The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1886-08-14
ALlXTH CONGRESS-.


| First Session.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-SENATE.-Tbe SIM
airy civil bill was sent back to conference
senator Blair tried to get vote on some of
the vetoed pension bills, but failed. Mr.
warts explained his resolution for an inter.
national conference on the silver question
Inc Dill TO tax fractional parts of Gallon of
whisky and to permit the withdrawal of
spirits Tor terrifying wines was passed. The
inference on the general deficiency bill re.
port was agreed to- At 2:20 p. IN. the Senate
went into executive session, and at 6 ;35 adj
Journed until 10 tomorrow.
HousE-Ihe bill to increase the naval es.
taonshment was agreed to with the Senate
amendments. A resolution was passed ex.
ftenuIng appropriations to August s. The con-
| ference report on the sundry civil bill was re-.
Geived, and points of difference insisted upon.
Inc senate bill increasing the pension of sol.
dlers VINO lost an arm or leg in the service
was passed-l67 to 81. At p. m. the House
| adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-SENATE.-The gem
| eral deficiency bill was reported from con.
terence and agreed to. resolution to ex-
tend the appropriations was objected to and
went over. A reported resolution to ad-
Hoar who wanted his bill for National in.
quests considered first A vetoed pension bill
was taken up and considered. The debate was
pied in order that the amendments to
.ne iortlfication bill could De insisted upon
dno conference committee appointed. The
river and harbor conference report was then
submitted, interruptng the pension debate
again; Mr.. Edmnnds called for the reading
or or d me G d. od IT appropriates $l44739
Iae house. The conference report was
agreed to without division. A vote
was taken on the vetoed pension bill of
Wary d. Nottage, and It failed to get the neces.
JW0-tnlrGS-vnac No
lser pension bill was then taken up, and on
the statement of Senator Wilson, of Mary
land, that it had been vetoed under a misap.
prenension was passed over the veto unari-
mously. At6O'clock the Senate took recess
until p. m. the night session being for the
consideration of the sundry civil bill.
HousE.-The Presidents message anoun.
cling his approval of the oleomargurine bill
papers in the Cutting case The conferences
report on the river and harbor bill was pre-. |
scented, and after it had been read filibuster-
ing was resorted to to prevent vote. The re-
The report on the General Deficiency Ap. |
preparation bill was read and agreed to- The |
conference report on the surplus resolution |
was submitted, to be printed in the Record, |
up hereafter. The Sundry Civil bill was then |
reported and adopted-yeas, 126; nays, 20. AT |
p IN. the House adjourned.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4-SENATE,-The Grant
relics, presented in a collection to the United
states by W. II. Vanderbilt, were accepted by
JOINT resolution. An attempt to take up bills
on the calendar was opposed by Mr. Edmupds |
on account of the latcness of the season and
the amount of work the President had before
nm. The backbone land grant was made.the
special order for the second Monday in De-
cember. A bill was passed extending the sys-
tenn for immediate delivery to all articles
bearing an immediate delivery stamp The |
PHI to restrict the ownership of real estate in
me territories to American citizens was
passed and sent to conference An attempt
% get vote on vetoed pension Dill failed,
ne measure being postponed until the first |
" ednesday in December. Another was taken |
ip' put the vote-yeas -, nays Undiscovered
esolution support was taken up, and after
discussion, agreed to without division. The |
'enate ut 6p. H. adjourned until II a. m. to.
morrow.
HoUsE.-A resolution was adopted EXPRESS
ny the sorrow of the House at the death of |
amue J. Tilden. A resolution from the Ju-
lciary committee to investigate the Union |
acme Railroad management was objected r
o by O'Ncil, of PCnsylvania The Senate
mendments to the Notifications bill was t
isagreed to and conferees appointed. The f
lorrlson surplus rcsolu ion report was called |
p and DISCUSSED. 1t was adopted-yeas 12O,
avs g. The Cutting resolutions were re-. d
orted from the Committee on Foreign Ar. v
airs, and discussed until p. M, when the c
louise adjourned. n
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5,-Both Houses of Con-
ress adjourned sine die this afternoon. The 1
'ssion covered 21 DAYS. The total number u
measures that passed both houses was r
10l, being 24l Senate bills and $50 bills which
riginated in the House. OF this total 500
ecame laws with the Presidents approval,
Il became laws by limitation, the Prcsi-
INT failing either to approve or disap-
rove them within ten days after their b.
resentation to him; ll3 were vetoed and one r,
Tiled by reason of adjournment without &C.
on by the President. Mr.. Morrison Ull.) Of u
red resolution in the House, before ad. S
urnment, granting the committee appointed r.
investigate the labor troubles in the West a,
emission to sit during the recess, with all a.
@ powers granted to it in the original reso- a.
ton providing for its appointment n
dopted:. The Senate bill accepting the m
rant relics was passed; also the Senate bills 81
preparation of $4,000 for completion of the
lblic buildings at Fl. Scott. Ark and $780,
for the erection of public building at Los
ngeles, Cal.