Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-29
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY,
FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS.
The Bill Passes the Senate.
BILL TO RETIRE THE TRADE DOLLAR
The Senate.


THE FOURTH OF JULY CLAIMS BILL PASSED.
On motion of Mr.. Pike, the Senate this after
noon took up the bill to pay the Fourth of July
| claims. Mr.. Hoar asked unanimous consent to
dispense with the reading, except as to the first
Mr.. Ingalls, protested against the custom of
passing bills without having them read 1t was
aI practice that to say the least, was upon the
fraught with danger of mischief. He contented
himself wit uttering this protest.
An amendment offered by the committee to
allow the Merrill estate, of Mississippi, $67 900
1or supplies ETC., taken during the war, was
deeated at some length. The loyalty of the
cls$ mant had been vouched for by Gen. Grant.
The amendment was agreed to and the bill
passed.
THE P. o. APPROPRIATION BILL.
The post office appropriation bill was then
taken up, on which Mr.. Beck had the floor. He
deemed it best not to have On this bill pro-
vision having nothing to do with the postal
service. but looking solely to the building up of
our commercial relations. He only proposed to
STAND by the rule OF the Senate and House. If
latlon on appropriation bills we would have
endless appropriation bills. He insisted that it
was bad policy for the republicans to force on
the administration provisions against which
the President, the Postmaster General and the
House OF Representatives all protested.
MIR. Hale asked whether any practical diff
Guilty would arise in properly distributing the
money providing Congress agreed on this pol
icy OF aiding IN securing foreign trade.
dltional foreign trade Ey means of this policy
House of Representatives.
BY vote of yeas $780, nays 81, the House to
day ordered that the clerkship of the commit.
tee on public buildings and grounds shall be an
annual office.
Mr.. Hammond, from the committee on the
Judiciary, reported a bill to ratify an agree
ment made between commissioners appointed
by the states of New York and New Jersey re-
fha hny,
states House calendar.
RETIREMENT AND RECoINAGE OF TRADE DOL
LARS.
Mr.. Lanham, from the committee on coinage.
weights and measures, reported bill for the
retirement and recolnage of trade dollars,
House calendar
The District i'm Congress.
PRIVATE CLAIMS.
charles f. Creecy, administrator of the estate
of the late l.. r. Byrne has petitioned Congress
to pass a law giving the Court of Claims final
jurisdiction over his claim of $50, 239 against
tne united States arising out OF an alleged in
fringement of the Schillinger patents for con-
crete pavement in 1876 by the architect of the
Cap1ltot entering into contract with G. w.
Cook to lay the concrete pavement then re-
grounds.
The Senate claims committee have reported
favorably bill TO refer 10 the Court of Claims
the claim Of William Talbert, of this city for
use by the government of his patented improve
ment LOT marine railways, now used at the
navy yard.
A Joint resolution is pending in the Senate
States in favor of VIM. L. Dunlop, as trustee Of
the estate OF George Lowry, late OF the District
OF Columbia, shall forever release all right or
claim TO any part of lot 49, in square rs, of the
city, which fronts on the south side OF Pcnnsyl-
wanna avenue.
Capitol Topics.
REPORT ON OLEOMARGARINE BILLS
The House Judiciary committee have submit
ted report on numerous bills to prohibit or
restrict the manufacture of imitation butter
the producer OF genuine butter and even to the
health OF the people by the manufacture and
gress mas authority to forbid it. There is saw
the committee no grant of power to Congress,
In express terms or by fair inference, which
would authorize it to pass any law to prevent
the production of any thing by u person in a
state of the Union. Congress may have it con
tinues, some power over production in the Dis
trict of Columbia or in the Territories. but the
power to forbid the production OF butter. or
wheat, or tobacco in a state will scarcely be as
powers of Congress with regard to taxation.
but declares that this power cannot he used
merely to strike down product industry
without abusing a constitutional trust They
say tax may be laid upon imitation butter il
IT be needed for revenue, but cannot be i'm
posed for the sake OF restraining or preventing
its manufacture.
THE OPEN SESSION RESOLUTION,
An arrangement has been made in the Sen.
ate to resume consideration of the open session
resolution after the interstate commerce bill.
Mr.. Bairs bill to pension all ex-soldiers and sail
1p' e wno are now physically unable
disability was incurred in the line of duty or
not, and the labor arbitration bill shall have
been disposed Of Senator Plat, who has charge
of the open session resolution, assented to this
arrangement, because he does not wish to an.
n He
growing all the time, and that O reasonable
delay can do no harm.
AN APPEAL TO EX-CONFEDERATE SENATOR'S
In the course Of theedebate in the Senate yes.
terday afternoon upon the provision in the
post office appropriation bill appropriating
100000 to pay American steamers at the rate
OF one dollar per nautical mile for carrying US
mails. Mr.. Plumb appealed to ex-confederates
to support the amendment. He could not see
why ex-contederates should want to vote
money to buy British ships. If he had read
the history of the contederacy Alright he said.
the men who fought for it had occasion to de.
spise loathe and hate Great Britain because,
after making great promises to the cOnfederacy
help was most needed. Mr. Frye made pro
lection speech, to which Mr. Beck gave notice
that he would reply.
THE SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION
yesterday confirmed a number of nominations
to which no objection had been made. For n
time Mr.. Edmunds insisted upon having the
report read in each case, but Mr. Plumb and
others protested so vigorously against this as a
waste OF Time LDaL IL was dispensed with.
PENSIONS FOR DISABLED SOLDIERS
The general pension bill, as reported from the
Senate committee, proposes to allow pensions
to disabled and dependent soldiers in propor-
ton to the rate of disability. Senator Van
Wyck has offered an amendment to make the
pension 80 Il month In every case, and to define
disability to be lncapacity to perform manual
labor.
WAR CLAIMS OF STATES.
Senator Hoar yesterday reported fayorably
from the committee on claims q bill to author
lie the accounting officers to adjust and settle
the claims of any state for expenses incurred
for the purpose OF aiding In suppressing the re-
belliOn.
A CURIOUS PROTEST,
against "the MOhammedan dogma of prohibi-
ton" was presented in the House yesterday bv
Representative Hopkins, of Illinois. It was
signed by u large number of citizens OF Illinois
whose aames Indicate that they are OF German
origin. "Jesus Christ of Nazareth" saw the
petitioners, "tOOk the wine cup In His hand
commanded men to drink in remembrance of
Him. Mohammed, u Shareholder and polyga-
mist, prohibited the use OF wine making pro
hibition dogma OF his religion" The petition
ers say they wish 10 be projected in their rights
as Christian citizens, believing that Christian
civilization Is superior to Mohammedan civili-
cation.
TELEGRAM TO SENATOR CALL.
On reading the report of Senator Calls speech