Daily Yellowstone journal., 1886-07-21
A NEW REGISTER
Abernethy Grover Succeeds Mr..
Berry at the Miles City
Land Office.
Congress to Adjourn Sine Die
July 28th, Working Hard
to Finish.
Seven Men Killed on the Louis
vile and Nashville Road
Beecher in London.
Congressional Proceedings.
SENATE.


SENATE.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Mr. Vest In
presenting batch OF petitions pur-
porting to have been prepared under
the auspices of the Knights of Labor
in reference to railway land grants
and other matters, remarked that they
had come to him, as they had come
for several weeks past, in large num-
bers, to many other senators, from
Mr.. Ralph Beaumont, chairman of the
national legislative committee of the
knights of Labor. He was confirmed
In this opinion because among meas
ures passage of which was asked,
was q bill to organize territorial gov
ernment for Oklahoma. Chiefs of the
Cherokee, Creek and Chickasaw tribes
had corresponded with Mr.. Powderly
protesting against such action by the
Knights 6f Labor and had been as
sured by Mr.. Powderly that no action
had been authorized by the executive
board Of Knights of Labor. The cor
respondence was with petitions) re-
ferred TO the committee on finance.
Mr.. Blair from the committee on
pensions reported back the pension
bills vetoed by the President, with
recommendation that some of them
be passed.
The Senate then resumed consider
alton Of the oleomargarine bill and
was opened 10y Mr.. Brown in opposi-
tion to the bill; Mr.. Handy spoke in
support Of the bill; Mr.. Evarts also
favored IL. Mr.. ingalls, said that to-
wards the close of the debate yester-
day, exasperated by personal illusions
intended to be offensive. he had made
some observations, which, on consid-
Grafton he was persuaded had exceed
ed the limits of propriety in debate
to express his regrets.
Mr.. ingalls, moved to reduce the tax
on oleomargarine from live cents per
pound to two cents. Agreed to by a
vote of, yeas, S2; nays, -.
Mr.. ingalls, then moved TO insert
the word knowingly in connection
with the sale of oleomargarine.
Mr.. Miller moved to lay the amend
ment on the table. Rejected by II
vote of, yeas, "a; nays, 10. The
amendment was then adopted.
Mr.. Ingalls, moved to amend the
sixth section by strike out of the mini
mum penalty being the words, "less
than $780," and the words "less than
six months.n
Mr.. Miller moved to lay the amend
ment on the table; rejected. The
amendment was then adopted. The
bill and amendments were reported 10
the Senate, first question being on Mr..
| Ingalls, amendment to reduce the
tax on oleomargarine from 5 cents per
pound to . cents, and it was adopted.
Yeas, "a, nays, %. The remaining
amendments were adopted without
question and the bill as amended was
passed. Yeas, 81; nays, "A.
Mr.. Allison called up the sundry
civil appropriation bill; Mr.. Pugh
moved the bill be laid aside tempor-
arily and to report on the Payne cleo
ton case. Objection was made to Mr..
Pugh's proposition. and Mr.. Logan, in
the colloquy that followed said he
could not understand why anybody
should want to prevent this matter
coming before the Senate; that he was
ready 10 meet charges made upon sem
ators upon legal grounds and on evil
dence before the committee.
Allison called up the civil appropri-
alton bill and amendments striking
out proposal to enlarge the new PEN
sion building were agreed to after
some remarks of Mr.. Hale, in which
he spoke of the building as u mon
strosity, unsightly and complete
abortion and failure. Other amend
ments including an item of $50, 100 for
the Inauguration of the Bartholdi
statue i'm New York barbor were
agreed to. After disposing of IS pages
of the bill out of lO6, the Senate at IL
p. m. adjourned.
Mr.. Hatch, rising TO a question of
privileges, sent to the clerk Is desk and
had read extracts from Senator Ingalls,
speech in the Senate yesterday on the
oleomarggrine bill, in which he char
acterized rs shameful, the support OF
these measures in the House under
the leadership of the chairman Of a
committe himself engaged I'm the
dairy business and for which he relied
for support. ''Mr. Speaker" said Mr..
Hatch, II desire to state that when
this gentleman connects my name In
bis statement that am personally In.
terested in the passage OF the bill and
that derive my support or any part
of Il from the products Of herd of
cows on my farm, 1t Is simply a COM
plete falsehood."
The House then went into commit
tee on Senate amendments on the
river aud harbor bill. Mr.. Randall
moved to amend by striking out the
Hennepip canal clause, Messrs. Cam
non, Grosvenor, Murphy and Hender.
son briefly opposed the motion, which
was rejected; 93 to 100. Mr. Holman.
Of Indiana, offered an amendment
having the effect Of taking the charge
Of the Mississippi river Improvement
out OF the hands Of the Mississippi
river commission; last, so to l06. Mr.