Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-06-19
HOUSE.

I ure was then placed before the senate and
the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house on June eth, CrispOf Georgia.
] apOlOgiZed to Holman of Indiana for his
ungeutlemanly conduct in the debate on
/ Saturday. Weaver of Iowa, ofereda resOlu-
F! ton which was referred, reciGng that il is
I currently reported and generally believed
that certain directors of the Union Pacific
/ and Kansas Pacific railroad companies have
] been fa1thless TO their trusts in various ways
| and particularly by buying stock of the Kan
sas Pacific at q nOminally small sum, trans
terring it TO the Union Pacific and then
I selling the same at great profit by which,
I and other similar transactions the directors
made great personal gains and neglected to
Z account for the same to the Union Pacific;
. directing the Judiciary committee to enquire
into the transactions Of both companies
since their incorporation, and if the com
m1tUee find that the directors made gains
/ which they should have accounted for to
/ either corporation OF its directors to bring
. in bill authorizing the department of jus
[ tce to commence proceedings TO compel the
] directors TO render a true accounting.
Z Other bills were introduced and referred
] as IOLOWss BY MOrrOWs OF Ca4lLOEu1a-IO
/ protect the rights and hOmesteads and pre-
/ enpt1On settlers. By Harris, OF Georgia
I To impose a graduated income tax By Mr..
! Negley, of Pennsy lVania-A resolution for
the appointment OF a special committee
I consisting of five members, to make inquiry
| into the administration of affairs OF the
] pension department, ana to report upon the
I proprlety OF continuing excessive eXpendl-
! tur6 or money 70 carry on the present sys-
I tenn. By O'Aeil of Missouri, amending tire
| act prohibiting the importation of contract
/ labor. By Mr.. HOuk, of Ieuuessse-PrO
hibiung the obstruction of interstate rail
road business. BY Mr.. Miller OF IeXas-1O
aid the support of common schools. Mr..
] Cobb, OF Indiana, moved to suspend rules
and pass bill repeating the presumption,
D f.aHs mix do fra
to. Adjourned.
In the house on June Sth Kelly, of Penn
sylvania, called up as privileged question
the motion submitted by him yesterday to
eZpunge from the record the speech of
Wheeler, of Alabama, upon Edwin w. Stan
on. In lieu of the motion yesterday he
ubmitted resolution reciting that Wheeler
had been guilty of an abuse of the order OF
the house; declaring that as in the delivery
of the speech II was without the sanction of
the house and in cOntraVeutiOn Of the
special order, said speech be eZpunged from
the record, Referred to the committee on
rules. The house then went into committee (
OF the whole, Mr.. BlOunt5 of Georgia, IN the
chair, on the legislative, executive and judic-
al appropriation bill. Pending cOnsldera- |
ton the committee arose and the house ad-
jOurned.
In the house on June yth, MIR. Willis re-
ported back from the committee on rivers
and harbOrs, a resolution directing the sec /
rotary OF war to report whether the right of
drainage into the Louisville and Portland
canal should be conceded to the city OF
Louisville. Adopted. The house then went
into committee of the whole on the legisla-
tive and executive and Judicial apprOpria- [
ton bill. Pending discussion of the bill the
committee arose and the house adjourned.
In the house on June 10th, Cain of Utah,
Withdrew his objection to the reporting of
the Edmunds anti-pOlygamy bill from the
committee on Judiciary, and the measure
was placed on the calendar. The COMMITTEES /
On #H.HHa 49, "a
bill authorizing certain changes in the or
EaniZatlon Of the postOtics department..
Committee on the whole. The house then
went into committee OF the whole
on the legislative appropriation bill. /
After considering nine of the log pages of
the bill the committee arose and the house
adjourned.
In the house on June IL, on motion of
O'Neil, of Missouri, the senate bill similar
TO the one introduced IN the house by O'kells I
passed to legalize the incorporation of ma
tonal trades unions. The committee on
public lands, reported back the AIlanalc 81 I
Pacific land forfeiture bill, with the senate /
amendments. No action was taken and the I
motion was laid over until Monday. The /
house then went into committee OF the l
whole BlOunt, OF Georgiastln the chair on
the legislative, executive and judicial apprO- /
priatlon bill. 1t was agreed to strike out
the clause apprOpriating $500 for salary of /
vice president and to appropriate $1,000 to !
day such senator as might be selected to I
then rose. Mr.. Morrison gave notice that
Thursday he would call up the tariff bill. !
When the house met this evening 1t I'M |
m6dlately went into committee of the whole
on the legislation bill, but owing to small
attendance OF members the civil service /
clause was passed over unLil tomorrow. On
motion of Mr.. Holman, OF Indiana, the salary
of the public printer was reduced from $500 |
to $4,000 AT II o'clock the committee rose
and the house adjourned.
In the house on June u. after the recep- |
ton Of various committee reports the house
went into committee of the whole on the
legislative appropriation bill. The civil |
service clause having been read, the chair /
stated that the pending question was the
point of order raised by Mr.. Morrison, of
illinois, against the provision looking to the l
change of rules of the commission. Mr.. |
Holman of Indiana, briefly autagJuiZeu the I
point, holding that the provision was merely I
q limitation on the expenditure of public 1
money. Mr.. Morrison, IN support of the !
point, said that the duty of adopting regula- |
uOns uevolVed on the commissioners and the I
president. The purpose of the impending /
legislation was to impose certain conditions /
which the law did not impose; therefore it I
ton of the rule of the house. /
Willis, of Kentucky was unwilling to sit .
quietly by and have the democratic party /
charged as 1t had been charged by Butter /
WORTH Cannon and Others, when seeking to .
overthrow civil service. What was the pro
vision presented by the committee out of 7
fOrty-siX in the house. One clause had re- /
ference TO the question of the age. He had .
heard no one, republican or democrat, state
that there was the slightest objection TO
the subject mattsro Of this clause. The clause
was as to the certhcatIOn of the whole of ell
igibles. He was not in favor of that change
and the gentleman knew that the provision
could not stand for one moment the scrutin-
ling of the rules, The gentlemen knew
when they delivered campaign literature that
the provisions would not stand, and that
the house would not undertake to over
throw the civil service law.
The chairman then delivered a careful de
cision, in which he reviewed the provisions
rule under which the point of order was
raised, and finally sustaining the point ruled /
the provision out of the bill. The Dill was
read without incident till the clause relative /
Nh Iaulbee5 OF Kentucky called mp q mo
ton made by him last evening to strike out /
the appropriation for assistant general su-
perlntendent. The motion was rejected. /
The salaries of the assistant treasurers at /
Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati were in 4
creased to $1,000 on the respective motions I
of Mr.. Collins, OF Massachusetts, Adams, of /
Illinois, and ButterWOrth, of Ohio. Mr.. I
Hewitt, of New York, moved to strike ont I
the clause making the appropriation for q I
sub-treasury at New York and substituted a I
provision r6OrganlEIug the force of the ON ]
GERS, and while reducing some and |
increasing other salaries, increasing I
the aggregate of the bill $1,000. I
Mr.. O'NeIi, Of Missouri, moved TO increase
the salary OF the assistant treasurer at st. /
Louis from $1,000 TO $500 and no quorum
voting the committee rose and the house
took recess TIL O'Clock the evening ses-
sion TO be for the consideration of pension
bills.