The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-02-22
THE NATIONAL LEGISLATURE.
Proceedings In the Senate and House of
Representatives.

WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 16.-The senate
yesterday filed tho credentials of w. ID.
Washburn, senator from Minnesota from
March next. A number of bills of little
general importance were passed and then
forty-one private pension bills, all there were
on the calendar, were put through in twelve
minutes Coke continued his speech against
the Texas outrages resolution; it was de-
voted principally TO proving the bad reputa.
ton of the witnesses who made the charges
of bulldozing, etc. He did not finish, but
yielded to resolutions i'm memory of the late
Representative Robertson of Louisiana, in
eulogy of whom Gibson and others spoke,
and the senate rs further mark of respect
adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb 1S-The senate
Saturday passed bill to place Major James
Belger ON the retired list as colonel in the
regular army. Belger was tried by court
martial andacquitted of every charge against
him in 1865, but Secretary Stanton sum-
marily dismissed him from the army. The
report OF the conference committee ON the
direct tax bill was agreed to- The remainder
of the day was occupied by Coke with his
speech on tho Texas outrage resolutions.
on the diplomatic bill. Bills to reduce the
tariff were presented from the ways and
means committee two, and from the appro-
priations committee. The first two are OH
the lines of the Mills bill, with few changes,
and the next is the Cowles bill, which abol-
ishes taxes on tobacco and cigars. In commit
tee of the whole the house then considered tho
postoffice appropriation bill. An amendment
was adopted providing that the aggregate
salaries for postoffice clerks shall not exceed
the sum fixed in the bill-S6, $50, OOO--and all
attempts to increase the sum were defeated
Pending vote on the proposition to strike
out the clause relative to assistant postmas-
ters the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. ia message
was sent by the senate to the house yesterday
requesting the return of the direct tax bill,
the purpose being to oblige Vest by giving
him an opportunity to tell why he opposed
the bill Palmer offered concurrent reso-
luton accepting a statue Of Lewis Cass
from Michigan, and returning thanks there
for A number of speeches eulogistic Of
Cass were then made among the speakers
being Palmer, Morrill,, Morgan and Hoar,
and the resolutions were adopted; after
which Coke concluded his four days speech
against the Texas outrage resolutions, and
that matter was laid aside The bill provid-
ing for the taking of the eleventh and subse-
quent censuses was passed. The vote by
which the hand vs. steam press matter was
postponed indefinitely was on motion of Cor
man reconsdered, and the bill placed on the
calendar, and then the senate adjourned.
The house, on motion of Hatch, placed tho
substitute bill for the regulation of the sale
of compound lard on the calendar of the
of the whole and referred it to
that committee. The bill for the protection
of the fur seal and salmon fisher es of
Alaska was recommitted. The Sullivan
FELTON, contest from the Fifth California dis
trict was called up, but the Republicans began
and the house adjourned.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 2O.-A bill to
authorize the bridging of the Mississippi
river at New Orleans was introduced, one to
give the widow Of Surgeon General Barnes
500 per month pension was reported favor
ably, and resolution authorizing the COM
mittee on privileges and elections to make
general investigation of the November elec-
ton, and also of the state election
In Louisiana in 1886 lin lieu Of
all other resolutions on the subject
was reported, in the senate yesterday. Blair
wanted a memorial from Philadelphia read
in favor of his proposed constitutional
amendment relating to the public schools, |
but Sherman objected, and Blair said no |
would make it part of n speech. Vests mo- |
ton to reconsider the vote on the direct tax |
bill, was defeated-48 toS Harris moved to |
go into executive session to consider "hung- |
up" nominations rejected by party VOTE |
The sundry civil bill was taken up.
After agreeing to a number of motions to |
print reports, ETC., the house went into COM
mittee on the postoffice appropriation, and the |
motion to strike out the clause relating to |
assistant postmasters was defeated, as were |
several other amendments, the bill still being |
unfinished when recess was taken. An at
tempt to have tho conference report on the
direct tax bill agreed to was de-
feated by filibustering by Crisp and other
Democrats and it was withdrawn for the day,
after which recess was taken to 7:30 p. M.
WASHINGTON CITY, Feb. 81. - Senator
Stanford presented in the senate yesterday
of the California legislature rec
treaty arrangements with Mex
leo and England that will prevent the passage
Of Chinese through Mexico and Canada to
the United States. The sundry civil bill was
resumed and several amendments agreed to,
D long debate ensuing on one allowing roy
atty of 80 cents per l 600 impressions to the
inventor Of the steam plate-printing presses
IN the engraving and printing bureau. The
house made the royalty cent per 200. The
amendment was pending at adjournment
The conference report on the territorial adj
mission bill was agreed to, the correspond
nee in the Sackville case received from the
PRESIDENT and referred 60 the foreign affairs
and the senate Mt $50 p. m. adj
ourned.
The house voted to consider the direct tax
,ill conference report, and agreed to the same
yeas, ltS; nays, ~. Then the conference
eport on the territory admission bill was
lgreed to amid applause In committee of
he whole the postohce appropriation was re-
umed, but little progress made, and at 5 p.
recess was taken to $50. At the evening
ession large number of bills wero passed,
principally authorizing bridges across rivers,
nd for lighthouses, etc. One of the latter
vas for n lighthouse and fog signal ON the
utter breakwater at Chicago, and another for
steam tender for the great lakes The house
djourned at 10 p m.
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