The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-23
In the senate.

give additional time 10 the committee on
labor, which, he says, guaranteed the pass
age OF the convict labor bill.
In the senate.
WASHINGTON, May 22-At the conclusion
Of the morning business the following
bills were taken from the calendar and
passed:
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 for n
public building In GAINESVILLE, o.
Senate bill, granting to the Milwaukee,
Lake Shore 4 Western Railway Company
the right Of way through the Lac do Flam-
beau Indian reservation in Wisconsin.
The Senate then, at l.i0 o'clock, pro-
ceeded 10 tho consideration OF executive
business
The doors were reopened Mt 2 o'clock,
when the Senate proceeded 10 the consider
alton OF the unfinished business. being the
house bill TO establish department Of
labor, and Mr.. Reagan addressed the
Senate In opposition. His speech was brief
and at its conclusion he moved as sub
stitute a bill creating a department OF in
dustry. On n vote by yeas and nays on
the substitute there were 20 yeas and ~
nays-less than a quorum and then Mr..
Reagan withdrew his substitute. Various
amendments TO the bill principally correc-
tons in phraseologyl were offered by Mr..
Edmunds and agreed 10.
The bill was then passed. conference
committee ordered, and Senators Blair,
Wilson Of Iowa, and George, were APP
pointed confcrces on the part oil the Sem
ate.
The bill provides for n department Of
labor, the general design and duties OF
which shall be 10 acquire and ditiuse
among the people Of the United States
useful information on subjects connected
with labor in the most general and COM
prehcnsiye sense Of that word, and espcci-
ally upon It's relation 10 capital; the hours
al labor, the earnings Of laboring men and
women, and the means Of promoting their
material. social, intellectual and moral
prosperity. The personnel In 30 consist Of
a commissioner, TO be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and
consent Of the Senate, who Is 10 hold Office
for four yearsand receive salary OF 5000,
n chief clerk, stonographcr, various minor
clerks. copyists and messcngors.
A message from the President, return
Ing without his approval the Senate bill
for the relief Of l.. J. Warden, WIS laid
before the Senate Tho bill directs tho
allowance Of f625 10 Mr.. Warden, recent
w postmaster at lawrence, kaa., for extra
clerk hire from July 1, 1872. 20 June 2,
1883. The grounds Of tho veto ara that
allowances 10 posimasters for clerk hir,
are fixed by the posioillce department;
that In this case 81. 100 was allowed; that
applications for additional allowances were
twice dcclined;. that expenses were, there
fore, incurred At the poslmastcr's own
risk; and that the passage Of special acts
IN such cnscs would have dangerous ten
dency 20 encourage poeimasiers 10 substi.
tutc their own Judgment for that Of tho
department, and b relax Wholesome dis
cipline. The President adds that the
time allowed by the constitution for the
approval Of bills expired in this case on
the 10Th inst. that the Senate adjourned
from May IL 10 May n; that the mose,c
was drawn and engrossod ON the 18th; TINT
on the 10Th the message and bill were ten.
dcrcd 10 the secretary Of the Senate, who
declined 10 receive them; that they were
then rendered 10 tho president Of the
Senate, who also declined 30 receive them,
ON the grounds that they could only be
presented 10 the Senate IN actual session;
and that they we're, therefore. transmitted
~ soon as the Senate convened yesterday
with this explanation.
Mir lloar remarked that tho communi
cation raised very important oonsiitu
tional question, 10 which the senate should
give ~ careful consideration. lie, there
lore, moved Ia reference 10 the commiltc,
on privileges and elections. Agreed 20.
A committee Of conference was ordore,
on the pension appropriation bin, an,
senators Allison. Dawes AMI German wor
appointed.
The bill 10 authorize tho construction O
n railmad bridge NJ Fort Smith, ARK, wa
reported and placed on the calendar.
The following bills were taken from the
calendar and passed:
The House bill 10 authorize the con
ftrnclion Of q bridge across the Tcnncs-e,
river at Knoxville, Tenn, with amend
menta.
The Senate bill TO incorporate the Ma
iional Society Of Dental Science.
The Senate bill 10 amend the law maxim,
Nm annual appropriation 10 provide arm
aud equipments for the militia, increasing
the amount Ia sGO0,OOo
The Senate bin appropriating si00,OOI
lot public building At Vicksburg, MiAs.
The senate then adjourned.
nivsr and usrber uea DI.mayesi.
WAsnINoroS, May -. 80 Domocraii
members Of the House committee on river
and harbou are dismayed by the chang
made In the bill by the Senate commitic
and express an intention 10 vigorously on
pose most OF those Of importance. Ii /
asserted that the New England appToprl
niiona have been, In many cases increase,