Morning journal and courier., 1892-08-06
THE EVENING SESSION.

When the house was called to order at
7 o'clock less than twenty FIVE members
were present. On motion of Mr.. Reilly of
Pennsylvania the senate joint resolution
was passed extending to the king and
queen of Spain and to the descendants of
Christopher Columbus invitations to be
present at the opening of the worlds fair.
A couple of dozen private pension bills
were passed and then Mr.. Holman of
Indiana presented the conference report
on the sundry civil appropriation bill.
Mr. Holman stated that the bill as finally
agreed upon appropriated $27, 1927, 900, or
So, 900, 900 less than the bill as it passed the
senate and 81, 614, 900 more than as it pass-
ed the house. The Pinkerton clause now
provided "that no employe of the Pinker-
ton detective agency or any similar agency
shall be employed in any government ser
vice or by any officer of the District of
Columbia" AS the proposition originally
passed the house it provided that no gov
eminent officer having the right to make
contracts could contract with any corpora
ton, firm or person who employed Pinker-
ton or other guards.
The conference report was agreed to
1863 to IA.
This disposes of the last appropriation
bill pending. Then more private pension
bills were disposed of.
On motion of Mr. McMillin committee
was appointed to join senate committee
to inform the president that congress was
ready to adjourn. The committee consist
ed of Messrs. McMillin, Fellows and O'Neil
of Pennsylvania.
A message was received from the senate
announcing its agreement to the conference
report on the sundry civil appropriation
bill. The consideration of private pension
bills was then proceeded with.
At 1920 the speaker signed the eundry
civil appropriation bill. This was the sig
nal for general lesving-taking. The senate
amendment to the ad journment resolution
was agreed to. Mr. McMillin then reported
that the president had told the committee
which waited upon him that he had no
communication to make. A resolution was
adopted for the appointment of a special
THE HOUSE ADJoURNs WITHOUT DATE.
The hour of IL O'Clock having arrived
the speaker declared the house adjourned
| without day. The galleries broke into the
doxology, but the adjournment was a very
| tame one.
| PASSED IN THE SENATE ALSO.
When the senate met at p. Ii. there
were thirty senators present, but the num-
Der soon grew to forty.
Mr.. Perkins called up his resolution for
a select committee of three senators to
visit the Indian territory and investigate
the complaints of the Cherokees against
intruders on their lands. This resolution
was, after some discussion, agreed to-
The bill to pay the awards of the court
of claims in the French spoliation claims
was, on motion of Mr.. Mitchell, taken
from the calendar and referred to the com
mittee on claims.
The senate then, on motion of Mr.. Nit
chell, proceeded to executive business
During the executive session Q messaR,
was received from the house with tn,
worlds fair bill. After the doors wer,
reopened it was laid before the senate IL
legislative session.
The bill having been read in full, ant
the vice president having declared that tn
bill was open to amendment, lang debat
followed, participated in by Messrs. Vest
Cockrell, George, White and Harris, all o
whom opposed the bill.
Mr. Cullom said that the people of Chi
cago were willing to let the government
J fair, II there should be profits.
| Mr. Sherman said he would rather tina
congress had appropriated five or ten mil
lions and shared in the profit and loss O
the enterprise. But this two and hal
millions was thrown ungraciously to Chi
cago like bone to dog. If tho bill stoo
! alone, without its surroundings, he woul
vote against 1t. II he were citizen q