Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-04
HARD WORKING STATESMEN.
They Stay Up All Night and Do Busin

They Stay Up All Night and Do Bushes.
on Sunday Also.
WASHINGTON CITY, March At was $3.50
O'clock Saturday morning when tie senate,
having passed the deficiency bill, received
the Indian appro priation bill and ordered il
printed, had thu conference report on the
sundry civil bill read, allowed the latter &c
go over without action and adjourned until
II a. N. At that hour the members assem-
bled again and after sending the deficiency
and sundry civil bills to conference commit
tee agreed to conference report on the post
Office appropriation and then dis used the
Indian appropriation and passed the same
with amendments The conference report on
the naval bill was presented next and agreed
to, and recess tai en- to p. IN. At the evening
session the pres ident sent in veto of the
direct tax bill and 1t was passed over the veto
As to 9-the negative votes being Blair,
Call, Coke, Ednunds, Jones of Arkansas,
Pasco, Reagan, Salisbury and Vest. Con-
ference reports we're agreed to on the bills t.
amend the interstate commerce law and tc
protect the Alas "a salmon fisheries Blair
tried TO get up the prohibition amendment &c
the constitution and was defeated-3S to i3
The Fourth of July claims bill was passed,
and at an early hour yesterday morn
ing the senate went into secret session,
The disagreement on the sundry civil bill il
on the matter OF steam or hand presses in the
bureau OF engraving and printing, the house
insisting on measure that will abolish steam
presses, When he senate met again in open
session at a m. adjournment was taken to
p m. yesterday.
At the hour mentioned above the senate
met again, but Immediately took recess to {
p m, and at thai hour the Indian appro-
priatiou bill was finally agreed to on con-
ference report. Riddleberger then moved an
executive session and the motion was de
feated. He then kept up interruption OF
senators until he was notified that he would
not be recognized again. Shortly afterward
he announced that he had sent his resigna-
ton to the governor of Virginia, and still
later began again to interrupt proceedings,
and kept it up IN til he was ordered to be re-
moved which waB DONE and the senate pro-
ceeded to business and a number of Sunday
rest petitions were presented, which in view
Of congress being at work on that day
created a good oeal of mirth. At l0:45 re-
cess was taken TO midnight.
At midnight the senate reassemblsd, and
forty minutes la0er the deficiency bill, with
the appropriation for the French spoliation
claims eliminated, the senate receding on
that point, was agreed to on conference re-
port An executive session was then held
In the house Saturday the conference re-
port on the amendments to the inter-state
law was agreed to. The house receded from
its ==tank-car amendment and on that
comforting OF state courts con-
our iuriSIiNtinn with ITpitad StaroS
courts on interstate commerce cases.
Disagreements on the deficiency and
sundry civil bills kept those two meas-
ures before both houses, the principal trouble
with the latter being the steam press clause
and that giving the widow OF Chief Justice
Waite the balances OF one years salary. In
the meantime thu salmon fishing disagree
ment was fixed up and the bill passed, the
house gaining is point practically in the
matter Of sending war vessels into Behring's
sea to seize vessels Illegally taking seal. A
recess was taken 20 p. m, and at that hour
report on the land forfeiture bill was the
cause Of filibusteIing which practically killed
progress until 80 yesterday morning, when
recess was taken 20 2 p. m.
Upon reassembling, the senate bill increas-
ing tine limit of cost Of the public building
at Detroit to 81 ,J00, 900 was passed, and an
other disagreeiny report on the deficiency
bill was received and laid aside temporarily.
The conference report on the Indian appro.
priation bill was next agreed to and an at
tempt being made to secure insistence on the
house view of the deficiency bill an objection
was made and Springer filibustered until be
forced a recess t. 8 p. IN
There was more flibustering at the even
ing session, the opponents Of payment of the
French spoliation claims adopting obstruc
tive tactics to prevent a vote on a motion tc
recede on that point in the deficiency bill
which was returned to conference, and ther
flibustering was begun against the railway
land forfeiture bill and the California cleo
ton case.
Resolutions were agreed to declaring that
the house protests against the subordinat.
place assigned By the senate to the house il
the inaugural &c -emonies and declaring tina
in all such cases the house should take al
equal position with the senate. The confer
| ence report on the sundry civil bill was theI
agreed to, the senate receding from it
amendments, and at $50 a. IN. the hous
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