Western cyclone., 1886-07-29

tee. Mr.. Cannon. of Illinois, moved that
the house recede from its disagreement to
! the senate amendment providing for the IN
crease of the Gle rical force of the civil ser
! vice commission. Agreed to yeas 123, nays / il
Mr.. MatsOn, of Indiana, called up the report
OF the committee on invalid pensions on the
message of the president vetoing the bull
pensioning Cantro W. Tiller. Upon the
statement that the case had been opened in
the pension office the consideration of the
report was postponed until next session. MIR.
Matson then called up the veto message on
the bill granting q pension to Elizabeth
Lu@e. The committee on pensions recon-
mended the passage over the presi-
dents veto but the house refused to do So
The next veto message called up was that
upon the bill pensiOning Catharine McCar-
thy. On this question also the majority of
the committee on invalid pensions recon-
mend the passage of the bill, while the mi
nOrity recommended the sustaining of the
veto of the president. The house refused to
pass this bill over the presidents veto. The
next message called up was the one vetOing
the bill granting pension to Joseph Rom
lesser. In this case the committee on inva-
lid pensions Is unanimously of the opinion
that the bill should be passed over the veto
The bill was passed over the veto-yeas IT'S;
nays IS. Adjourned
In the house on July 18th, number offre-
pOIlS 4IOuu COlnI44IbS0c WcT6 pESSGuESOs the
house went into committee of the whole
Mr.. Blount, of Georgia, in the chair, on the
fertilization appropriation bill, after consid-
ering it for some time the bill was reported
back to the house without change. After
passing numerous bills for the printing of
pub ic documents tine house adjourned.
In the house on July 10, after the reading
of the journal the consideration of the forti-
tcation appropriation bill was resumed.
Mr.. Randall offered an amendment which
was adopted by unanimous consent, pro-
vldlng that the guns, prolectiles, ETC., pur-
chased shall be of American manufacture.
The bill was then passed. The next business
was the consideration of a senate concurrent
resolution for the printing of $4,000 copies
of the third annual report of the civil service
commission. Agreed to-Yess 18S, nays 46
Mr. Cobb, of Indiana, from the conference
committee on the bill repeating the pre-
emption, timber culture and desert land
laws, reported a complete disagreement.
Mr.. PaysOn, of Illinois, ran over the points
of difference between the two houses and
was severe IN his condemnation of the SEN
ate amendment which provides that after
| final proof of claimant under the home
stee or pre- emp.ion laws, and the is
| sue1ce of duplicate receivers certificates,
! it shall be proved to the satisfaction
of the commissioner that fraud has entered
into the title so acquired by the claimant,
uAlSSS IL oIicAL appear bLlStb GLOSIdAQ lids Dc6u
sold or conveyed to a bonafide purchaser
for valuable consideration, the commits
sioner shall suspend the issuing of the pat
ent for the same. This provision he re-
garded as an incentive to fraud. es it re-
quired the commissioner to use patent
the land had been sold to a honafde pur
chaser, even though the original title had
been acquired by fraud. further confer
ence was ordered. Adjourned.
In the house on July 10Th the river and
harbor appropriation bill was considered in
committee of the whole, but no important
work was done.
| In the house on July 21st the entire ses-
sion was spent in discussion Of the inter
state commerce bill.