Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-26

WASHINGTON. July 26--There was a very
slim attendance of members in the House
Yesterday, not more than lbs being present
| at any time.
The bin 10 establish United States land
court to investigate and settle private land
| claims in Arizona, New Mexico, and Colo
RADIO was taken up, and after some discus
sion, was, on motion of Mr.. Smith of Ari-
| zona. amended so as 10 exempt Arizona
from. the provisions of the bill. The bill
was then passed, yeas 20, nays "A.
The House then went into committee of
the whole ON the Oklahoma bill, but as no
member seemed ready to discuss the bill,
the committee Immediately rose. Then
There was q scramble on the part of many
members to secure recognition from the
Speaker for unanimous consent TO pass
bills. Several private bills only successfully
ran the gauntlet Of objections and were
passed.
The House at 4:4o p. IN. took a recess un-
til O'Clock.
THE SENATE.
Discussion of the Naval appropriation
bill occupied most of the time of the Senate.
The bill was passed.
Mr.. Cullom introduced a resolution
which went over until to-day instructing
the Interstate commerce committee to as
certain what stepsare necessary to be taken
to protect the interests of American people
on the Canadian border and to prevent the
nonopolixing OF traffic by the Canadian
Pacific railway, through the acquisition of
railroads in Minnesota, and rendering mug
atory the Interstate commerce law.
bill appropriating $4,000 for public
building at Statewide, n. C., was passed,
and the bill appropriating $I5O, 900 for an
air ship was reported from the committee
on appropriations and referred TO the
Int Sfafs Trr,. zee
The naval appropriation bill was then
taken up, the pending question being an
amendment to strike out of the bill an
item appropriating $4,000 for expenses of
commission to locate navy yard and
docks on the Gulf coast. A long discus
sion followed. sspn
Senators Call and Pasco favored the
amendment because there was already a
good naval station at Pensacola. Senators
Morgan, Pugh, Reagan and Mcpherson op-
posed it and suggested several points on
the Alabama and Mississippi Gulf coast
well suited for q yard.
Mr.. Blair, while opposing the amend
ment. criticised q remark OF Senator Nor
gan to the eject that the South was inde-
pendent as 70 the tariff, the fisheries treaty
and other legislation, and said that indie
pendence grew out Of the fact that the great
mass of Southern leborers were to-day sub
stantiaiiy in slavery, Nothing but educa-
ton could liberate them, he said, from this
slavery; but the Senator from Alabama
proposed to continue this ignorance 1t
was a shame and an infamous disgrace, he
said, for Congress to vote millions
for ships of war and refuse to
appropriate money for the equalization
of the privileges of education. The
proposition TO strike out the item was re-
jected, but the clause was finally modified
so as to appropriate $4,000 for the ex-
penses of the Commission, TO report the
most desirable location for navy yards at
or near the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, or
on the Mississippi river and on the North
ern Pacific coast. The Senate amendment
to strike cut of the bill the provision that
at least one Of the cruisers shall be built in
one of the navy yards of the United States
was agreed to. and then the bill passed.
Mr.. Fry gave notice that he would to-
day to take up the fisheries treaty, and Mr..
Allison said he would ask the Senate to
take up the army appropriation bill.
The Senate bill appropriating SIS, 900 for
public building at Allentown, Pa, was
passed. The Allentown bill vetoed by the
President appropriated t10O, 600
One hundred and twenty-seven private
pension bills were then taksn from the
calendar and passed in less than one hour,
and the senate at p. m. adjourned.