Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-05-08

WASHINGTON, May S.-The chief feature
IN the Senate proceedings yesterday wer,
Mr.. Reagan's and Mr.. Coke's speeches il
opposition to the Animal Industry bill
The latter had not finished his speeci
when the bill went over without action.
petition was presented from Alasks
protesting against q territorial form oi
Government there. The petition was re
ferred.
number OF House and Senate bills for
public bdilding were reported and placed
on the calendar.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Vest and
adopted instructing the Library Commit
tee to inquire as to the expediency of re-
moving Greenough's statue of Washington
from its position east of the Capitol to some
other place on the grounds and protecting
1t with suitable canopy or otherwise.
letter from Librarian Spofford was
read describing how the statue had been
injured by exposure and suggesting that il
be placed in the Eastern Capitol Park.
On Mr.. Sherman's motion, the House
joint resolution was passed enabling the
President to extend to certain inhabitapts
of Japan a suitable recognition of their
humane treatment of the survivors of the
American bark Cashmere.
The railroad land forfeiture bill was then
taken up. Discussion on an Amendment
offered by Mr.. Palmer, and pending action
the bill went over until tomorrow.
House bill was passed restoring to the
public domain a part of Vintsh Valley.
Indian Reservation, Utah.
The bill providing for bureau of animal
industry was then taken up, and Mr..
Reagan spoke in opposition to il. Many of
its features, he said, were violations of the
constitution. The bill was framed on the
theory that the people of the states were
incapable of managing their own affairs
were not capable of passing laws to secure
the health and management of stock within
their limits, and that Congress must do
what the people of the States were not
capable of doing. This criticism referred,
of course, TO portions of the bill, and not to
those relating TO interstate and foreign
commerce. He said he had received nu-
merous letters protesting against the pass
age of the bill and suggesting that its object
was to place the control of the cattle of the
country in the hands of q few men in
Chicago. -
Mr.. Coke followed Mr.. Reagan, also
speaking in opposition TO the bill. The
present law was satisfactory to the Com
missioner of Agriculture, who was utterly
opposed to the bill. Further than this his
opposition 70 the bill was strengthened by
remarks made in the Senate last week about
the Chicago syndicate having a. lobby in,
Washington working for the bill. He
trusted the Commissioner Of Agriculture,
because the syndicate did not want him.
Mr.. Coke yielded the floor without con-
cluding his speech and the bill went over.
The Senate then went into secret session
and at 5:10 p. m. adjourned.
The House.
The feature of the day in the House was
- al. =, L L
der suspension of the rules Bill was passed
sppropriating $4,000 for the purchase OF
additional land for appraisers warehouse in
Chicago and limiting the cost of the pro-
posed building to $250,OO0
The following among other bills were in
troduced and referred: BY Mr. Plumb, of
Illinois, derecting the Secretary of the
Treasury TO use any money now in the
treasury. or which may hereafter accumu-
late therein. applicable for the payment of
the public debt for the payment of any of
the outstanding interest bearing obfiga-
tions of the Government known as AZ and
per cent. bonds at par end accrued in
terest-said bonds TO be cancelled in the
manner prescribed by law.
BY Mr.. Phelon, of Tennessee-Authoriz-
ing the publication of the documentary
library of the financial, fiscal and CONNER
cial records of the Confederate States.
BY Mr.. McKinney-For the erection of
public buildings at Rochester and Summer
worth. n. H.
Mr.. Blanchard, of Louisiana. moved to
suspend the rules and pass the river and
harbor bill. The motion was seconded
yeas l53 nays IA.
Mr. Blanchard stated that the aggregate
of the bill was only S25,0 900 greater than
when last considered in Committee of the |
whole. That $4,000 was given TO CleEe-
land harbor.
Mr.. Sowden, of Pennsylvania, severely
criticised the bill. He queried whether
the President pledged to the honest and
economical administration of the Govern
ment would approve of the measure if it
was passed by Congress He called upon
those who had opposed the direct tax bill
TO vote against an extrayagant measure
which carried SO. .O00.000 The motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill was
then carried by vote of l6l TO 81. The
vote in detail was as follows:
Yeas-Abbott Allen. of Mass; Allen. of
Michigan; Anderson, OF Mississippi; Baker,
of New York; Bankhead, Barnes, Baynes,
Biggs, Bingham, Blanchard, Boothman,
Bowen, Breckenridge, of Arkansas; Breck-
enridge, of Kentucky; Brewer, I. III. b.
Brown, of Virginia; Brown, of Ohio; J. r. |
Brown, of Virginia; Bryce, Burrows, But
Ter, Butterworth. Carlton, Caruth, Caswell, |
Catchings, Chapman, Clardy, Clark. Gle |
ments Cogswell, Colthran, Cox, Grain. |
Grouse, Cutcheon, Dargan, Davidson,
of Alabama; Davidson. of Florida; |
Delano, Dibble, Daugherty, Dunn, Elliott, |
Farquhar FELTON,, Fisher, Flood. Feran, |
Ford. Farney, French, Gay, Gibson, Glass, |
Goff, Granger, Grimes, Grosyenor Guenther, |
Hare, Harmer, Haugen, Hemphill, Her |
bert, Herman, Hooker, Hopkins, of Va, |
Hopkins, of n. Y, Houk, Hudd, Hunter, |
Jackson, James, Kelley, Lafoon, Logan, |
Laidlaw, Landes, Lanham, Latham, Law |
ior. Lee. Lind, Lodge, Macdonald Mansur, |
Martin, McShanney, McCreary, McKune, |
Mckinney, .McMilien, McRae, Milliken,
Mills Moffett Moore, Morgan, Morrows
Neal, Nelson, Newton, Nutting. Oates. |
ODonnell, 0'Neil, of Pa; O'Neil, of NO.; |
Owen. Peel. Pennington, Phelan, Pugsley, |
Randall, Rayner, Rice, Robertson, Rogers, |
Romeis, Rowland, Russell. of Mass. Rus |
sell, of Conn.,; Sawyer, Sayres, ottSeney, |
Seymour, Sherman, Shively, Simmons,
Smith, Snyder, Stevenson, Stewart, Of
Texas; Stewart of Ga. ;-Stockdale, Stove, of |
THOMPSON, OF CAL; Tillman, Tracy, Town
send, Turner. of Ga: ysndever, Walker, |
Warner. Washington, Weber, Wheeler, |
Whitney of Mich; Wickham, Wilkinson, |
Wilson, of w. Va; Wise, Woodburn. !
Yoder ond Yost-l6l.
Nays-Anderson of Iowa, Anderson of |
Kansas, Arnold, Atkinson, Baker of Illi- |
nois, Belden, Bliss, Blout Boutelle. |
Bromer, Brumm, Buchanan. Buckalew, |
Bynum, T. ]. Campbell of New York, |
Gambler, Cannon, Cheadle, Cooper, Cowles,
Dalzell, Darlington, Dingley, Ermentrout, |
Fuller, Gear, Gest, Groub, Hall, Heard, |
Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of North |
Carolina, Henderson OF Illinois, jHiestand, !
Hit, Holman, Holmes, Hopkins of Hi. |
nsis, Hovey, Johnston of Indiana, John
ston OF North Carolina, Kean, Kerr, Lafol-
ette, Laird, Lehlbsck, Lyman, Matson,