Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-31
NEWS OF THE. WEEK.
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CONGRESSIONAL


VERY little business was transacted In
the Senate on the 2Ist A number Of minor
bills passed, and Mr.. Frye. from the Commerce
Committee, reported the River and Harbor bill
with amendments. Adjourned. .. In the House
the Senate amendments to the Pension Appro-
priation bill were non-concurred in and con-
ference ordered. Much time was consumed in
referring TO appropriate committees Senate
bills that had accumulated during the tariff de-
bate. On motion Of Mr.. Hatch, OF Missouri, the
bill to enlarge the powers Of the Department
OF Agriculture was passed under suspension Of
the rules. It creates an executive de-
partment to be known rs the Depart
ment OF Agriculture under control OF
Secretary of Agriculture, and transfers the
weather service from the war TO the new de-
partment. The Diplomatic and Consular bill
was considered and passed without material
amendment The District Of Columbia hill also
passed Adjourned.
AFTER the morning hour in the Senate on
the ed an executive session was held, and when
the doors were opened the House bill to estab-
lish Department for Labor was taken up and
after agreeing to several amendments the bill
passed. A message was received from the
President returning without his approval tho
bill for the relief OF L. J. Worcen, lato post
master at Lawrence, Kan. amounting to s6s5
for extra clerk hire, on the ground that tho
allowance for clerk hire is fixed by regulation
OF the Postofioe Department. that in this case
application for extra allowance had been
twice refused and the bill set o bad
precedent A number OF bills passed
tho only one Of general interest being the bill
increasing the appropriation to 100000 for
equipments and arms for the militia. In the
House the day was accorded to the Committee
on Labor. and Mr.. O'Neill, Of Missouri, called
the bill to confine the sale OF the products OF
convict labor to the States in which they are
produced. and addressed the House in its sup
port. A long debate followed and after the
previous question had been ordered the House
adjourned before taking final vote.
But little business was transacted In the
Senate on the 23d, that body adjourning that
members might attend the funeral OF the wife
OF Senator Sawyer. In the House the Senate
bill authorizing the Leavenworth Water Com
pany to purchase portion OF the Fort Leaven-
worth military reservation passed and the
House went into Committee Of the Whole on
the Post-office Appropriation bill. consideration
of which was pending when the House ad-
journed.
In the Senate on the Gath Mr.. Stewart
called up his resolution for constitutional
amendment providing that majority instead
of a two-thirds vote shall be sufficient to pass
bill over the Presidents veto and spoke ut
length in its favor. Senators Vest Plumb,
Henderson, Cnllom and Coke were appointed
the special committee to investigate the meat
product Cthe Chicago beef pool and after agree
ing to the conference report on the Pensio.
bill the Senate adjourned.
After passing several bridge bills the House re-
sumed consideration Of the Post-ofice Appro-
pristion bill which finally passed, and the
Legislative Appropriation bill was taken up.
The Dakota bill also received another Install
ment Of political repartee, and after agreeing
to the conference report on the Invalid Pension
bill the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 25th a bill for the
OF inebriates In the Government In
sane Hospital was reported and placed on the
calendar. Senator Blair introduced Joint res
olution amending the Constitution SO as to pro-
hibit any State from maintaining any law re-
specting any religious scot or prohibiting free
exercise thereto. The Revenue Deficiency bill
WAS then taken ~, discussed and passed. After
IN executive session the Senate adjourned until
Monday. Private business was laid aside in
the House and consideration Of the Legislative,
Judicial Appropriation bill re-
sumed in Committee OF the Whole. The debate,
however, was mostly of partisan character,
and continued during the day. At the evening
session fifty pension bills passed.