The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-06-07
FlFTlEIn CONGRESS.
%oe0aot OF tho Procoodlngo OF the
senate and House.

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abstract OF tho ProceedIngs OF the
senate and House.
Inc Senate committee to investigate the
jackson, Miss, election riots, after sas.
pension OF three or four weeks has resum.
Cd It's sittings, having secured six fresh
witnesses from Jackson. The sittings are
continued with closed doors.
The sub committee OF tho committee on
finance of the Senate having in charge tho
investieat ton OF the tariff will consider tho
glass and earthenware schedule, and will
hear during tho reminder of the week.
such persons as have Information tn u;vo
respecting this schedule.
~ t"ucuses were held by Republican and
democratic members OF the house.
The select committee of the house which
Investigated the late strike on the Reading
railroad will recommend some drastic
ieSls';ltion that il likely to be unpalatab!e
70 both tho railroads and their employees,
The propositions under co nsideration are:
An absolute provision for placing IN the
hands OF II receiver any railroad company
which as the result Of differences with its
employees fails for ten ten days to operate
the road; n requirement that ali train
crews but no other employees shall give ten
days notice of an Intention to quit work.
and that the railroad companie. must
give ten days notice to their employees OF
q reduction OF wages.
Tho senate in executive session adontcd
ahe following resolution without division:
That tho injunction OF secrecy be re-
moved from all proceedings OF the
senate in reference to the treaty with
Great Britain now under consideration.
Motions from the Democratic side to
postpone the treaty until December and
TO lay ON the table the notion to sit with
motion made last week by Senator Sher.
man to proceed with the consideration
OF the treaty was carried by q to -.
The agricultural appropriation bill, rs
completed, appropriatcs Sl.59l $780, an
increase over the appropriation for the
current year OF $332, 2:,O.
Tue house considered tho legislative bill.
Nr. kcrr OF Iowa commented on civil SER
vice reform rs practicetl by the Democratic
party. and sent to the clerk 8 desk and had
read T. circular letter to federal utlicchod.
ers IN Iowa, written by the secretary OF tho
Democratic state committee OF Iowa, ask
ung Tor voluntary contributions. A sharp
Interchange on the merits OF the civil SER
vice law and the attitude Of he two pay ties
toward it then took place between Messrs.
weaver of Iowa, Steele oi Indiana, Cannon
of Illinois and Others.
The army appropriation bill was report.
ed to the house to-day. 1t appropriates
S24,2S?, 700, which is $5G4,3Sl more
than the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
Chairman Hatch, OF the house commit
tee on agriculture, to-day announced the
following subcommittee, which, as pro.
vided by resolution some days ago will
begin the compilation pf u general food
adutcration act from the various meas
ureS on the subject now pending before the
committee Mcssrs. Burnett OF Massa.
ch"setts; Stnhlnccker, OF New York.
Day'ds"n OF Alabama; Conser of iowa,
and laird. Of Nebraska. Mr. Hatch was
added to tho subcommittee by the sub.
committee itself.
The fisheries treaty was debated in omen
session, Mcssrs. Forge and Beck making
che principal speeches.
HOUSE.
In consideration Of the lcgislatiycaDpro.
friation bill considerable debate was had
Tor tho office OF survey ors general.
The Legislative bill as it stands contains
no appropriation for the salary Of tho
governor OF Dakota. Unless the bill should
'bc amended in tho senate, Gov. Church
vii! have TO farm this year for a living,
while bearing the honors OF the governor.
ship Tor glory alone.
The executive journal, covering every.
thing connected with the fisheries treaty
from the time it reached the senate, is to
De printed in the Record. It. shows that
Senator lIoar made the motion which has
be'" credited to Senator Sherman, and
which was adopted, that the consideration
q. 81 the treaty be with open doors. Mr..
sherman WAS, however, one Of the thrce
(Messrs. Dawes and Teller being the 9th.
ers) wh" voted in favor OF the Kiddleberscr
resolution after it had been adversely re.
portet from the committee on foreign re-
satI"ns. The resolution was lost by Il
vote OF 1 to 3.
The Pacific railroad telegraph bill was
1avorab|y reported to the senate. It is
the house tAnderson) bill amended by
strikn: out the word construct" 1t re-
quircs the subsidized roads to maintain and
operate public telegraph lines. but the cf-
'ect "f the amendment is TO permit their
acpuisitic" by purchase or in any other
way tho companies see fit.
HOUSE.
The conference report on the bill to es-
sablish n department. of labor was agreed
TO by the senate. The house also adopt-
ed the conference report and the bill pass.
ed IN substantially the same shape US it
came from the senate.
The house committee on tho judiciary
amended the senate bill relative t o DISPOSE.
tons in the United States courts, SO AZ to
require the United States law to conform
with the state law in taking those dispose
tions. A favorable report was ordered on
the senate bill to make judges OF circuit
ana district courts interchangeable.
SENATE.
The senate committee on the judiciary
failed again to reach Il conclusion in re.
gard to the nomination of Melville w,
Fuller to be chief justice. 1t il understood
that further information from Chicago ia
awaited. The most serious OF the charges
brought against Mr.. Fuller are those from
Mr.. Dnnlevv OF Chicago. They alle:e that
the clerk OF the court and Mr.. Fuller were
jury commissioners in 1881, and that Mr..
Fuller drew IL jury before which a case ia
which lie was himself heavily interested
was tried.
Mr.. Mills OF Texas moved that the house
so into committee Of the whole on the
tariff bill, debate on the first paragraph
to be limited to twenty minutes. Mr.
Holman OF Indiana spoke in favor Ct
cheap lumber. Mr.. Mccormick of Penn
syIvania maintained that there was no
such thing as lumber trust, and that the
existing tariff on lumber was entirely reu.
eOnable.
When tho Pacific express on tho North
ern Pacific coming east arrived at Fargo
wee lad. apparently about ten years old,