Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-07-05
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CONGRESSIONAL.

CONCRESSboNAL.
SENATE June 24.-Tho conference report ol
the Naval Appropriation bill was presented ant
agreed 10, and the Senate then proceeded to thu
consideration OF the Postonice Appropriation
bill A number OF amendments were agreed u
and the bill was passed. The Diplomatic ant
Consular Appropriation bill was then taken up
The principal amendments recommended b.
the Committee on Appropriations were agree'
TO and the bill was passed. (The appropriation
,csrried by the three bills acted upon are as fol
lows: post once bill, e72 461, 500; consular bill
'si, ,zeo 1856; and naval bill, s23 196,o95) The Sen
ate bills to adopt regulations preventing and II
relation 10 collisions at sea, were passed. The
conference report on the Pension Appropriation
bill having been presented, Mr. Gorham moved
that the Senate recede from the only amend
ment not arranged In conference.-the for the
appointment of two additional pension agents
The motion was agreed to- the Senate receded,
and the Pension Appropriation bill now goes ia
the President.
HousE-Mr. Mckinley, OF the Committee on
Rules, offered the following resolution: RE
solved, That Immediately after the passage OF
this resolution the House proceed to consider
the Silver bill with Senate amendments and at
two o'clock Wednesday, June 25, the previous
question be considered rs ordered" He de.
manded the previous question on the adoption
OF the resolution, which was ordered, and TWEEN.
ty minutes debate was allowed on either side.
tee presented the report of that committee. It
simply recommends that the House non concur
in each and all of the Senate amendments to
the Silver bill and requests a conference on the
same. Pending debate on motion that the
House concur in the Senate amendments, an
adjournment was taken.
SENATE, June 25.-The House bill authorizing
the erection OF a hotel for colored people upon
the Government reservation at Fortress Mon
roe, was passed. A resolution was offered by
Mr.. Ingalls, instructing the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections to inquire into the publica-
ton in the Congressional Record of a personal
explanation by Mr.. Call and to report whether
II is in accordance with the rules OF the Senate,
and directing that such personal explanation be
wiped from the permanent edition Of the Rec
ord until further order of the Senate. long
and heated controversy ensued between Messrs
Ingalls, and Call, and discussion of the resolu-
tion was further participated in by Messrs.
Hoar, German and Henderson. The resolutio n
finally went over without action and the Senate
took up the bill for the admission of Wyoming
into the Union rs a State. Pending discussion
of the measure the Senate adjourned.
HousE.-The conference report on the Naval
Appropriation bill was agreed to. Debate on
the Silver bill was extended from two until
three o'clock. Mr. Morse of Massachusetts,
and Mr.. Taylor, OF illinois, spoke against the
bill and Mr.. Mckinley, OF Ohio, closed the de-
bate. The hour of three o'clock having rived
the Speaker declared the previous question or
dered. A separate vote was taken on the ques
tion OF substituting for the first section of the
House bill the first section OF the Senate bill,
which provides for free coinage. The Senate
amendment was rejected-135 to 152 All the
other amendments were disagreed TO, q separate
vote being taken only on the fourth confer
ence committee was ordered and after the tran
saction OF some unimportant business the House
adjourned.
SENATE, June 26.-The bill for the admission
of Wyoming as State was taken up and Mr..
Jones, Of Arkansas, addressed the Senate in
support OF the bill, and Mr.. Reagan, of Texas
spoke in opposition to it. Without action the
bill went over, and the Senate joint resolution
to continue the unexpended balance for the
free delivery service OF the Post-ofice Depart
ment (S99, ,439) up to June So 1891, for pay for
ira service OF letter carriers, was reported and
passed The Senate bill for the relief OF certain
officers OF the retired list OF the army-for their
nomination and appointment to the rank to
which they were severally entitled at the time
they were placed on the retired list-was taken
from the calendar and passed, and the Senate
adjourned.
HoUsE.-After the transaction OF some unim-
portant business, the Federal Election bill was
taken up, and Mr. Lodge, of Massachusetts,
opened the debate with a speech in favor of the
bill. Mr.. Hemphill, of South Carolina made an
argument to prove the bill unconstitutional.
Mr. Rowell, of Illinois, followed favoring the
measure, and the debate, which was wholly of q
partisan nature, was continued by others up to
the hour Of adjournment.
SENATE, June 27.-The Senate resumed con-
sideration Of the bill to admit Wyoming as
State, and Mr.. Morgan spoke in opposition to
it. Messrs. Payne and Gray argued against the
bill and Mr.. Platt favored it. The question was
taken on Mr.. Jones' substitute ian enabling act
for Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona and New Mexico)
and it was rejected-yeas ls, nays 90. Mr. JONES'
of Arkansas, then moved as substitute an en-
abling act for Wyoming alone and it was re-
jected by exactly the same vote The bill was
then passed by strict party vote-yeas 90 yeas
1S. After a brief executive session the Senate
adjourned.
HoUsE-Mr. Dockery, of Missouri, was per-
mitted to enter q motion to reconsider the vote
by which the postal clerks leave OF absence
bill was passed. The bill involves an expendi-
ture of $4,000 Consideration OF the Federal
Election bill was then resumed. Messrs.
Haugen (Wis.), and Smyser and Kennedy (O),
made arguments in support of the bill, and
Messrs Flower (N W and Vaux (Pa) spoke
against it, Pending further debate the House
recessed until evening. At the night session
105 private pension bills were passed large
number of which came over from previous ses.
sions.