Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-23
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS-.
First Session.
SEN ATE.
WASHINGTON, June %.

| The bill to authorize the President to place
Commander Quackenbush on the retired list
| of the navy was psssed-yeas, p; nays, II.
| Mr.. Havley called up his motion to recon
slider the bill prohibiting members Of Con-
gress from accepting employment from rail,
roads that had received aid from the United
States.
| Two o'clock arriving the matter after a
somewhat extended debate went over till to-
morrow.
The Senate then took up the bill repeating
the preemption and timber culture laws.
Mr.. Blair had moved an amendment pro-
hibiting acquisition in one ownership of more
than $40 acres of desert lands.
To this Mr.. Ingalls, offered an amendment
applying limitation TO all public lands.
The latter proposition, which was the pend
ing question today, was voted down.
Mr.. Blairs amendment was then voted
down-yeas 3, nays A. The senators voting
in the affirmative we're Blair, Dolph and
| Teller.
Without final action on the bill the Senate
at 5. 10 adjourned.
The Senate bill was passed granting right
of way to railroad companies through the
Indian reservations in North Dakota.
| The speaker laid before the House nine
messages from the President announcing his
disapproval of a like number of private pen
| sion bills and they were referred to the COM
mittee on invalid pensions.
| Several of the Presidents terse sentences
and ironical suggestions were greeted with
applause aud laughter.
| Mr.. Davis OF Massachusetts, from the
committee on commerce, reported back the
| Senate bill for the appointment of com
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nrov;.;ons for rois;,, ,evenna necess.rv to
meet the exnend;tnre involved In advocat
iny tho nron,s;tion Mr. Morr;son argued that
;ts adont;on w.s ohsolpteIy necessary upless
Congress was nrepar,d IN grant peusions and
leave the government without means to nav
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maid ont $500 ono 600 in nensions When il
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hv the t;me the act was fuuv eyecuted there
will have been maid ONT $500 600 600
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tened with some interest to tbe reasons which
had Governed the majority of rha committee
on rnIes in renorting the nronosed change of
rules Ne admitted tho GRAVITY of the ones-
tion and had M desire to d,sgnise il bnt he
was surnrised to 600 tho .c,,op which tho
majority nronosed to take. If there were
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all suh;acts ot annronr;ation "a we'll as tha,
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