The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-03-08
the NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings in the Senate and House col
REPRESENTATIVES,.

Representatives
The house signalized the day by refusal
To take up Mills resolution declaring the sen
ate substitute tariff bill unconstitutional, the
vote being 81 for to 143 against Randall's
resolution for the daily assemblage of the
house at 10 o'clock, a. M, giving an hour
each day for business by unanimous consent
was then adopted. The Mrs. Sheridan pen
sion bill was then taken up and passed with
an amendment reducing the amount to 81 500
from s., 800; also making it subject to the
pension laws so that in case of Mrs. Sher
idan's re-marriage the children will be pom
stoned. The resolution retiring Gen Rose
Grams was adopted. Tho deficiency bill was
considered for q time without action, and
then recess 10 7:S0 p. m. was taken, Mt which
time the bouse met, passed forty private pen
sion bills and at ID p. m. adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 25.-Aftcr The
routine business of tho morning hour had
been disposed of in tho senate Saturday
Hoars election outrages resolution was taker
up, and Daniels addressed the senate in oppo
sition thereto. He spoke five hours with q
short interruption by Hoar, and had not con
Guided when Mt $50 i. m. the senate ad
journed.
The house wasted an hour in filibusterine
and then passed the senate bill To ratify the
agreement with the Creek Indians for the
opening of certain lands to settlement in In
dian territory, and concurred in the senate
amendments to the census bill In commit
tee of the whole the deficiency bill came uI
and an amendment offered to provide an ap
preparation to reimburse Mrs. Gen. Hancocl,
for money expended by Gen. Hancock
in entertaining visitors to the York
town celebration. Cheadle moved to amend
by providing that none of the money appro-
priated DO used to reimburse Mrs. Hancock
for money expended for wines and liquors.
This was rejected and the original amend
ment agreed to. An Xtra months pay was
voted to house and senate employees, and then
the bill was laid aside and eulogies were pro-
nounced upon the lato James N. Burnes, of
Missouri Appropriate resolutions were then
adopted and the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb o6.--The senate
yesterday agreed to the bills granting right.
of-way through Indian territory to the st.
Louis & San Francisco and Leavenworth &:
Rio Grande railways; withdrew the request
for a conference on tho Mrs. Sheridan pen
sion bill, and agreed to the bill as amended
by the house; amended and passed the house
then took up the army appropriation bill and
agreed to the senate committee amendments.
Riddleberger twice made motions to 60 into
executive session, and each time was defeated,
and pending final action on the army bill the
resolutions in memory of the late Represents.
tive Burnes, of Missouri, were taken up and
eulogies pronounced by Ingalls,, Voorhees,,
and others, the resolutions were adopted and
the senate adjourned.
Filibustering began as soon as the house
was called to order, but suspended to permit
the swearing in of G. L. Booker, successor of
the late j. N. Burnes of Missouri The two
right-of-way bills passed by the senate were
passed next, and the senate amendments to
the agricultural appropriation bill non-con-
Cured i'm. The house then voted to take
up the California contested election case, a
reconsideration of tho vote was moved and
n motion to table that proposition made
The vote showed no quorum AMI the house
adjourned, most of tho day having been
wasted by iibustering.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2I.--Voorhees in
troduced in the senate yesterday Il proposed
amendment to tho postoffic0 appropriation
bill to reimburse Postmaster zones, OF In
dianapolis $2,43S stolen fron the money or
veto Of the bill FOR the reimbursement of W.
r. Wheaton and c. Fl. Chamberlain, of Cali
fornia Gor money paid by them for
clerk hire when they We're register
and receiver, respectively, OF the land office,
was overruled and the bill passed, tho pres-
dents objections TO the contrary notwith-
standing, the vote being So TO s. The house
amendment was agreed TO reducing the pro-
posed pension to tho widow of Gen. Kill
patrick to $40 per month. The army appro-
priation bill was then taken up, amended
and passed, and then number of bills on
the calendar were passed, mostly with amend
ments lin the case of house bills, and after
a brief secret session the senate adjourned.
In tho house Springer introduced bill for
tho admission of Arizona, Idaho, and wy.
oming into the Union as states and Joseph
one for the admission of New Mexico The
senate amendments to the Sioux reservation
bill were non-concurred in. The sundry civil
bill was reported, some amendments non
concurred in, and in committee OF tho whole
the deficiency bill was considered The bill
was passed after a request from Pri-
vate Secretary Lamont that the increase
in his salary be dropped was acceded TO- Tho
conference report on the pension appropria-
ton bill was agreed to, and tho Indian APP
preparation taken up in committee and Ken
nedy Of Ohio made a savage attack on Crisp,
Turner and Carlisle, to which tho two.former
replied. An evening session was held, but
nothing further was accomplished.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2S-The bills to
admit Idaho and Wyoming into the Union
were reported fayorably to tho senate yester-
day. The postofIicc appropriation bill YVES
reported back and tho conference report on
the agricultural bill agreed to. The bill for
the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alas
ka was passed and tho bill to amend tho in
ter-state commerce law taken up on the TO-
port of the conference committee. The bone
Of contention is house amendment which
makes it unlawful for railways TO carry oil
in tank-cars belonging to shippers unless they
carry the product in barrels for others at the
samo rate, or provide tank-cars for the
Others. With the matter pending the senate
adjourned.
The house passed few bills during tha
morning hour, and one to extend the limit of
cost of the public building at Winona, Mimi,
TO $50, 900 was under discussion when tho
hour expired. The Indian appropriation
was resumed and an amendment was agreed
TO 0ppronriatin0 81 Oh 600 60 INV tho