Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-07
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TIE SENATE.

1dE ekNAIa.
WAsHINGToN, June 6-ImmedisteY
sitter the reading OF the ,utasl lac Sen
ate on motion OF Mr.. Sherman proceeded
TO executive business and after s few
minutes tne door reupeuei aud the
Senate resumed con-id ration OF the d.
piomatlc and consular sppro priatioH bills.
Tle Senate hilI 20 su.hOrz I, the Paris,
Cooctsy aud L'tt!e K Ok + siirost Com
pauy u Construct bridge across Il q
river 81 Hook Fry, Tex, passed.
The Senate lhen proct edsd 10 business
on the calendar, resumiGg consideration
OF The House dill to pr vent the employ
ment OF e'en labor upon public buildings
Jr other puoliC works and the various
departments Of the government, the
question btiUg I'd amendment offered
NJ jnday By Mr.. Teller, clause requiring
puollc works to be constructed wholly OF
materials made and repered within the
UGited Safes, bids and contracts 10 DC
co tn' to c;tz9us Of rte United stes.
. WIG to lack CT s q 2orum the bill was
lsid aside.
All penst0n bills on taa calendar, ll6,
osssed, sz'y four Of laem House bllE
Among The bills increasing tue pensions
willows ne Nj = G neral TaCmss
Kelly Smith 70 SIS; Msj Genera!
MunIz3lmsn 70 $50; Br.gsdIer- General
scoiDme nCiu 70 $50, s1c giving pen
q Of $50 to the widow Of commodore
TrustO1,
a. 6:31 the Senate al urned.
TIKI HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June s -Tae House
cOnCurrel ii tne S3uaIe amendment il
he bill authorizing the construction O! 4
1fidgs acrnss the Mississippi river a.
H,ckmlu, K7.
Tie luse then went into committee
4 the whole on the Jarlf b i.
The clerk read tne pending paragraph
"plckets End oalings," which Mr.. MlKin-
ley moved 10 strike out.
After deb.te, participated in by sewers!
members, TIE motion was rel -cted and
he paragraph passed over as Well as tie
next, "lafts."
Mr.. Bucnsnsn OF Nav Jersey moved 70
strike out the uipeteentb line, "sningles,"
aud insert "sniIgie colts" (.hs raw ms
'eris Instead. He called on the d I'M
crsss to vote honestly upon the amend
me t. A vote against it meant free trade
Tor Shingles, Wnica were an article Of
msIufqc 1re,
The amendment prevailed without d.
vision.
With little delay the remaining p.rs
graphs OF the lumber ssctioas-clsp-
boards, pine OF spruce, and logs-pssse1
over, down ~ the provision refer ring &c
he existing duties on the lumber tched.
ules, where tlt X )ort du'i les imposed BY
he Country from which they are i'm
ported,
Mr.. DipgeIY Of Maine proposed al
amendment continuir G the existing dU-
lies on the lum0er schedules wherever
;ae exporting country deDi.G our vessels
the right TO touch, trade aud ta1e bsit
Mr.. Cox Of New York created diver
sion by having read dlepatch from 81.
L luis announcing Gle velsnd's Nomination
oy exclamation. The Democrats burst
uto applause. Nj. TArsey, WHO lsd the
f ,or, waved g bALdana rapturously
There WAS InomenL Of silence on the
Republican SIDE. followed oy storm Of
cheers and hand -clappiug to answer the
other siGe.
DuriDg the subsequent debate Mr..
Weaver, & lows, and Mr.. Funston, c.
Kansas, engaged in personal converse
ZION, shook fingers in each others faces
over the barbed wire snn lumber tsxas.
Mr.. Breckenridge Of Kentucky, offered
an amendmsL L; to Mr.. DIIgley's amend
ment providing Whenever canal shall
grant to fishing and other vessels OF the
Uai:ed S:s.es, commercial privileges and
8 right &c buy bait and provisions and
tEansnip cargoes, then he!gl g, meckerel,
salmon and other hsh, picked, smoked
or preserved, except ssrd,les and anchc-
ytes in oil, from tnat country.
De admitted tut7 free; and
pre- viding whenever canada admits free
Of duty articles produced in the United
S;stes similar privilege DO graaLed IL
tbst case 10 Canadisn products.
Afef exp aeatiJn Of s1e amendment GY
BgeckenEic &c, Dingeley opposed il On the
Ground thsl it WAS al ( dJrt to BUY priv
leges from Cansds TO which this country
wse. OF right, entitled.
WItGou. action on the amendments the
committee rose.
Ga moiyn # Mr. Peel OF Arkansas the
House Immediately went agsin into com
mitlee Of the whole to act upon the Sen.
ate amendment TO the Iadlan appropriation
bill.
These generally were nOn-concUTTed in
The c0mm1ttee rose and the bill was
sent to conference.
At 1880 the House adjourned.