Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-30
PENALTIES AND FoRFEIrUREs
The House.

AAoJ SosA AiNnOC buotuCcf
having been set aside, the House went into
committee of the whole on the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation bill,
which was read by paragraphs for amend.
| ments.
The greater part OF the afternoon was
consumed IN a dreary political discussion
upon the proposed increases of salary for
the House employees and in the tedious de-
tails on points of order. No material
changes were made in the bill. Mr.. Nc
Comas, OF Indiana, offered an amendment
increasing the clerical force OF the civil SER
vice commission and pending a vote upon
the amendment the committee rose. On
motion OF McKenna, of California, the
Senate bill was passed increasing by $780,
600 the appropriation for the erection of q
public building at Sacramento. The
House then took a recess til. 8 p. m.
The House at it's evening session passed
fifty private pension bills, and at 1890 ad.
iourned till tomorrow.
ANOTHER DEFICIENCY.
The Speaker to-day laid before the
House a letter from the Attorney General
asking for a deficiency appropriation OF
$4,000 for the present fiscal year for
witness and jurors fees in the United
States and Territorial courts Of Utah.
HooDwINKING THE PEOPLE.
The Senate spent several hours again to-
day in secret session ostensibly discussing
the motion of Senator Sherman to proceed
to the consideration of the fisheries treaty
with open doors, but in reality debating
the merits of the treaty. Senator
Morgan was the principal speaker. The
session is reported to have been
remarkably dull as a general thing. but it
is said a colloquy between Senators Ed
munds and Morgan in regard to things at
present, they are likely to do If the Senate
1ans not ratifu Tho +-natu- uanl1 ha road
ACTS APPROVED.
The President has approved the act an.
thorizing the President to arrange a con.
between the United States and
the Republic OF Mexico, Central and South
Hayti, San Domingo and the En-.
pire OF Brazil; an act to restore a part of
tie Uintah Valley Indian reservation TO |
5he public domain and the act to limit
me hours that letter carriers in cities be
Employed per day.
THE PACIFIC ROADS.
The House committee on Pa iic railroads
o-day began the consideration oil the case
i the Central Pacific Company, adopting
g a basis for it's action the bill for the set.
cement OF the company's debt proposed by
ne racine railroad commission. The COM
nittee decided to amend the Union Pacific
I'LL by the addition OF a paragraph which
irtner provides that nothing in the act
hall he cnnatrrrod co nc b L.
1 any State in which the Union Pacifc
allway, or the central branch is operated
D control and regulate said roads in the
tine way as roads organized under State E
WIS: The committee will proceed with the :
'nsideration of the Central Pacific bill. 6
AFTER THE TARIFF. r
The tariff subcommittee of the Senate
on finance held it's first meeting .
''day, at which II general discussion of :
ans and purposes took place. There =
probably be a substantial agreement =
ION the administration features of the a
rin Oil, also in respect to the removal of Il
congruities and inconsistencies of the n
esent custom laws, and placing a num- 5
T OF pew articles on the free list, but be-.
mo this point it is expected the sub COM
ttee Will divide upon strictly party linee.
HE o. s. TREASURER
8 paid $12, 500, 900 during the present ~
nth on account of pensions alone, not. .,
outstanding which fact the excess receipts 81
er the expenditures during the month is CO
.riy $4,000, 900. The Treasury surplus. in
ieh fell to 500, 900, 900 at one time m
ring the month, has again risen to S1O1,. til
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR,
e conferees on the part of the House on =.
preventative o'Neill's bill, creating a de. W.
OF labor, have reached an agree e.
Mt by accepting the Senate amendments. r,
were merely formal. dr