Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-26
LABORERS' DAY.
BOTH HOINEs OF CONGRESS DISCUSS
TIE IsTEFEs1s ~ ROVE IND
MUSCLE.
Convi.t Labor Occupies. .hr House and
the Labor Bureau Takes up the fine
Of he's Senate.

Convi.t Labor 0csapies. the House and
Labor Brresu Takes up the Time
Of The Senate.
WAsHINaroE. -. 90 1T is now learned
that tt ~Repuhiican S~snstprial rnIcns of
last evening a,...pied. with hut THREE dis
senting votes, Risldleber er's resolution to
consider the fisheries treaty with open
doors. Two OF the dissenting Senators
afterWark gave their assent, and proposed
to make the action unanimous, but this
was not lone. The Democratic Senators
who were a week ago unanimously opposed
to the open consideration OF the treaty
are now largely inclined to go in the move
ment. There is still a possibility that the
treaty will not be taken up to-day. and
there is a strong probability that a motion
after 2 O'Clock that the doors be closed,
and that after a few moments they will be
reopened and the consideration of the
treaty proceeded with in public.
MUST BE IN SECRET.
The Senate has decided by a vote OF %
to 81 not to consider the fisheries treaty
in open session. The division was upon
strict party lines, except in the case Of
Senator Hale. who voted with the Demo-
Gratis adversely to the R~iddleberger resolu-
ton. Upon the announcement of The re-
suit, the body went at once into executive
session. No time was fixed for taking up
the treaty.
THE LABoR BILL.
The House bill TO organize the depart
nlent of labor was taken up and after
various amendments adopted. A confer.
ence committee was ordered and Senators
Blair, Wilson Iowa) and George were APP
pointed the conferees on the part of the
The bill provides for q department
oi labor, the general designs and duties OF
which shall be to acquire and diffuse among
the people OF the United States useful in
on subjects connected with labor
in the most general and comprehensive
sense Of that word, and especially upon it's
relation to capital. the hours OF labor, the
earnings OF laboring men and the mea
for promoting their material, social, intel
lectual and moral prosperity.
THE PERSONNEL
is to consist of a commissioner to be ap-
pointed by the President, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, who is
to hold Office for four years and receive a
OF $1,000. A chief clerk, chief
stenogrspher, various minor clerks. COPY
lists and messengers. A message was re.
ceived from the President, returning with
his approval. Senate bill for the RELIEF
of Lieutenant Warden. The bill di
reefs an allowance of $625 to
Mr.. Warden recently postmaster
clerk hire from July LIST, 1882, to June 80,
1888. The grounds of the veto are that
the allowances to postmasters for clerks
are fixed by the postal department, and
that in this case SIS, 100 was allowed, that
for additional allowances
were twice declined. and that the expenses
were therefore incurred at the postmaster's
W risk and that the passage of special
acts would have a dangerous tendency to
encourage postmasters to substitute their
own judgment for that of the Department
and to relax the wholesale discipline.
A COMMITTEE
was ordered on the pension appropriation
bill and Senators Allison, Dawes and Cor
man were appointed.
Mr.. Frye offered a resolution (which was
agreed toy calling on the Secretary Of War
for a report al to the probable cost of a
.reakwater in the Bay of Santa Monica,
California, so as to secure a depth of nine
fathoms. The following bills were taken
from the calendar and passed. Senate bill
a right of way to the Yorktown
Indian reservation in Washington Terri
tory. Senate bill for the relief of various
tradesmen and others in Portland, Oregon,
feRends c1Jrer Thomas Corwin in 1873 |
md 1876. The Senate then adjourned.