The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-03-14
House PROCEEDINGS.

49TH Day The bill imposing penalties for
inficting injuries on submarine cables was
passed ". The Senate bill was passed re-
moving the quarantine station from Ship
Island, Mississippi. A bill was introduced
to repeal the tax on fruit brandy. The ma
jority report Of the Elections Committee was
made confirming the title Of Davidson to his
seat from the Fourth Alabama District; the
minority report in favor of McDufie was
also laid before the House Mr.. S. S. Cox,
Speaker pro tem., presented in the House a
monster petition signed by q, 900 merchants
and citizens of New York city and Brorklyn
in behalf Of favorable action for the letter
carriers and postal clerks bills which are
pending.
tee of the Whole and the consideration ofap-
preparations for public buildings was begun.
An appropriation of $4,000 to complete the
building at Chattanooga, Tenn, was made
S240. 900 were allowed to erect building at
Buffalo, N. Y. The bill appropriating ST.
SOU, 900 for public building at Omaha was
the subject Of a lengthy attack by Mr.. Bland
on the custom Of erecting useless and unnec-
essary structures at public expense.
51sT DAY-The following bills and resolu-
tions were introduced and referred: Calling
on the President for information as to what
steps have been taken to prevent the contin-
ued immigration Of Chinese laborers into the
United States; requesting information as to
the expectation of sugars from the port of
New York and the classification of the same:
granting pensions to persons disabled in the
Iife-saving service; calling on the Commis-
sioner of Agriculture for information as to
the forests Of the Rocky Mountains; for the
protection OF fishermen, requiring vessel own
ers, under penalty Of $500, to equip every
fishing dory with a compass and sufficient
food and water to last the crew two weeks;
a Joint resolution proposing the amendments
to the Constitution by which April 80 shall
hereafter be substituted for March as the
beginning and termination of the official
terms of the President and Vice, President;
and December 81 for March as the begin.
ming and termination of the official terms OF
the Senator's and Of the members of the
meet on the first Monday in January. -. Mr..
Wilson took the floor and offered a testimo-
nial of respect for the late W. w. Corcoran,
which was unanimously ordered spread upon
the journal of the House.
SD DAY.-The consideration of the bill
for the organization of Oklahoma Territory
was begun. A bill was passed providing
for utilization Of the hot water running to
waste at Hot Springs Reservation. The
House then went into Committee OF the
Whole on public building measures. The bill
appropriating $500, 900 for site for public
building at Omaha, Neb, was agreed to,
with an amendment reducing the appropria--
tion to s40o,0O0 The appropriation OF
$4,000 for a public building, at
Bar Harbor, Maine, was reduced
to $4,000 after lively debate.
The bill appropriating 81 500, 900 for purchase
of a site and erection of a ire-proof ap-
praisers warehouse, New York city, was
passed. =. Bills were also agreed to, in
creasing to S30O,OOO the cost of the build
ing Mt Charleston, S. c.; appropriating
$l0O, 900 for an interstate building at Tex
arkana, and 100000 for a building at at
Columbus, Ca, and appropriating 100000
for a building at Milwaukee, Wis.
SD DAY.-Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania,
rising to question of personal privilege, de-
MED that he had said, as was intimated in
certain newspapers, that it was policy for
the Republican party to obstruct the passage
of tariff measure. "A bill was reported to
secure to actual settlers the public lands
adapted to agriculture and to protect the
forests on the public domain. This House,
in Committee of the Whole, considered the
bill for using the surplus to purchase bonds
:. The Blair bill as well as the many House
bills similar to it in scope were referred to
subcommittee composed of Messrs. Grain,
Buckalew, Cobb, Pennington, O'Donnell,
Russell, White and Gambler.