The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-04-04
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Interesting Proceedings in Both
Houses Yesterday.
THE BOND PURCHASE BILL
Consumes the Time of tho Senate.
Mr.. RIddlebcrger's Resolution De-
feated-The Direct Tax Bill in
the House-washington News.

WASHINGTON, D. G., April S.-Among
the petitions and memorials presented
and referred in the Senate, were the fol-
lowing:
To send United States troops to Chi
cago to protect the lives and property of
citizens against the socialists Of Illinois
and Iowa.
To preserve the mineral lands OF Mon
tana for citizens of the United States.
Mr.. Mitchell, from the Committee on
Railroads reported the bill appropriatipS
$4,000 for a boat railway around the
distractions to navigation in the Colum-
bia river at the Dalles and Cello falls.
8Ir. Stewart withdrew his motion,
heretofore made, to reconsider the vote
passing the bill for the relief OF pur-
Chasers and other grantees OF swamp
and overhowed lands and to reimburse
and indemnify certain States. The bill,
therefore, goes TO the House.
RIDDLEDERoER's SARCASM.
The resolution heretofore offered by
Mr.. Riddleberger to suspend so much Of
the rules as provide for executive
sessions during the consideration of the
fisheries treaty, was taken up. Mr..
Riddleberger said he had given notice
yesterday that he would call up the res
olutiOn in order that those who were OPP
posed to it might absent themselves, and
draw upon the courage which they
lacked to vote for it. His proposition
had been beaten from time to time, and
had been for five years, by just the same
kind OF parliamentary practice that had
been tried to-day [interposing other
morning business. He called for the
yeas and nays on agreeing to the reso-
luton.
Mr.. Edmunds said that as one agree
ing to the resolution, he desired to sub
NIT some observations to the Senate
which he did not care to submit to Her
Majestyis ministers just at present.
IN SECRET SESSION.
He therefore moved that the galleries
be cleared and the doors closed. The
motion was agreed to and the order, at
one o'clock, was executed.
Tho Senate at $40, after two hours
spentin in secret legislative session, opened
its doors. During the secret session
Senator Riddleberger's resolution to con-
slider the fisheries treaty in open ses-
sion was the only subject Of debate,
but several Senators ventured to discuss
briefly the merits OF the treaty itself,
being, however, called to order for so
doing. Senators Edmunds and Hoar
made a strong fight against the resolu-
tion. Upon motion of Senator Butler,
the resolution was ordered to be refer
red to tho Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons, only eight Senators voting in the
negative.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton Of the bondbill.
THE BOND PURCHASE BILL.
A vote was taken on Mr.. Palmer's
motion to submit the Bond Purchase
bill, and the motion was rejected.
A substitute for the Bond Purchase
bill, declaring that the authority TO pur-
chase bonds given in the act making ap-
preparations for sundry civil expenses
for the year ending June 80, 1882, was
intended TO be permanent provision OF
law and is declared such, and to be now
in full force and affect, was offered by
Mr.. Spooner and was agreed to.