Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate Passes the House Resolu-
tlOn Providing for the Adjourn.
ment of Congress July 2s.
The House Wrangles over the Interstate
Commerce Bin without Reaching
a Conclusion.
MIX Congress.
THE SENATE.

THE SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 81 Mr.. Morrison'i
concurrent resolution was reported from
the house ways and means committee TO-
day providing for the adjournment OF con
gress July %. After being opposed by
Messrs. Weaver, Bayne, Hepburn and
Willis, 1t was passed by vote of l4J
| TO 80.
| Mr.. Hoar, from the committee on Judi
ciary, reported favoTably the bill to re.
peal the tenure Of office, the repeal not,
however, to affect any Office heretofore
suspended under provisions of said sec
| tions or any resignation, nomination or
/ appointment heretofore made by virtue
of the provisions thereof
| Mr.. Van Wyck, representing anothe r
batch OF knights of Labor petitions in
favor of the land bills in the Oklahoma
! bill, read letter from Joseph Beaumont,
chairman of the legislative committee of
the Knights Of Labor, by whom these Pc
tltlons have been sent TO 30 many
senators, stating, in response to
Senator Vests remark yesterday, that
these petitions were genuine and were
sent TO him either directly or by author
ity Of the persons purporting to have
signed them, and they were expressly au-
thorized and sanctioned by the general
executive board Of the order in the
| United States.
AT noon the senate proceeded TO con-
slider the reports in relation TO the cleo
tion of Senator Payne. Messrs. Pugh
and Hoar argued against the inyestiga.
tlon OF the charges, and Mr. Logan made
a defense OF the report signed by Evarts,
Teller and himself
Mr.. Teller said he was not on trial
He had no defense TO make either to the
people OF Ohio or any other state. The
committee had kept steadily and truth
fully in the line of the proceedings. Still
there was not single ruling of the body
that would Justify the position taken by the
minority. The question came not from
the state OF Ohio, and he wanted to con-
trovert the statements so freq sntly made
by the senator from MASSAGE Isetts, that
Ohio had demanded something at
the hands of the senate Ohio
had demanded nothing, either, by
the member who sat here by
the side Of him whose seat was attacked
by her Legislature in proper method by
which the demands should cone. What
had newspaper clamor, what had the
railing, OF the press to do with the ques
ton when II came to the Ameri-
can senator The committee took
up the case with earnestness and
desire to do justice not simply to the
sitting members, but to Ohio and the
senate and to all people of the land.
There was no evidence to inculpate the
sitting members, and so the senate was
lett with more question of law
| long since established, that there
must be specific charges and that
a charge great enough To effect the
ultimate result was secured by improper
methods. He had assumed for the pur-
| poses of this case that II there had been
bribery to the extent of changing the
result of the election, then the
sitting member could lose his seat
because the win of the people of
the stare would not have been lawfully
expressed, and this was all there was
in the case before the senate Mr.. Teller
was proceeding to analyze the testimony
In the case but gave way ID a motion to
adjourn, holding the floor to conclude
his remarks tomorrow.
THE HOUSE,.
WASHINGTON, July 81 The house
went into the committee Of thelwhole on
the senate amendment to the river and
harbor bill, the pending question being
on the motion made by Mr.. Hewitt Of
New York, striking out the clause for the
Improvement of New York harbor. He
withdrew the amendment. The commit
tee then returned the neutrality-suspicious.,
IL having been non-concurred in. The bill
was sent TO the senate.
Then struggle arose for priority of
consideration between tho interstate com
h!erce and the Northern Pacific forfeiture
bills which was resolved, yeas
", nays 90, IN favor of
the former The senate bill was read
at length together with IN amendment re-
ported by the commit on commerce,
which Is to strike out all after the enact
Ing clause and insert the house bill.
MT Reagan supported the house bill
while Mr. O'Neill OF Pennsylvania, Messrs
Davis and Hepburn OF Iowa favored the
| Cullom bill.
MT. Hill OF Illinois favored both bills
In so far as they contained meritorlous
provisions prohibiting unreasonable
rates, unjust discrimination aud re
bate. He preferred the commission
OIL because 1t had been previously
tried In Illinois and many other states,
as well as In England, France and other
countries, while the Reagan bill was an
experiment. The people demanded that
something be done TO relieve and protect
them, and they preferred the senate bill
70 talklng about reform and never re-
forming.
The house then took recess till 8
O'Clock, the evening session to be for
general debate on the inter state COM
merce bill.