, 1888-03-22
CONGRES SSiONAL..
SENATE.

him To have the bill lie over still further
He therefore asked for its postpOnenent
until next Tuesday. The bill was laid over
~ proposed. The senate then proceeded
to take up and act upon bills on the calen.
dar i'm regular order, passing such rs were
not objected to. The bill providing for in
spection OF meats for expectation. and pro.
hibiting the importation of adulterated ar.
tIcles of food or drink, with the amend.
meht allowing inspection of meats at places
OF packing was passed
The senate then proceeded to act OF bills
on the calendar. Bills were passed To es.
tablish u United States court in the Indian
Territory to allow soldiers and sailors, who
have lost both hands or the use of both
hands, 800 per month house bill to facili-
tate the prosecution OF works projected for
the improvement of rivers and harbors with
amendments, on which conference COM
nittee was ordered, and Senators Dolph, Frye
and Vest were appointed granting to the
Washington & Idaho railroad company
right-of-way through the Occur d Alene
Indian reservation; granting to the New
port & Kings Valley railroad company
right-oi-way through the Silets' Indian
reservation in Oregon; to grant to the state
of Oregon certain lands in chat state for
public park amending thelstatute ny to the
disposition OF property of the United
States as lands or property acquired from
s,irities or under revenue law; granting $40
acres OF public land in Wyoming for II
hatchery, etc. to authorize juries ofunited
States circuit and district courts to be used
Interchangeable and provides for drawing
talismen; regulating fees for exemplification
OF land patents.
The bill reported by Blair allowing a
pension OF so to women. enrolled during
the war as nurses and who rendered
six months services having been reached,
the report was read in which it was stated
the beneficiaries under II would not average
more than six To eight to state.
Edmunds bid not see Oh what principle
tlfe bill proceeded, as the association of
nurses, whose memorials had been read,
had not asked for IL. They only asked an.
pareptly to be placed on the same footing
ot soldiers who bad been disabled in the
service. No pensions were yet given to
soldiers not so disabled and as "a friend of
woman's right, he did not believe in max
ing such All inviduous distinction.
Beck objected to the further considers-
ton of the bill, and hoped that the com
mon pension COMMITTEES would call on the
secretary Of war for the number of female
nurses enrolled during the war so that the
senate might know within at least mil
lien dollars of what the bill was 10 take
out of the treasury. II the senate was to
give $25 u month To every woman, white
or black, who had cooked for soldiers six
mouths, the senate should know how
maIy there were. The bill went over.
Other public billsson the calendar that
were passed were the following: House
bill TO divide the great Sioux Indian r,-ser-
walton into separate smaller reservations
with substitute being the senate bill ITO di-
vide the portion Of the reservation of the
Sioux nation Indians in Dakota into separ-
ate reservations, and to secure relinquish.
ment OF Indian title to the remainder;" to
provide for the sale of the site of Fort
Omaha, Nebraska. and for new site and
of suitable buildings thereon.
Frye reported back the house bill au-
thorizing the President to arrange con-
ference for the purpose OF promoting arbi-
tration and encouraging reciprocal COM
IN mercial relations between the United States
and Mexico, Central and South America
and Brazil. Placed on the calendar. Adj
journed.
HousF.
After u number of petitions had been re-
ceived and referred, the house went into
of the whole on the bill referring
to the court of claims for an adjustment of
the accounts oi aborers, worknien, and
mechanics arising under the eight-hour
law.
Rail- presented the resolutions of the
Philadel phia board Of trade declaring that
Mills tariff bill, " ii should become u law,
would prove injurious to many important
and long established industries of the coun-
try. Referred.
The house then went into committee of
the whole ON bill referring to the court of
claims Tor adjustment OF accounts for
laborers, workmen and mechanics arising
under the eight hour law.
Rogers, OF Arkansas, in opposing the
bill said H. would involve an expenditure
pi nearly $l0,OOU,OOO The proposition was
II considered and vicious in its tendency
Tillran, OF South Carolina, regarded the
measure as an attack upon the treasury
fheinost Illuminating thing to him in con.
nection with congressional matters was the
way members iluttered whenever any
proposition came up relating to labor.
Inc pending proposition was one
10 give man ten hours pay
Tor eight hours labor in order to create an
aristocracy of labor and give to claims
20 or 90 per cent. of the amount they
might recover.