The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-08-04
XLlXth CONGRESS- FIRST SESSION.
SENATE e.
The Senate met at 10 O'clock.

The Senate met at 10 o'clock
Mr.. Hale, from the conference committee
on the deficiency bill, submitted report and
proceeded to explain in regard to certain claims
for their income tax paid by nonresident
aliens, which have been regularly estimated
for and which the House had partially and
the Senate entirely put in tthe bill. 1t had
turned out in conference that there were OBJ
jectious to some of those in by the Senate,
and confereeS recommended that these items
be referred back to the Secretary of the
Treasury, with instructions to report the
facts to Congress next session.
Mr.. Allison reported back the House ad-
journment resolution with an amendment
changing the time from July 18th TO p. m.
the fourth of August
Mr. Hoar expressed his dissent to the pass
age of this or any other adjournment reSolu-
tion until the Senate had considered the bill
reported by him April 18th for inquiry under
national authority. He referred to massacres
during the last few years in Louisiana, South
Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, and other
Southern States, and stated that in every one
of the cases, so far as was shown to the peo-
pie of the North by the press, negro and
and white man the aggressor.
lengthy discussion followed Senator
Hoar's remarks, in which Messrs. Kenna,
Eustis, Berry and Gibson scdthlngly rebuked
the Senator from Massachusetts for introduce
ing the subject of Southern atrocities just on
the eve of the adjournment of Congress-.
Mr. George, member of the judiciary
committee, and Mr.. Dawes endorsed Senator
Hoar's views. Mr.. Dawes endorsed his col
league as representing truly in this matter
the sentiment of the people OF Massachu-
sets
Mr.. Blair objected to further consideration
of the adjournment resolution and 1t was
placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Blair then called up the report Of the
committee on pensions in the case of the We
toed bill, giving pension to Mary j. Not
tage and proceeded to state the merits of the
case.
The discussion was interrupted by the ap-
pointment of Messrs. Dawes, Plumb and
German a conference committee on the
| amendment to the fortification bill. Later,
| another interruption was scored by the con-
| ference committee on the river and harbor
| bill handing in their report, which Mr.. Ed
! munds insisted should be read in full. This
was done and the report agreed to without
| division.
Consideration of the vetoed pension bill
| was then resumed, the question being on Its
passage over thePresident's veto. The vote,
| a strict party one, was, yeas, &c; nays, 49,.
| The necessary tWo-thirdS not voting in the
| affirmative the bill failed to pass.
Joseph Romiser's vetoed pension was then
| taken up. and on statement by Mr.. Wilson
| of MARYLAND that the President when vetoing
| it had labored under a misapprehension, the
| bill was passed over the veto by an unani
| nous vote.
At o'clock the Senate took recess luntil
clock
Evening Session.
After some routine word the Senate took
IN the conference report on the sundry civil
appropriation bill Some opposition was
| shown. but the report was finally adopted
yeas, 27; nays, IA.
AZ 1O. so the Senate went into secret session
and at II D. m. the doors were reopened and
the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE..
The speaker laid before the House the
Presidents message, announcing his ap
nroyai of the oleomargarine bill and it was
read and referred to the committee on ways