The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-04-21
House Sessions.

SEVENTY-N1NTH DAY.-On m0G1On OF MI. .
O'Neill, private business was dispensed with
yeas, 155; nays, 71-and the House went.
into committee of the whole (Mr. Springer,
Of Illinois, in the chair on the labor arbitrar
hon bill. Various minor amendments were
agreed to and othersrsjected, and the bill was:
discussed further without action.
EIGHTIETH DAY.-The House, by vote Of =
80 to 1875, refused to take up the free coinage
bill, and proceeded to consideration Of the
labor arbitration bill. Mr. Hewitt On. ",
moved to recommit the bill with Instructions
thereof q concurrent resolution expressive OF
the sense Of this Congress that so far as prac-
icable, all controversies between employers
and employees should be subject to arbitra-.
ton, either by voluntary agreement or in
accordance with law. The motion was lost
yeas, 80; nays, 98-and the bill was passed
yeas, 1876; nays, %. The following is the Z
negative vote: Messrs. Allen (Miss.), Barnes,
Belmont, Bennett, Bre:kinridge Ry), Crisp,
Forney, Glover, Hale, Hammond, Harris, !.
Hemphill, Hill, Hutton, Irion, Jones (Ala.),
Norwood, O'Ferrill, Perry, Regan, Rogers,
5adler, Skinner, Tilman and Tucker. -. De
bate on the silver bill was continued s
E1GHTY-FIRsT DAK-Mr. Henderson On. Z.
C.) introduced q bill to reduce letter postage
10 one and one-haf cents and the price Of
postal cards to onehalf Of q cent. Mr..
Dingley (Me) introduced the following reso-
furnish the House with any information in
his possession relative to the exclusion OF
American fishing vessels from the right to-
enter ports Of entry Of the Dominion
of Canada for the purpose Of trading,
purchasing supplies or landing fish caught In :
deep water for shipment in bond to the
United States, or doing. other acts which
Canadian or other British vessels are freely
permitted to do in ports of the United States, :
and also to inform the House what steps have.
bean taken or proposed to bring such unwar-
rantable acts of the Dominion authorities to:
the attention of the British government" . =.
The Mexican pension bill was passed-158 to-
Ds... The Congressional library bill was
passed-159 to 62. r.
E1GHrY-sEcoND DAY.. Mr.. Phelps IN. J),,
from the committee on foreign affairs, re-
ported a resolution calling on the secretary
Of state for copies Of all correspondence.
representatives of France, Germany,
Austria and other European countries.
which has partially or entirely restricted
the importation of American pork, referring
to the facts of such exclusion or restriction
and the reasons given therefor. Adopted: ~.
Discussion on the postof1ce appropriation
bill was resumed. Mr.. Bingham PENN
OQ0reQ an dIIl6uulutut, WcS fScUt
increasing from s4,S0j, 900 to $bS90,2o0
the appropriation for the pay
of postal clerks. Mr. Burrows (Mich) offered
an amendment increasing the appropriation
for the TRANSFORMATION of foreign mails from
s375, 900 to $425, 900. Mr.. Phelps IN. J.)
favored the amendme Mt in speech attacking
the postofice departm ent and the admlnlstra-
ion, but it was lost by 81 to 10S, and the
bill was then passed.
E,cHTy.rBIRp DAY,-The Speaker laid be-
fore the House the message of the President Z
on the subject Of Chinese emigration. he
ferred to the committee on foreign affairs.
Mr.. Willis (Ky) reported back the River a1d
Harbor Appropriation bill from the
committee having charge of the subject, !;
and it was referred to the conf
mittee of the whole. :. De- bate on the silver
bill was resumed. Mr.. Bland (Mo.l enteredo
motion to recommit the bill, and then made
an % argument in favor of the free coinage Of
silver, He said there was no halfway house,
and when gentlemen left free coinage they
we're on the way t. gold standard. Iheadea
of making metallic money of full legal tender
and then limiting it's coinage was, he said, an
anomaly. 1t was an outrage on the credltors::
and disturbance to the business lnterests 0,
the country. Mr.. Norwood (Ga.) defender,
the Standard dollar from the charge Of dis
honesty. and attributed the attacks ma te
uncn it to the influence of Great Britain.
E1GHrY-FouRTR DAY-Debate on the
Free Coinage bill was resumed, and at it's
close Mr.. Dibble Dem,l offered an amend
ment providing that, unless in the mean
time, through concurrent action OF the ma
tions of Europe with the United States, silver
be remonetized prior to July l, 1889, then
and thereafter so much of the act of Febru-
ary %, 1873 as authorizes and directs the
secretary of the treasury to purchase
silver bullion and cause the same to be coined
shall bs suspended until further action by
Congress-. The amendment was defeated
yeas, 81, nays 2ol, the yea vote.that is the
age-comprising forty-seven Republicans
and thirty-seven Democrats. The question
then required on the engrossment and third
reading of the bill, and it was decided in the
negative-yeas 126, nays 1880 the bill was