The Forrest City times., 1888-08-04
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SExATE-Nr Cullom oae1Ss preamble and resolution reciting published state ments that the Minneapolis, Sault Ste. Marie & Atlantic Railway, and the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic Railway, have passed into the control of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. that those two rail ways control all the approaches to the bridge over the St. Mary's River On the boundary line between the United States and Canada; that the ownership of that bridge is also in the Canadian Pacific, and that by virtue of this monopoly the Canadian Pacific Rail way foperzted in the interest of foreign Goycrnment) is able to ignore and defeat the operations of the interstate commerce bill; and directing the Committes on Com nerce 10 inquire Into these matters. Mfr Morgan asked that the resolution 70 over till Thursday, as he desired to offer an amendment to IL So ordered The Senate then resumed consideration of the naval ap- propriztion bill, the pending question being on the amendment striking out of the bin the item for the expenses of . commission to locate a navy yard and dock on the Gulf Coast
 Hou.E-On motion of Mir. Lafoon of Kentucky the Senate amendment to the House bill for the holding of terms of United States Courts at Owen.boro, Ky, was agreed to. On motion of Mir. Anderson of Kansas the Senate bill was passed for the holding of terms of the United States Dis trict Court at Salina, Kan The communi- cation received Thursday from the Secre- tary of the Treasury relative to the use of the Welland Canal, and referred to the Committee of Foreign Affairs, was Thurs day morning referred 10 the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, with authority to that Committee 10 report there on at any time The House then proceeded to the consideration of bills reported from the Committee or Private Land Claims.
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 SEsATE.-A number of bills were re- ported from the committees and placed on the calendar, after which MT. Allison moved to proceed to the consideration of the army appropriation bill, stating that 1t was important that it should be passed Thursday. Mir. Frye said he had given notice Friday that he would call up the fishery treaty Thursday. He was com pelled to yield to the army appropriating bill; but he renewed the notice that he would antAgonize everything else for the consideration of the treaty, regarding it as pressed to final action. Mir Allison's mo ton was agreed to, and the Senate re sumed the consideration bill, the pending question being the amendment offered by Mir. Hawley, appropriating $750, 900 for an armory gun fsctory . at Goo the ne Wateryleit chase of steel for high power coast defense guns; t5oo, 900 for the purchase of submarine mines, and s1oo, 900 for submarine con trollable torpedoes. The amendment was agreed to without division, and after the adoption of . few other amendments, the bill was reported back from the Committee of the Whole, to the Senate. MT. Berry called for separate vote on Mir. Hawley's amendment and proceeded to address the Senate in opposition to it.
 HoUsE--On motion of Mir. Townshend of Illinois, a joint resolution was passed providing temporarily (until September i,) for the support of the army. In the con alteration morning hour, the House pro ceeded to the consideration of the bill to provide for Post office buildings. The re- port accompanying the bill explains its pro visions ss follows: It proposes 10 establish plan for the construction of public build ings for the use exclusively of the Post office Department of a uniform character, and which shall be especially adapted for the purposes of that department, Its pro visions operate only in places where the gross receipts amount to 6, ,0oo annually for two successive years. The extreme limit of cost to the United States for any building shall not in any case exceed s25. 900 Sub iect to these limitations, it provides for three classes of building varying in cost, ac- cording to the amount of gross receipts Pending action on the bill, the morning hour expired and the House went into com mittee of the Whole (Mr. Dockery of Mis- souri in the chairl on the Oklahoma bill.