Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-06-07
FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
The Senate Passes the Des MOines
River Land Bill.
Further Consideration of the Wills
Tariff Bili--Rank Of Lieut-Gen.
Conferred on Gen. Sheridan.

Conferred on GEN. sheridan.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, May cat a quarter
past one the Senate went into executive |
session, with open doors, and proceeded |
with the consideration Of the fisheries |
treaty. Senator Morgan asked leave to |
make motion, but Fry, who had the
floor, declined to give way, thereupon
Morgan gave notice that upon the con.
clusion of Frv's remarks he would move |
the postponement of the treaty bill until |
December. Fry then addressed the Sen |
ate upon the treaty. The Senate at $3.50 |
passed the bill TO revive the grade Of |
General Of the Army, and Comforting 1t
on Lieutenant General Sheridan. There
were only seven votes In the negative.
Frye then resumed his argument against
the fisheries treaty, dwelling at some
length on the headlands theory, and
arguing that it was never more than a
theory. that it had never been reduced to
practice except in two cases, when 1t was
overruled. and that 1t would have re-
NAMED settled had not Secretary Bayard
reopened it. Gray obtained the floor to
make speech upon the treaty, but its |
further consideration was ION motion of |
Mr.. Beck. who said that he and othc
Senators desired to attend the st. Louis |
convention) postponed until Monday, |
June II. A motion to postpone until
December next was entered by Morgan
and is now pending. Adjourned until
Thursday.
HOUSE
Immediately after the reading OF the
journal the House went into Committee
of the Whole on legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill, The
Committee finally rose and reported the
bill and amendment to the House. Holman
Of Indiana demanded separate vote on
the Civil Service. The vote resulted 80
| to 80, and the point Of no quorum was
made. The House adjourned until
| Thursday.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON May 31.-The Senate
adopted the conference report on the bill
creating Department of Labor and pass
ed the bill. The Senate then proceeded
to the consideration of the Senate bill to
quiet the title of the settlers on the Des
Moiues river lands in Iowa. The argu-
ment in its favor was made by Wilson. Of
Iowa, and against it by Everts, who ia.
vored his own bill. proposing TO indemnify
| INC SClblIiS oll lhC 'uSctlOh' AZ
| the close Of the debate, which occupied
two hours, the bill was passed-yeas. 49,
nays, II After executive session the
| Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
O'Ncill, OF Missouri, presented the
| conference report on his bill to create a
Department of Labor, which was &c.
| copied, and the bill passed in substantial.
| Ixy ha chnna II thu
Senate. Debate under the five minute
rule on the Mills tariff bill was resumed.
| After considerable discussion Mckinley,
| Of Ohio. and Spnola, Of New York. who
| held the report from the Military Com.
mittee, sought to secure consideration for
| the bill to revive the rank of General of
| the Army to be filled by Lieutenant Gen
| eral Sheridan, but objection was made by
| kilgOre, of Texas. and other Democrats,
and the House adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The Senate pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the Indian
| appropriation bill. A colloquy took
| place between Senators Plumb and Bate
| in regard to the administration of the
| office Of Commissioner of Indian Affairs
the former asserting that the condition Of
things in the Indian Territory was worse
now than it bad been for many years,
| that there never was time when the
| trader SO dominated the Indians. when
| the Indian was brought so much in debt
| b : the exaction of the trader, and wi en-
so much liquor was sold; and that the
| Commissioner had no experience, was ad-
vanced in years, and was unequal to the
| position; while Mr. Bate defended the
character, ability, honesty and efficiency
of the Commissioner and challenged the
| Senator from Kansas to prove his asser-
tons, which Plumb promised to do. The
bill was finally passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Spinola of New York, renewed his
| effort to have passed the Senate bill to
revive the rank Of General Of the Army
for the benefit of General Sheridan. but
Kilgore, of Texas, again objected and it
was laid over. Under the call OF
committees for reports, the Committee
on Public buildings reported bills to
authorize the construction Of public
building at Burlington, Iowa; appropria-
ting twelve thousand dollars for the COM
pletion of the public building at Peoria,
ILL.,. and increasing an appropriation for
the erection of public building at
Winona, Mimi. Mills of Texas, rising in
his place. asked in the name of Confeder.
ale soldiers dead and alive, that the
House consider the Sheridan bill, but
Kigore persisted in his objection. Spinola
again sought to bring the bill before the
House by asking consent to report it back
from the Committee on MILITARY Affairs
lit having been referred to that committee
after the preceding failure) Kilgore was
| Ind to mil h ic oI,iortinn 10
rs to allow the report to be made, but
Oates of Alabama promptly renewed it.
The Republicans desiring to force i'm
mediate consideration Of the Sheridan bill
resorted to dilatory tactics and finally the
J directors gave away and the bill was tax
en- up and passed. Oates of Alabama,
went on record as opposed to the bill.
The legislative appropriation bill was
then passed. The customs deficiency APP
preparation bill was passed with the Sen
ate amendments added by the House
Committee. 1t now goes to the Senate.
The House discussed the tariff bill in
Committee of the Whole. At the evening
session twelve pension bills passed, and
then the House Adjourned.
HOUSE.
| WASHINGTON, June 2.-The Senate
amendments to the experimental agricul.
tural station bill were concurred in, and
the House then went into Committee Of
the Whole on the agricultural bill. Cen
eral debate was dispensed with, and the
bill was read by sections for amendment.
The committee then, after reading Of
the bill, rose and the bill was passed.
The regular order was demanded, being
Mills motion to limit debate on the pend
ing paragraph of the tariff bill to ten min
utes which prevailed. The House then
went into Committee OF the Whole on the
bill. After some debate and action on
several amendments the Committee rose.
and the House adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-Thc bin 10 re.
peal all pre-emption aud timber culture
laws was reported from the Committee
and placed on the Senate calendar to-day.
The Senate then proceeded to the con.
sideration of the bills on the calendar and
passed, among others, the following:
Senate bill to authorize the Paris, Choc-
taw & Little Rock Railway Company to
construct and operate railway, telegraph
and telephone line through Indian Ter
ritory. Senate bill appropriating $50, 900
for an equestrian statue OF ex-President