The National tribune., 1890-07-17
NATIONAL WASHINGTON D. g. THURSDAY JULY H. 1890


carrying trade, and not in the coastwise or
| lake trade.
The bills went over after an unsuccessful
attempt by Mr.. Frye tMe) to have an agree
ment reached to vote upon them tomorrow.
The Senate adjourned nj 5:i5 p. m.
In the House, the conference report on the
bill granting the right of way across the Mile
Laos Indian Reservation to the Little Falls,
| Mile Laos and Lake Superior Railroad Com
| pany was adopted, after the usual dilatory
motions, call of tho house, etc. The same
tactics were employed in regard to q private
! bill
Mr.. Conger 1owa) presented the conference
report on the silver bill. After il had been
read, the question of consideration was raised
| by Mr.. Bland (Mo
The question was put "Will the House pro-
coed TO the consideration of the conference
| report2" and it resulted-yeas 100, nays ID
| the Speaker being unable to record quorum.
call of the House was ordered, and 19i
members, moro than a quorum, responded to
! their names.
| IL was then agreed, on suggestion of Mr..
| Blount (Ga.), that four hours debate should
| be allowed tomorrow on the silver conference
| report, at the end Of which time tho previous
| question should be considered as ordered.
The House then took recess until o'clock,
| the evening session being devoted to the con-
sideration of private pension bills
The House met mt o'clock, and on the first
pension bill that was called up, Mr. Enloe
! Tenn made tho point of no quorum, and the
House adjourned until tomorrow.
SATURDAY, July 12.
In the Senate the consideration of the ship
| ping bills was resumed, and Mr.. Harris Tenn. J
| opposed an amendment to tho tonnage bill,
providing that the total sum paid TO any vessel
sailing between any American port and foreign
| ports shall III no case exceed the sum paid ves-
sells of the same class aud tonnage between
such foreign ports and the nearest American
| port. Rejected yeas 81. nays ", party vote.
Mr.. Teller (Coo) offered an amendment
| providing that no vessel shall be entitled to
| payment under the act, which makes any dis
elimination betweensor gives unequal facilities
| TO, competitive transportation lines in the re-
| ceiving or forwarding of frcghts or baggage at
any port. Agreed to.
The amendment providing for free ships to
be used only in the foreign trade was rejected
! yeas, 1S, nays 20, strict party vote-and the
| bill was passed; yeas 20, nays Is. The only
exception TO the vote being q party one was
that Mr.. Payne (Oho) voted with the Repnb.
! licans on the bill, and Mr.. Edmunds tYt.) aud
Mr. Plumb KAN with the Democrats against
! it,
The postal subsidy bill was then passed yeas
| 70, nays l6 Mr.. Payne voted in favor of it and
| Mr.. Plumb and Mr.. Edmuuds did not vote.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill, tVt.) the tariff bill
was then taken up, and thus becomes the un-
| finished business.
| The Senate adjourned Mt D. M.
In the House, the conference report on the
! silver bill was taken up, and after considerable
| debate the report was adopted--yeas 122, nays
\ DO; thus finally passing the bill. 1t was a
| strict party vote.
| The Committee on Appropriations reported
/ an Urgent bill making gross appropriation OF
SG36.2O0 10 deiray the expense Of employing 463
additional clerks in the Pension Bureau 163 in
| the Record and Pension Division of the War
! Department and 10 in the Second Auditors
! Office, TO provide for the speedy adjudication OF
| claims TO be fled under the Dependent Pension
| act
| The House adjourned at p. IN.
MONDAY, July II.
! In the Senate, the sundry civil appropria-
| ton bill was taken up aud III pages Of the bill
| goun over, when II was laid aside In reply to
| questions. Mr.. Allison Iowa, explaining the
status Of the different appropriation bills, said
| that the agricultural bill and the army bill
| had become laws, Tho consular and diplomatic
! bill was in the hands OF the President the Dis
/ irict Of Columbia bill was pending in the
! House on n conference report; the fortfcation
| bill WAS in the hands OF conference commit
! tee; tho Indian appropriation bill would be
reported tomorrow from the Senate Appropri-
alton Committee. The legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill was u law So
was the military academy bill, tho naval APP
! preparation BILL The pension appropriation bill,
and the post appropriation bill the river
and harbor bin and the gundry civil bill were
still uuacted on by the Senate the general de-
! lceney bill (which would probably cover So
0J8oO0 or S5o0oo00s WAS still behind. All
these appropriation bills with tho river aud
harbor, the 3undry civil and the deficiency bill
estimated) would aggregate about ,}59,0000 900.
The Senate adjourned at q p. IN.
The House went into Committee Of the Whole
! upon the bill supplemental to the act authoriz-
ing the construction ofthe Baltimore * Potomac
Railroad in the District OF Columbia relating
to the change of the depot Of said road in the
City Of Washington. After considerable debate.
aud upon calling the yeas and nays no quorum
was developed, and tho House adjourned at
p IN.