Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1888-04-06
House PROCEEDINGS.


.>6STH Day.-The Committee of the Whole
considered the bill to refer to the Court of
Claims for adjustment the accounts of
laborers, workmen and mechanics, arts
ing under the eight-hOur law A bill
was passed to prohibit the employment of
alien labor on Government works and build
ings. .. A lengthy debate occurred over the
bill to establish a Department of Labor.
GOTH DAY.-The floor was accorded to the
Committee on the Judiciary, and among the
bills passed were the following: Authorizing
the Secretary of the Treasury to remit all
duties collected upon all animals heretofore
imported for breeding purposes, whether for
the importers own use or for SALE a bill to
provide that on the trial of ali civil and
criminal cases in Circuit and District Courts,
the Judge shall charge the jury in writing. If
SO required by either party. The confer
ence report on the Urgent Deficiency bill was
agreed to. As passed. the bill appropriateS
So. SIC, 500. -. The resolution calling on the
Commissioner of Agriculture for information
relative to the forest condition Of the Rocky
Mountains was passed.
10th DAY.-Lmmediately after converting,
Mr. Taylor, of Ohio, announced the death Of
Chief-Justice Waite, and offered a set of
resolutions expressing deep sorrow at his de-
mise, and providing that the House attend
the funeral in a body. After adopting these
measures the House adjourned
list DAY.-The following resolutions were
adopted: Resolved, That the funeral cere
monies of the late Chief Justice Waite be
held in the hall of the House of Representa-
tiveS on March 2S, 1888, at y o'clock noon,
under the arrangement of the Supreme Court
and that when the House ad journs on the 27th
inst, it shall be until IL 80 A. NJ, March %.
Resolved, That the clerk of this House no
thy the Senate and the Supreme Court of
the passage of these resolutions. -. The fol-
lowing bills and resolutions were intro
duced and referred: For the cree
ton of a public building at Norwich,
Conn: for the establishment of
permanent Board of Arbitration, between
the United States and Great Britain and
France; to provide pneumatic gun carriages
for the War Department; rendering the
thanks of Congress to Lieutenant A w.
Greedy and others for courage, energy and
fidelity in the conduct or the late scientific
expedition to the Arctic Seas: for the estab-
lishment of a hghtship with a steam fog
signal at Sandy Hook; to prevent the over
loading of steam and sail vessels. On mo-
ton of MI Cox. of New York, the Senate
bill was passed apprOpriating 5000 to pro-
vide for The payment of the funeral expenses
of the Chief Justice. =. The pending bill to
prevent the dissertation of graves in the Dis
trirt of Columbia was further discussed
roD DAY-A resolution was adopted con-
frming the right of Post, the sitting member,
TO represent the Tenth Illinois District. "A
bin was introduced to prevent Obstructive
deposits in New York Harbor. "A OIL was
reported favorably TO appropriate SIVO,OJO 20
erect a monument at Fort Greene, brooklyn,
to Americans who died In EngIlsh PRISON
ships a bill was reported 70 ADJUST the
claims of States for expenses incurred IN de-
fence of tha United States. 1.-The bill was