Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-22
RifIieth OOnRrsEE O
THE SENATE.

Ing OF the Senate. The bill providing for
the inspection Of meats for ex oortation
snd prohibiting the importation OF adul-
tersted articles Of food or drink having
been reached, Mr.. Beck asked Mr.. EVarts,
who had reported 1t from the committee
on foreign relations, neither It was the
unanimous report Of the committee, and
whether due care had been taken to pro-
tect property rights.
Mr.. EVarts replied that like bill had
been introduced, reported aad passed at
the last session. IL was the unanimous
report OF the committee, but he had an
amendment to Offer allo wing the inspec-
ton Of meats at the places of packing.
The amendment Was offered and agreed
to and the blu was passed. The bill is
Ike that pass last session, with the ad-
dition of Evarts' amendment. It pro-
Vides, as did the former measure,
for retalistory proceedings by the Presi.
dent.
Other bills passed: To establish
United States court In the Indian Terri
tory.
The House bill to facilitate the prose-
cution OF the works prof cted for the i'm
prOVement of rivers and hsrbors, with
amendments on which conference COM
mittee was ordered, and Senators Dolph,
Frye and Vest we're appointed.
To authorize iuries Of United States
courts and District courts to be used in
terchGugeGbly, and to prov de for the
drawing Of talesmen.
The bill reported by Mr.. Blsir allowing
pension Of S25 per month to women
enrolled during he war as army nurses,
a.nAarod 81 fhaf
having been reached, report vas read In
which il was stated that beneaciaries IN
der it would not average more than six
o! eight to each state.
Mr.. Beck called for veSs and nays, re-
marking that Of course this bill, like al
other pension bills, would pass. II would
apply to every colored woman who had
cooke for soldiers during six months,
such women were entitled "Ronsn mat
Eon3."
After debate the bill went over.
Mr.. FRYE, from the committee on for
eigu relations, reported back thu House
bill authorizing the President to arrange
conference for the purpose
Of promoting arbitration and
encouraging reciprocal commercial
relations between the United States
and Mexico, Central and South America,
ana Brsz !. Calendar.
The Senate tnen sci lurned.
THE HOUSE.
WARRINGTON, March 81 Mr.. Randall
presented resolutions of Ile Philadelphia
Board OF Trade declaring that the Mills
tariff bill, II il should become Law, would
prove AiBi urious TO mauy important and
long es abolished industries Of the country.
Referred
The House then went into committee
Of the whole on the bill referring to the
Court Of Claims for adjustment the &C.
counts OF Iaborers, workmen and mechan-
les arising under the eIeht-hour law.
MIR. r gers OF Arkansas in opposing the
bill said IL would involve on expenditure
Of nearly 800, 600 600. The proposition
WAS i'll considered aud vicious in its ten
dency.
Mr. Tillman OF South Carolina regarded
the measure as an stack upon the treas
ury. H5 h4d carefully considered the
question In 1884, aud AZ that time he had
estimated that the bill would involve an
eXpendlu Of 100000.
Mr. Band SAID tnat in order 10 reduce
the hours of labor throughout the country
Congress must wiring water from rail-
road stock aud telegraph monopoly and
sYndicstes aud trusts and stop taking
Si00, 900, 900 year from the people to be
piled In the treasury
Mr.. Taulbee opposed the bill.
Mr.. Lane Of Illinois, denounced the bill
IS being not 10 the iaeerest of labor, but
the interest of Off ;e seekers.
Mr.. Lodge OF M1ssacDu setts, supported
the measure, as did Msssrs. Compton,
DiDgley, Cummings, BoolhmAn ana
Buchanan.
The latter asserted that the bill would
not involve an expenditure Of more than
81, 600, 900.
Mr.. Tarsney Of Michigan, earnestly
supported the bill and declared that to
him it WAS q revolving proposition that
men sent here to make Ia rs, should them
selves publish TO the Country that they,
SIS representatives., violated the very
laws they told their constituents to obey.
He stated that the committee on labor
had given careful hearing to the mechan-
iCJ AMI Is5orers, who ASKED that which
should never be denied in any civilized
coautry, rights to go into the courts e
the country and have their rights and
their du les de q led and placed on record.
Mr.. Tarsney then moved that the COM
m.ttee rise, stating that his intention
was to let the bill go over until April l6.
In order that the gentlemen who were
shooting 1T bird that they did not see
snd thst was not there, might have an
opportunity to examine the record and
become batter informed az to the merits
Of the case than their speeches to-day in
dicsted them 20 be
The committee then rose and the bill
went over.
Bills were passed to prevent the pro-
duct Of convict labor from being fur
nlshed 10 or for the use of any apartment
Of government and from beipg used in
pubic buildings or other puollc works,
snd to prevent the employment Of alien
Ia Tor on public hui dings and other public
works and In various departments OF
government.
The House then went into committee
Of the whole on the bill to establish 8 de-
partment Of labor.
An amendment was adopted striking
out the provision for an assistant COM
missioner of labor.
Various other amendments were made
and adopted.
Mr. Mills offered an amendment extend