Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-06-01
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
THE LAND FORFEITURE BILL.
The Subject up in the Senate.
0LE0MARGARINE IN THE HOUSE,
A Stubborn Contest in Progress

A Stubborn Contest in Progress.
The Senate.
Mr. Beck, in Introducing bill in the Senate
to-day to prohibit members OF Congress from
acting as attorneys or employees of railroad
| companies that held charters or have had
grants from the United States, remarked that
there had been much elimination and recrimi-
natlon In both Houses about members of Con-
gress ,being employed by railroad companies.
Ihls Dill, he said, was intended to see If q
| remedy could not be provided for the trouble.
THE EIGHTHoUR LAW FOR LETTER CARRIERS.
MT. Miller called up the bill extending the
e1ght-hour law to letter carriers. He said the
Post Office department had ruled that the let
| ter carriers were not entitled to come under the
provisions OF that law, but Mr.. Miller saw no
reason why those employees of the government
| should not be put on an equality with other
employees. The bill was passed.
| THE NORTHERN PACIFIC LAND FORFEITURE
| BILL.
On motion of Mr.. Dolph the Senate resumed
consideration of the Northern Pacific land for
feiture bill. Mr.. Dolph, in defending the bill,
denied with emphasis the suggestion made by
| Mr.. Van Wyck that the history of the bill
| showed 1t to be in the interest of the railroad
| company. II the Senator from Nebraska meant
| to inslnuate what Mr.. Dolph had seen SUBJ
stantlaliy stated in some newspapers that he
| lMr Dolph) was in any manner connected with
| the Northern Pacific Railroad company, or any
other railroad company ever Incorporated
grant was ever made, or which Which, h aaa
any interest whatever before Congress,
the statement Of the Senator from Nebraska
was wrong. He (Mr. Dolph) never had a dol
lars worth of interest in the Northern Pacific
| railroad company, nor had he ever had any
hsan with that nor since he
| been of counsel In any way for any corporation
| having any interest before Congress. He would
l
would be ready to support the bill this morn
| ing introduced by Mr.. Beck. He MR. Delphi
did not believe it to be for the interest of the u
| 5. government to forfeit the Cascade grant to
| the Northern Pacific; but such forfeiture
| would be for the interest of the Canadian
| Pacific and the Union Pacific. He affirmed
that the amendment of the Senator from Ne
| braska (Mr. Van Wyck) would be directly in
| the interest of the Union Pacific and other
| roads.
| THE BANKRUPTCY BILL.
| bill. = 1870 WV '''' WIN ~ '''' 'AA' Np'''
House of Representatives.
The Speaker laid before the House a commu-
nlcation from the supervising architect of the
Treasury, submitting an estimate of $39, 500
| for repairs of the court house at Philadelphia
| Referred.
MR.. wEAvER's QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE.
Mr.. Weaver, of Iowa, rising to q question of
privilege, sent to the clerks desk and had read
| an editorial from an Iowa paper declaring that
he had betrayed the interests of his constituents
by opposing the oleomargarfne bill, intimating
that the millions OF Armour had had their in
huence In securing this opposition, and declar-
ing that he had obtained his seat in Congress
through fraud.
All these charges he denounced as untrue
He had been, and was still, in favor of the
OleOmargarine bill; and it was false that he
had been Influenced Improperly in his course in
had been made against him In the contest COR
his seat, which had been confirmed to him by
understood that there were not more than six
men on the republican side who had voted that
| he was not entitled to the seat.
LOTTERY ADVERTISEMENTS THROUGH THE
MAILS.
Mr.. Blount (Ga.), from the committee on post
offices and post roads, reported bill amending
the statutes relative to the transmission of
lottery advertisements through the mails.
House calendar.
Mr.. Latfoon (Ky.). from the committee on
the land grant to the New Orleans, Baton
Rouge and Vicksburg railroad company. House
calendar.
THE oLEoMARGARINE BILL AGAIN.
The House then went into committee of the
whole (Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in the chair
on the oleomargarine bill.
The first amendment in order was that of.
fered by Mr.. Daniel (Va.) abolishing the tobacco
The amendment offered by Mr.. Daniel abol-
ishing the tax on fruit brandy was also reject
ed-3S to 125.
Mr. Durham (Ill.) offered an amendment re-
ducing from 10 cents a pound to cents q
pound the tax on oleomargarine.
FIL1BUsTERING
Then amendments were offered fixing the
rate at four and five cents a pound, but they
were rejected, only, howe yer, after a couple of
hours had been consumed in securing q
quorum.
On motion of Mr.. Hatch (Mo) the amend.
ment offered by Mr.. Durham was amended so
nd
amended, it was agreed to.
The District i'm Congress-.
THE FREE BRIDGE BILL IN THE SENATE.
In the Senate to-day, Mr.. Riddleberger sub
mitted the conference report on the free bridge
bill in the shape as given hitherto in THE STAR
pay half the cost, and provides for the con,
domination of the abutment on the north side
the ownership Of which is in dispute.
NO QUORUM.
The House District committee could not get a
quorum to-day.
A PENSION TO LYDIA 8. JOHNSON.
The Senate committee on pensions have re-
ported favorably bill granting q pension to
Lydia 8. johnson, who in response to q. call
for nurses during the war volunteered and rem
dered valuable service In the hospitals In the
District of Columbia. "She is now q physical
wreck" says the report, "as result Of her
arduous duties during the war;"
Capitol Topics.
RETURN POSTAL CARDS.
Senator Wilson, Of Iowa, to-day introduced
| in the Senate a bill to authorize the Postmas-
ter General to adopt and furnish double or re-
| turn postal cards. 1t provides that should the
control Of such cards be held under patent he
may contract and agree to pay = reasonable
sum for the exclusive ownership aud control
of such patent within the United States and il
he cannot secure such ownership he Is further
authorized to contract and agree to nav a rea-
sonable royalty on each thousand of such cards
until the life Of such patent shall expire.
THE FISHERIES DISPUTE
Senator Hale to-day presented in the Senate
| the resolutions recently adopted by the city
| council Of Portland, Me-, asking that "immedi-
ate reparation should be demanded by the gov.
eminent at Washington for the injuries inflicted
II this demand is not complied with that Cana
which are refused to our vessels In Canadian
ports"
| THE STUBBORN FIGHT OVER oLEoMARGARINE.
Some of the opponents OF the oleomargarine
bill said this morning that they expected to
keep the fight up all the week. Filibustering
began the first thing this morning.
LOTTERIES.
The House committee on post Offices and post
| roads to-day instructed Chairman Blount to
report favorably q bill to prohibit the mailing
Of any letter, circular or writing concerning q
lottery or gilt enterprise, or any paper contain