Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1888-07-21

Mr.. Clements submitted the conference re-
port on the District ~ Columbia approprIa.
,ion bin and II was agreed 10.
The house then wcvt Tito committee Of the
W noie on the tariff b.l. The pending amend
mcnt was that cirrr,d by Mr., Phelps ~ New
jersey, fixing at 20 per cent. al valorcm the
duty on fax or linen thread and all n~.anufac-
lures Of fax.
After a long debate Of a political nature the
Phelps amendment was rejected. An amend
ment was adopted changing the rate Of duty
on bags and baggipg from - per cent. al
yalorem 10 2 cent per pound.
The third section Of the bill, relating to
woods and wooden manufactures beipgreached,
Mir. Mills proposed that the entire sixty-one
lines of the section be read and considered AS
one paragraph. The section was read with
ont objection.
The committee then rose ami the house
took II recess till . p. H., evening session TO
be for the consideration OF the census bill.
At the evening session the house passed the
bill for taking the eleventh census. The bill
in its salient features Is the same as the one
provided for taking the tenth census. The
same statistics which can be gathered from
department reports will be omitted.
WASHINGTON, July - In the house today
Mr.. Ford Of Michigan, from the committee on
military affairs, reported back the resolution
for the appointment of a special committee
to investigate the alleged evasions Of the con
tract labor law.
After speeches by Mcssrs. Nor W and Van
| dcvcr of California, referring to the Chinese,
and Cox of Sew York regarding ~itlIi!ns, the
resolution was adopted.
The house then wcnI into committee # the
that no vote be taken on the pending wool
schedule today.
Mr.. Pugsley Of Ohio said the duty on wool
should be increased instead Of reduced.
Nj. Morseo Massachusetts, favored placing
wool on the free list.
Mr.. Caswell, OF Wisconsin protested against
free wool as having the effect of destroying
the sheep raising industry in his state.
After further debate the committee rose
and the house took d recess until : O'Clock,
the evening session to be for consideration Of
private pension bills.
The house met this evening to consider Ger
tain private pension bills, but after two inef-
cctual roll calls the house, without accom-
plishing anything, at 1913 adjourned.
WAsHlNGroN, July l3.-Mr. Blount submit
ted the conference report on the p~osoillce ap-
preparation bill. An agreement has been ar
rived at ON al the amendments except the
subsidy amendment. The rate OF postage
! On seeds, plants, bulbs, roots and scions has
been fixed at cen. for each two ounces or
fraction thereof. The report was agreed to.
Mr.. Bingham, Of Pennsylvania, moved to
| concur in the senate subsidy amendment
with an amendment reducing the appropria-
ton from $500, 600 to $4,000, authorizing
the postmaster general to increase the mail
facilities not only between the United States
| and Central and South America and the West
| Indies, but between the United States and
China, Japan, Sandwich Islands and Aus
tralia, and providing that American ships
carrying mails shall be allowed four times
the ra e Of compensation they now receive.
4 long debate ensued, and without action
the house took a recess until 5 o'clock.
The house at the evening session passed
tw:nty-four private pension bills, including
one granting a pension to "Muchapeewahkeu-
gah' or "John,' and at 10 80 adjourned.