Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-14

States thlkisltnHias hills, ETC., we're intro
duced and rD6efEed:. .zssel-ti .l,9d1 5ia
/ BY Wheeler, a AiAbama. :. declassne it to
be the sense q .tha House that cor1lssd
should not ndioprn astil 81 has ezssstedtaa .
law app5oriatiug a portion Of the surplus
money Il the Treasury to assist the States
in the sfa4d work OF education.
. By Mr.. 1Dhsftso.. OF Kentucky, appro-
priatins az, 600 for the erection Of a gran
lite shaft mark the birthplace OF Abraham
Lincoln. s
/ By Levasing, OF Massachusetts. (by re.
quest) tn abolish the importation Of
Italian or kother slaves or laborers under
contract and held to involuntary servitude
in the United. States.
I Mr.. VOORHEES,, of Washington Territory,
from the Eonmittee Ou Public Lands, re-
ported bill. permit ting all persons who
Ihave lost homestead rights to make new
/ All refesrrd to Committee OF the Whole.
The Committee on Appropria-
Stions r4ommends that the amend
ment fs1ative to the publication of
records 8$he war OF the rebellion and pro-
viding thaf the evidence taken by the court
martial 81 Fitz John Porter, together with
the report thereon. by Judge Holt to Pres
ident Lincoln, shall be printed in cvnnec-
tion With the matter already printed con-
cernins the proceedings Of said court mar
tial, be cOncurred, with an amount proyid-
ing for the printing OF any paper on behalf
OF the defense in that court martial directly
connected with the proceedings OF the same
and contempOraneous Herewith which
have not been already published. The
Republicans desired to concur in the
Senate amend aents without any other
amendment and q motion to this effect
having beeu defeated they mamie sted some
disposition to filibuster, but finally
allowed the Recommendation OF the commit
tee to be agreed to with the understa anding
that yea aud nay vote should be taken in
the House. The Senate amendment in
cseasins from 81. 900 to 81, 900 salaries OF
the Commissioners OF Pensions and Pat
ents were completed 10 the Committee but
pending action the House Adjourned.
The bill rs PASSED directs the Sec.
retary Of the Interior to place on the pen
sion roll the names OF surviving officers
and enlisted men including marin' s, militin
an vOlunteers), who, bs ng duly enlisted
actually served sixty days with the army
or navy OF the United States In Mexico or
on the coast on the frontier thereof or en-
route thereto in war with that nation or
who were actually engaged in battle
in said war and were honorably discharged
and their surviving widows; provided that
such widows have not remarked, and pro-
vided thatsevery such officer, enlisted man
or widow who isor may have become sixty
years Of age or who il or may become sub
ject to any disability ordependenee equiya-
lent to some cause recognized by the pen
sion laws as sufficient reason for the
allowance OF the pension, shall be entitled
to the benefits Of the act, except where
such stability or dependency WAS incurred
in aiding or abetting the late rebellion. The
pensions are to be So a month, payable
only after the passage of this net. The
law is not applicable to persona already
receiving pensions at or over that rate
and where persons (entitled under this
law are already receiving pensions
less than IS per month, the pension shall
only be for the difference up to So. A Sen
ate bill passed to credit the State Of Ore.
gon with $12,3S7 for ordnance and ord.
objected to and which went over without
action were the following: To equalize the
bounties Of soldiers, sailors and marines
OF the late war (Logan's billy. The Senate
then resumed the consideration of the
River and Harbor Appropriation bill.
Pending the question. action on the Henne-
pin Canal and Maine and Illinois Canal
amendment was agreed to-ayes 81, noes
%.
An amendment to the item OF $40. 900
for improving the Sacramento and Feather
Rivers. California, was to strike out some
lines directing legal proceedings to prevent
washing, rfuicing, dumping or discharging
debris caused by hydraulic mining. This
was discussed at some length by Messrs.
Stanford, Hearst, Dolph, Edmunds and
Ingalls,. Messrs. Stanford and Hearst
favored the amendment OF the lines pro-
posed to be struck out. while Mr.. Ed
lnunds contended that Congress had no
power to legislate as to these rivers. as. the
State of California had exclusive jurisdic-
ton over them. Mr.. Stanford explained
that if this practice Of dumping detritus
into the Sacramento was not prevented,
the harbor OF San Francisco would be
ruined, and he asked if the general Govern
ment had not the right to interfere and
prevent it. No vote was had ON the
amendment, but Mr.. Mcmillan gave notice
that he would ask the Senate to dispose OF
the bill tomorrow.
Mr.. Allison, from the Committee on Ap
propriations, reported back the aundry
Civil bill with amendments: Ordered
printed.
The Senate adjourned.