The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-05-28
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS
ROUTINE WORK OF THE FIFTY
FOURTH SESSION.


n FOURTH SESSION..
% Substance of the Bills and Resolution.
"a Introduced in the Senate and House
= CONDENSED Record of the Doings oi
d the National Lawmakers-senate.
= Washington, May 22.-The senate
: today defeated proposition by Cor.
g g man for the issue of 500, 900, 900 of 8
= per cent treasury certificates to meet
: the prospective deficiencies. This was
followed by the defeat of another prop
osition by PETER for the issue of green.
: backs to meet the appropriations made
by the Notifications bill. Both propo-
sitions were offered as amendments to
the Notifications bill, which was
passed, thus leaving but one of the ap-
preparations bills to be acted upon.
Gorman'ss amendment developed an
; animated debate, with Sherman and
Gorman as the main participants The
Notifications bill as passed carries &c.,
763,8SS or $4.91s,051 more than the
house appropriated.
Washington, May 23.-The fortifica-
tions bill. which passed the senate yes
! terday. appropriated the liberal sum of
lO,763, 1888. After the committee on
coast defenses concluded it's investiga-
tions, the house committee on appro-
priations availed itself of information
obtained by the senate coast defense
committee; it also followed up the in
vestigation and concluded to appropri-
ate IS, 845, ,S37. This was beyond all
precedent departure in the line of
coast defenses, but the senate, not con-
tent with this, and after due consider
alton in the committee on appropria-
tlons, increased the amount by $4,9I8,-
O51. Senator Squire was invited to sit
with the senate committee during its
review OF the subject, and matters in
| question were thoroughly considered.
The main question of the Importance
OF having this appropriation made
was conceded without objection in the
senate, so the bill passed unanimously.
| Washington, May 25.-In the senate
today Butler renewed the motion to
take up the bill prohibiting the issue of
interest bearing bonds. After some
sparring Hill interposed the objection
that this was too important question
to be considered without a quorum
This was the first evidence of a renew
al of the obstruction. A quorum being
found quickly, the motion was adopt
ed, the vote being ayes, "a, noes, 20.
With the understanding that the But
Ter bill should not be prejudiced, bill
was passed to quiet titles to lands to
persons who had purchased in good
faith, without notice, and for a valu-
able consideration, to enable the gov
ernment to issue patents on such lands
and providing that communications of
homestead entries shall take effect
from the date of settlement and not
from the date of entry.
House.
Washington, May 22.-After two
days debate, the house today, by an
overwhelming vote of 1875 to 26, passed
the Bartholdt. Mccall immigration bill,
modified by the Corliss amendment.
The bill as passed adds to the classes
of aliens excluded from admission to
the United States all male persons be-
tween the ages of 16 and 60 years of
age Except parents of persons living in
this country who cannot both read and
write English or some other language.
The Corliss amendment, added to the
bill, excludes aliens who come across
the borders year after year to perform
labor in the United States with no in
tention of settling therein. 1t declares
all labor contracts with aliens void,
and makes parties thereto within the
jurisdiction of the United States pun
ishable by fine of 81 ZOO or imprison-
ment not exceeding one year.
Washington, May $3.50 much of
the time of the house was occupied to-
day in considering the presidents veto
of the bill to pension Francis E. Hoo
YER a private in the Sixty fourth Ohio
volunteer infantry, and in listening to
3 personal explanation from Grosvenor
relative to a newspaper misrepresenta-
tion of his position on the subject of
and that the time for the
debate on the Phillips commission bill
was extended until tomorrow at 4
o'clock. The bill provides for the ap-
pointment by the president of nom
partisan commission of 81, seven repre-
sentatives each from labor, agricul-
ture and business circles, to collect and
consider information and recommend
legislation to meet problems presented
BY labor. The author of the bill made
the principal argument todav.
Washington, May 25.-The Phillips
labor commission bill, which was to
have come to vote in the house today
under the specisl ORDER was completely
out by the conference report
On the river and harbor, and sundry
,ivil bills. The conference report on
the river and harbor bill, which report
I'D an agreement on all the items save
that relating to the Santa Monica and
San Pedro harbors, was made the basis
Of an attack on the bill by Hepburn
and Dockery. The latter said he op-
posed this measure because it contain
I'D riotous appropriations not warranted
by the condition of the treasury. He
said he realized that his remarks would
not be punctuated by applause. At the
night session, Cummings made a STIR
ring speech, appealing to his Demo-
cratic friends not to stand in the way
Of meritorious pension bills. Twelve
bills were iavorably acted on.
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