The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-10-23

present. None of them had any conversation
with Havemeyer. That gentleman simply
made statement in regard to the colors and
grades. There was no discussion of the bill
nothing took place. No proposition was made
/ by either side. Out of that transaction had
grown this extraordinary statement and on
that slight foundation had risen the extraordi-
nary statement made by Mr.. Blaine the other
day in Indiana. Tho statement, whether
made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania,
by managers of the senate bill, or by
Mr.. Blaine in Indiana, was untrue.
Mir, Bayne-Ihe gentleman has stated what
took place between Mr.. Havemeyer and gem
tlemen of the committee, but consciously or
| unconSciously the Mills bill promotes the
sugar trust If the gentleman disclaims an
intention to promote the interest of the trust
he should amend the Mills bill so as TO con-
form to the senate bill.
The discussion between Messrs. Breckin-
ridge and Taylor became heated but il ended
upon Mr.. Taylor explaining that he had ex-
amined the Record himself and was not aware
OF the subsequent remarks of MIR. Breckin-
ridge, which Mr.. Breckenridge asserted had
been omitted purposely by Mr.. Taylor in read
ing.
Finally the senate resolution for final ad-
| Journment was concurred in. The house then
adjourned.
| The announcement that the senate had
| passed the adjournment resolution was made
| TO the house at o'clock and was greeted with
applause by the handful of members present.
Tho Sessions Work.
| WASHINGTON, October 19.-Tomorrow at
o'clock, the first session of the present congress
| will end the longest continuous session in a
history of nearly century of congresses, hav-
| ing lasted 321 days.
| Among the measures of public interest that
| have become laws are the following:
Relating TO permissible marks on mail matter.
| For the protection of sub marine cables
| For the division of the Sioux reservation.
For conference with the South and Central
| American nations.
Limiting the hours of letter carriers
Making Lieutenant General Sheridan general of
the army.
TO establish deparement Of labor
An international maritime conference. to perfect
quarantine service
Requiring the Pacific railroad company to main
tain telegraph lines.
and district courts to be used INTERCHANGEABLE.
To prohibit the coming of Chinese laborers to the
For an appraisers warehouse in New York
To inclose the detail of army and naval officers to
educational institutions.
For the establishment of rules in respect to st.
Marie and other canals.
To create boards Capitalization.
10 settle controversies between common carriers
and their employees.
country.
Toinvestsate the practicability of constructing
storage resources in arid regions.
70 inererse PENSIONS in case Of deafness
To build state homes for disabled soldiers; and
changing the date of meeting of electoral college
In the next stage, that is, in conference be-
tween the two houses, are two bills of the first
importance, namely: Repeating the pre-emp-
ton and timber culture laws, and providing a
general homestead law, and declaring the for
feiture Of unearned railroad land grants.
Pending before the senate is the house tariff
bill and the senate substitute The senate
passed bills to divide Dakota and admit the
southern half as q state and to aid common
school education, Uhe Blair bilD, but
they never reached the house for
action. In the senate the same
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passed the house: The fishery retaliation
BILL whose passage was recommended by the
president; authorizing the issue of fractional
silver certificates, allowing the regulation by
states of railways chartered by the United
States; for the printing of government securi-
ties by hand; to preventsthe use of product of
convict labor by government departments or
on public works.
The following are the most important bills
Enacted upon on the senate calender:
To establish U. S. land court; to invest
| the surplus in U. S. bonds; for the admission
| of Montana and Washington territories; to
prohibit the alcoholic liquor traffic; to declare
| trusts unlawful to establish postal telegraph
| system adversely reported from the commits
| tee).
TIE following measures of importance were
| reported from the house committee and are
| still on the house calendar. To refund tho di-
recJ tax "a vote on which will be taken early
! in-DeceiGber next under an agreement by
| which the memorable deadlock over this bill
| was broken); for the payment of arrears Of
| pensions; for the adjudication of the French
| spoliation claims adversely reported to pre-
vent the Introduction of contagious diseases !;
refunding the investment of national bank
| redemption funds in circulating notes;
the Pacific raileoad funding bill
| debated, but never reached tho point of
action) to include the telegraph companies UNI
| der the interstate commerce act; to promote
| commercial union with Canada to iucorpo-
rate the Nicaragua canal TO regulate thcman-
ufacture of compound lard; for the organiza-
! ton of the territory OF Okolohoma. Debated
| but never finally voted on.
| The following are important senate bills
| which slumber in committees TO which they
| were originally referred: Requesting tie presi-
| dent to open negotiation with Great
! Britain looking to the annexation of Canada
! to the United States; for the free coinage OF
| silver; to repeal the oleomargarine act 10 re-
| peal the arrears of pension limitation; 20 pro-
| vide anaval reserve the Henncpin canal bill to
! reduce letter postage; to allow Americans 10
| purchase foreign built vessels: to grant woman
! suffrage, and measure proposing radical
! changes in the governments financial policy
| The following arc original house bills which
! never got out OF the committee: 10 repeal
| the internal revenue law and tho tobacco
| tax TO prohibit mailing newspapers contain
| ing lottery advertising; to repeal the civil SER
vice law for the free coinage Of silver: to Gre
ate nayigabe water ways between Lake Eric
I and Lake Ontario; the HenHopin canal bill ;
| for full reciprocity between tho United States
and Canada directing judicial proceedings to
! be brought against the Pacific railroads. TO
( provide moro efficient mail service between
! the United States and South America TO
! break up the varous measures proposing
| changes ia pension, tariff and financial poi
| icies
! Tho most imnortaut private bills Of this ses-
( sinu were those ponsioning Mira. Logan and
! Mrs. Frank Blair, both Of which became laws
! Bills to pension FIR. White and Mrs. Sheridan
! which passed the senate, hut never were acted
| upon by the house. The most important
treaty which was acted upon was the Canadian
fisheries treaty, which, contrary to CUSTOM
was considered by the senate in open session.
and az will be remembered was rejected by a
strict party vote
GENERAL MENTION.
General Schofields Order.