Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-09-25
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON. September "a, 1888


senate.
The House bill requiring the judges OF
the United States Circuit and District
Courts TO reduce their charges and de-
cisions TO writing in all States where
State judges of courts of record are re-
duired TO do so was reported back with
substitute and placed on the calendar.
Among the bills introduced and refer
red we're the following:
BY Mr.. Stewart To prohibit the i'm
migration of Chinese iaborers.
BY Mr.. Plumb: Offering reward OF
600, 900 TO any person or persons who
shall discover the cause, remedy, and
treatment of yellow-fever.
BY Mr.. Call /: For a commission OF
medical men in Jacksonville, Fla, TO OBJ
serve and report upon the facts relative
to the yellow-fever, and the best method
of its cure, prevention, and suppress
sion.
In connection with the two latter bills
Mr.. Harris presented telegram from
Memphis, Tenn, attributing the exist
ence of yellow-fever in Decatur, Ala,
and Jackson, Miss, to the unrestricted
intercourse between Cuba and Florida
during the past two years, saying that
that demonstrated the necessity OF a
perfect system of seaboard quarantine
and recommending the establishment OF
q National Board of Health.
On motion Of Mr.. Brown House bill
to include Sapelo sound, Sapelo river,
and SapeIo island in the Brunswick
(Georgia) collection district was passed
The Senate then proceeded to the con-
sideration of the general deficiency APP
preparation bill. Among the amend
ments reported from the Committee on
Appropriations and agreed to were the
following Appropriating ST., $50 to pay
to the State of South Carolina for rent
of the Citadel Academy at Charleston,
:. c., from 1867 to 1882 ; appropriatrng
So, 745 to pay to the widow of the late
Chief-Justice Waite. the balance OF his
years salary.
Mr.. Plumb moved to insert as an ad-
ditional section a provision extending oil
criminal laws of the United States TO nm
organized territory bounded on the
north by tho States of Kansas and Col
orada on the west by New Mexico,
on the south by Texas, and on
tine east by the one hundreth degree OF
longitude Ono Mans Land } and
placing that Territory within the judicial
district of Kansas and within the land
district of Southern Kansas. Agreed to.
MIR. Call offered an amendment appro.
priating for the widow of an internal
revenue officer who died at Jacksonville
OF yellow-fever the amount Of his year 3
salary. Agreed to.
lie also offered an amendment appro-
priating $40. 600 for the purchase of
Steam launch for the use of the collector
at Key West Fla, to enforce the quaran-
tine laws and to prevent smuggling.
Agreed to.
Mr.. Plumb offered an amendment in
serting each of the items contained in
the book Of estimates, but omitted In the
bill, except the items for the Pacific rail
road companies. Agreed to.
Mr.. Teller offered an amendment APP
propriating S276, 600 for indemnity for
outrages on the Chinese Iii the Terrific
ries. Agreed to.
The bill WAS then passed, and the Sen
ate, at 5;45, adjourned.
Eouso CT Re preventative.
The following bills, etc., were intro
duced and referred:
BY MIR. Wheeler, of Alabama To es-
tablish camp for yellow-fever refugees.
BY Mr.. Morrow, of California A re-
solution providing for the immediate
transmission to the President of enrolled
bills.
BY Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky 4:
For the appointment OF committee OF
five members to confer with q similar
committee to be appointed by the SEN
ate upon the subject of agreeing to the
Joint rules for orderly proceeding of
business of the two houses.
On motion of Mr.. Forney, of Ala
bama, Joint resolution was passed ex-
tending until October 10Th the existing
appropriations for the sundry civil ex-
penses Of the Government.
Mr.. Burnes, of Missouri, called up
the conference report on the sundry civil
appropriation bill, and it was agreed to,
but no decision was reached ON the Con-
gressional-Library building feature. n
further conference was ordered.
Mr.. Clements, of Georgia, presented a
memorial Of the farmers of Georgia for
the removal of the duty on jute bagging.
Referred.
MIR. Dingley, of Maine, presented a
petition of the citizens Of Bath, Me-,
asking Congress to pass a bill for the
relief of the yellow.fever sufferers. Re
ferred.
MIR. Holman, of Indiana. from the
Committee on Public Lands, reported
back Senate bill extending the laws of
the United States over the public land
strip, and he asked for its immediate
consideration.
Mr.. Weaver, OF Iowa, notified Mr..
Holman that it would require a quorum
to pass the bill, because it was measure
which was antagonistic to the Oklahoma
bill.
Mr.. Warner, of Missouri, reiterated
the notification and said that the enemies
OF the Oklahoma bill could not pass the
pending measure at the present session.
Pending the discussion, AIR. McComas,
Of Maryland, asked unanimous consent
to offer for reference the resolution fixing
q day for the consideration Of the Blair
educational bill, but Mr.. McMillin, OF
Tennessee. objected.
Adjourned.