The sun., 1888-10-25
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Monday. Oct. TX.

Monday, Oct. 15.
SENATE-The feature of the Senate's pro-
ceedings today was the speech of Mr.. Blair
on the Presidents pension vetoes Mr. Blair,
in connection with the Presidents veto ofthe
pension of Mrs. Sarah Woodbridge, went in
to the vetoes in general and the case of Mary
Ann Dougherty in particular He thought
the matter of doingjustice to this poor wom-
an was Just as serious as the passage of q
| tariff bill or the election Of q President.
HousE.-Mr Dougherty, of Florida, with
drew his point on no quorum upon considera-
tion OF the vote by which the House passed
the Presidential count bill, and the motion
| to reconsider was carried, thus settling tho
passage of the bill, which now goes to the
President.
Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, offered a resolution
adjourning congress sine die on Wednesday,
Oct II. The resolution went over until to-
morrow.
| Mr.. Wheeler of Alabama introduced a bill
providing for the assemble of tho Fifty first
and subsequent congresses on tho 4th OF
| March, at l O'Clock, when an adjournment
shall immediatly be taken until the first
Monday in the December following, unless
the president expresses u wish to the contrary
Tuesday, Oct. 10.
SENATE-The Senate devoted the entire
| day to the tariff question. Mr.. Cockrell first
| took the floor in opposition to the Senate
substitute.
HoUsE.-The only feature of the House pro-
| ceedings today was the failure to agree upon
date for final adjournment of congress- The
House concurred in Senate amendment to
the bill authorizing the construction of n
bridge across the Mississippi river at La
Crosse, Wis.
Mr. Oates, of Alabama, called up his reso-
luton for final adjournment, aud after dis
cussion it was further postponed until to-
| morrow. Mr.. Oates said that he had failed
| in his effort to get the House to adjourn, and
he would like to adjourn himself. He asked
leave of absence for the remainder of tho
session, which was granted.
Wednesday, Oct. II.
SENATE.-Iti is now practically decided that
congress will adjourn on Saturday next
This arrangement has been made by an in
| formal conference of Republican and Demo-
| cratic senators. Senator Cockrell, ut the
close of his long speech yesterday in oppo-
| sition to the new tariff bill charged that the
Republican senators dared not bring the
session to a close. Promptly taking up the
with resolution providing for a recess from
| Oct. 20 to Nov. 10. The Democrats opposed
this plan as they want an adjournment The
| resolution was not acted upon to-day, but
went over under an objection by Senator
Morgan. 1t will be taken up tomorrow and
amended SO as to provide for an adjourn.
| ment instead OF a recess. and in that shape
will be passed and sent to the House.
| HoUsE.-The speaker laid before the House
Is messages from the President vetoing pri-
| vate pension bills. They were referred to the
committee on invalid pensions.
Mr.. Cox. OF New York, rose to a question
| of privilege and read from the clerks desk an
editorial in the New York Tribune, charging
him wit h sending unfrankable matter through
the mails under his frank. Hesaid the frank
was forgery.
| Thursday, Oct. 1s.
| SENATE.-The long contest between the two
houses of congress as to adjournment has
| ended. The first session of the Fiftieth con-
gress by the concurrent consent OF the two
| houses is to come to an end on Saturday
next. Oct. 20, at l O'Clock p. m. There are
only two possible contingencies which would
be likely to interfere with an adjournment.
These are: The veto by the president of the
| deficiency appropriation bill, or the announce
ment by him that he had some message to
| communicate to congress which he would not
have ready by the time fixed for adjourn
| ment.
HoUsE-The resolution of adjournment in
| the house was made the text of some parting
campaign speeches, in one of which Mr.. Nc
| MILAN, representing the majority of the COM
mittee on ways and means, presented the CON-
parison of the senate and the house tariff BILL
Friday, Oct 10.
| SENATE-The committee on finance was au-
| thorized to continue it's investigation OF tariff
matters during the recess, and may make
some further inquiries as to trusts but it is
| doubtful if any of the committees that have
been authorized to do vacation work will
undertake to do much. The committee on
| Indian affairs was authorized to continue
| during the recess at Washington the inquiry
ordered by the last congress as to the con-
dition of the Indian tribes in Minnesota,
Dakota and Montana.
| HoUsE.-The House transacted no business
today. Mr.. Farquhar, of New York, OBJ
ected to the approval of the journal, and
raised the point which he made yesterday
that the journal could not be read in the
absence of n quorum. The speaker reversed
the ruling of the speaker pro TEN, and said
| that if objection was made before the reading
of the journal, it was the duty of the chair to
order q call of the roll. He also held that
the House had control of the approval of the
journal.
The first session of the Fiftieth congress
dies of collapse. Hardly enough are lett in
| either house to furnish witnesses OF the clos
ing scenes,
| Saturday, October 20.
SENATE.-Only seven senator's had the
! benefit of the final prayer, this session, of the
chaplain, Rev. J. G. Butler namely; the pre-
siding officer (Mr. ngalis), and Messrs. Ali
son, Cockrell, Mitchell, Paddock, Salisbury
and Teller. Immediately after the reading
| of the journal the senate was reinforced by
the presence of Messrs. Blackburn, Reagan
and Sawyer. Mr.. Allison of the committee
l. H., .lov,4 Tod hot fta
committee had performed that duty and had
beeninformed by the president that he had
| ssno further communication to Offer" The
senate then adjourned.
HousE.-When the house met this morn
Ing at ! 1 O'Clock, on the last day of the
most protracted session in the annals Of con-
gress in addition to the speaker, there were
fifteen members in attendance.
The closing hours of the session were COM
parable to those of none of it's predecessors
| within the memory of the present generation
The hustle and excitement, the crowded cor
ridors, the anxiety of claimants and lobby
lists, the effort of legislators in behalf of be-
lated measures, were conspicuously missing.
General Master Workman Powderly and
| General Secretary Hayes have prepared for
the members of the order of the Knights of
Labor u statement as to T. B. Barry's ex-
pulsion from the order. The formal resolu-
ton of expulsion appears to have been unan-
imously adopted by the general executive
board on Oct. Is and was based upon
charges that he had illegally drawn money
from the treasury of the order and had been
guilty of other irregularities during his mem
bership.
Thomas Brown, the man who murdered
Policeman PAUL Of Moorehead MINI, has
been in and around Fargo for some time. He
is known to be q professional crook. and is
suspected to have been one of the burglars
who robbed the Minnesota house and tho
Manitoba house few nights ago. Police
man also think it was he who shot at
William Dent, and it is reported that he was
sent to the penitentiary four years ago, but
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