Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-23
XIX. CONGRESS-.
WASHINGTON, April %, 1896.
Senate,

senate.
To-day q large number Of petitions
were presented from local assemblies OF
the Knights of Labor in opposition to
what is known as the Frye ship bill.
Tomorrow being Good Friday, the
| Senate, on motion of Mr.. Edmunds,
agreed that when it adjourns to-day 1t
be till Monday.
Mr.. Morgan reported from the For.
eign Relations committee bill to in-
demnify the Chinese who suffered by
the recent outbreaks at Rock Springs,
Wyoming. Mr.. Morgan said he would
call the bill up for consideration at an
early date.
The bill to provide for the taxation
of railroad grant,lands was discussed
until 2 o'clock. The interstate CON-
merce bill was then placed before the
Senate.
Mr.. Sewell offered an amendment
covering a number Of points, one OF
which was to subject to the provisions
of the bill Canadian roads having a
through traffic from points in the
United States to the seaboard; also,
roads running through only one State
in competition with other roads that
run through several States to the same
points; that the persons or corporations
engaging in interstate commerce shall
first get license from the railroad COM
missioneIs; the license to be revocable
for a breach of the conditions. The
discussion Of the points covered By this
amendment occupied the remainder Of
the session, but no vote was taken.
A message from the President re-
lating to the labor troubles was laid be-
fore the Senate. When it had been
read the question arose as to the COM
mittee to which it could most appro-
priately be referred-whether the Judi
ciary Committee or the Committee on
Education and Labor. 1t was finally
ordered to be printed, and the question
Of reference was allowed to remain in
allegiance.
Executive session.
Adjourned.
House Of Representatives
The Senate electoral-count bill, with
House amendments, was, on motion OF
Mr. Caldwell, of Tennessee, made the
continuing special order for May 9th.
Mr.. Wellborn, of Texas, from the
Committee on Indian Affairs, reported
back the Indian appropriation bill, with
Senate amendments, with the recon-
mendation that some amendments be
agreed to and others non-cOncurred in.
] he recommendation was agreed to, and
Messrs. Wellborn, Peel, and Perkins
appointed as committee of conference.
Adverse reports were presented from
the Judiciary Committee by Mr..
Tucker, of Virginia, on the joint reso-
luton proposing a constitutional
amendment giving the President power
to veto specific items in the appropria-
ton bills, and also on bills to prevent
the adulteration of food, and they were
laid upon the table. In regard to the
latter bills the committee believe them
to be unconstitutional so far as they
affect several States, and so far as they
affect the District Of Columbia they
are not properly within the province Of
lie committee.
At the expiration Of the morning
hour the House, in Committee Of the
Whole, again took up the riyer-and-
labor bill.
The disputed MonOngahela.river
clause was still under discussion. FL
nslly, after several amendments had
been adopted, Mr.. Hewitt moved to
strike out the whole of tho clause with |
the exception of the appropriation and |
the restriction upon its uses. Agreed |
tC-ayes, o.; noes, GO.
Then amendment after amendment |
was offered, and prOyisos were adopted |
only to be stricken out in few mo-
ments, until the members were I'M
able to determine exactly what each |
amendment did or did not mean. As
finally agreed to by the committee the
clause appropriates $l2l 200 for the
improvement of the Monongahela river,
provided that no charges or tolls shall |
be collected on any other part Of the
river on any commerce on said river
which originates above the works here
in appropriated for.
Secretary McCook appeared at the
bar Of the House and annouhcel the
passage by the Senate Of $50 pension
bills an announcement which was re.
ceived with loud applause and laughter.
After considering tTenty-eight Of
the sixty-three pages of the bill the
committee arose.
Mr.. O'Neill, Of Missouri, again at !
tempted to secure the adoption of his
resolution declaring that the House
sympathizes with Mr.. Gladstone aud
his associates in their Efforts to secure
a free Parliament for the people of Ire
land, and coDgratulatiDg the people OF
that country on the prospect of an early
and successful termination of their long
and patriotic struggle for local self
government, but Mr.. Sgope, of Penn
sylvania, interpOsed a fatal objection,
and though he subsequently withdreg
IT, the demand for the regular order
prevented action on the resolution.
Mr.. Compton, Of Mary land, moved an
over past Good Friday.
but his motion was voted down, AMI
hon Of Z o. n'ciock tho Housa took a |
/ ecess until | / o'clock tomorrow.
Judah Hersh, the oldest Hebrew in
New Jersey, died on Monday at Eliza
bethport. lie was one hundred and
four years of age, and was born in Boz
hemia. There is no doubt of his age.
rs the date of his birth and the leath