Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-07-29

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business for tomorrow, when 1t win probably
be moved to lay 1t aside and proceed down the
calendar until the oleomargarlne bill Is
reached, thus obviating the necessity Of go
ing over the long list OF revenue bills again,
A lively and Numerous debate ensued on the
vinegar bill, continuing until o'clock when
the committee rose leaving the bill pending AZ
unfinished business and the house adjourned.
| SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 23--In the senate to-iay
a number of letitions were submitted, among
tnem many from the Knights of Labor. Ell,
uunds introduced a resolution authorizing
the committee on foreign affairs to inquire
into the rights of United States vessels in
Canadian waters and whether such rights
dave been violated. 1t was laid over. Con-
s!deratlpn of the Payne case was then resum-
| d. Call addressed the senate. Call was op-
posed to u thtr investigation. Hawley ar
.ued IN isv)r OF an investigation. Hoar
closed tae debate and the senate proceeded to
vote. The first vote was on the resolution OF
Hoar and Frye for further investigation, and
was rejected--yeas IL, nays A.
The resolutions Of the majority, that there
should be no Investigation, were adopted
yeas, A; nays, H.
The senate resumed consideration OF the
sundry civil appro Iriation bill. After some
time spent in debate the senate adjourned
| HOUSE
The house then went into comm ittee OF the
whole on the revenue bills with the view of
| reaching the oleomargar ne bill and the pro-
ceedings OF yesterday were repeated. Anon.
the measures laid aside was Randall's tariff
bill. The oleomargarine bill was reached al
2 o'clock and the general debate limited to
J fifteen minutes. Finally, when the oleonar-
garine bill was reached, the reading Of It's
title was greeted with applause. Hatch sad
although the bill had been reported back wish
the recommendatio n that the senae amend,
ments be coacurred in, in view Of the tcle,
grams and letters which have been received
by the committee during the past twenty four
hours, he had been instructed to move
to concur In all of the amendments ;.
Durham in q ten minute speech in opposi.
ton to the bill declared that the votes in favor
| of the measure would be cast in order that
the members might secure votes at the com
ing election-that 1t had repeatedly been
stated to him that members dare not vote
against It, Gibson West Virglnia) maintain.
ed that the bill was opposed to every demo-
cratic principle. The committee then rose
an. reported the vinegar and oleomargarine
bills to the house. The house refused, as
| recommended by the committee, to strike out
the enacting clause of the vinegar bill, and IL
| resumed its place ON the calendar. The SEN
ate amendments to the oleomargariuc bill
were then concurred in. Yeas, US; nays, 10;
| (The bill now goes TO the president for his
! action.) An evening session was held for the
consideration Of pension bills Adjourned.
| SENATE.
| WASHINGTON, July A-The senate resumed
| Consideration of the sundry civil bill, going
back to the paragraph requiring the secretary
of the treasury to issue silver certificates OF
one two and five dollars on all surplus silver
dollars now in the treasury in payment Of ap'
| preparations made in this bill and other ex-
pc nditures on the obligations Of the govern
ment, (which certificates" shall be redeernable
in standard silver dollars on demand and when
| paid into the treasury shall be reissued sub
| ject to the provisions herein for the redemp-
ton of the same Various amendments were
considered and several adopted, but no final
| action taken on the bill. In the evening the
| senate resumed consideration of the sun.
dry civil appropriation chill, and all the
| amendments adopted in committee of the
whole Except such as were reserved on special
votes) were agreed to. By unanimous con-
| cent an item Of $4,000 for a federal building
at Montpelier, VT, was inserted The first
amendments reserved were those in reference
to the issue of silver certificates. An item OF
| SIS, 900 was inserted for a salmon hatchery on
| 'nlu Ia rixyn Dr, nd nf
was inserted for an additional clerical force at
| the sut-:reasuay at New York.
The sundry civil bill was then passed and the
deficiency bill was then taken up and the first
reading was dispensed with. The senate then
at 1890 p. IN, adjourned.
Immediately after the reading Of the jour
nal the house went into committee of the
whole on the naval increase bill. Several
amendments were offered and adopted and the
| committee rose and reported the bill to the
| house. All the amendments were rejected,
and Herbert then offered as q substitute for
the bill proposition agreed to by all the COM
mttee on naval affairs and which was recent
| ly published, and it was agreed to- Yeas, III,
nays 104. The bill, as then amended, was
passed. At the evening session the bill de-
caring q forfeiture of the lands granted to
the New Orleans, Baton Rouge g. Vicksburg
railroad Co., was called up. Lagoon (Ky)
made speech in favor Of the bill, which he
said restored to the public domain between
100000 aud 100000 acres Of land. The bill
was passed.
SENATE.
| WASHINGTON, July 26.-Blair, from the com.
mittee on Education and Labor, reported back
the house House bill directing the Commits
sioner OF Labor to make an investigation as to
convict labor passed. The Senate then pro-
ceeded to the consideration OF the deficiency
appropriation bill. The reading of the bill
was interrupted to permit Dawes to report
from the Committee on Appropriations the
| fertilization bill. He gave notice to cali It up
as soon as the deficiency bill was passed. The
| House bill to increase the naval establish
ment was laid before the Senate and referred
to the Committee on Naval Affairs The
reading of the deficiency bill was then re-
sumed. An item was inserted to pay
Edwin B. Smith $1,000 for legal services
rendered the Government in the Guteau case.
On motion of Wilson of Iowa, an item OF
$4,000 was inserted to pay the United States
81 Brazil Steamship Company for carrying
mails during the last fiscal year. The bill was
then reported back to the senate and all the
amounts were concurred In and the bill pass
passed. On motion of Malone the senate
proceeded to the consideration Of the public
building bills, when'the following was passed (:
House bill increasing to 800, 900 the limit of
the cost to the public building at Lacrosse,
WIS. On motion OF Sewel the bill was pass
cd appropriating s250,0O0 for the establish
ment o. a military post at Denver, Col. The
| senate then at 10:30 adj ,arned.
| HOUSE.
Holman, from the conference committee on
the legislative, executive and judicial appro-
priation bill, reported disagreement. Hol-
man stated that the real point Of the difference
was the senate amen lment providing for
Senator's clerks. The other points Of differ
ence were more formal than real Oats moved
that the house recede from the Senator's
clerks amendment. The motion was lost
yeas 98, nays 12l. Further conference was
ordered Henly, from tbs Committee on Pub
a.