Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-02-27
MATTERS In CONGRESS.
GEN. SHERIDIN'S WIDOW TO HAVE
A PENSION OF $4,000 A YEAR.
The House Spends a Day in Fitibustering.
More Appropriations in the Senate
for Oregon and California
Wanted of the Alleged Bribery of the
Cherokee Council.

WASHINGTON, February 25.-In the SEN
ate the bill appropriating $50 900 for a
light house at Hecate Head, Oregon. passed;
also for the establishment OF lighthouse
and fog Signals at Humboldt. California;
also, the House bill for the life saving sta
tion at Coqueville river, Oregon.
The House amendment reducing the PEN
sion OF Mrs. General Sheridan to So, 500
year. was agreed to.
A resolution was agreed to, authorizing
select committee on irrigation, to take tes-
timony at any place in the United States.
Farwell offered resolution calling on the
Secretary OF the Interior for information
touching the bribery of the Cherokee Coun-
ell (by the use OF whisky and money!, by
cattlemen. The words "by the use OF
whisky and money" were stricken out, and
the resolution passed. The army appro-
priat ation bill was then taken up.
IN THE HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, February 25.-The last
week of the Fiftieth Congress was ushsred
in by filibustering in the House by Bland OF
Missouri, who raised the point OF no quo
rum upon the approval OF the journal.
After time he withdrew this but moved q
recess OF thirty minutes, and blocked busi-
ness till IL o'clock, when he withdrew that
motion.
Also Peel OF Arkansas submitted a con.
ference report on the proposed railroad
through Indian Territory.
Crisp OF Georgia, in the interest OF the
California contested election case, raised
the question OF consideration.
The House, on vote by tellers. decided,
1877 to AZ, to consider the conference re-
port. O'Neal Of Pennsylvania, demanded
the yeas and nays, and not being able to
muster sufficient strength to support the
demand,
REsoRrED TO FILIBusTERING
and moved All adjournment. Bland inter-
ected a motion that when the House ad-'
ourn it be to meet Wednesday. After some
time the motions were withdrawn and the
conference report was agreed to.
The Senate amendments were noncon-
Cured in to the agricultural appropriation
bill.
Crisp then called up the contested elec-
tion case.
Sayers, of Texas, in the interest OF the
deficiency appropriation bill, raised the
question OF COnSlueraUlOn. lnc yeas anu
nays being ordered, the mass OF Republicans
from voting to break quorum,
but subsequently when it was manifest
this object could not be accomplished, the
Rel ublicans recorded their votes in the
negative.
The House decided, yeas lis, nays 102,
to consider the election case, but McKenne,
Of California, who voted in the affirmative
Tor the purpose, moved a reconsideration.
Crisp moved to table that motion. This
time the edict of don't vote' went forth
to the Republicans and withheld their votes.
The vote resulted, yeas 129, nays D. No
quorum. Call OF the House ordered.
The House committee on appropriations
concurrence in the following
Senate amendments to the sundry civil
bill: Making appropriations for the stat
ues OF Sheridan, Hancock and Logan; for
lighting Washington sound, Washington
territory; for the survey OF the Gull OF
Mexico, to select a site for tue deep water
harbor.
The2 members who responded to their
names iaded away when the vote recurred
On the motion to table the motion to re.
the result standing, yeas 124,
nays O. Another call of the House was
ordered.