Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-18
FIFTIETH
Senate.

WASHINGTON, July 17.-Mr. Allison re-
ported back the sundry civil appropriation
bill and said he would soon call it up for con-
sideration.
The senate proceeded TO the consideration
of the bill to place John c.. Fremont on the
retired list as major general of the army.
Messrs Reagan and Cockrell opposed the
bill.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, asked Mr.. Cockrell
whether he had not voted to put Fiiz John
Porter on the retired list.
Mr.. Cockrell admitted having done so; but
If he had done wrong once that would not
Justify him in dong wrong twice.
Mr.. Allison said that If the senator had
done wrong in the Fitz John Porter case he
would not press him any further.
Mr.. Cockrell said that Fitz John Porter
had nothing to do with the case. If the mill
tary commission examined Fremont's record
and reported that as much injustice had been
done him he would vote to restore him to his
rank.
Mr.. Wilson suggested that that could
never happen, as remon had not been dis
missed from the army.
Mr.. Cockrell said that the record showed
John c.. Fremont had been court-martialed
and dismissed from the army.
After some discussion the bill was passed,
and the senate then resumed consideration Of
the Oil pTONlulnb lOT Ill duJuSIHhcut VI Iuc
accounts of laborers, workmen and mechanics
employed by the government under the eight
hour law.
Mr.. Dawes moved to amend the bill by in
sorting the words whether engaged at n
price per day or on piece work." Agreed to.
The bill was then passed. Yeas, 25;
nays, %.
Messrs. Cullom, Farwell, Sabin, Sawyer,
Spooner and Wilson voted for the bill.
The first section of the bill provides that
vx,1nnynr NO In hHrnf Nvnrlxnun NJ mechanic
has been employed by the government since
the twenty-titth day of June last shall be
paid for each eight hours employed as for n
full days work, without any reduction on
account OF the reduction OF the hours OF
labor.
The conference report on the postofice
appropriation bill was received, and on mo-
ton the senate receded from its amendment
known as the subsidy amendment. -
The bill for the admission of Washington
was taken up and will be unfinished business,
and the senate then adjourned.
House..
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE house, after
transacting some unimportant business, went
into committee of the whole on the tariff bill,
| the pending feature beng the internal rev
enue.
On behalf of the ways and means commit
| tee an amendment was offered providing that
| tHc DOhu iCluliSu w w Ei'ch W Sibei mann
| facturers shall be in such a penal sum as the
collector of internal revenue may require,
and not less than 500, with an addition of
so for every person proposed to be employed
| by such manufacturer. Adopted.
The pending amendment coming over from
| yesterday, which was offered by Mr.. Wise of
Virginia, repeating the tax on cigars, che
roots and cigarettes, was defeated. The
pending amendment by Mr.. Sowden of Penn
sylvania, abolishing the tax on fruit spirits,
was withdrawn, but afterwards again Of
| fered.
MIR. Mcmillan sent to the clerks desk and
had read an abstract from Blaine's Paris
letter in which he opposes the repeal of the
whisky tax, and says that TO cheaper the
price Of whisky is TO increase the consump-
ton enormously.
MIR, Kelley took issue with Blaine on this
statement. He said that when Blaine came
and found that bodies of supreme moralists
on the subject of temperance were demand,
q repeal of the spirit tax, he would say; VI
admit | had formed an erroneous OPINION,
but now / will labor with you, heart and
soul.n
thai 80 per cent of the republicans were IN
hearty accord with the views expressed in
the letter.
Mr.. Wilson supposed that the body Of NOR
alists referred TO was the body which sat in
Chicago and declared In favor OF removing
the tax from whisky rather than from the
blankets of the people,
MIR. Perkins denied that the republicans
were in favor of free whisky, and said that
when the republican party came into power
in the house it found calico 10 cents q yard
and whisky 20 cents a gallon, and that when
1t went out of power 1t left calico NJ D cents q
yard and whisky taxed, at 81 a gallon,
Mr.. Gallinger of New Hampshire said that
he was in favor of a repeal OF the internal
taxation rather than destroy tbs tariff tax.