Thomas County cat., 1890-08-28
TIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.
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| fHkNCH 6fOL1AI1ON C1A04a.
An amendment to the deficiency appropr,
alton bill, giving about million and q quar-
ter dollars for the payment of the Frencl
spoliation claims, was agreed to by the sen
ate, after being denounced by Senator Plumb
as fraudulent.
An amendment to the deficiency appropn.
alton bill was agreed to by the senate, which
prohibits any officer of the government iu
the District of Columbia from paying more
than $50 a year rent for telephone.
In the various government offices in Wash
ington there are 200 telephone instruments.
for which $50 each Is paid, making $1,000 {
year paid by the government for the use Of
instruments that did not cost more than $1(
each.
Mr.. Morton added that there was a scandal
growing out OF 1t, and that 1t was reported
on the streets that the government officials
had telephone instruments put in their pri-
vate houses free of charge.
Mr.. Plumb-said that he had just been in
formed by a senator that it would require q
stretch of the imagination to suppose that
those instruments cost 50 each. Two dollars
or dollar and half would be nearer the
figure.
TO DRIVE WHISKY OUT OF THE CAPITOL.
Senator Plumb offered a resolution in.
| structing the committee on rules to make
such orders that will wholly prevent the sale
of spirituous or malt liquors in the senate
wing Of the capitol.
| WANTS THE ELECTION BILL
Senator Hoar gave notice that no should
offer an amendment to the Quay resolutions,
| to include in the legislative business to be
! taken up this session the federal election BILL
The election bill shall be taken up, he said. It
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democrat representing an agricultural dis
trict, who threw an obstacle in its way, would
rue it before the frosts OF November.
FuSsros's cos1si1rTEz.
The house adopted resolution from the
committee on rules which secures the consid-
Grafton of reports from the committee on
agriculture. The first work under this IYle
was the passage by the house of the senate
agricultural college bill, with amendments.
BOAR AND EDsIUNDs.
Senators Hoar and Edmunds spoke in favor
of amending Senator Quay's programme to
expedite business, SO as to include the cleo
ton bill IN matters to be acted upon at this
session.
Senator Hoar said that the election bill
struck at one evil in all parts of the country
alike. It applied to the whole country with
special precautions and safeguards what the
north had applied for nearly twenty years.
The bill struck at the north as we'll as at the
south. He didn't think bribery was particu-
larly southern offense, it was an offense of
large cities, of old communities. The house
had sent to the senate a measure which it
deemed essential to its own preservation.
There was nothing in the bill that was new.
There had never been a more senseles utter
ance than to call that force bill which
transferred the settlement of great public
question to the courts.
The debate was interrupted, while Senator
Edmunds was speaking, by the arrival OF the
time of special order.
RUSSIAN JEWS.
resolution calling for information as to
Russia's prescription Of Jews was reported
and adopted by the house.
MEAT INSPECTION BILL.
Mr.. Funston, of Kansas, chairman OF the
committee on agriculture. said that the pessss
INSPECTION bill was intended to open foreign
ports to American meats. By opening those
ports millions and millions of foreign gold
would be brought into this country and
would relieve the embarrassed condition of
all classes of industry.
The bill was passed by the house.
COMPOUND LARD.
The house considered the bill defining
lard.
Mr.. Mason, of Illinois, opposed the bill
from the working peoples stand point. La
borers were not asking for its passage. They
were opposed to taxing clean, healthy pro-
duct. Gentlemen spoke about the poverty
of farmers and proposed to tax the poor
laboring man in order to help the farmers.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa, asked. "D1d the
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Armour, who had in a few years amassed
millions at the expense of the farmers! Let
the gentleman reserv his tears and eloquent
appeals, for they we're i'll placed in defending
men who had been charging laborers many
per cent. more than the compound lard was
worth"
RELIEF OF SETTLERS.
The senate passed the house bill to amend
the act of June y, 1874, for the relief OF SET
tiers on railroad lands.
AMENDMENTS REJECTED.
Amendments are offered to nearly every
one of the succeeding sections of the tariff
bill while being considered by the senate,
but are rejected by party votes in the major
ity of instances.
EULoGIES OF SENATOR BECK.
The senate listened to eulogics of the late |
Ser ator Beck, of Kentucky, opened by his |
colleague, Senator Blackburn, followed by |
Senator'S Ingalls,, Evarts, Vest, Vance. Hale, |
Allison, Morgan, Plumb, Hampton, Gibson, |
Coke, Mcpherson and Carlisle.
LABOR BILLS. HAVE A DAY SET.
Mr.. Mckinley of Ohio, from the commit |
lee on rules, reported, and the house adopted |
a resolution setting apart August q and @ |
for the consideration of the bills constituting |
eight hours a days work, and relative to |
alien contract labor.
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