Hillsboro recorder., 1888-05-24
WASHINGTON NEWS.
HOW CONGRESS rs SPENDING
Ii ITS TIME AND ENERGY.
OFFICIAL ACTS OF THE PREsrDENT-Ar.
PoINTMENTs AND REMovALs--wHERE
THE NATIONS MONEY aoEs--GossfP.
t0NEREssf0NAI..

&a E CONGRESSIONAL. #& /
In the Senate, the pension appropria-
tion bill was taken up, the question be-
ing on the amendment reported by the
committee on appropriations to strike out |
the words, "That in all pensions to
widows, payments shall be made from
the date OF death of the husband" and
to insert, "That all payments which have
been, or which may hereafter be granted
under the general laws regulating pen
sions to widows in consequence of death
occurring from cause which originated IN
the service since the 4th of March, 1861,
shall commence from the date Of death OF
the husband" The Senate proceeded to
business on the calendar and passed,
among other bills, the following: Senate
bill appropriating $150,0O0 for quarters
and barracks at branches of the national
military home for disabled and volunteer
soldiers. Senate bill for a light ship at
Bashes Bluff Shoal, Elizabeth river, Va,
not to cost over $50, 0....
In the House, Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa,
, presented the conference report on the
Cincinnati exposition bill and it was
agreed to. The House went into COM
mittee of the whole (Mr. Springer, Of llli-
nois, in the chair on the tariff bill.
Mr.. Nichols, of North Carolina, favored
the repeal of the internal revenue system.
Other speakers against the Mills bill
were Messrs. Romeis, of Ohio; Sawyer,
Of, New York; Spooner. of Rhode
Island, and FELTON,, of Colorado, and In
favor Of it, Lane, Of Illinois, and Marsh,
Of Pennsylvania.
| The resolution offered by Mr.. Vest in
the Senate Monday, providing for o Sc
| lect committee to examine questions
touching meat and meat products OF the
United States, was taken up after q long
discussion by Messrs. Vest, Manderson,
/ Culom and Plumb. The resolution for
the select committee was extended so as
to make the investigation embrace the
trunk line association, Central traffic as.
sociation and other agencies of transpor'
tation, aud was adopted. The Senate
bill appropriating $500, 900 for the com
mencement of boat railway around the
obstructions of Columbia river d
Dalles and Ceblio Falls was passed.
Among the bills passed were the Senate
bill appropriating $4,000 for q public
building at Fort Monroe, Va, and Sen.
ate bills to pay various claimants fol
cotton taken by Gen. Burnside fol
military works at Knoxville, Tenn.
The House met at 10 o'clock, aud wen
into committee of the whole (Mr
Springer, of Illinois, in the chair) on tn
tariff bill. Mr.. Baker, Of New York
spoke in support of the protective tariff
Speeches were made by Messrs. Farqu
har and Brum against, and Messrs. Wea
yer and Russell for the bill.
Among the bills reported in the Sen
ate, on Wednesday, from the committee
and placed on the calendar, were the fol
lowing: Senate bill granting the use
certain lands to the city Of st. Angus
tine, Fla, for public park; House bil
} to authorize the construction of bridg
across the Tennessee river at Knoxville
Tenn. House bills appropriating $100,
900 for public building at Columbus
Ca, and Increasing the limit Of the COS
for the public building at Charleston, {
| e., to $500, 900 were taken from the ca
: 'endar and passed. The bill 10 limit th
} hours of letter carriers blouse billy va
: taken up and passed without discussio
] or division. 1t provides that hereafte
eight hours shall constitute days wor
for letter carriers in cities or postal dii
, tficts connected Herewith, and allow
: them extra pay for overtime. The bi
l for the establishment of bureau OF an
| NAL industry was displaced from !
3 position as unfinished business" an
!. remitted to the calendar. House bill
establish department Of labor was take
|. up, laid aside informally, and the pei
sion appropriation bill was considered
: -. In the House, speeches in favor
the tariff bill were made by Messrs. Bucl
\ alew, of Pennsylvania, and Stone, Of Ke
! lucky, and against il by Messrs. Hende
|, son, Grant, Of Vermont, and Seymou
Z The committee then rose, after furth
unimportant and minor lcgslatio
One hundred and five speee1es ha'
9 been made on the tariff bill up to q
! present time. The speeches have occ
i pied ninety.sey hours and twelve mi
: utes In delivery. Eighty-nine hours ha
: been occupied during day sessions, al
q eight hours and twelve minutes duriI
|. evening sessions.