Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-04-26
FIFTY.FIRsT CONGRESS.


18th DAY-On motion of Mr.. Gray, the
House bill To transfer the revenue cutter ser.
vice from the Treasury Department to the
Navy Department was taken up for conslderas
ton, The bill was laid aside at two o,'clcck
and the Senate proceeded to consider the House
joint resolution for the appointment of thirty
medical examiners for the Bureau OF Pensions,
without reference to the civil service law.
Without finishing the bill the Sen te adj
journed.
s6TH DAY.-Mr. Plat (by request intro
duced bill for the admission of New Mexico.
Referred. The balance of the session was de-
voted to the Pension Examiners bill
sHtDAY.-Among the bills reported from
committee and placed on the calendar were
the following House bill to increase to $780,
600 the limit of the cost of the public building
at Wilmington, Del. Mr.. Henderson intro
dueed two bills, that were referred to the Ii
brary Committee for the purchase of Matthews
portrait of Abaham Lincoln, and to accept from
the G. A. r. statue of Z. S. Grant and pc
destal, to be placed in Statuary Hall, in the
Capitol. The Senate bill directing the Sec
rotary of the Treasury to re-examine and res
settle the accounts of the states Of Pennsylva-
mia, New York Maryland, Virginia, Della
ware and the District of Columbia and the city
Of Baltimore, growing out of moneys expended
by said states and the city of Baltimore for
military purposes during the war of 1872, was
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the Senate adjourned.
ssTH DAY.-On motion of Mr.. Hawley, the
Senate proceeded to consider the House bill to
provide for eelebratingthe four hundredth an
niversary of the discovery of America by CHS.
topher Columbus, by holding an international
exhibition of arts, industries, manufactures
and, the product of the soil, mine and sea In the
city of Chicago, in the State Of Illinois. TIE
bill was passed-yeas 49, nays 10. The tiega-
tive votes were given by Senators Barbour;
Berry, BLACKBURN, C6ekfell, Coke, George,
Hampton, Morgan Pugh, Reagan, Vance Vest
and Walthall A committee OF conference on
the disagreeing votes was asked and Messrs
Hawley Farwell and Vance were appointed
conferees on the part of the Senate The Sen.
ate then adjourned.
S9rH DAY.-The bill providing a site for
the Supreme Court building was reconsidered,
and was amended by giving the Supreme
Court of the District power tc hear testimony
in contested cases of valuation As amended,
1t was again passed. Mr.. Mitchell addressed
the Senate IN favor Of the constitutional
amendment proposed by him for the election
of senators by popular vote, At the conclu:
sion of Mr. Mitchell's speech, the concurrent
resolution was referred to the Committee on
Privileges and Elections. MI Morrill,, from
the conference committe on the bill for the
organization; improvement and maintenance
of the National Geological Park, reported that
he moved that the Senate recede from its posi-
tion and agree to the House amendment,
which requires half the expense to be paid by
the District government. After some discus
sion, the motion was agreed to, and the bill
now goes to the President for his signature.
After a short executive session the Senat61
adjourned.
GOTH DAY.-Mr. Platt presented the confer
ence report on the Senate bill to provide a
temporary government for the Territory of
Oklahoma. The reading of the report, which
is in the form of a substitute for the entire
bill and covers ffty-two printed pages, occu-
pied over an hour. After some discussion the
report was agreed to- yeas 30; nays, Butler,
Cockrell, Pugh, Quay and Vest. The bill
now goes to the President for his signature
Among the bills passed were the House joint
resolution as to an appropriation of S100o0for
the Office of the second assistant Postmaster
general; the House bill Increasing to $4,000
the-1imitcd cost for the public building at
Wilmington, Del The Senate then adjourned.