The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1894-07-19
FIFTY.THIRD CONGRESS.


WARRINGTON, July lU-SENATE-Senetor
Allison Monday gave notice in the senate OF
amendments to the sundry civil appropriation
bill as follows: For completing Sioux City,
Ia public building, e25 COO For making fire.
proof ali parts of the Davenport. Ia., public
building. e2S000. Extending the appropriation
for the public building ct Fl. Worth, Tex, e4o-
COO Senator Sherman introduced petition
from ]. b. Cory, coal merchant Of Pitts
burgh, praying for the passage, OF a law 70 pun
ish leaders Of labor organizations for obstrect-
ing the civil process OF state and national au-
thority, and also declaring it unlawful for
capitalists TO enter into combinations for mo-
nopoly
HoUsE-The house committee on military
affairs has recommended Mr.. Ritchie's bill ap-
propriating s60bO0 for the purchase OF sites
and erection Of monuments at Put-in-Bay bur-
ial ground, Ft Industry, Meigs, Miami, Def
snce, Wayne and the battlefield of Fallen
Timbers. Representative Draper (Mass) Of
fered Q resolution Monday directing the COM
mittee on military AFFAIRS to inquire what in
crease, II any, should be made in the army OF
the United States. The resolution was re-
fered to the committee on military affairs
WASHINGTON. July l1-SENATE-Mr. Pefer
tpop., Kan) made most remarkable speech
in the senate Tuesday in speaking of the labor
trouble. He prophesied trouble, and called at
tention to the public danger. making the start
ling declaration that he would not only abolish
the senate, but would second an effort to abol-
OF monopoies and have the country governed
by one man from each state. This sensational
utterance, which capped the climax OF a long
incendary speech made the few senators
who remained in the chamber look at one
another in astonishment When Senator Davis
made his speech there was gathering upon
the floor and in the galleries to hear the words
of the Minnesota statesman. He had not spok-
en- over minute when Senator PETER was on
his feet attempting to deny that he had de-
Tended the Chicago mob Senator Davis would
not be interrupted, and the Kansas populist
was forced to listen to an analysis Of his
| ideas.
HousE-No business Of Importance trans
| acted Tuesday.
| WASHINGTON, July 12.--SENATE-Three Of
| the annual appropriation bills were passed by
| the Senate Wednesday, practically without
discussion and with little more consumption OF
| time than that occupied by the clerk in read
| ing them. They were the diplomatic and con-
sular, the invalid pension and the military
| academy bills. The pension bill appropriated
| round $3.50, 100000. Mr.. Daniels introduced a
| resolution indorsing the executive in his
prompt and vigorous measures to repel and re-
| pulse the interference of lawless men with the
| due process of the laws of the United States,
| with the transportation Of the mails and with
| commerce: and declares that the action OF the
| president and his administration has the full
| sympathy and support of the law abiding
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| all the departments of the government and by
the resources Of the entire nation,
| HoUsE-The democratic conferees on the
| tariff bill continued their session Wednesday.
| No agreement reached on any OF the
| schedules passed in review by them, for the
| reason that the sugar trust whisky trust,
| cottonseed oil trust and Standard oil trust de-
| mand that their interests shall be taken care
| of. The declaration has been made that un-
| less the senate amendments are agreed to, no
lin tl,nh
| ferees find themselves faced with a stone wall
| that appears inSurmountable.
| WASHINGTON. July 13-SENATE.-Thursda
| the army and fortifcation bills were passed
| and progress made on the river and harbor bill.
| Those still on the calendar are the District OF
| Columbia, Indian, legislative, sundry, civil,
| agriculture and general deficiency. An amend
| ment to the sundry civil appropriation bill was
| presented by Mr., Henderson R., Neb), and
| referred to the committee on appropriations, to
| pay to the families of the twenty clerks who
| lost their lives through the falling of Ford s
| Theater bnilding 5000 each. The army bill
| being under consideration. Mr.. Mills 3D.. Tex.)
moved to strike out the paragraph requiring
| vacancies in the pay department to be filled
| from the next lowest grade in the line OF the
| army. Adopted.
| HoUsE-The house Thursday passed an even
| dozen bills of general character and agreed to
| senate amendments to two others. These lat
ter were the more important, being the bill to
| provide for the admission Of Utah into the
Union, and the post Office appropriation bill for
| the year ending June 3O 1885, They now go to
the president for his signature, and II he acts
promptly the post office bill will be the hrSt 70
| become law. Eleven of the thirteen bills
| were reported from the committee on foreign
| affairs Most of them were to authorize naval
| officers to receive decorations and medals pre-
| sented by foreign countries in recognition of
| various services: others we're directing the
l ITt,ttn "A
| States the picture, Love and Life" from G..
| F. Watts, royal academician, and to distribute
| the Virginus award.
WAsHINGToN. July 14.-SENATE.-Upon mo-
ti6n Of Senator Brice, the senate Friday after
| noon decided to increase the appropriation for
surveying the proposed ship canals in ONO
from $4,000 to 10000 The bill when it went
| to the senate, carried s25, 900 for this survey.
| The senate committee cut it to $4,000. There
| upon Mr.. Brice undertook to restore the
amount and partially succeeded. As the item
stands several proposed routes will be sur
veyed. The chief thing done by the senate was
the passage of the river and harbor bill and al
| most completion Of the legislative, executive
and judicial appropriation bill.
HoUsE-Beyond adopting the report Of the
conferees upon the bill making appropriations
for the payment of pensions for the year end
ing June 30, 1895, the house accomplished but
| little business, and that only Of preliminary
|
spent in consideration Of measures on the pri-
vate calendar. Two of them, one known as
1.-THE omnibus resolution" recommending a
bulk of thirty-seven claims, amounting &c
81, ,040, 900 to the court of claims for investiga-
tion, were ordered to be reported to the house
unfavorably. One bill was given favorable
recommendation, and the rest Of the session
was occupied in discussing fourth.
| WASHINGTON, July l6.-SENATE.--No bust
ness of importance was transacted Saturday
Senator Allen, the Nebraska populist, rose II
question of personal privilege He said that
having been absent from the city until Friday
he had not seen the report published in som'
newspapers representing him as having com
mitted misconduct while under the infiuenc,
OF Intoxicating liquors. The statement was
he said, absolutely false. There was not
shadow Of excuse for it, 1t was an untruthfu
statement.
! HoUsE-The greater part OF Saturdays pro
ceedings in the house were given over to eulo
gies to the late Representative George W
Houk, of Dayton, o. Mr.. Sorg, the successor o
, the dead congressman, delivered most feel
] ing address. Congressman Pearson has Sc
! cured the passage Of bill appropriating 600
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