National Republican., 1888-03-17
CAPITOL PROCEEDINGS.
TIVE rSDERvALrATiON BILL PASSED
BY THE SENATE.
senator Butler Offers the Blii to Al
NIT Utah Senator Plumb ou the Eo-
gibser strike Mr.. buchanan Scores

4 large loral tiibute was on Senator
HlackburD's desk yesterday morning. 1t
represented the stars and Stripes" aud
was the gift o. the Hancock Veteran As
o,iatiUn, VI Philadelphia Ia Demo ,ratie
campaign orgaLizutlonN in recOgcition o!
Ills liable defense Of the memory o. oar
dead heroes, Gems. llIncock aud McClel
LAM which was never attacked IN any
Other than n political sense.
Among the petitions presented aud ~
erred was one from Chicago for the con.
enuction OF canal around the Niagara
Fails TO connect Lakes Erie and Ontario
Among the bills reported from commit
tees and placed on the calendar WAS the
Senate bill to incorporate the Rock Creek
Rs'lroad Company in the Distrlct ~ o.
iumbia
Also, Senate bill TO authorize the ron
Struction Of a COunterpOise battery on the
Potomac river, below Washington.
MIR Hale Introduced the bill authorizing
the President to appoint and retire John &.
Fremont as major general In tho Unlttd
states army. He expressed the hope th tt
the committee on military affnirs, to which
the bill was referred, would give IL an early
consideration.
Senator Butler offered bill for the al.
the committee on territories,
The resolution offered hy Mr. Frye yes.
tCrday, calling for copies of minutes and
protocols OF the fisheries commission, an /
hat offered Uy Senator DUlpb AS to Int seal
lishing In Alaska, were taken up and passed
The Senate then resumed the undetva'ua'
ton bill, and Mr. Allison made a statement
as to the bjtct ana Importance OF tnc r1nr-
ieenth section OF TIE Dill, against whltA
Mr. Evarts had made an argument on the
previous day.
After lengthy aud general debate the
vote was takeu on Mr. Edmun1s's amend
ment, aud 1t was no, agreed to-yeas ..
nays a, the yeas being Senators Elmunds,
kusiis, Gray. Salisbury, and Walthall
Senators Evarts and Call would have voted
fUr II, but were paired,
Mr.. Edmunds then withdrew other
| amendments to the fourteenth section
which he had indicated on Thursd y. the
bill was then passed without Il division.
Mr.. Plumb ofTeted preamble aud reso
! luton recitipg The fact OF the Interruption
| OF freight traffic on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy and the Atcbisou, Topeka and
| Santa Fe railroads, and iustructing the
/ committee on interstate commerce 10 In
/ quire whether such Interruption Of CON.
merce was occasioned by the failure Of the
| railroad companies TO adopt necessary pre-
| cautions or by other neglect Of their duty
/ as common carriers.
! Mr.. Cullom remarked tnst that was a
| pretty important subject, and he inquired
whether the purpose was to have the C nm
| mittee or subcommittee leave Washington
and carry on the inquiry elsewhere.
Mr. Plumb said that that was question
which the committee would decide FOR It.
! self.
Mr.. Harris suggested that the resolution
| bad better lie over for the present, and thai
| vas assGnted to by Mr.. Plumb.
The resolution was therefore lai Il over.
Senators Hale, Allison, and Cnckre'l wer'
| appointed a conference committee on tn'
| urgency deficiency bill.
The Senate then, at $50. adjourned til
| Monday.