Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-31
AT THE CAPITOL TO-DAY.
A BREEZE IN THE HOUSE.
ALI About the River and HarbOr Bill
The Conference Report Rejected.
BUSINESS SESSION OF THE SENATE.
The senate.

The senate.
THE CUSTOMS INVESTIGATIONS DURING THE
RECESS.
On motion of Mr.. AlGrich the committee on
finance was authorized to continue during the
| recess) the investigation Of frauds and abuses
in the customs revenue.
Mr..:Bair offered a like resolution for the com
mittee on education and labor-as to the re-
lations between labor and capital. Laid over.
The House bill for the relief of the employees
OF the twelfth United States light house distric,
was taken up and passed.
Mr.. Beck asked leave to offer q resolution
providing that at the next session (after the
routine morning business) the Senate will pro
ceed to consider House bills reported favorably
from Senate committees. Objected to.
Mr.. Chace, from the post office committee, re-
ported back a House till to extend the system
for the immediate delivery OF letters. Calen-
dar.
THE SILVER QUESTION.
Mr.. Evarts asked leave to offer resolution
requesting the President to open correspond
ence with the principal commercial powers OF
Europe with the view of ascertaining their esti-
mate OF the effect now operating upon CONNER
cial exchanges and the values of commodities
therein exchanged by the great fall in silver
bullion and the disuse OF free silver coinage,
which date, progressively, from the demone-
tiZatlon of silver by Germany in 1870; also, to
ascertain by such correspondence whether such
powers, or any of them, are disposed separately
or IN concert with others, either with or with
out the United States, to engage, either by do
mestic regulation or international convention,
In any movement towards the restoration OF
parity between gold and silver in full function
as Intrinsic money, upon rate to be estab-
iished by law, and TO lay such correspondence
before Congress at its next session. He said
that he would next Monday ask the Senate TO
consider the resolution, and would accompany
the request with some brief observations. Or
oeTeo printed and lal0 over till Monday.
THE INDIAN TRADERsHIPs.
On motion of Mr.. Platt, the select committee
on Indian traders licenses was authorized to sit
during the recess, and the like authority was
ION motion OF Mr.. Manderson) given to the
committee on printing.
LAND FORFEITURE.
Mr.. Plumb, from the committee on public
lands, reported back House bill to declare for
feiture OF the lands of the New Orleans Baton
Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad company, and a
minority report was made by Mr.. Van Wyck.
Mr.. Van Wyck said the bill was rather pro-
Tue grant, ana ne gave notice that he would
submit minority report. Calendar.
The conference committee on the ''surplus'
resolution was announced Messrs. Allison,
Aldrich and Beck.
A Senate bill for the relief of the sureties of
j.; Z: Dexter, lormeriy U; 5. disbursing agent
and alter discussion passed.
House Of Representatives.
VETO MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
The speaker laid before the House q message
from the President vetoing the bill for the
erection Of public building at Springfield, Mo-
Referred TO the committee on public buildings
and grounds.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
The House then, as the regular order Of busi-
ness. resumed the consideration of the con-
terence report upon the river and harbor BILL
and the accompanying explanatory statement
Was read.
MR.. HATCH RISES TO POINT OF ORDER.
MIR. Hatch (Alo.), rising to a point of order
sent to the clerks desk and had read the in.
structions given to the conference committee
by the House relative to the Hennenin Stur
geOn bay, Potomac fats, and other clauses of
the river and harbOr appropriation bill. The
point of order he made was that the report of
tion OF every single instruction given by the
House, and therefore was not in order and
should not be received. If this report were re-
celVed no confidence could hereafter be placed
in a conference committee. Since the Fl rst duy
OF the hrst session OF the first Congress no such
record had eyer been made by conference
committee. 1t STOOD alone, without single
precedent. 1t had nOprecedent, and he trusted
IL WoulG never nave :sn llnltatOr. He held That
the House conierees were bound III honor by
the instructions OF the House, and cOuId not
exceed those instructions
MIR. BLANCHARD DEFENDS THE CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE.
Mr.. Blanchard ULaJ wished to inform the
gentleman from Missouri that the House con-
ltTccS ulU HOI pTOpOoe W take their ideas of
honor from him. 1t was not true, as stated by
the gentleman, that every single item about
which the House had given instructions was In
the bill, and the gentleman knew it was not
true. They had all been modified except the
Potomac flats item He was aware the gentle-
man did not expect the point of order to be s,ls-
nea and ~ oher WAS par, 1I Inc plan OF the gentle
to defeat this bill. The purpose and
object OF the gentleman was to provoke
a long discussion and delay the bill. The same
point had been debated IN the Senate when
the question OF appointing conterees was be-
tore that body, and the decision arrived at was
amount to an instruction and did not prevent
IL free conference. The House had said that
tue conferees should insist upon a disagree
ment to certain Senate amendments and they
had insisted and used every persuasion and
every honorable means to carry out the in
majority OF the House conferees saw that the
bill was about to be lost involving q loss of
millions ,nsv OF rdcdh dollar to the
ment with certain important modifica-
ton. Upon the question of honor he
wished the gentleman to understand that be-
fore he, q comparatively Inexperienced men,
ber, yielded to the Senate conferees he had
sought the advise of the best friends he had in
both hOuses-lnen VINO were the peers of the
gentleman from Missouri in all that went to
make up character-and itAvas upon their sug-
gestion that this matter involved no question
had yielded upon the propositions of the Sem
ate.
MI datcn was not aware That he had said
anything calling In question the honor of the
gentleman from Louisiana. He had not offered
his service to the gentleman and when he
wanted to Instruct gentleman on q point OF
honor he would select his own pupil. He did
not know why the gentleman should 60 to the
Senate for Instructions.
Mr.. Blanchard-And the gentleman did not
do SO.
HAD ENOUGH OF THE SENATE CONTROLLING
THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Hatch-The gentleman stated positively
and emphatically what the arguments Of the
distinguished gentleLaen in the Senate were on
this question, and the inference of the gentle
man remarks was that he mad been guided by
the opinion OF the Senate cOnferees and not by
the action OF the House. We have had enough
OF the Senate controlling this body, and 1t is
pretty near time TO come buck to the point
where the House of Representatives can con-
troll It's own matters and Its own cOnferees.
The gentleman stated that / said what was
not true. L reiterate just what said. The
conierees were instructed to strike from the
Senate amendment certain paragraphs; and
every one OF these paragraphs is still in the bill.
i do not say say they have not been modified.
They have been modified. They have been
oiled a little In order to enable the House to
swallow them.
with oleomargarine?" suggested Mr..
Blanchard.
Yes" replied Mr.. Hatch; "the worst oleo-
margarine ever manufactured is better than
the oil the gentleman has put in."
Mr.. Murphy Qowa.)-Tne difference between
the OleOmargarine used by the committee and
the gentlemens oleomargarine is that they
were matched by different persons. daughter
bad egg, and brought in here in violation OF the
instructions of the House.
MIR. Henderson ulls.) opposed the point OF
order and urged the adoption of the conference
passed now, and upon this report.
Mr. Hatch said that while he wonld vote f0r