The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-08-07

tHe committee on puDHc lands, reported
back House bill TO declare "A forfeiture oi
| the lands OF the New Orleans, b ton Rouge
| Il Vicksburg Railroad Company. The con.
ference committee on the surplus resolu.
| ton was announced as Mesers Allison,
| Aidrieh and Beck. A Senate bill for the re.
| lief of the sureties of j c. Dex ter formerly
United States disbursing agent at the land
| office, Ionia, Mich, was passed. On mo-
| ton OF Mr.. Eustice the Senate took up the
House bin to amend the laws as
| to the mode of packing and sell
| ing cut tobacco. He addressed the
| Senate in favor of the bill. Mr.. Aldrich
moved its recommittal to the committee
| on finance, as 1t was charged that the bill
would open the door to great frauds. Mr..
| Palmer presented remonstrances OF large
| tobacco houses in Detroit against it. Mr..
| Beck favored it's recommittal, that the
committee might give hearings next session
! to representatives OF the trade. The bill
| was recommitted, The Senate then went
into secret session, and when the doors re-
| opened the Senate adjourned.
House.
MONDAY, July 26.-Mr. Holman Qnd. ,
| from the committee on the legislative, exc
cutlve and judicial appropriation bill, re-
ported disagreement. Mr.. Holman stated
that the real point of difference was the
Senate amendment providing for senator's
clerks. The other points OF difference were
| more formal than real. Mr.. Oates (Ala.) }
| moved that the House recede from the sen
ators clerks amendment. The motion was
lost-yeas 96, nays 121. A further confer
ence was ordered.
TUESDAY. July 27.-The House resumed
| the consideration of the Northern Pacific
| land forfeiture bill. Mr.. Payson Qll.) con-
cluded his speech in support of the House
| substitute and then the previous question
was ordered-yeas, 1S5; nays, 81. The
| question then recurred upon the House
| substitute for the Senate bill and it was
| agreed to-yeas, 174; nays, So. The Sen
ate bill as thus amended was passed-yeas
| 1S5; nays, 4S-and a request for a confer
| ence was made. Mr.. Reagan TEX called
| up the interstate commerce bill. The
| speaker announced the hequestion to be upon
| the substitute reported by the committee
| on commerce (the Reagan billy for the Sen.
| ate bill (the Cullom bill.) Mr.. Hiscock
| moved to substitute for the substitute the
Senate bill amended by the addition OF a
| clause declaring that it shall go into effect
January 1, 1887. Mr.. Hiscock's substitute
| was rejected-yeas, 102; nays, 126. Mr.
Willis (Ky.), from the conference commit
| tee on the river and harbor appropriation
bill, reported to the House continued disa.
| greement. He then offered resolution de-
claring it to be the sense of the House that
the item making appropriation for the
| Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship
| Canal should be stricken from the Senate
| amendment and instructing the confereee
| accordingly. The resolution was adopted
| WEDNESDAY, July 2S.-The speaker an
| nounced in the House to-day the appoint
| ment of Messrs. Cobb, Van Eaton and Pay
son conferees on the Northern Pacific for
| feiture bill. Mr.. Holman CInd.) from the
| conference committee on the legislative, ex
| ecutive and judicial bill reported a con
| tinued disagreement and a new conference
was ordered. Mr.. Holman Gnd) later
| submitted the conference report on the leg
| islatiye appropriation bill and it was
| agreed to. The House then adjourned.
| THURSDAY, July 29.-The House went
| into committee of the whole, Mr.. Hatch
| (Mo.) in the chair, upon the Senate amend
ments to the general deficiency bill. There
was no opposition to the recommendation
| OF the committee on appropriations as tC
| concurrence or non-cOncurrence IN The
| amendments, and their consideration con
| sisted chiefly OF their reading. The HOUSE
| subsequently ratified the action of the com
mittee of the whole and conference was
| ordered, Mr.. Burns, Mr.. Lefevre and Mr.
| McComas being appointed conferees.
| FRIDAY, July 30.-The House having dis
| posed OF the vetoed pension bills upon tn,
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| resumed the consideration OF the inter
| state commerce bill. The previous ques
| ton was ordered-yeas 159; nays 55-anC
| the question required on the substitute
| (the Reagan bil) to the Senate bill 9TH,
| Cullom billy. The substitute was agreed tC
| yeas 1873; nays 104. Mr.. Baker of New
| York, moved to commit the bill with in
structions to the committee on commerce
| to report it back amended by the substitu
1 nj 70 I,nGt-Upaa
| nays 15S. The Senate bill as amended by
the adoption OF the Regain substitute wa!
| then passed-yeas 1S9; nays Al, and con
| ference was ordered.
SATURDAY, July 31.-Randall, of Penn
| sylvania, from the committee on appropri
| ations, reported Joint resolution extend
ing until August 10 the provisions OF th'
| Joint resolution providing temporarily fcl
| the expenditures OF the government. II,
| asked for its immediate consideration, but
| Mr.. HiscOck, OF New York, objected, anC
| the resolution was not received. TIL,
| Speaker announced the appointment o
| Messrs. Reagan, Crisp, and Weaver OF Ne
| brasFa, as conierees on the interstate com
merce bill. On motion OF Mr.. Morrison, o
| Illinois, the Senate amendment to the sur
| plus joint resolution was non-concurreC
| in and a conference ordered. The Speaker
| appointed Mr.. Morrison, Mr.. Breck
| inridge, of Kentucky, and Mr.. Hiscock az
| conferees. The House declined to accept
| the conference report on the river and har
| Dor bill, and new conferees were appointed
| Mr.. Forney, of Alabama, from the commit
| tee on appropriations, reported back the
| fortification appropriation bill, with Senate
amendments, with recommendation that
| all the amendments be non. concurred in
| Mr.. Butterworth, of Ohio, moved that the
| House recede from its disagreement to the
| amendment establishing a plant at the
| Frankfort arsenal, Philadelphia. Pending
action, the House adjourned.