New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-23

the business of the Senate ceIu ~ '.bat hodv
business of q Republican majority III '"'o IVY
under a Democratic ADMINISTRATOR
No LONGER AFRAID OF TILE LABOR Whlr'
THE HOUSE TAKES ACTION ON THE LAboN Di'A'
INDEPENDENTLY OF oSEILLs WISHES.
w.e,uycroN. May 22 CSpecial).-Ihe LABOR
,vbin. has been broken Heretofore IL mas on''
bcen necessary for O'Neill, Of Missouri or some
othar loading member Of the cOihm'''ec u "'r'u
he is chairman TO proclaim tnat hc "S"' w
or that concession in the interests oi the amer
lean Iaborinr man." and his request would DC
immediately granted. To-day MARKS '"' "i'O
conspicuous break in the record
Gradually the crude measures ,hrus' 49,
the House by Mr. O'Ncill and MS Lapor OO"A"i YO-
have trenched more closely on inc graz eOo"om
ical questions involved IN the 'aiin now. -.
To-day thew perceptibly intermingled ana the
a;sorssion IN Mr.. O'Neilrs bill to coniine the
nrodpcts NJ convict labor to the State IN which
those nroducts are produced, brought up the
question sharply raised by Mr. Cannon, OF Illinois,
as To whether the same prohibition Whicn was
proposed for the convict lapor VI .ho .ondod
between the States should not aIsG " Mo
~ III products of convict labor imported INTO
the United States from foreign countries. lnIs
noint was shrewdly enforced by Mr. Butterwqrun'
of Cincinnati Mr. Adams q Tca Escorted to
Tho CONSTITUTION. The records OF Congress VIII
nrobahly show that every measure Introduces mie
the apparent purpose oil rene nssosnd bv South
ern ex-slaye holders on Constitutional groundis
solely no matter how defective the pin IN quesuion
micbt he in other respects. Mr.. Rogers, Oh Ar
n5SSas nsed up nearly an hour in developing
this chronic Constitutional ob)eciloh Uu-uaSr a
was cnriously nonplussed when his ieilow1DeIl u,
craft Raynor of Maryland remarKed .'v NH NE nh ha
baIieved the bill to be unconstitutional uheIl nc
hoard the speech Of the gentleman from arkansas
Mr. Rogers, and upon that showing ne was
persuaded that it was iJ ho V onsion
If The Supreme Court on the question: hau gov
hold of the wrong judge and quoted an OPINION
which was not the oplnlon Oh tne codf sc,osnra
which Mr. Rogers was obliged TO admit was SUD-
stantially correct Then the question reverted 10
the tariff issue. and points OF ofder WeTe nlauo
that the pending amendments OF MI. Oanhon'
prohibiting the importation OF foreign convict
made goods, affected the revenue ana were 'here-
fore out OF order III ~ NOW
and then the other In the meantime, the Dlil
had been loaded down with amendments' Which
had been successfully adopted IN SPITE Oh inc
oppostion OF O'Neill and the Democratic majority
of his committee, by rising votes oil lO2 TO 90,
81 to II and las to 81, and finally when " Ne Ell
called the previous question on thc Dill anu tiie
amendments which had been thrust upon H. the
Uouse by decisive vote ordered the yeas ana nays
on this question 1t lacked then but twenty MN,
utes of the hour Of adjournment, ana roll-call
occupies at least forty-fve minutes. OonsequentE
the hill was practically killed. Its supporters
asked the chair whether it would not come up III
the morning as unfinished business. MI Springer
adroitly replied that Speaker Carlisle would be IN
the chair tomorrow and would answer that ques-
ton for himself
THE SENATE PASSES THE LABOR BUREAU BILL
Washington. MAY o2.-In the Senate to-day com
mittee of conference the Pension Appropriation
bill was appointed consisting OF Senator'S Aliison'
Dawes and German.
A bill to provide pneumatic gun carriages for the
War Department was placed on the calendar.
The House bill appropriang $4,000 for pubic
building at Bar HaTbor, Me- was passed.
Mr. REAGAN addressed the Senate In opposition TO
tae House bill TO establish a department OF labor
The laborng classes, he said, had many grounds OF
complaint but lie had never heard that they dc
manded a mere change in the manner OF collecting
information about labor as being sufficient to satisfy
their complaints Tho bill was passed and con con
ference committee ordered, consisting vi biair' VII
son, of Iowa, and George. - ooo D., - -, n,
Tho Senate bill spproprlating $4,000 Tor puohc
buildne at Paterson y. j., was passed.
Also the senate bin to Incorporate the National
Academy Of Dental Science.
A TEST CASE on THE VALIDITY OF THE VETO.
Washington May % (spcciaD.-Tho President re-
turned to the Senate to-day with veto message the
bill to pay L. j. Warden the postmaster at Orange
Kansas $685. for clerk hire from July 1, 1882 to
June 80 1883. Senator Hoar said that there was
a grave question nvovcd-the validity of the veto
ne would like to have the bill and the accompanying
message sent to the Committee on Privileges and Eec
tlons The question to be decided has been raised
before and will be decided In suit now pending In
the courts at ST. Louis involving another veto message
In this case the President prepared his veto message
on the tenth day after the passage of the bill and sent
It TO the Capitol but the Senate had adjourned over
from Thursday to Monday and was not IN session when
the message arrived The messenger rendered 1t to the
clerk and the President pro tempore Of the Senate
but both refused to receive 1t IT was not delivered
to the Senate until yesterday when the ten days limit
Tor vetoing allowed by law had expired The question
to be determined is whether veto message must be
delivered the Senate in session before the expiration
of the ten days. whether delivery can be made to
one of the officers OF the Senate when that body is not
in session.
The suit now pending in the courts at st. Louis
relates to House bill for the relief Of the bondsmen
of the late John How, Indian agent, who was short
IN his accounts with the Government. The bill
passed In the second session of the HLlXth Congress-
the President returned 1t to the House the tenth
day but as the House had adjourned the Presidents
days~iad expired. One of tho bene1ciares under this
act was ex-Congressman James o. Broadhead, of st.
Louis who Is now contestlng the validity OF the Pres
dents veto in the courts
A BOGUS BID TO AFFECT THE STOCK MARKET
Washington, May 22.-Actng Secretary Thompson
to-day received offers for the sale OF bonds to tho
Government as follows: lour per cents, coupon
500 900 at 1873 four per cents registered 500 900
at 12s $50 900 at 1913, s1oo at 1877; fouran half
Der cents coupon-s4,o 900 at 10e, 100000 at 1os L.
s15 900 at 1os IL IS, 500 at 10Y "a interest So
800 at 1Os Total offerings s2,127,1oO He also
accepted $4,000 bonds as follows Four per cents,
registered-sloO at 127; four and ahalf per cents,
rcgiseied-s2 500 at 1os; -FOUR and half per cents,
coupon-$4, 900 at l06.
1t now settled that the offer TO sell the Government
IS. oeO 900 bonds made In the OF well known
philadelphia firm was straw bid solely intended to
affect the stock market The finn Informed the Depart
men to-day that they know nothing about the offer
thorough Investigation IS being made
Diligcnt inquiry to-day established the fact that
Maris q smith, brokers, Of No. 30 South Thfd-st.,
philadelphia Is the firm whose name used in
the bogus offer. There was no attempt on the part
Of the forger to initiate the hrms signature
MIR. HALEs COMMITTEE IN NETWORK TO-DAY.
Washington, May % (spccial-The Hale InvestI-
| eating Committee, which IS TO look into the Civil