The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1888-03-21
Congress-.

Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-SENArE:
The bill to reimburse the depos~
itors of the Freedman's Savings
and Trust company and appropri-
ating S22O0,OOO for that purpose,
wac objected to by Mr.. CockrelI be-
cause it would lead to debate, and
it went over without action.
An objection was also made to it
by MIR Vest because it contained
the words legal representatives, !"
under which he said, the benefits of
the bill would 60 largely to the
claims agents.
The words personal representa-
tives," were suggested by Mr..
Evarts as a substitute for legal
representatives. and were accepted
by Mr.. Vest; but the hil! went over
SO as to allow further discussion of
it.
Among the bills of public charac-
ter that were passed were the fols
lowing: to settle and adjust claims
of any State for the expenses incur
red by it in the defence OF the
United States during the war Of the
rebellion; appropriating S 100000
for the erection in Washington of d
monument to the negro soldiers and
sailors who gave their lives for the
preservation of the government,
(yeas 81, nays 49,.
Mr. Blair, from the committee on
civil service and retrenchment, re
ported a bill providing (in appoint
ments to civil service in certain
cases) for the preference OF persons
who were engaged in the military
or naval service of the o-called
Confederate States during the war
of the rebellion and who were dis
abled therein and were not dishon-
orably discharged therefrom. The
bill provides that whenever persons
who were not loyal to the United
States during the war shall be ap-
pointed to ofIic. in civil service,
those who were not dishonorably
discharged FROM the military or ma
val service Of the confederate States
and who are suffering from wounds
or disabilities resulting from such
service, stall be preferred to other
persona not shown to have been
loyal to the United States during
the war.
HoUsE-Mr. Anderson. of Iowa,
offered resolution for the appoint
ment of special committee OF five
members to investigate the railroad
strikes and to report what !egisla-
ti0n is necessary 10 prevent such
obstruction to commerce and dis
turbance OF public peace. The Yes
olution was accompanied by a long
preamble recIting that the strike OF
| locomotive engineers on the c., B.
& Q. railroad resulted in an cbstruc
ton to inter state commerce and
put in jeopardy tine public peace;
that the management of that road
claimed to have supplied with com
petent nen tie places vacats,! 1T
the time Of ;,n strike and to have
restored the compaLy /" proper
discharge of its Geri"s H,.d nbI}4a
tions as a common carrier, t;iat it 6
alleged that the new mell are is
competent and unfit to discharge
the duties of locomotive engineers
that strike of substantially similar
character is in progress on the At,
Gibson, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
and that such conflicts between
officers and employees of companie:
.. being common carriers are matters
of great national concern demand
ing prompt and careful considers
ton by congress Preamble auc
resolution were referred.
!. The following bills were intro
duced and referred
By Mr.. Mcdonald, of Minnesota
Instructing the committee on way
and means to report a bill placin|
: all articles or products that are pro
D tected by a trust or monopolisti
company on the free list, or a
nearly so as the financial require
;; ments of the government will pei
,, nit.
: Mr.. Wilkins, of Ohio, under in
struetion from the committee O.
banking and currency, moved t
g suspend the rules and pass bi
# authorizing issue of fractional silve
= certificates. After a good deal I
: debate the bill nassed. Yeas. 17S