The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-07-20
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
DOlNGS OF THE NATIONAL LAW
MAKERS AT WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON CITY, July 12-The confer
ence report on the postoflice appropriation
bill was presented to the senate yesterday,the
house insisting on its disagreement to the
clause appropriating $500, 900 for South Amer
lean mail service. A motion was made that
the senate insist, and long debate ensued,
but the motion was agreed to-2S to 16 The
senate bill providing for seacoast defenses
was next taken up, and another long debate
took place. but without action the senate,' at
5:30 p. M, adjourned.
The house ordered conferences on the
land forfeiture bill, and after some debate
concurred in the senate amendment to the
agricultural bill appropriating 100000 for
sorghum experiments, which had been tho
cause of disagreement. This passed the bill.
The conference report on the District bill
was agreed to, and then in committee the
Mills bill was resumed on the amendment
fixing the duty on fax and linen thread, etc,
at 40 per cent. ad valorem. After long
political debate it was rejected. The rate of
duty on bags and bagging was changed
from 10 per cent. al valorem to
g of cent pound. The
wool section was then taken up and
Caswell of Wisconsin offered an amendment
substituting the schedule of 1867 for the one
the house took recess until 8 p. m. At tho
evening session the bill providing for taking
the eleventh and subsequent censuses was
passed. O'Neil, by an ingenious amendment
which was not noticed until adopted, got the
wages of messengers and watchmen raised
from $4O0 to 5000 per year, and Conger of
Iowa secured an amendment giving prefer
ence to honorably discharged soldiers. The
house adjourned at j 80 D. m
WASHINGTON CITY, July ia resolution
was introduced i'll the senate yesterday pro-
viding for the printing OF extra copies of the
pensions committees report on vetoed pri-
vate pension bills. The resolution resulted
in quite an acrimonious debate, during which
Blair said the presidents messages were not
gentlemanly. Butler of South Carolina
thought Blair poor judge Of gentleman
hood, and Blair retorted that he at any rate
was not traitor and indebted to his country
for his life. Then George took the floor to
speak on the fisheries treaty, and stopped the
war of words. When George had concluded
bill to pay Mrs. Sarah l.. Latimer 5000,
for giving important information in 1864 as
to hostile intentions of the Sioux Indians,
was passed, and the senate adjourned.
The house passed the resolution for a special
committee to investigate alleged evasions of
the contract labor law after speeches recount
ing the evils Of too much immigration espe-
cially of Italians and Chinese The Mills bill
was then taken up and the rest of the day
devoted to q political discussion, until at
s o'clock the house took a recess until p. m,
the purpose being the consideration Of an
tagonized private pension bills. The opposi-
ton, however, was continued at the night
session, and nothing was accomplished, tho
house adjourning at 1915
WASHINGTON CITY, July IA protest
was presented in tho senate yesterday signed
by large. number of wool manufacturers
and dealers against the Mills bill A bill APP
propriating 1000 for a public building at
Waubesha, Mimi, was reported, and bills
were passed authorizing bridge across the
Mississippi at Waubesha and appropriating
$500, 900 for a branch soldiers home in Grant
county, Indiana. Dolph then occupied most
of the remainder of the session in speech
against the fisheries treaty. When he con-
cluded some uninteresting business was trans.
acted, and the senate adjourned until Mon
day. t&l &N
The conference report on the postoffice APP
preparation bill was presented in the house.
1t agrees on everything except the subsidy
amendment The rate of postage on seeds,
bulbs, etc, was fixed at 1 cent per each two
ounces. The report was agreed to and Bing-
ham moved to concur on the subsidy feature,
but to reduce the appropriation from $780,.
600 to $4,000 The matter was debated at
length, Bingham, Dingley and Owen of Indi-
ana favoring it and Blount, Holman, Dockery
and Nelson of Minnesota opposing. The de-
bate was pending when the house at 5p. m
took recess to s, at which time private pen.
sion bills were considered and twenty-four
passed, Including one In behalf of Muck-A-
Pee Wah- Keu-Zah, or eJohn.n.s The house
adjourned at 1890.
WASHINGTON CITY, July 16.-The house
Saturday rejected Bingham's proposition
relative to mail subsidy in the postofiice
appropriation bill, insisted on q disagree
ment, and ordered a new conference Tho
tariff bill was then resumed the wool sched-
ule being the subject of debate. La Toilette
| of Wisconsin antagonized the remarks made
on the tariff by Carlisle at the opening of the
debate, and the discussion was continued by
Scott, Grosvenor, Ford of Michigan and
others At p. m. the house took recess I'M
til 8, at which time consideration OF private
bills was taken up, and nineteen passed, ad-i
journment being reached at midnight. ~a
WASHINGTON CITY, July 1.-THE senate
passed bill appropriating $4,000 for a
monument to Gen. George Rogers CLARK, TO
be erected in Louisville in recognition OF his
services in the conquest Of the northwestern
territory during the revolutionary war.
Pugh spoke in favor of the fisheries treaty
and Chandler against it, and these two
speeches, with some unimportant routine
work. occupied the whole session.
The house took up the tariff bill i'm
medately upon assembling, the motion to
strike wool from the free list being pending.
After some debate division OH the motion
was had, and it was defeated-ycas W; nays,
122-Sowden, Wilkins and Foran, Dem
ocrats, voting aye, and Anderson OF Iowa,
Republican, nay. Mills offered an amend
ment fixing the duty on certain carpetlngs,
mattings, etc, which was adopted, and after
the rejection Of motion TO restore the wool
tariff of 1887 this part of the bill was disposed
Of Then some committee amendments Tx
ing the duty on kaolin, qmarblc, etc., were
adopted, and the tariff part of the bill was
done. The tobacco section being reached
Wise wanted the tax on cigars, ets, repealed
but his proposition was defeated, and john.
ston of North Carolina moved the repeafor
all tax on spirits distilled from grain or
fru;t The mutton was defeated-2I TO LOO.