The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
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House.
WEDNESDAY,, Oct. 3.-The House to-
day passed the Senate bill establishing
the Lincoln land district of New Mexi-
co, granted right of way to Southern
railroad, received the conference report
on the deficiency appropriation bill and
then adjourned.
THURSDAY, Oct. 4.-The Senate DILL
was passed providing that the secretary
OF the treasury may permit the use of
petroleum as fuel on steamers not carry
ing passengers without the certificate of
the supervising inspector Of the district
where the vessels are to be used.
Mr.. Burnes (Mo.) called up the
conference report on the gen.
eTal deficiency appropriation bill.
The amendment approprlating 0,0O0
for the Industrial Christian Home AS
sociation OF Utah gave rise TO long
political discussion. The conference re-
port was rejected in order to enable the
con erence committee to change the
language providing for an Investigation
OF the Washington aqueduct matter so
as to enlarge the scope of the inquiry.
Adjourned.
FRIDAY, Oct 5.--The House was nom
inally in session, but nothing o impOr-
tance was done, owing to the mo
quorum" objection. A few private bills
to which there was no opposition
were passed, and the House adjourned
till Monday.
MONDAY, Oct. S.-Bnls were passed
disposing of the Fort Wallace military
reservation in Kansas; providing for
the Warehousing Of fruit brandy, and
constituting Lincoln, Neb., a port of de-
livery. The Senate joint resolution was
passed authorizing Brighten. Absalom
Baird to accept from the president OF
the French Republic a diploma con-
ierring the decoration of the national
order of the Legion Of Honor. A bill
was introduced appropriatins $200,0O
to suppress infection in the Interstate
commerce OF the United States
TUESDAY, Oct. g. Efforts to secure
action on the Senate bill TO relieve pur-
chasers of and indemnify certain states
for swamp and overflow land, and for
the disposal of agricultural lands en-
braced within the limits of the Pipe
stone Indian reservation in Dakota
were defeated by raising the
point of no quorum. The meas
ures were withdrawn Mr.
Burnes Mo- obtained unanimous
consent to report from the committee
on appropriations a bill appropriating
900 for the enforcement of the
Chinese exclusion act, and it was
passed without debate. Mr.. Peel (Ark.) J,
on behalf of the committee on Indian
affairs, called up the Senate DILL appro-
priating $1,000 10 secure to the
Cherokee freedmen their portion of GER
tain proceeds of lands under the act of
March 3, 1888. On motion of Mr.. Peel
the senate bill was passed supplemental
to the act OF February 5, 1889, providing
for tie meeting of presidential electors.
etc. 1t provides that the certificates
shall be forwarded TO the president
of the senate forthwith 3 ter the sec
Ond Monday in January Mr.. Burnes
Mo- submitted the conference report
on the general deficiency appropriation
bill. Mr.. Mckenna (Cal. hoped that
the report would be rejected, placing
his antagonism to it on the ground that
the bill contained an appropriation of
$276,O for Chinese indemnity. On
agreeing to the report the vote stood 81
to and Mr.. Dougherty Fla. raised the
point of the quorum and no action was
taken.