Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-05
SENATOR'S WASTE WORDS.
The Opening OF the Days Work De-
voted to an Exchange of Views.

The Opening OF the Days Work De-
voted to an Exchange of Views.
WASHINGTON, Aug. AIN the Senate
to-day, Mr.. George moved to take up the
House bills to remove political disabili-
ties.
Mr. Ingalls, protested against what he
called Il grab game in farming out the
floor. He suggested either that the Sem
ators should be called alphabetically or
that the calendar should be taken up
regularly.
Mr.. COckrell suggested that the House
bills on the calendar unobjected to should
be taken up and passed.
MIR. Edmunds opposed the suggestion,
SAYING that the greatest possible service
which the Senate could render to-day
would be not to pass any bill at all. 1t
would be unfair to the President to send
him large number of bills at late hour.
The result would be probably that many
of them would not be signed, and then
they would be in worse condition than if
they had been left on the calendar.
CONDITION OF THE BILLS.
Mr.. Ingalls, asked Mr.. Allison, Chair
man of the Committee on Appropriations,
to state the condition of the public bust
ness and when final adjournment might
lake place.
Mr.. Allison stated that the deficiency
bill, sundry civil bill, and river and har-
Dor bill had just been signed by the pre-
! siding officer.
The Chair-All three are on their way
to the President.
Mr.. Allison continuing The fortihca-
tiOn bill has passed both houses. The
Senate has asked a conference, but the
House had not yet acted on that request.
L have heard floating through the air in
| some sort Of a chaotic way that it is not
the intention OF the House to pass the
! fortdoation bill at this session.
Mr.. Dawes-I have been informed, un-
officially, that the House will appoint a
conference committee on that bill in a few
minutes. But must agree with the Sena-
tor from Iowa that there is little proba-
bility Of solution of that question.
PROLONGATION UNNECESSARY.
Mr.. Allison-l think it unnecessary to
prOlong this session in the hope that the
fortihcatiOn bill will be disposed of. l
! know of no other business to detain us
here except to give the President the
necessary time to examine these three ap-
preparation bills. l see no impediment in
! the way of providing now for an adjourn
ment at 10 O'Clock tonight.
The chair wished the session prolonged
| until the bill reported from the Post Office
| Committee to extend the immediate de-
| livery system should be passed.
The adjournment resolution, modified
to 10 O'Clock tonight, was discussed for
some time without any conclusion being
arrived at.
Finally, Mr.. Edmunds moved to go into
executive session, remarking that in the
! meantime something more definite as to
| adjournment might he learned. The mo-
! tion was agreed to, and the Senate at noon
went into secret session.
Later in the day Mr.. Allison again
called up the adjournment resolution and
| offered an amendment so as to make the
hour 10 O'Clock tonight.
| Mr.. Henna hoped that action would not
| be forced on the resolution. Bills had
| just been sent to the President that he
! could not read IN three days, among them
| the river and harbor bill, which won ID
require day to 90 through it. He did
not know that the President wanted an
hour or whether he wanted four or five
days.
Alter further discussion MIR. Allison
said that in Difference to the Senators who
represented important matters he would
not now press the resolution.
On motion of Mr.. George the House bill
to remove the political disabilities of j. X.
Eggleston, OF Mississippi, was taken up
| and passed.
On motion of MIR. Plumb the Senate took
| up ana passed the House OIL 10 restrict the
| ownership OF real estate in the Territories
! to American citizens, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute. This is the
same bill and practically the same substi-
tute on which the conference committee
failed TO come to an agreement. A further
committee of conference was asked.
Mr.. Butler asked unanimous consent to
take up the JOINT resolution for one
months extra pay for certain employees OF
both Houses.
MIR. Edmunds objected.