The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-07-02
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senate.

tne appointments 10 army vacancies 10 Dc
made from civil life. He believed that
in the exclusiveness which we were
creating the army we were building up an
arist0cratic and unrepublcan Institution.
which would some day return to plague us.
The vote resuIted: Yeas AZ; nays 4. The
and Wilson OF Iowa. The bill was passed
as reported from the appropriation com
mittee.
Discussion ensued upon n memorial OF
the Massachusetts Legislature urging con-
gress to protect American fishermen in their
rights.
The house bill providing for the repeal of
the pre-emptlon, thmber-culture, and DESERT
land acts was discussed, and the senate adj
journed.
JUNE Ex-senator ingalls, offered reso-
luton i'm the senate to-day asking the presi-
dent II, in his opinion, 1t was not compati-
ole with the pnblic interest to furnish to
the senate Information as to the appoint
ments and removals of clerks embraced
within the provisions Of the civll-service
act of Jan. 16, 1888; also of chief clerks
and chiefs of divisions. On the suggestion
of Mr.. Cockrell, who wanted to amend and
enlarge the scope of the resolution, it went
over one day.
The senate then proceeded to the consid-
Grafton OF bills on the calendar under the
five-minute limitation of debate. Among
the bills passed were the following:
lO duliiOIlLO tllC DulCIuSC VI tIuCb VI
land near Salem, Oregon. for the use of the
Indian training school; to provide for the
sale OF the Cherokee reservation in Arkan-
sas; to authorize the secretary of war to
credit the state of Kansas with S24, 44S for
ordinance, ETC., drawn by that state to aid
the general government in the protection OF
the state from Indian invasion and depre-
dalton; to pay 10 the representatives of the
government of Great Britain S15. 500 to EN-
able that, government to indemnify the
owners of the British bark Chance for
abandoning their whaling voyage in the
Arctic ocean in 1871 and rescuing ninety
six American seamen from shipwreck IN
the ice; apprOpriatlng Sl50,0OO for addi-
tional barracks at the Soldiers homes ut
Hampton, milwaukee,, and Leavenworth;
to provide for one additional assistant adj
jutant-general, with the rank of major of
cavalry; authorizing the postmaster-gener
al to pay rent for buildings leased as post
offices, and providing for the appointment
OF All additional assistant secretary OF the
treasury, to hold office for one year from
Appropriations for the following public
buildings were passed: AT Duluth, Mimi,
100000; Ell Paso, Tex, $15O,000; Hanni-
bal, No., $37,00O; Peoria. ILL.,, $4,000;
Frankfort, KY, $4,000; Keokuk, Iowa,
$4,000.
JUNE 1S.-In the senate Mr.. ingalls, ell
tered motion to reconsider the bill passed
yesterday to pay to the Cherokee freedmen
their proportion of the proceeds of lands
sold under the act of March 3, 1883
The senate then proceeded TO cOnsidera-
ton of bills OH the calendar under the five
minute rule. On reaching the Fitz John
Porter bill, it was agreed that 1t be made a
special order for next Thursday. q.
Mr.. Platts resolution providing for open
executive sessions was objected to and
went over.
Among the bills passed were the follow
ing:
Providing for the sale of the site of Fort
Omaha, Nebraska, the sale or removal OF
the improvement thereof, and for u new
site and the construction OF suitable build
ings thereon
Authorizing the free transmission of
weather reports through the mails.
TO increase the efficiency OF the army of
the United States. This is Mr.. Logan's
amended bill. The original bill provided
for an increase of the army, and this pro-
the senate some weeks ago. In its new
form that feature of the original bill has
been omitted from the amended bill.
After an executive session the senate adj
journed until Monday.
JUNE 21.-The senate considered to-day
the bill repeating the presumption and
timber-culture acts, and Senator Blair IN.
H. submitted an amendment providing
that as to the desert lands not more than
six hundred and forty acres should be held
i'll single ownership.
The senate committee on public lands
has amended the Mitchell amendment to
the bill so that it will allow holders of mill
tary or other land warrants or scrip here
tofOre legally issued to locate Oh public
lands.
JUNE 23-ln the senate to-day Mr.. Max
ey, from the committee on Nicaraguan
claims, reported resolution request
ing the president to bring to the atten-
ton of the Nicaraguan government the
claims of citizens of the United States
against that government. Agreed to.
MIR. Hawley called up his motion to re:
consider the bill prohibiting members of
congress from accepting employment from
railroads that had received aid from the
United States. The motion was debated
until o'clock, and then went over until
tomorrow.
The senate then took up the bill repeal
Ing the prDe;emPtl99n and timber-cnlture
prohibiting the acquisition in one owner
ship of more than GAO acres of desert lands.
To this Mr.. ingalls, offered an amendment
applying the limitation to all public lands.
The latter proposition, which was the pend
ing question to-day, was voted down. Mr..
Blair's amendment was then voted down.
yeas 3, nays a.. The senators voting IN the
affirmative were Messrs. Blair, D0lph and
Teller. After some amendments of detail,
and without final action OH the bill, the
ocudCt duJOuILcu.
House.
JUNE 16.-.On motion OF Mr.. Throckmor-
ton, of Texas, the House to-day passed n
senate bill authorizing the Denison and
Wichita Railroad company to construct q
road through Indian Territory.
Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois, from the COM
mittee on ways and means, reported back
a resolution offered by Mr. Gros-
venor, of Ohio, declaring in favor of the
of the wool tariff of 1867, and
resolution offered by Mr.. Wilkins, of Ohio,
expressing the sense of congress as adverse
to any change in the present tariff, and
they were laid upon the table.
The legislative appropriation bill was re-
ported from the committee of the whole
and passed.
JUNE 17.-Mr. MorrisOn's motion to con-
slider the Morrison tariff bill was defeated
in the house today by seventeen votes.
Promptly at 1880 Mr.. Morrison Qll.)
moved that the house go into committee
of the whole to consider revenue bills. He
said I'm reply to Mr.. Mckinley that his pur-
pose was to consider the general tariff bill.
The yeas and nays were then called for.
The roll-call was watched with intense in
terest, both on the floor and In the CALLER
les, and an unusual silence prevailed. The
silence was broken only by the applause
which greeted Mr. Holman's affirmative
vote, and which broke out again when
Speaker Carlisle directed the clerk to call
act ata In, faxf nf hn