Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27
FROM THE CAPITOL.
BILL TO ADMIT WYOMING.
The Democrats in the House
Strongly Opposing It.
ANTITRUST BILL IN THE HOUSE
THE SENATE,

The House bill to amend the census act of
March 8, 1889, was reported from the census
committee (the effect of it being to allow
special agents 50 day for subsistence when
traveling) and after explanation by Mr.. Hale
it was passed.
Among the bills reported from committees
and placed on the calendar were the following:
House bill constituting Cairo, ILL.,, q port Of
delivery.
House joint resolution to continue in force
an act authorizing the construction of bridge
over Bayou Bernard in Mississippi.
Senate bill to authorize the construction of a
bridge across the Mississippi river between the
mouth OF the Illinois and mouth OF the Mis-
souri, river.
RELIEF OF FLOOD sUFFERERs
Mr.. Hawley, from the committee on military
affairs, reported back House bill authorizing
the purchase of $500 tents by the Secretary of
War for the use of the people driven from their
homes in Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
by the present floods and apprOpriating s25.00O
for the purpose
Mr.. Edmunds, while declaring himself in
favor OF the bill, called the attention to it of
Senators who were troubled about the Consti-
tuition IN the appropriating of money for OBJ
Jects not specifically named in that instrument
MIR. Hawley, assuming that the remark was
partially directed at him, said that he consid-
cred that this bill and not the Blair bill came
within the clause of general welfare"
AFTER a brief discussion, in which it was
stated that there had been no request for tents
from either Arkansas or Mississippi, and only
indirectly from the governor OF Louisiana, the
bill was passed.
BILLS REPORTED.
Among other bills reported from committees
and placed on the calendar were the following: {:
Senate bill for the appointment of a commits
sion to fix site for q national harbor of refuge
at the mouth of the Delaware.
Senate bill to reorganize and establish the
customs collection district of Puget sound.
House bill for the retirement of John c. Fre-
mont as major general in the United States
Army.
Senate bill to amend acts constituting Lin
coin, Neb., port of delivery and designating
ports of delivery in the district of Michigan.
Senate bill appropriating $4,000 additional
for light ship for the mouth of the Columbia
river was reported and passed.
LIFE-sAvING APPLIANCES.
Mr.. FRYE, from the committee on comm cree.
reported Senate bill suspending for one year
the statutes that require steamers to be pro-
vided with certain life-saving appliances-guns
for throwing lines, &c. He spoke of the bill
reported by him on the same
subject two or three weeks ago and
which proposed to repeal the law. That
bill, he said, had been reported on information
received from the treasury department.. 1t
had attracted the attention of the people inter-
ested; and he had received since then such in
formation as left him in doubt as to the pro-
priety of passing it. The committee had. there
fore, agreed to bill suspending the law for a
year and there were reasons why it should be
passed Immediately. After this statement the
bill was passed.
THE ANTITRUST BILL
was then taken up and the amendments to it,
as reported from the committee Of the whole,
were brought before the Senate.
The first amendment that gave rise to dis
cussion was the provision excepting from the
prohibitions Of the law the combinations of
workmen and farmers
MIR. Edmunds declared himself in favor of
doing everything that the Constitution per-
mitted Congress to do in suppressing and
breaking up trusts and monopolies because in
the long run, however they might reduce cost
for the time being, all human experience had
proved them to be destructive of the public
welfare.