the morning hour the
house went into committee of the whole on
the river and harbor appropriation bill. A
number of amendments were offered, some
were adopted and some rejected until as
finally agreed to by the committee the clauss
sppropriates 1921, 800 for the improvement of
the Monongahela river, provided that no
charges or tolls shall be collected on any part
of the river on anv commerce on said river.
which originates above the works herein ap-
propriated for. After concluding consideration
of rs Of the GO pages OF the bill, the committee
rose, and O'Nein CMissourD again attempted
TO secure the adoption Of his resolution de-
claring that the house sympathizes with Right
Honorable william T.. Gladstone, and associa-
ties in their efforts to secure a free parliament
for the people OF Ireland, and congratulating
the people Of that country on the prospect Of
an early and successful termination OF their
long and patriotic struggle for local self gov
ernment Swopc (Pennsylvania) interPosed
the fatal objection, and though he subsequent
ly withdrew 1t, demand for the regular order
prevented action on the resolution.
Compton (Maryland) moved adjournment
over Good Friday, but the motion was voted
down, and then at :25 tide house took recess
until IL O'Clock tomorrow.
HOUSE.
WAsHISToN, April 23-The house met at IL
o'clock in continuation Of yesterdays session,
and at once went into committee OF the whole
IN the river and harbor bill. For an hour the
bill was considered and some little progress
vas made, and a few minutes before noon the
committee rose, the house adjourned, and the
session OF Friday was opened with prayer by
the chaplain. The presidents message upon
he labor troubles having been read by the
clerk, Springer Qllinos) moved Its refer
ence 10 the committees on labor, with in