The Dickinson press., 1889-02-02
HCnt OE CONGRESS,


.hr Senate.
WAsb!NoloN. Jan. a9.-'li.c senate
discussed t.!c consular and o., ;.::.aiic
appropriation i i'll. Mr.. t.hanGi y. il, con.
s%,.t'.tnc. = directions S..r" o.. VI.
Gibson i" ;i,c ~u;.iuial reporter. withdrew
his res,o 81 = 10 correct The it-eDrL.
After tramsarting other business of a
miscellaneous character. the senate took
UP the consular and diplomatic appro.
priation bills.
to const!at>s We're adopted. The senate
discussed thc question of changing title.
OF ministers To ambassadors, pending
which ii adjourned.
WAsllN"ioA. Jan. 29.-At the conclu.
sion of morning business the senate re.
stunned consideration of the diplomatic
amt consular appropriation bill.
Mr.. Call introduced a joint resolution
providing fox the survey of the st. Johns
river at Jacksonville.
On motion of Senator Cockrell. the
senate passed Il bill authorizing the sec.
rotary OF war to deliver to national OF
state homes for disabled soldiers such
obsolete serviceable cannon. suitable for
firing salutes. as may be on hand, not to
exceed W. to each home.
The bill was passed amending the law
giving the Choctaw Coal and Railway
company right of way through the In
dian territory.
At 2:3s the amendments relating to
Samoa We're taken up.
Mr.. Hale moved to go in executive
session.
Mr.. Eustis called for the yeas and
nays. pending which the galleries were
cleared and the doors closed. Upon re.
opening the doors Mr.. Sherman made a
long speech in support of his amendment
asking 5000, 600 for investigating Samoan
affairs. At the close of his speech the
senate adjourned.
ton of the diplomatic and consular an.
preparation bill was resumed in the sen
ate, the discussion of the Samoan uues.
ton being the principal feature. A
major part of the afternoon was devoted
to the consideration in secret session of
the British eXtladition treaty. without
action.
h credentials of Mr.. Plumb for a
new term were presented and filed.
Mr.. Michel offered a resolution which
vas agreed to, calling OH the secretary
OF the treasury for 4 statement of the
amounts i'll the sinking fund to the
credit of the Union and Central Pacific
fallfoad companies, respectively, on the
LIST of February. 1889, under the Thur.
man act, with the amount of each in.
vested i'll bonds: the market value of
such bonds. and the amount which
would have been in the sinking fund if
no investment in bonds had been made.
The House.
WASHlNGToN. Jan. 2S.-Thc tariff bill
wa laid before the house and after a
bret debate was, on point of order by
Mr.. Mills. referred to the WAYS and
means committee. Mr.. Reed made a re.
quest for immediate consideration, but
Mr.. Mills objected. The house then re.
s,t"!vd consideration OF the sunlry civil
appropriation bib.
Nh. McCrearg, Of Kentucky, reported
b;,tr: The omliittiS resolution ~dcclarin.
Tin s"iia" of the government in REGARD t.
the connection OF European government.
wl!il int"t-t:eu;}"l3 entails. and asks tIat
it he prili."l and rtconnnitted with privi.
leSe TO the committee to report it back
at amy time. The request was not com.
piled with.
WAsiilN"ToN. Jan. 2y.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill occupied most OF
the time of the house. a senate
bill was passed increasing the pension OF
soldiers or sailors who have lost both
hands To 500 per month.
The senate concurrent resolution pro.
viding for the counting of the electoral
vote on Wednesday. Feb. Is. was agreed
to.
Mr.. McComas, of Maryland, offered all
amendment appropriating $4,000 for
the education of children of school age
in Alaska. without reference to race, and
proceeded to address the senate in favor
OF it. After discussion Mr.. McComas'
amendment was agreed to. Several
other amendments of minor importance
were adopted and pending final action
on the bill the committee rose and the
house at . p. IN. adjourned.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30.-The house
passed the sundrv civil appropriation
bill. Mr.. Burrows. of Michigan. pre-
sented to the house a petition of $4,000
citizens of Utah against the admission of
that territory as IL state. The sundry
civil bill was then taken up. and the
paragraph appropriating S500,0OO for the
new library building was discussed at
length, but WAS not changed. Several
minor amendments were acted upon and
the bill passed. No other business of
importance came up during the session.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-The house
considered the Oklahoma bill. On
motion of MIR. Townsend. of Illinois, the
senate amendment was concurred in to
the house bill to authorize the furnish.
ing of obsolete serviceable cannon to
soldiers homes.
The Oklahoma bill was called I'D bv
Mr.. Springer. The pending amendment
was offered by Mr.. l'ayson. and ex-
pressly providing that the rights of
honorably discharged Union soldiers and
sailors of the late civil war to make
homes in the public lands under the ex-
isting homestead law shall not in any de-
gree be impaired by the passage of this
bill, but that such rights shall extend to
any and all lands which shall be open to
any settlement under the provisions of
this bill. The amendment wa, dis,
cussed at length. and several other minor
amendments proposed. At j o'clock,
pursuant to the special order. tine COM
mittee rose and reported the bin 10 the
house. The first Vote wa, taken an Mr..
Paysons soldiers hoancsteads' ari-nd-
ment, and it was agreed to-v,as. ia:
nays, Ill. Pending further votes the
house at ) o'clock adjourned.
About Soldiers Homes.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29-Thc speaker
laid before the house the repor. of Gen.
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