Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-09-06
House scssion,.

202D DAY.-In the House the flibustcring
against the lard bill was continued. During
the proceedings Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, made
an untlignifcd attack on Mr.. McAdoo, of New
Jersey, which the latter sharply resented.
Mr.. Beckwith, of New Jersey, and Mr.. vii.
son, of Washington, also passed hot words, and
the latter struck the former. Finally rcso-
luton was adopted rcvoking all leaves Of abb
sence except those granted on account OF i'll
ness.
2O3D DAY.-Things moved along more
smoothly in the House this morning. No op-
position was made to the approval of the jour
nal and Immediately after the decision OF the
Speaker that the lard bill was unfinished
business was sustained by the House and the
lard bill passed. Finally the House proceed
ed to business and rcsuiecd the consideration
of the bill for the adjustment Of claims of
laborers under the cight-hour law. Al the
close of the morning hour this was laid aside
and the House, under the special order, pro-
ceeded to the consideration of the bill called
up under the special order by Mr.. Connell of
Nebraska, constituting eight hours days
work for all laborers, workmcn and mechan-
;as employed by or on behalf of the govern
ment or by contractors who do work or fur
nish material for the government, and pro.
yiding Lcaaties for violation of its prOvis-
ions. Brief remarks were made by Messrs.
Cornell, O'Donnell, Atkinson Of West Vir-
gnia, Caldwell Wade, Reilly, Cummings,
McComas, Lawler, Farquhar and Mutcher.
The bill was then passed. Mr.. Henderson, OF
Iowa, submitted the conference report on the
bill for the relief of the sufferers in Okla
homa, and it was agreed to. Adjourned.
2O4T1I Day.-Immediatcly after the reading
of the Journal the House went into committee
os the whole (Mr. Allen of Michigan, in the
chair on the private calendar. The first bill
10 be considered was that which has been pend
ing for The past 1G weeks, the omnibus South
crn war claims bill. The committee rose, the
bill was passed and the committee resumed
its sessions. When it again rose halfa dozen
private bills were passed. The House ut D
o'clock took a recess Until o'clock. Tho
House atits evening session passed - private
pension bills, and at l0:30 adjourned.
205TTt DAY.-Thc House met at II o'clock
to-day, the understanding being that the first
hour of the session should be for debate only
OH the bill for the adjustment Of the accounts
of laborcrS, workmen and mechanics arising
under the Gig hour law. The measure was
earnestly advocated by Messrs. Caruth OF
Kentucky, Dingley of Maine, Covert Of New
York, Morri OF Kansas, Flower of New York,
Wade of Missouri, Reilly OF Pennsyl vania,
Osborne of Pennsylvania and Farqnhar OF
New York; the bill was then passed. The
House then proceeded to the consideration of
the bill amending the alien contract law:
After some discussion the bill was passed
without opposition. Bills were also passed
prohibiting the employment of convict labor
on public work and to prevent the purchase
by the United States OF supplies produced by
convict labor. The conference report on the
bill to prevent collisions atsca was presented
and adopted. Adjourned.
2O6Tm DAY.-Mr. Stockbridgc (Md.) moved
to suspend the rules and pass the bill provid-
ing for government inspection Of coal mines
in The territories. Agreed to. Mr.. Osborne,
of Pennsylvania, moved to suspend the rul cs
and pass Senate bill for the relief of Gel tain
officers of the retirel-list of the army. The
hill affects only Major Lewis Merrill, First
Lieutenant Henry Fl. Bcllas and First Lieu
tenant G. w. Kingsbury, each of whom is ad-
yanced one grade. Lost. The House at $40,
adjourned.