Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-30
THE r1rrx.r1asr CONGRESS.

A Racy Talk Between Speaker Reed
 and mr. Mills of Texas-Passage of a
 Dill to Remove the Charge of Deser-
 tion From the Record of William
 DaWson-The Land Grant Forfeiture
 Bill Passed In she Senate.
 WASHINGTON, April 29.-Ar. Pierce of Tennessee, rising to question of personal privilege, denied 6 statement made few days ago by MT. Evans of Tennessee to the effect that there had been ballot stufdng in his district.
 The speaker ruled that this did not present g matter of personal privilege. MT. Pierce responded sharply that he thought 1t did.
 The speaker said that the gentleman had no right to make such response to the chair.
 MT. Mills of Texas-Why did not the speaker stop the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Evans) the other dayi
 The speaker-The speaker was not present when that occurred.
 Ir. Mills-Then you ought not to stop the gentleman from Tennessee now.
 The speaker-That does not follow.
 MT. Mills-It does follow.
 The speaker-The chair does not deaire to enter into any personal controversy with the gentleman, and he thinks that if the gentle man vii! reflect, he will not persist in the impropriety.
 MT. Mills-I do not see the impropriety when one gentleman charges another with fraud.
 The spsaker-The gentleman from Texas will be in order.
 MT. Mills-I am in order, and the speaker is more out of order than the gentleman from Texas. The ruling is simply an out rage.
 The matter was then dropped.
 On motion of MT. Lapham of Texas the senate resolution was concurred in concern ing the irrigation of the arid lands in the valley of the Rio Grande. The president is requested to enter into negotiations with the government of Mexico with view to the ir- rigation of the valley. An amendment was agreed to requesting the president to include in the negotiations all other subjects of in terest which may be deemed to affect the present or prospective relations of the two governments.
 The house then proceeded to consider bill coming over from Friday removing the charge of desertion from the record of Wil- liam Dawson. This soldier was prisoner during the war and in order to escape the hardships of prison life enlisted in the Con- 1COOIht0 dIluy unu 6uUSC4uCAtAY AOguAaoA " the Union army.
 The bill was passed-yeas 127, nays sS. A bill was passed increasing to $1O0 a month the pension of the widow of Rear Admiral Richardson Nicholson. Nr. Bingham of Pennsylvania, from the committee on postofices and postroads, re. ported the postofice appropriation bill Calendar.
 On motion of MT. Dingley of Maine-yeas III 0k-tha houoo vuonf ir1f0 oyoif fae of the whole on the bill providing for the classification of worsted cloths as woolens. After some discussion the committee rose and reported the bill to the house. On the passage of the bill no quorum voted, and there being no quorum present MT. Dingley l was called for this evening at 7:30, moved or adjournment, which was carried. SENATE. The consideration af the land forfeiture bill WAS resumed in ne senate this morning 1 After discussion several amendments offer. ed and rejected. An amendment of Moody was agreed to, declaring that the statute shal l not be construed to confer any right, state 1 corporation or person to lands were in tn, grants. The bill was then passed withou 1 division.
 MT. McPherson introduced a bill whicl was referred to the pension committee grant ing pension of g, 500 @ year to the widov of General George B. Mcclellan.
 The senate then proceeded to the con. sideration of the house bill to simplify th laws in relation to the collection of tn revenue (cemmonly known as the admins trstive bilD. The committee amendment and two formal amendments of MT. Evart were agreed to. Other amendments wer offered and went over until tomorrow. Ad I ionrnoS