Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-02-14
NEWS SUMMARY.
CONGRESSIONAL.

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| FEBRUARY ., SENATE.-The Oklahoma
| bill was referred 20 the committee on ter.
ritories by vote OF thirty yeas TO
| twelve nays. Opponents of the bill en-
| deavored TO have IL sent TO the committee
on Indian affairs. Mr.. Hawley offered an
| amendment TO the sundry civil appropria-
| ton bill (which was rcferred) for the pay
ment to the widow Of Gen. Sheridan of
| $50, 900 'in grateful recognition of his emf
nent and extraordinary services 20 his
| country The house Joint resolution for
payment of 500, 600 to the representatives,
of the late John B Eads, was taken up and
passed. The legislative, executive and
| judicial appropriation bill was taken up.
| The amendments TO the bill that were re-
ported from the committee on appropria-
| tons were agreed 10, among them being
that increasing the salary of the presidents
| private secretary from $3.50 TO 5000. An
| amendment offered by Mr.. Hawley to in
crease the clerical force of the Civil Ser
| vice Commission provoked discussion on
the question of civil service reform. Mr..
| Plumb referred TO the recent extension of
| civil service rules to postal employees as an
attempt TO embarrass the incoming admin
| istration, and said that Mr.. Hawley's
| amendment was contribution TO that at
| tempt Mr., German reminded Mr.. Plumb
| that Mr.. Arthur's administration had with
| in twenty days OF leaving Office, extended
| civil service rules 10 the agricultural de-
partment. Before the discussion closed,
the report on the bill amendatory 10 tho
| inter state commerce commission law was
presented and read. The conference com
mittee not having agreed oa the house
amendment, in reference to the transpor
tation of oil, Mr.. Sherman moved TO concur
| in that amendment, as being in the line Of
the interstate commerce law. Mr.. Riddle
| berger made an effort 10 have secret ses-
sion, so as 10 remove the obligation of Sc
crccy on the proceedings onthe British ex-
tradition treaty; but motion 10 adjourn
prevailed.
HoUsE.-The consideration of the confer
ence report on the Nicaragua canal bill
was resumed. Mr.. Bland OF Missouri crit
icised the conference report, in that 1t
| eliminated from the bill the amendment
which had been adopted in the house,
reserving to the government the right TO
regulate the rate of tolls to be charged upon
the canal II the bill passed in its present
shape and this canal was built, the United
| States would be bound to assert the rights
and privileges that ought 10 belong IA it,
but in asserting them it would have TO
break is plighted faith. Mr. Russell of
Massachusetts said that the United States
had ever exercised the power of preserving
neutrality on the Daricn Isthmus without
| regard 10 the Bulwcr Clayton treaty. IL
had exercised its power by showing its flag,
and that is all there was or ever will be in
the Monroe doctrine. Continuing he said
that the Bulwer Clayton treaty was not a
| terror TO the people OF the United States /;
nor was Great Britain a terror TO any
| country on this continent, nor ever will be.
The evening session of the house was de.
voted to the consideration Of District of
| Columbia business.
! FEBRUARY Z, SENATE.-Mr. Sherman pre-
sentcd the conference report on the bill TO
| incorporate the maritime canal company of
Nicaragua 1t was agreed TO. The bill
now goes to the president for his approval
| The senate resumed consideration of the
legislative appropriation bill, the pending
question being on Mr.. Hawley's amend
ment TO give an additional clerk of class 3
TO the civil service commission. After Il
prolonged debate, the amendment was
agreed 10. Another long discussion took
place as to whether the board of pension
appeals fixed in the bill at ,three members)
should be increased TO six. The change
was made and the bill went over till to-
| morrow.
HoUsE.-The senate bill providing that
the public lands now sub. Get to private en-
try shall be disposed of according TO the
homestead laws only, was taken up, aud
the following amendments 10 II adopted
Striking out The words which exempt Mis-
souri, from the provisions of the bill; re-
] pealing the communication clause OF the
homestead law. Allowing persons who
have abandoned or relinquished their homo
stead entries to make another entry. The
bill as amended was then passed. The house
then went into committee of the whole on
the army appropriation bill. An amend
ment was agreed 10 appropriating 81, $50 for
"A riding and training master at West Point.
| A paragraph was inserted appropriating
$50 0JO for officers quarters at the Column
bus, o., post Mr. Randall raised a point
of order on the proposed amendment TO
appropriate S500,C0 TO purch sc movable
submarine torpedoes, and the question was
debated at some length by MIR. Townsend
of Illinois. Mr.. Spinoa of New York, and
Mr. CutcheOn of Michigan. Pending de
cision a conference was ordered on the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill.