Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-06-10
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
SENATE.

| WASHINGTON, June 1 Beck introduced In
the senate a bill to prohibit members OF con-
gress from acting as attorneys or employees OF
railroad companies that hold charters or have
had grants from the United States. The bill
extending the eight hour law TO letter carriers
was then passed. On motion Of Dolph, the
senate resumed consideration OF the North
ern Pacific land forfeiture bill
| At 2 O'Clock the bill went over and the SEN
ate proceeded to consider the bankruptcy bill
George moved to strike out all the sections
that provide for an Involuntary proceeding In
bankruptcy Hoar moved TO lay Georges a.
mcndment on tn table. Motion lost, and the
| bill went over.
| On motion of Plumb thy senate then took
and passed the bill ITO prevent the acqulsI-
ton Of real property by aliens" sherman
called up the supplemental Chinese emigra-
ton bill, that which explains the meaning OF
the original bills on the same subject, passed
| In 1852, and 1884. The bill was passed as re-
| Iortcd from the committee.
Sherman called up the bill to indemnify
the Chinese for losses incurrrd by the riot at
Rock Springs, Wyo. After some discussion,
| iourned.
| HOUSE.
! Weaver Uowa) had read at the clerks desk
| an editorial from an Iowa paper charging him
| with having betrayed the interests Of his con-
stituents by opposing the oleomargarine bill,
| and the millions of Armour had their infu.
ence In securing this opposition, and declar-
| ing he had obtained his seat in congress by
| fraud. Weaver denounced these charges as
| false.
| Blount (Ga.) reported bill amending the
statutes relative to the transmission OF lottery
refreshments through the mails. Calendar.
| The house then went into committee of the
| whole on the oleomargarine bill. Daniels
amendments abolishIng the tax on tobacco and
fruit brandy were rejected, the vote on the first
amendment being, yeas 81; nays Ill; while
| the vote on the second amendment was, yeas
| So; nays 125. The amendment by Durham,
amended BY Hatch, reducing the rate Of tax
! on oleomsr sarlne from s TO 10 cents per
pound, was agreed to. Pending further &C.
ton, the committee arose and the house then
at 5 o'clock adjourned.
| SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 2-The Northern Pacific
forfeiture bill was placed before the senate
and then formally laid aside to permit N =
Brown 70 speak on the bankruptcy bill. Con-
sideration of the Northern Pacific forfeiture
bill was then resumed The question pending
was on Van Wycks proposed amendment
providing for the forfeiture not OF lands of the
Wallula branch alone, but lands appcrtaining
to such branches and roads as have not been
completed at the time Of the passage Of this
act. After debate, without action upon the
amendment, the senate went into executive
session and soon adiou rned.
| HOUSE,
The house went into Committee of the whole
| springer Of Illinois. in the chair on the OIL
eomargarihe bill. On motion of Beach, Of
! New York, an amendment was adopted In
sorting the word knowingly" in the clause
imposing penalty upon every person who
purchases or receives for sale any oleomar-
garine from any manufacturer who has not
paid the special tax. McSiillIn moved to
strike out the clause which provides
that half Of the fines and penalties i'm
posed by the act shall go to the informer. The
house would not in his judgment do itself JUS
tice if It enacted such an obnoxious piece of
legislation. The motion was agreed to 20 to
| %. Then, In accordance with arrangements
| made this afternoon, the committee
reported the bill to the house, understanding
| that a vote should be taken tomorrow, and
that an opportunity should be given to allow
| the members to pass upon the question OF re-
| ducing the rate of tax then imposed. The
house then adjourned.
WASHINGTON, June 3-Dawes presented q
I petition from the city council at Gloucester,
Mass, which was appropriately referred, pray.
ing for retaliation on the Canadian govern.
ment for the seizure of American fishing yes.
sells. The senate then took up the bill provid-
ing for the location Of railroad grant lands,
and after some debate Hoar, not wishing TO
embarrass the bill, withdrew his amendment
limiting purchases under the act to $40 acres
After further debate the bill passed Van
Wyck called up the house bill on the same
subject, and on his motion the committee on
public lands was discharged from Its further
consideration. He then moved the senate bill
as an amendment In the nature Of substitute
to the house bill. Agreed to. A committee
of conference was then ordered into whose
hands the bill was at once put. In accord
ance with resolution offered by Wilson OF
Iowa, president pro tempore Of the senate, ap-
pointed committee OF five senators to have
charg3 of the investigation Of the matter of
| the appointment Of Indian traders. The bill
| to indemnify the Chinese for the losses In
Irred by the riots at Rock Springs, Wyom ng,
| having been briefly discussed, went over till
| tomorrow. After an executive session the
senate adjourned.
| HOUSE.
| O'Neill, of Missouri, from the committee on
labor, reported back the senate bill extending
the provisions OF the eight hour law to letter
carriers. House calendar The house then
resumed the consideration Of the oleomarga.
rine bill. In accordance with agreement
made In committee, Mr.. Hatch submitted an
amendment declaring his opposition to 1t,
however, fixing the rate of tax on oleomarga-
rine at three cents pound. Rejected-yeas,
! 100, nays 40. Hatch then offered an amend
ment fixing the rate at 5 cents a pound.
Agreed to-Yeas, 1853, nays 100. Browne Of
fered an amendment exempting from tax oleo
margarine when sold under its true name. Re-
jected-yeas 11s, nays 1853. Mills moved TO re-
commit the bill with instructions, to the COM
mittee on agriculture, to report 1t back with
an amendment imposing a tax on incomes
Lost-yeas IS, nays 1SS. The bill was then
passed-yeas 1SS; nays 101.
| There were not over dozen members pres
ent when the house met this evening for gen.
eral debate on the Oklahoma bill. The DIS
cussion was devoid Of interest and at 1890 p.
m the house adjourned
| SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June An the senate the
Chinese indemnity bill was taken up, but at
| the request Of Allison 1t was Informally laid
aside to permit consideration Of the consular
and diplomatic appropriation bill General
debate ensued, participated In by Conger,
Mcmillan, Dawes, Allison and Others on the
general subject Of consular service and its an
| omoles. In the course Of this debate, Allison
attributed much Of the difficulty arising in
the matter Of undervaluations to the scram-
BILE between consuls whose compensation is re-
| ceived by fees. Foreign merchants shipping
goods to the United States were importuned
by consus who were paid by fees to get their
ordinations from those instead OF
from the regular salaried consuls in the near
neighborhood. This matter, he thought de-
served the attention Of the state department.
At2 o'clock the matter went over. The Chi.
nese indemnity bill was then placed before the
senate and Cockerell took the floor He ar
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