Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-07-13
The HAT N cONGREsS,
The senate Passes the
Mexiena Pen.ion MIN.
rAs Pivsr ssd HEraor Apprsprlntisn
Bm-Insrssss e Tie salaries q ne
Csaniuasasrs q Passnts
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WAszmaruz, July I2 = The ChAiE
paymsnts o. publio money % James B.
fatafe work e the mouth of TIE his8-
Issippi uatil furthaR oraaE b. Congress-
Referred.
Ths senate rssansd consideration Of
tha oAlsndaF, and tha shiectioa of Hid
dlebergsr Of Saturday not 6eiag inter
posed, tha Senate bill 20 prevent ob
skgustivs and inisriqus deposits wtthEn
the barber aud adiaosat "a eEs ot New
York city hy damping and otherwise.
uas taken 40 a. Ne request q Miller
and passed.
Ga notion of Hear The eammisass
aioa 70 sit during tha sassion Of the
0onneoted With she consideration of TIE
Payne case.
Ths House bin granting pensions 20
soldiers aud sailors u TIE Mexican var
having boen reached on the calendar IN
ob5setion vas made By Teller, but on
appeal % him By wilson Of I0wa. and
Q statemant hy Harris that no Dsmo-
cratic senator woald consume any time
IN disoassion, the ebisctioa vas With.
drawn. fho bill vas than considered
and pasas8.
Among the bills which Wsrs objected
10 and Whish wenl over without Actien,
vas the one % eQaAliHs the boanties Of
soldiers, sAiloTs and marines Of tie
laea var. gLaRan'a hiii1.
TIE senate then resumed eonsidera-
ton Of the river and hAFboF apPropria-
tion bill. the psnding question betng on
the Hsnnepin Canal. The Miehiaan and
lliaois Csnal amendmsnt vas agreed %
BY 81 10 -.
Aa Amendments 10 the issn Of ete.ooo
for impFuxine the Sacramento and
Feather rivers, IN California, vas 20
strike ont some lines dirssting legal
procesdinRs 10 prevent wRshinRs aluio
ing, dumping OF disohaRging dsbris
caasad By hydraulic mining. This vas
discussed az some length By Stamford.
Hearst Dolph, Edmnnds and IngAlla.
Stanford aud Heagst favored TIE amend-
nent Of she linsa proposed 70 Be stFnok
cut, WhilB E4mands oontended that
Congress had ne power 70 laRialsta aa 70
these rivers. aa she elate 81 California
had exclusive jurisdiction over them.
Stanford explainea that II this practice
OF dumpinc debris into the SAcEanaento
was not prevented. the harboF Of sas
Francisco would BE- Fnined. and be asked
whsthsr the general Gosernmont had
no right 10 interfere aBd prevent it. No
vote was had oa the Amsndment, bot
MoAillan gave a0tioe that be would ASK
the senate 20 dispose Of the bali iomor-
row.
Allison, from the Committss on Ap
preparations. repsrtsd back the sandy
civil bill With amendmenta.
Ordered printed.
The Senate then sdisusned.
Boase.
wAsHnsaron, Jaly l2.-UndsP the call
Of States the following bills, etc., were
intrOdncad and referred:
By Wheeler, OF Alabsma, declaring Il /
to be the sense Of the House that Con-
gress should not aoj1urn until IL has
enacted q laW appropriating portion
OF the surplus money in the Treasury
70 assist the States in the great work Of
education.
By Rohertssn, of Ksntuoky, appFo
pFistInR $1,000 for the ereetion Of q |
granite shaft b. marx the birthplace OF 4
Abraham Lincoln.
By lowering, Of Massachusetts, (by |
reuuest), 20 abolish toe importation OF 1
Italian and other. slaves og laborers for |
osntraot and heid 10 involuntary esEvi- |
tuda, into che Unifed States.
By Voorhees,, of Washington Terri |
Tory, from the COMMITTEES on Public |
Lands. 9 bill permitting ell persons
Wha have lost theiE homestead rights 70 |
make new entries.
Ths Committes on Appropriations |
that the Senate. amend |
ment 20 the bill relative 10 the publioa- |
lion Of the records Of the war Of The |
rebslli0n, providing that the eFideuee /
taken IN the court martial trial Of FitE |
John Porter, together with the report /
lheFeon by Judge Holt TO Presidents
Lincoln, shall bs printed 10 connection |
With the matter already printed cor.
oaFninQ the pFoOeedinRa Of said court |
martial, be concuFred 10, with an
providing for the printing
of any papers IN behalf of the defense
10 that oourt martial. directly counectsd /
With the proceedings Of the same and
therewith, which have
NOS been already published.
The Rspuhlicana desired 20 concur 10
the senate amoudments without amend
nsnt, and q motion 10 this elect having
bean dsfeaied, they manifested soma
10 flib0ster, bas finally ai-
loWod the recommendation OF tbs oom-
mistae to be agreed 10 With the under
standing that . yea and nay vote should
Be taken npon g in the Ho1ss.
An amsadment tDereasing from el000
10 5000 the salaries Of tha commits
sionsrs Of psasione and patsnts vas
In.
Oonsidsgatloa Of tha amsadmsnts
vas oompleted IN tie COMMITTEES, but
pending astioa By Ne House, an ed-
i0usnme1t vaa taken.