Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1888-04-18
In the House.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 10
The house met at HAS in the morning,
the Legislative day of Wednesday last
continuing.
Mr.. Phelan, of Tennessee, as privi-
legged question, submitted the conference
report upon the bill authorizing the con-
struction of a bridge across the Missis-
sippi river at Memphis, Tenn. The SEN
ate amendment repeating the bridge
charter is agreed to. The report was
adopted.
MIR Blair, of Georgia, asked unanimous
consent to introduce the postof1ce appro-
priation bill, but demand for the regu-
lar order from Mr.. Reed of Maine, oper-
ated as an objection, 8 id the seventh day
Of the contest of the direct tax bill was
formally opened.
In the house at this hour q :45 a. m
there is no prospect of an adjournment
or recess. A motion to suspend further
proceedings under the call of the house
has just been lost. Yeas, 4S; nays, lie.
WASHINGTON, April 11.-From 9 o'clock
until daybreak the members of the house
sat patiently in their seats or reclined on
the more easy seats in the rear OF the
hall-no motions were submitted, no
points of order raised, no parliamentary
inquiries submitted. The house was in
q state of seige. AS the early morning
light broke short informal recess was
taken to enable the janitors to clear the
floors of the accumulated rubbish, and
then the members settled down to finish
the day. The extraordinary number of
roll calls and the length of the session
has badly demoralized the reading
clerks. a.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-Among the
versely, for the relief of captains, pilots,
Indefinitely postponed.
The senate bill, adversely, to increase
the pay of army chaplains. Indefinitely
postponed.
On motion the house bill to authorize
the construction of the Ohio Connecting
Railway Company bridge over the Ohio
river in Allegheny county, Pa. was taken
from the calendar and passed, with an
amendment. =, -
The motion to refer the presidents an
nual message was then taken up and Mr..
Coke addressed the senate.
Mr.. Turpie spoke at length on the
South Dakota admission bill in reply to
Senator Davis. - ,
The senate then went into executive
session.
WASHINGTON, April ia large num-
Der of executive documents, which had
accumulated upon the speakers table
during the deadlock, were laid before the
house and appropriately referred. -,s--
Senate amendm lnts were cor&urred in
to the bill authorizing the construction
Of hri1 I-nP Qf
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mr.. Peel of Arkansas, presented the
conference report on the bill to ratify an
agreement with the Gros Ventures, Pie
gan, Blood and Blackfeet Indians in
Montana and it was agreed to; also q
conference report upon the bill dividing
the great Sioux reservation into smaller
separate reservations. Agreed to.
The house has also agreed to the bill
granting right of way through Indian
lands to the I:;iny Lake Railroad COM
pany.
der the call of states in the house,
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, offered e.
resolution, which was referred, declaring
it to be the sense of the house that the
secretary of the treasury has power to use
the surplus at any time in the treasury
for the purchase of United States bonds,
and that so much of the surplus as may
from time to time accumulate in the
treasury ought to be so used.
The house then passed the bill extend
ing the time for the completion of the
Arthur Kill bridge, and a motion to pass
the river and harber bill under a suspen-
sion Of the rules was discussed, but de-
feated.