Morning journal and courier., 1886-07-16
FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. Jn1v15 1sse

on Commerce, reported bill to authort the construction of bridges across the Te , nessee and Cumberland rivers by the Ot Valley railroad company,
 i, Mir. Sewell, from military affairs, report
 bill authorizing the retirement of Gene1
 AVeiiH with the rank and pay of captain
 cavalry Also bill authorizing the pres l dent to appoint and retire General Afr,
 Pleasanton as Major. MT. Logan endeayo
 ed to call up the joint resolution authorizi1
 tne secretary of war to accept a deed au
 ! conveyance of the land known as Hiohwoo
 in Lake county for military purposes.
 MT. Beck objected saying that the gove-1
 ment did not need to accept gifts from an, . body unless there was some special reason
 Mr. Logan gave notice he world at tn
 proper time ask the Senate to take up th joint resolution
 Mir. Allison submitted the conference re
 port on the legislative appropriation bill
 The committee agreeing upon ell points i 1 dispute, except as to the four followin
 points: Clerks for senators at $e day fo
 the session, salary of the assistant treasure
 at Baltimore increased by the Senate, appro
 prIatlon for the clerks for civil service com
 mission and relating to the compensation O The report was sccente6 enc
 the Senate still further insisted d
 on it's disagreement with the House
 The Senate resumed consideration of the | river and harbor bill-the amendment adopt ed as in Committee of the Whole being first to be disposed of. The prov ision that the l portion of the appropriation for Plumb Point l and Lake Providence reaches shall be con- fined to the complete repair and maintenance of the levies throughout such reaches to the height of two feet above the flood of 1882, and the completion of the permeable works
 or the contractors was adopted-ayes 8, nays 19.
 At this point the House joint reso- lution extending the temporary pro- vision for the expenses of the govern
 ment to July 21 was presented to
 the Senate and passed. An amendment by
 Mr. Harris authorizing the Mississippi river commission to repair and build levees if nec- essary to the navigation and commerce of river med was stricken out; ayes 27, nays 3O
 A provision authorizing the Secretary of War to establish harbor lines where not al- ready established and to establish lines where deposits of debris can be made with out injury to navigation wes agreed to-
 All of the amendmens to the bill by the Senate as in Committee of the Whole having been disposed of the whole bill was open to amendment.
 MT. Edmunds moved to strike out the clause directing tho Secretary of War to as- certain the value and commercial eff -Na,i- ance of tAe Green and Harcise~ e~-s of the gstisn company in Ken ce-ipeny in Penn Ns Nfsde.sssatSt d e.sat the survey shall not sylvanla. P-ss as Committing Congress to the s.sssass pc eGssf of such work. Rejected; yeas 21, Iays 26.
 Mr. Edmunds moved to strike out the ,lause accepting the Muskeugum river inn ,rovement from the State of Ohio.
 MT. Sherman argued against the motion. was generous offer on the part of the ; tate and ought to be promptly accepted. { The motion to strike out was rejected. I Teas 12, nays 34. So the clause remains NF T Ko 3la | riation for the Illinois river from $100,0O0 1 } $150,0 ,000; adopted. MT. Plumb moved as additional section ] q nat the secretary of war report annually the ames and residences of civilian engineers mployed in the work of river and harbor improvement. He remarked that the reason O, ,r his amendment was that civil engineers ere doing the work and army engineers ne afing around; adopted. d MT. McMillan had moved to strike out all | N ter the enacting clause in the liver and har- ir pr bill and insert all the items except that each case the amo1nt be reduced twenty ol ve per cent. lsl MT. Riddleberger charged the Committee d l Commerce with cowardiee in not daring Q, take out of the bill appropriations for inor streams, while reducing twenty-five ol er cent. the appropriation for important h vers and harbors Ic, MT, McMillan stated he had submitted his :. lbtsitute by direction of the Committee on u Ommerce. Ig MT. Coke, as member of the Commerce ol ,mmittee, did not concur in MT. McMillan's E otion. :, A long discussion ersued to the merits the bill and the motion of MT. McMillan. s' Mir. Miller, of New York, spoke of the O lmors of veto and said he hoped they ,z ould not influence the Senate. IT MT. German said no one had authority to l | ,eak for the President, but he did not be- i. eve the President had expressed an inten- a on one way or the other. Without further z ,tion the Senate adjourned. HoUsE.-Mr. Glover said that not ha, Ing a cen in the House when the resolution was | c Tered yesterday, he had learned this morn = Q that an effort had been made by design . persuade the House that he had been gull l a of an interpolation of the record. He had il ,nferred with the gentleman from Arkansas i, 'reckenridge,) and they had concluded that le gentleman from Indiana Oowrey) had O by accident the " .ong resolu- { on in his report. If the gentleman had c ade the same inqui1. y he would have reach ' the same conclusion. Since the gentle II lan from Indiana disc!aimed any t nputation on him in this connection, and T i'd not charge nor insinuate that he had ! . cen guilty of fraud, he would take no t zception to the remark that any man who t ould make that statement, since the re- r lark did not apply to memhe- 0f 'le | ouse, was blackcaar2 cad liar: t A4fuer further controversy, during which I [ IT. Low rey said, so far the pending reso- k ltion was conce1 led he would simply repeat b lat 1e had reason 10 believe that the substi- l f ltion which had occu1 red had occu1 fed l I trough @ mistake but the committee of E hich he was chairman thought an investiga- Il on should be had. In concluding MT. LoWrey n lid the lang uage used by Mir. Glover was c of those who were in the habit l O associating with people accustomed to the b se of such expressions. Some gentlemen l [ ere irresponsible in the way of being con oicuous for mischief on sll occasions. There ad been description given of character this kind-that he was like flea, fly, t nd fitch of bacon, Like flea he was n'a I n rybody's back; like fly ne in every ody's booth aud, like a fitch of bacon he | Il ever had his deserts until he hung up. | n Ie regretted to have to say that there were a entlemen in this House who answered that escription The resolution was then adopt . l and the House proceeded with the consid- [ ration of District of Columbia business. The House took up District of Columbia 1, ills. The bill incorporating the Washington 1 z able Railway company wes considered riefy without action. Mr. Holman, of In- V ,gislative appropriation bill. Without ac- t ion, however, the House at 5 o'clock took ecess until o'clock. At the night session the House passed the f blowing bills reported from the CoIanistee t n labor: t. To prevent the employazent of con b jet labor and s13eh labor upon O ublic bu; idines> and other pub n c works: amending the act to rohibit importation and immigration of for a igners and aliens under contract or agree t nent to perform labor in the United States; s Q protect mechanics, laborers and trades 2 nen of the District of Columbia in t heir wages; Senate bill providing for the s ayrnent of per diem government employees ' n decoration days and Fourth of July; direc- a ing the commissioner of labor to make ln- t estigation in pegard to convict labor in the United Statesi iextending the provision of the fight hour laa to letter catfiers met with opposition aad pending action the House at ( 1 o'clock adjourned.
 Ease Ball Yesterday. il Wash. ngton-New YorEs 5, Washing tors2
 PhiladelI hia-Pf 'ladelphiss 5, Bestors3
 St Eoui -Detroits 8, St. Louis 1. Ksosas City-Chicagos 16, Karsss CitJs 2. / louisville -Baltimores 5, LoUisvileH3 5. StLouis-Athletics II. St. Louis l. Pitt -burg-Alleghanys 5 Metroplhtcrs g. Cincin ati-Cincirn natii 7 Broekiyns 4. Il Be rtford- Hartford 1, Nswarks l.
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