Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-28

t. the bill proviSo making it unlawful
Tor any officer of the government
TO make contract or any officer of the Dis
trict of Columbia to contract with any per
sou. hrm or corporation which employs
plnkerton detectives or any other assocla-
tlon OF men as armed guards: and no en-
plOye OF such agencies shall be employed
IN any government service or by any Off
Ger OF the District of Columbia. 1t could
not come in as a separate section without
unanimous consent and to this Mr.. Oates
OF Alabama, objected. The committee
rose and reported the bill to the House.
Inc recommendation OF the committee in
regard to the Senate amendments was
agreed tC with the exception of those
amendments pertaining to lighthouses. TO
the geological survey ana to the Worlds
Fair. Mr. Oates also demanded a separate
vote on the O'Nelll amendment relating to
the Plnkertons. Allthe lighthouse amend.
ments were nOn-concurred in. The ques-
ton then required on O'Nellls Pinkerton
amendment and on this the yeas and nays
were ordered. MI. O'NeillS amendment
was agreed to-yeas, 159; nays, SO. The
Senate amendment which decreases the
amount appropriated for the geological
survey was cOncurred in. The vote then
came upon the proposition 10 nOn-concur IN
the Senate amendment appropriating 3d.
600, 900 for the aid of the Worlds Column
blan Exposition and it was agreed to
yeas, 122; nays, ITO. The House reversed
the action of the committee on cOncurrlng
III the amendments for procuring $4,000
bronze medals and ), 1000 diplomas, and the
amendments were non-concurred in. The
vote then required on the Senate Sunday
closing amendment, and 1t was cOncurreu
in-yeaS, 147; nays. I'll. A conference was
then ordered and MeSsrs. Holman, SayerS
and Bingham were appointed contereeS.
Mr.. Forney presented the conference re-
port on the Notifications appropriation
hill and If oGron1 tn without
ton. On motion of Mr.. DurboroW, the
JOINT resolution was passed authorizing
the President to request OF the Queen
Regent OF Spain the loan of relies OF Col
umbus for exhibition at the Worlds Fair.
Also, on motion of Mr.. Durborow, the
Joint resolution was passed authorizing
the secretary of the interior to send to the
Worlds Fair models. drawings, etc, of in
ventlOnS made by women. Several other
resolutions pertaining to exhibits at the
Worlds Fair and carrying no approprla-
tons were objected to by Mr.. Kilgore, of
Texas.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-Poitcs was
tabooed in the House to-day, and the ma
chinery of legislation, we'll oiled by a reso-
luton from the committee on rules, ran
with unusual smOOthneSS. A number Of
measures were passed, the most important
of which was bill increasing the pay Of
light service men. The bill granting an
American register to the steamship emma
was defeated The commerce committee
was authorized to investigate the Reading
combine. Adjourned.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-The most i'm
pOrtant legislation passed by the House
to-day was the bill to enforce reciprocal
commercial relations between the United
States and Canada. The President has
sent two messages to Congress on the sub
ject, and to-day the House passed the
measure without division, and sent it at
to thn ioin hnfnra
that body just before adjournment, and
placed on the calendar. The bill provides
that when the President shall be salts
fed that the passage through any canal
or lock connected with the navlga-
ton Of the st. Lawrence River, the great
lakes or the waterways connecting the
same, OF any vessels OF the United States,
or of cargoeS or passengers IN transit TO
any port of the United States, is prohibit
ed or is made difficult or burdenSome by
the imposition of tolls or otherwise, which
he shall deem to be reciprocally unjust
and unreasonable, he shall have the power
to suspend the right OF passage through st.
Mary's Falls Canal, SO far as it relates to
vessels owned by the subjects Of the gov.
ernment discriminating agalnstthe United
States. A number of measures pertaining
to military and naval matters were passed;
but postal affairs were not SO successful
the only measure of general Importance
called up for the issuing OF postal fraction
al notes not reaching a favorable concla-
sion. Mr.. McCreary, from the committee
on foreign affairs, called up, JOINT
resolution expressing sympathy WIN
the Russian heor tha pnss;,n alstress
eminent will mitigate the severity OF the
DEGREES against them. On motion OF Mr..
Henderson N. CO. a bill was passed au-
thorlzing the postmaster-general,,w when
necessary, to provide star route mail Sery-
ice between the dates OF the annual adver-
tisements for bids. Mr.. Lagan, OF Louis
lana, entered motion to reconsider the
vote by which the House laid on the table
the bill granting an American register to
the steamship China.
WASHINGTON, July 22.-The committee
on public lands had an hour of the time of
the House to-day but was peculiarly UNI
fortunate, for it was obliged to Withdraw
each and every one Of the three bills 1t
had selected as most worthy OF passage.
They were these: 10 settle the claims OF
Arkansas under the swamp land grants;
to reimburse settlers on the DeS MONIES
River lands, and to maintain school OF
mines in Colorado. The rest of the day
was consumed in the discussion OF this
conference report on the deficiency bill,
which will be disposed of tomorrow and
another conference will be ordered.
WASHINGTON, July 23.-The House to-
day made substantial progress with its
that was the disposition OF the Senate
amendments to the general deficiency bill,
which were with one exception nOn-con-
Cured in. and sent to further conference.
Otherwise the day was without feature.
The Senate amendment which was con-
Cured IN was the appropriation of $478,0OO
for the payment OF Indian degradation
claims.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-It was general
ly expected that to-day would be a field
day in the House and would be productive
OF some campaign literature on both sides,
the subject being the pension Office inyes.
legations, but the persons who so expected
were doomed to disappointment. Only
theee speeches were made-One of them
uncompleted and none Of them exciting
the slightest interest: Mr. Brookshire
lind. J, from the committee on post-offces
and post-roads, reported back adversely a
memorial asking for an investigation rela.
tive to pneumatic postal service in Phlla-
delphia. Laid on the tables Mr. Wheeler
( Mich called up as the special order rae.
the report of the committee Investigate
ing the workings OF the pension office.
The debate which followed was avery un
n A<,sn A,y L.