Morning journal and courier., 1886-12-18
49th Congress---Second Session.

| WASHINGTON, Dec. IT, 1886. l SENATE.-A number of petitions were 1 presented and referred praying for a reduc 1 tion in the tax on oleomargarine. On motion of Mir. Miller, of New York l the Senate passed 8 bill for the retirement and recoinage of the trade dollar. It pro. | vides that until July 1, 1887, trade dollars | not mutflated or defaced shall be received by | the government in exchange for standard l silver dollars; that the trade dollars so re- ! ceived shall be regarded as silver bullion and their bullion value deducted from the amount of bullion required to be coined by law, and I that they shall be recoined into the standard silver dollars according to the provisions of the act of 1878, provided the amount to be so deducted shall not exceed $500, 1000 for any month.
 The Senate then granted the following: House bill extending the free delivery sys- tenn to cities and boroughs containing a pop ulation of five thousand or postofice revenue of $10,000. Senate bill authorizing the issue of money orders and postal notes at fee of three cents.
 A bill was introduced by MT. Aldrich au- thorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to receive four and four and half per cent. bonds and to issue in exchange two an d a half per cent. bonds payable in 1907, but not to be subject to call so long as other high in terest bonds are outstanding. The two and half per cent. bonds to be available as de- posits for bank circulation.
 On motion of Mr. Hale bill was passed authorizing the sale of the custom house and postofhce property recently de- stroyed at Eastport, Me-, providing for the erection of new building and appropriating S100, 900 therefor.
 business, the bill to tepeal the tenure of of fee act, and it was passed; yeas 30, nays 22, as follows:
 Yeas-Beck Berry, Blackburn Butler Call Chace, Cockere1l, Colquitt, Eustis George, Gibson Maxey, Mitchell lore.5 Morgan. Payne. Push, Ran, som, saulsburE, Vance, Vest, Veorhees, Walthall.
 Nays-Aldrich, Allison, Blair, Cameron. Cheney Conger. Dolph, Edmunds, Frye. Hale, Hayley, Me rilL Platt, Sawyer, sherman, spooner, Stanford. Williams, Wilson of Iowa-a2.
 After secret session of five minutes the Senate at 2:40 adjourned until Monday.
 HOUSE. MT. Belmont, of New York, in- troduced bill authorizing the President to appoint commission to take testimony in relation to the losses and injuries inflicted since December 31, 1885, by British authori- fisheries on the northeast coasts of British North America; referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
 Consideration of the sundry civil bill was then proceeded with and all the amend ments made in committee were agreed to- After an unsuccessful attempt to amend the bill relative to the management of soldiers homes the bill was passed
 The House then took up the business on the private calendar, the bill for the adjust menu of the accounts of the McMinnville and Manchester railroad being the unfinished business. The bill was passed. It directs the settlement and adjustment of the claims of the company against the United States for property taken by the army in 1865 and that in such settlement $268, 40 shall be allowed the company.
 At 4:15 the House took recess until 7;30 to consider pension bills.