The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-07-12
CONGRESS.
An Abstract of the More Important
Proceedings in Both Houses.
THURSDAY. IrLY ).

THURSDAY, JULY D.
There were exactly eight Senators present
this morning when the session was opened.
The conference report on the legislative ap-
preparation bill was presented and cOncurred
in. and Mr.. Morrill, addressed the Senate on the
bill to define the routes Of steam railroads ia
the District of Columbia, opposing the provis-
ions of the bill az reported, and favoring a sub
stitute offered by himself. The substitute re-
quires the removal of the tracks of the Balti-
more & Ohio and the Baltimore & Potomac
Railway Company, and directs the establish
ment of their respective stations at the inter
section of Virginia and Maryland avenues, the
present stations to be removed and abandoned,
and the Baltimore & Potomac Company to be
paid by the United States the value Of its
building and bridge on the public reservation.
Dir. Morrill, spoke in high terms Of the man.
agement of the Pennsylvania Company, but
the public mall, which it had invaded, ought
to be left free for the people. lie offered reso-
luton recommitting the whole subject to the
District Committee, with instructions 20 report
a bill based on recommendations which he
offered. The resolution was tabled.
The Senate then took up the river and har-
Dor bill, some amendments to which had been
reserved on Saturday for separate votes.
At the close of a long discussion the amend
ment abolishing the Missouri River Commits
sion was disagreed to.
Mr. Palmer offered an amendment appropri-
ating $3.50 600 for the purchase of the Portage
Lake and the Lake Superior ship canals
Agreed to.
The bill was finally passed. As originally
reported from the Senate Committee on Com
MERGE it appropriated 81, 562, 1877. As it
finally passed the Senate to-day it appTOpri-
ates 81, 47l, 1877, having been increased by
the Senate S9I2,000.
On motion of SIR. Hoar the fishery treaty
and Mr.. Morggn'5 resolution thereupOn were
postponed till Tuesday of next week.
The House wasted the day. Dir. Anderson
(Iowa), fearful that motion would be made to
pass the Union Pacific funding bill under sus-
pension of the rules, introduced long bill for
| the regulation Of railroads, which he demanded
TO have read. This thing kept up for some
time, until Mr.. Belmont presented the confer
ence report on the diplomatic appropriation
bill, which was adopted. The conference re-
port on the legislative appropriation bill was
also agreed TO, when the reading OF the Ander-
son bill was resumed. All sorts OF expedients
were tried to break the order, but without sue
cess. When the bill was finally finished Ander-
son Immediately introduced bill to establish
a municipal code for the District of Columbia
"a volume Of 32I pages-and called for its
reading. 1t was simply useless to try to beat
that, and at 3:20 the House adjourned.
FRIDAY, July 6.
| At the rate Of progress now being made by
| the House q final vote will be reached in all
| probability within a week. The Republican
leaders appear to think that the discussion has
| gone about far enough to enlighten the country
as to this measure, besides wanting to allow
| the Senate plenty Of time to discuss the bill on
| that side of the Capitol, without keeping Con-
| gress in session until Fall.
| Mr.. Kelley PA spoke with considerable
| bitterness regarding a speech made by Dir.
| Scott Pa, in which the latter used an inter
/ view with Mr.. Carnegie, of Pittsburg, whom
Scott said had no interests as an American citi-
/ zen, not caring enough for the country and its
| institutions to become naturaiZed. This was
/ explained away by the statement that Carnegie
| was brought to this country when a small
/ child, and his father became naturslized as
/ soon as the law would permit, thus comforting
| upon the son citizenship when he became oil
| age, and he had religiOusly exercised the rights
| ever since that time.
! The consideration of the sugar schedule was
| begun, and Mr.. Cannon introduced an amend
| ment which embraced new schedule Of duties
and bounties to sugar producers in this coln-
| try. In support of this amendment he made
! quite strong speech of an hours duration.
| From appearances it was not thought however
that the amendment would pass, az some OF
| the Western Republicans were opposed to the
| measure
| Mr.. Mckinley (Ohio) says that the passage
conclusion. There has been no agreement tC
stop debate, which may continue for two week;
yet
MI Breckenridge (Ky.} also expressed the
opinion that vote would be reached shortly
although the debate on the wool clause i
likely TO be long and exciting
The Speaker laid before the House a letter
| from the Lighthouse Board, which shows the
inadequacy of the appropriation for this serv
ice as provided in the sundry civil bill. The
| bill provides S5S5, 900 for salaries of keepers
etc, while the estimates submitted by tn,
| Board were for 100000. The estimates pro
| vide for an increase of so keepers over the bill
of last year, which cannot be done unless "a,
appropriation is made.
| The Senate had under discussion the regular
I appropriation bills, and out little Of anything
but routine work was accomplished. The no
/ weather keeps the attendance down % a small
! number Of Senator'S, and this viii have
! tendency to rush business through very fast
/ as the dog days in Washington are dreaded b
the average legislator.
MONDAY, july Q.
In the House the amendment offered by Mr.
/ Cannon III, % place all sugar under No. 10
/ Dutch standard, on the free list was rejected
after quite a discussion, both sides Of the H0us
INDUCING in severe personal remarks at times
Mr.. Fuller Iowa. offered and advocate,
L another amend GuLr pacing ali 81 anu no
lasses on the free list. In his remarks he crit
cized the Committee on Ways and Means 70
having retained on the protected list an arti
Gle the production of which was very insig
nificant. for the purpose OF retaining Louisian
the only State producing sugar or strip i
large quantity-in the Democratic column
He denounced the present bin as illogical an
badly constructed, the characteristic of tn
whole measure being its extreme sectionalism
Mr.. Dingley Me- also introduced an amend
ment reducing the duty on sugar to one
half the present tariff, stating that the Com
mittee had reduced dutiable articles from 4
to 40 per cent, and he did not see why suga
should not come down to the level he proposed
This proposition was also advocated by Nj
Bayne and Mr.. Kelley pa, but was rejects
by the House.
Mr.. Houk (Tenn.) said it made little differ
ence how the Republicans voted this bill wa
apparently as immutable as the laws of tn
Modes and Persians, and no changes could
made except for the accommodation of som
Democratic Member from a district where t
nut an article on the free list would endange
} his reelection. He took occasion to remar
that Gen. Harrison had always been in fave
of the Blair BILL and he asked the Democrat
i to "quit lying about it."
Mr. McCOmas (hId.) inquired if the Commit
: tee on Ways and Means had not given NJ
. Havemeyer, the largest sugar dealer in til
! country, a hearing before them, upon whie
they based their present tariff on the article