Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-06-30
FORTY-Nl,TH CONGRESS.
First Session,
sen ATE.
WAsHINGroN, june %

WASHINGTON. June 30.
Mr.. Hawley from the committee on mill
tary affairs, reported back the joint resolu
tlon appointing Gen. VIM. J. Sewall of New
Jersey, Gen. Martin T. Mcmahon of New
York and Capt. John L. Mitchell of Wiscon
sin, managers of National Homes for disabled
soldiers to fill vacancies. Passed.
Mr.. Beck introduced a bill to authorize tn,
postmaster general to appoint and remov,
postmasters of third class who are now an
pointed and removed by the President. Re
ferred to postofice committee.
The report of the conference committee OIL
the pension appropriation bill was agreed to
A resolution for inquiry into the cost
puolic printing, binding, engraving, litho
graphing, etc was adopted.
MIR. Camden, rising to question of per
sonai privilege, pronounced as entirely falls,
an article in Cincinnati paper on the sub
Ject of the proposed Payne Investigation, stat
ing in effect that Camden was prepared to pa,
5000 cash for votes necessary to carry th,
Senate for Payne in the interest of the Stan
dard Oil Company.
The Des Moines river bill was then taker
up.
After arguments in favor of the bill BY
Messrs. Allison and Wilson of Iowa, tn,
question was taken and the bill passed owe
the Presidents veto by the requisite two
thirds majority yeas "a, nays l5.
Yeas-Allison, Beck. Berry, Blackburn
Blair, Call. CanFou, Chace. Cockrell, Coke
Conger, Dawes, Eustis, George, Hale, Har
rison, Hoar, Ingalls,, Jones of Arkansas
Mcmillan, Malone, Henderson. Maxcv
Mitchell Of Oregon, Palmer, Plumb, Riddle
berger, Sawyer, Sewell, Sherman. Sooner
Teller, Walthall and Wilson.
Nays-Brown, Butler, Colquitt, Edmunds ;
Evarts, Gray, Hampton, Hawley. McPher
son, Miller, Platt, Ransom, Vance, Vest and
Whittehorne
Mr. Plumb submitted the conference re-
port on the army appropriation bill.
The conference report was received ant
Mr.. Allison explained that the bill now ap
propriates about Sl5, 900 less than it did a.
it passed the House The report was agreed
to.
Mr. Allison submitted the conference re-
port on the bill to amend the Pacific railroad
acts agreed to.
The Senate then proceeded to consider the
bill making an appropriation for the legisla
tive, executive and judicial expenses of the
government.
Some of the amendments reported by the
committee on appropriations, increasing the
discussion, in which anomaly was commenced
by republican senators (Edmunds, Ingall.
and Hale) that the democratic head of the
department could not get the necessary in.
crease from the appropriation committee OF
the House, but was forced to come to the sp-
preparation commtte of the Senate for it,
Mr.. Hale referred to it as a publicly pro.
claimed confession on the part of those who
had been arraigning the republican party tol
extravaganza that there was no foundation
for the charge.
Mr.. Cockrell declared that the necessity
for the increase came from the charitable
desire of the secretary of state to retain in
pay an old superannuated public, who was d
republican, (referring to Assistant Secretary
Hunter.)
Mr.. Evarts took exceptions to Mr.. Cock.
relPs characterization of Hunter, who Mr..
Evarts said had served the government nearly
60 years through all administrations. He
was still valuable public servant, though
over 80 years old and not in robust health
Mr.. Cockrell denied that he had intended
to reflect on Hunter for whom be had the great
est respect and admiration,
The discussion having closed the amend
ments on which it was based were agreed to
The bill then went over till tomorrow
when MIR. Allison will call for a vote upon it
Mr.. Plumb, from the conference committee
on the post office appropriation bill, sub
mitted report which was agreed to without
discussion and without the yea and nay vote.
Mr.. Malone, from the conference commit
tee on the bill making an appropriation for
the department of agriculture, submitted a
report which was agreed to.
Mr.. Allison stated that the two houses
would be obliged tomorrow to pass the joint
resolution extending the appropriations of
the current year until the legislative bill, the
naval appropriation bill, the sundry civil bill
and the District Of Columbia appropriation
bill should become laws.
Mr.. Allison declared that whatever respon.
sibility there is for having 20 pass the join
resolution extending the appropriations doe.
not rest on the Senate
The Senate at 6. Is adjourned