Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-08-10
House Proceedings.

list DAY.-The House is doing business
virtually by unanimous consent, there being
quorum present "A bill to establish a
United States land court, and to provide for
a judicial investigation and settlement of
private land claims in New Mexico and Colo
RADIO was passed "A night session was
called for the purpose Of considering bills re-
ported from the Committee on War Claims
to which there was no objection. Every
measure proposed was objected to, however,
and the House adjourned at 9:20 o'clock
without having transacted any business:
112D DAY.-Ihe Senate bill was passed ap-
prOprating $4,000 for charging the iron
wharf at Fortress Monroe, Va....A JOINT
resolution was passed providing temporarily
the Army -. The House proceeded to the
consideration of a bill to buy sites
and build new post Office buildings, in
places where the gross postal receipts for each
of the two preceding years have exceeded
$4,000. Pending action on the bill, the morn
ing hour expired, and the House went into
Committee of the Whole (Mr. Dockery of
Missouri in the chair the Oklahoma Bill.
The passage of bill was advocated by MeSsrs
Ermentrout. Peters and Blount and it was
opposed by Mr.. Rogers of Arkansas Only
five of the sixteen sections had been passed
by the Committee of the Whole when the
House ad iOurned.
173D DAY-The war claim section of the
Army Appropriation bill was discussed. A
request by eX-Confederates for return of
money paid out by them on November %,
174TH DAY-Mr. Conger, from the Com
mittee on Agriculture, reported to the House
the substitute for the Butterworth bill to
regulate the manufacture of compound lard
.... Mr.. PaySOn spoke on the subject of land
grants. Mr.. VOORHEES, delivered speech
urging the admission of Washington Terri
tory into the Union. The bills favorable re-
ported to the House from the committees
were the following: The Senate bill to amend
the Interstate Commerce act; the Senate
bills for the erection of monument to the
memory of General Henry Knox, of Thorn
aston, Me-, and for the completion of mon
ument to Mary, the mother of Washington,
at Fredericksburg, Va; to incorporate the
American Historical Association.
10Th DAY.-The House Committee on
Manufactures submitted a report the
trusts investigation and mapping out a plan
tiOn calling for information from our Consuls
in foreign countries relative to emigration
20 the United States was passed. Nh. Sow
den reported favorably to the House his bill
appropriating $4,000 for public building
st Allentown. Penn. The following bills
dent of the Eleventh Census to ascertain and
publish the birth and death rate among pure
whites and among cOlOred people, Cinnamon,
Indians, half breeds hybrids of any de-
scription or character of the human race
who are found in the United States. as well
of mulattoeS quadroons. and octoroons;
to set apart a tract of land in New Mexico,
adj joining the COchiti Indian reservation. as
pubic reservation, on account of its archaa-
illogical remains; to amend the Inter Sta te
Commerce act. so as to prevent diScrimina-
tons in favor of the owners of tank cars. and
to allow fines imposed to be paid over to the
prosecuting citizens. The Judiciary Com
mitte9 asked unanimous consent that the In
ternational Copyright bill be made a special
order for Wednesday, December 5.