The Penn's Grove record., 1888-05-05

round at Indianapolis d Improve
ment of post-ofice building, at a cost
of $685. 900: House bill approprlatlng
$780, 600 for a public building at
Duluth, Minnesota; Senate bills fer
public buildings at Atchison, Kansas
$500 ,000). Emporia, Kansas $500. O00).
Waterbury, Connecticut (Sl50,00O)
Paterson, New Jersey 1926, 000). Fort
Dodge. Iowa (S75,000), land Dover,
New Hampshire (S73,000). Senate
bills were rossed providing for public
buildings at youngstown, Ohio $780,
OO0), Akron, Ohio 1915 ,000), and Lam
caster, Penna. (Sl0O,000). A bill was
also passed to authorize the Secretary
of the Treasury to re- examlne and re-
audit the claim of the State Of Penn
sylyania for advances made and money
advanced to pay the militia called into
service under the Presidents procla-
nation of June 18th, 1868. The In
ternational Copyright bill was dis
cussed. On a motion by Mr.. Jones, OF
Arkansas, to strike out Section 2, the
vote was yeas, IA; nays, l9-no quo
rum.
The Senate %thereupon adjourned.
In the United States Senate on the
list, two vetoes Of pension bills were re-
ceIved from the President and referred.
A Senate bill was reported appropriate
ing S100 900 for a public building at
Sterling, Illinois. Bills were introduced
by Mi. Call appropriating 100000 for
the prevention and extirpation of yellow
fever in the United States. A Senate
bill appropriating Sl00. 900 for a public
building at Emporia, Kansas, was
passed. Mr.. Ingalls, made his promised
speech "on the Presidents message
The Senator attacked Fitz John Porter
and repeated his criticisms upon the
politics of Mcclellan and Hancock.
The greater portion Of his speech, how
ever, was a savage attack upon Senator
Voorhees,, of Indiana, and this gave
rise to a disgraceful personal debate.
After which the Senate adjourned.
In the United States Senate OIL the
I'd, Mr.. Edmunds, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported adversely the bill
to repeal the law allowing pensions to
judges in certain cases. He also In
t,oduced a bill to increase the pensions
of soldiers and sailors who contracted
heart disease In the service. The Sem
ate then went into executive session
for about fifteen minutes, and the
nominations which had accumulated,
including that Of Mr.. Fuller to he
Chief Justice, was referred, Wien
the doors were reopened the following
bills were passed: House bill apprt-
priating S125, 900 for the enlargement
of the post-oflce building in lndian-
apolis, with an amendment increasing
the amount to $4,000; Senate bill
appropriating 100000 for a public
building at Atchison. Kansas; Senate
DILL increasing the limit of a%ppropna.
lions for a public building in Will
mington, Delaware, to $3.50 900, and
appropriating $10O, 600. The Senate
then took from the calendar and
passed Tin sixty-five mInutesl los
individual pension bills, AZ of them
being from the House. The following
bills were passed: For public buildings
at Asheville, North Carolina blouse
bill, 800, OO0); Woonsocket, Rhode
Island Senate bill, S75.000) ; Fort
Dodge, Iowa (Senate bill, slu0 0O0);
Sterling, Illinois SENATE bill. S5J.O00l;
Duluth, Minnesota House bill. $780,
0O0); Dover, New Hampshire SENATE
oil, $4,000. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the United States House of Rep
resentatives. on the 2Sth, the tariff de-
nate was continued in Committee of
the Whole, with a very slim attend
ance. After the committee rose, the
Senate bill in relation to the anchor
age Of vessels in the port of New
York was passed. 1t authorizes the
Secretary of the Treasury to make
rules for the anchorage of vessels in
the harbor and the adjacent waters of
the Hudson River, and prescriDes a
penalty of 500 for violation of the
rules by vessel masters. A bill was
also passed for the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi river at
Hickman, Kentucky, and the House
then adjourned.
In the House on the Both ult., the
call of States for the introduction OF
bills for reference was dispensed with.
and the debate on the Tariff bill was
continued in Committee of the Whole.
Pending discussion the Commute rose
and the House adjourned.
In the House, on the LIST, the Senate
bill granting the right of way through
the Indian Territory to the Kansas
City and Pacific Railroad was passed.
The Tariff bill was discussed In Com
mittee of the Whole by Messrs.
McCreary, of Kentucky, Foran, of
Ohio, and Dorsey, of Nebraska. A
message was received from the Presi-
dent vetoing a personal relief bill. Ad.
journed.
In the House, Oh the I'd, Senate bills
we're passed for the establishment OF
lighthouses at Goose Rocks, Fox Island
rhoroughfare, Maine, and at Newport
New Middle Grand, Virginia. The
Tariff bill was resumed in Committee
# the Whole, and the debate continued
in evening session. Adjourned.